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• David Cutcliffe is helping Daniel Jones reduce fumbles

  07-06-2020 00:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants quarterback Daniel Jones threw 24 touchdown passes as a rookie. Which is very good. He had 18 fumbles. Which is not. In fact, Jones’ 18 fumbles were the most by any NFL player since former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper fumbled 23 times in 2002. This year, Jones is working on cutting down on his [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker’s lawyer: We have the case won

  03-06-2020 19:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants cornerback Deandre Baker is not taking part in the team’s offseason program after being arrested on armed robbery charges in Florida last month because the team wants him to focus on his legal issues. Baker’s attorney remains confident those legal issues will be going away sooner rather than later. Patrick G. Patel said shortly [more]
  
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• Giants facility reopened on Wednesday

  03-06-2020 18:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Jets aren’t the only New Jersey-based NFL team that’s back in their training facility on Wednesday. Art Stapleton of NorthJersey.com reports that the Giants have also reopened their facility. Like the Jets, the Giants have only brought back a limited number of employees as they make their way back toward full operations after shutting [more]
  
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• Giants: George Floyd’s death is a tragedy “we have seen too often for far too long”

  03-06-2020 00:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants issued a statement Tuesday after George Floyd’s death May 25. The team stated that lasting change has to start at the community level, with the Giants committed to doing their part. “George Floyd’s senseless death is the type of tragedy we have seen too often for far too long,” the statement read. “Over [more]
  
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• Peyton Manning preaches the gospel of preparation during lockdowns

  01-06-2020 12:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Peyton Manning was busy recovering from neck surgery in 2011, but he saw the work his brother Eli Manning put in during the lockout. And he also saw what that work led to, so he’s spreading the word. Peyton Manning told Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America that the topic came up during [more]
  
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• Eli Apple agrees to terms with Panthers

  28-05-2020 23:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eli Apple has a home. Finally. The free agent cornerback agreed in principle on terms of a one-year deal with the Raiders in late March, but the sides never could finalize the contract. So he went back on the market. Two months later, Apple has agreed to terms with the Panthers, the team announced Thursday. [more]
  
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• Perry Fewell, Walt Anderson join NFL officiating department

  28-05-2020 22:22 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Reports this offseason indicated Perry Fewell and Walt Anderson were headed to jobs within the NFL’s officiating department, and the league made it official Thursday. The NFL announced Fewell will serve as senior vice president of officiating administration and Anderson as the league’s senior vice president of officiating training and development. Fewell will oversee the [more]
  
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• Saquon Barkley planned to spend offseason with Penn State coaching staff

  28-05-2020 15:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic squashed Giants running back Saquon Barkley‘s plans to get a better feel for the metal part of the game this offseason. Barkley, who played his college football at Penn State, had arranged with coach James Franklin to work along with the Penn State staff as it did its springtime film study, but [more]
  
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• Former coach says Daniel Jones works like a Manning

  28-05-2020 13:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Duke coach David Cutcliffe is expecting Giants quarterback Daniel Jones to take a big step in his second year on the job. Primarily, that’s because Cutcliffe sees similarities in preparation from Jones to the Manning brothers. Cutcliffe was Peyton Manning’s position coach at Tennessee, and Eli Manning’s coach at Ole Miss, and remained close to [more]
  
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• Deandre Baker permitted to travel to New Jersey for Giants camp

  27-05-2020 19:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Giants get back to work, Deandre Baker will be legally permitted to attend. A Florida judge ruled today that Baker may travel to New Jersey “for work purposes” even though he is currently facing felony armed robbery charges. Via Daniel Wallach, Baker will be required to provide his pretrial officer with a “detailed [more]
  
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• NFL-themed SNL episodes coming tonight on NBCSN

  26-05-2020 23:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Live sports eventually will be back. Until live sports return on a given Saturday night, how about some Saturday Night Live featuring men who play sports? It’s SNL week on NBCSN, and it gets started at 7:00 p.m. ET on Monday with four classic episodes featuring NFL players. The evening begins with Tom Brady hosting [more]
  
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• Giants to start process of reopening next week

  26-05-2020 17:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declaring that professional sports can return to work in his state, the Giants are going to ease into the process. Much as the Jets, who just announced they were using a “phased approach” to a return, the Giants are going to be patient. “Governor Murphy and his administration continue [more]
  
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• Jets will open facility with phased approach when “most practical” for their operations

  26-05-2020 17:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday that professional sports teams “may return to training and even competition” as the state begins to allow more activities after widespread shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Murphy’s announcement affects two NFL teams as the Giants and Jets both call the Garden State home. A spokesperson for [more]
  
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• New Jersey governor endorses return of pro sports

  26-05-2020 16:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The governor of New Jersey is the latest public official to get behind the return of pro sports. Governor Phil Murphy said today that he is in favor of pro sports teams in his state — including the Giants and Jets — having their training camps and games as long as they follow health protocols. [more]
  
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• Giants add coach to offensive staff

  25-05-2020 17:32 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New Giants coach Joe Judge has added one of his former players to his coaching staff. According to Ralph Vacchiano of SNY, the Giants have added Nick Williams as their new  offensive quality control coach. Williams was the wide receivers coach and NFL liaison at Southern Illinois. He played at Alabama from 2009-2012, and Judge was [more]
  
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• Lawyers representing DeAndre Baker, Quinton Dunbar are squabbling

  21-05-2020 20:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In most cases involving multiple defendants, it makes sense for the accused and their lawyers to get and stay on the same page. In the case of criminal allegations against Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar, the players may be on the same page but their lawyers definitely aren’t. Via the New [more]
  
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• Eli Manning tells graduates “embracing awkward” is beneficial

  21-05-2020 14:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants quarterback Daniel Jones admitted it was “a little bit awkward” last year, replacing Eli Manning as the team’s starter while the two-time Super Bowl MVP was still there. And Manning himself said that actually has value, as long as you accept it. Via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post, the former Giants quarterback [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker allowed to surrender gun to attorney and can travel

  19-05-2020 21:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A Broward County judge granted a motion filed by Deandre Baker‘s legal team to have him turn in his gun to his attorney rather than to Florida police, Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com reports. As a condition of his release on $200,000 bond, the Giants cornerback was ordered to hand over his licensed firearm to the [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker pleads not guilty in armed robbery case

  19-05-2020 17:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The attorney for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker expects the armed robbery charges against his client will be dismissed “one day soon,” but they are still in place for the moment and Baker had to enter a plea on the charges on Tuesday. Baker’s attorney has also said that Baker is innocent of the charges against [more]
  
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• Attorney for DeAndre Baker expects case to be dismissed

  19-05-2020 06:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Patrick Patel, an attorney representing New York Giants cornerback Deandre Baker, expects the case against his client on alleged armed robbery charges to be dismissed in the near future. “This case is going to be dismissed,” Patel said, via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post. “One day soon, this case is gonna be dismissed.” [more]
  
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• Quinton Dunbar attorney calls robbery “a fabrication,” says witnesses lack credibility

  19-05-2020 06:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The defense attorney for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar said that his client was not involved in an alleged armed robbery last Wednesday night and that the alleged victims of the crime have lost all credibility for having two separate accounts of the incident. In an interview with Sports Radio 950 KJR on Monday afternoon, [more]
  
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• Attorney: Quinton Dunbar’s relationship with DeAndre Baker mischaracterized

  18-05-2020 23:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The attorney for Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar continued to proclaim his client’s innocence of armed robbery charges during a radio appearance on Monday. Michael Grieco told John Clayton of 710 ESPN Radio that Dunbar “did not do anything illegal” and was not present at a party last Wednesday night when the alleged crime occurred. Dunbar [more]
  
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• Cuomo says New York supports sports returning, without fans

  18-05-2020 18:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has generally sounded a cautious note about when his state will be ready to reopen, but when it comes to pro sports, Cuomo is optimistic it can happen soon — as long as stadiums are empty. Cuomo said today that New York wants to see the Bills and other pro [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker, Quinton Dunbar cases could get very interesting

  18-05-2020 16:13 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar face serious charges arising from allegations of an armed robbery at a private party. Proving those charges may not be easy for prosecutors. The affidavit supporting the arrest warrants, as prepared by Detective Mark Moretti, tells the detailed story of a robbery perpetrated by both men, [more]
  
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• Giants had concerns about Deandre Baker before last week’s incident

  18-05-2020 10:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants cornerback Deandre Baker has been accused of armed robbery, and some within the organization are putting out word that there’s been a pattern of behavior problems that started during his rookie season last year. Baker was a discipline and motivational problem last year as a rookie, Peter King writes in Football Morning in America. [more]
  
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• Quinton Dunbar apologizes to Seahawks for “unnecessary distractions”

  18-05-2020 06:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A few hours after posting bail and leaving a Florida jail, Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar posted a statement on his Instagram page. “I would like to thank all my fans for the support and apologize to the Seattle Seahawks organization for any unnecessary distractions that these allegations against me may have caused,” Dunbar wrote Sunday [more]
  
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• Quinton Dunbar released from jail on bond

  18-05-2020 04:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar made bail Sunday evening. Attorney Michael Grieco announced Dunbar’s release from the Broward County jail. “Looking forward to clearing his name,” Grieco wrote on social media. Dunbar surrendered to authorities in Florida on Saturday, two days after an arrest warrant was issued on four counts of armed robbery. Dunbar’s bail was [more]
  
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• Deandre Baker issues apology for distraction to Giants and NFL

  18-05-2020 00:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The attorney for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker released a statement of apology on Sunday after Baker was released from jail. Attorney Patrick G. Patel confirmed that Baker was released and sent out a statement on his behalf. “We sincerely thank all law enforcement for their diligent efforts to uncover the truth herein and sincerely apologize [more]
  
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• Report: Giants tell DeAndre Baker to focus on legal issues, stay away from team meetings

  17-05-2020 19:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants’ virtual offseason program is set to continue without the participation of cornerback Deandre Baker. Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reports that the Giants have told Baker to stay away from the team’s meetings for the time being. The 2019 first-round pick has been advised to focus on his legal issues [more]
  
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• Bond set for DeAndre Baker, Quinton Dunbar

  17-05-2020 17:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A day after they turned themselves in to authorities in Florida, Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar have had a bail hearing. Via Cameron Wolfe of ESPN.com, a judge set Baker’s bail at $200,000. Dunbar’s bail is $100,000. Prosecutors asked that both players be held without bond. The judge used a simple [more]
  
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• Four NFL players were taken into custody on Saturday

  17-05-2020 14:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL had an ugly day on Saturday. Four NFL players were taken into police custody in a span of less than 24 hours from early Saturday morning to Saturday evening. The first player arrested was Washington wide receiver Cody Latimer, in an incident that started with a shots fired call shortly after midnight. Latimer [more]
  
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• Quinton Dunbar turns himself in

  16-05-2020 21:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar has turned himself in to authorities in Florida, two days after the issuance of an arrest warrant charging him with armed robbery and aggravated assault. Dunbar’s lawyer, who has extended the all-time record of claiming that his client didn’t do it, announced the move on social media — repeatedly spelling Dunbar’s [more]
  
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• Giants’ team facility will remain closed next week

  16-05-2020 18:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Some 22 of 32 team facilities will reopen next week sans coaching staffs, who are prohibited by the NFL from returning yet. The Giants are among the teams that won’t reopen next week, which isn’t a surprise given New Jersey remains under a public health emergency through at least June 6. Giants senior vice president [more]
  
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• Attorney says Deandre Baker turned himself in this morning

  16-05-2020 17:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The attorney for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker says Baker surrendered to police on Saturday morning in connection with felony charges arising from alleged involvement in an armed robbery. “Reports are correct that Deandre turned himself in this morning,” attorney Bradford Cohen wrote on Instagram. “I am a believer in the system and that if everything [more]
  
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• Which historical units would you want to coach?

  16-05-2020 14:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  In honor of Big Cat’s college football video game barnstorming tour with coach Doug (or Gus) Duggerton, Friday’s PFT Live draft focus on specific NFL units from the past that we’d like to coach. Offense, defense, special teams. Which units would be the most fun to unleash on a football field? The selections appear in [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker’s attorney claims cornerback is “innocent of any charges”

  16-05-2020 04:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The attorney for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker claims his client is “innocent of any charges” and has several witness statements disputing the allegations. Bradford Cohen, the attorney for Baker, released a statement on Instagram on Friday night. Michael Grieco, the attorney for Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar, had a similar statement earlier in the day. “I [more]
  
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• DeAndre Baker, Quinton Dunbar remain at large

  15-05-2020 15:47 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  There’s a strange twist to the bizarre charges against Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar. Both players remain at large, even though both players have been in contact with their teams since the May 13 incident sparking allegations of armed robbery and aggravated assault after a robbery at a private party. Dunbar [more]
  
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• Giants’ Deandre Baker and Seahawks’ Quinton Dunbar Accused of Robbery

  15-05-2020 03:38 via nytimes.com
  
  Baker, a first-round draft pick for the Giants last year, and Dunbar were named in arrest warrants after an armed robbery was reported at a cookout party in Florida.
  
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• Quinton Dunbar, DeAndre Baker accused of armed robbery

  15-05-2020 01:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Miramar, Florida, police department announced on social media it has issued arrest warrants for Giants cornerback Deandre Baker and Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar. Baker faces four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. Dunbar faces four counts of armed robbery with a firearm. The players [more]
  
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• There’s a new Lemieux wearing No. 66

  14-05-2020 19:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants are still working on developing a good roster. They definitely have a good sense of humor. After deciding to give fifth-round rookie Shane Lemieux a look at center, the Giants have given Lemieux a number that will look natural underneath his name: 66. That’s the official assignment made by the team to the [more]
  
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• Saquon Barkley still feels he has “something to prove”

  14-05-2020 01:51 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Saquon Barkley missed three games last season with a high-ankle sprain. In the final three games, the Giants running back looked like himself again with 74 touches for 539 yards and five touchdowns. Barkley was asked Wednesday when his ankle finally felt 100 percent. “The ankle felt good after the season. Let’s just say that,” [more]
  
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• Daniel Jones has talked to Tony Romo, watched Cowboys film

  13-05-2020 22:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants are going to run Jason Garrett’s offense, which is no surprise given the former Cowboys head coach now is the Giants offensive coordinator. Second-year quarterback Daniel Jones said the “differences are in the verbiage and how we’re going to call certain things.” What excites Jones is “guys have been successful in it.” The [more]
  
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• Daniel Jones admits it was a “bit awkward at times” in last year’s QB room

  13-05-2020 21:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former Giants quarterback Eli Manning said recently that he thought his presence must have been awkward for Daniel Jones as Jones tried to fully take over as the team’s leader after Manning was benched by former head coach Pat Shurmur two games into the 2019 season. Manning got no argument from Jones when Jones spoke [more]
  
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• Saquon Barkley on contract: Take care of the little things first

  13-05-2020 21:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Saquon Barkley plays running back, so it’s little surprise to learn that he was paying attention when word of Christian McCaffrey‘s contract extension with the Panthers came out earlier this year. McCaffrey’s four-year, $64 million deal set a new high for running backs with a year to go before Barkley will become eligible for an [more]
  
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• Daniel Jones focusing on improving ball security

  13-05-2020 20:47 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is working on everything he can while team facilities are closed, and his primary focus is protecting the football. Jones said today that he’s been throwing in an open public park in Charlotte and studying film, and his main goal is getting better at protecting the ball than he was as [more]
  
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• Jason Garrett could be just what the Giants’ offense needs

  13-05-2020 18:52 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The notion that the Giants’ 2020 offense will look a lot like the Cowboys’ 2019 offense shouldn’t have been a surprise, given the presence of Cowboys’ 2019 head coach Jason Garrett in New York. But plenty of folks still seemed to be shocked by Tuesday’s disclosure from Giants’ 2020 head coach Joe Judge regarding the [more]
  
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• Joe Judge on playing to empty stadiums: “The fans are really a huge part of this game”

  13-05-2020 08:42 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  New York Giants head coach Joe Judge may have to coach his first game as a head coach in the NFL without fans in the stands if current measures to thwart the spread of the coronavirus aren’t scaled back by the fall. It’s a reality Judge hopes to avoid. While Judge is preparing for that [more]
  
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• Eli Manning will take a year off before deciding on next venture

  13-05-2020 03:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eli Manning is taking a year off and enjoying retirement. Then, he vows to figure out what’s next. “I really wanted to try to take a year off and just try to gather my bearings and get settled with my family and figure out what I want to do in that next chapter,” Manning told [more]
  
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• Giants offense will be similar to Jason Garrett’s in Dallas

  13-05-2020 02:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Giants likely won’t see the field until training camp. They have a second-year quarterback. Yet, their offense isn’t going to look a lot like it did last season. Instead, it’s going to look more like the 2019 Dallas offense with former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett now the Giants’ offensive coordinator. “I think schematically [more]
  
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• Giants “planning for all sorts of hypotheticals” regarding training camp

  12-05-2020 23:24 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has led to remote offseason programs this spring and it has created uncertainty about the feasibility of training camps even as the league continues to plan for an unaffected 2020 season. A report from Albert Breer of SI.com this week indicated some teams are looking into alternate sites for camp in the [more]
  
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