After four days of practice to start training camp, things are about to pick up. The Giants will be donning pads for the first time on Monday as the calendar flips to August.
“There’s a lot of good teaching out here. It’s really, like I said in the spring, it’s a teaching camp,” Daboll said. “It’s competitive because there’s fans and the nature of training camp. But the evaluation process of the things that they need to do physically and they’re able to do that, really exert that a little bit more, I think we’re all waiting for that.”
It was clear today that the coaching staff aren’t the only ones excited to put pads on – the players could not be more eager.
“I’m very excited,” Thibodeaux said. “There are a lot of things as a pass rusher, as a defensive guy, you aren’t able to do without pads. The offense has the baggy jerseys you can just pull on them. Now it’ll be more of a fair game. I’ll be able to use all the moves I’ve been working on.”
“I’m extremely excited I get the chance to get better because when you don’t have pads on, you get better from a sense in pass protection and stuff like that, but it’s not the same,” said Neal. “We really can’t fit our combo blocks or really lean on guys in the run game. I’m definitely excited for that standpoint of it, for sure.”
3. Thomas helping both rookie first-round picks
Andrew Thomas had a big bounce back season last year, allowing just two sacks on 517 pass-block snaps across 13 games. His performance earned him a 78.9 overall grade from Pro Football Focus and a pass-blocking grade of 82.1, which ranked 12th among all offensive tackles. After Thomas missed spring workouts due to an injury, his impact both on and off the field during training camp has been felt by not only Neal, but also Thibdoeaux.
“Drew, he’s a great guy. Definitely a great resource to lean on because he’s been through it,” Neal explained. “He’s been a Top-10 pick, a lot of expectations coming in, and I feel like he’s handled himself very well. I’m…
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