David Sills V looking for more than roster spot

Sills has been around long enough to know not to get too high or low.

Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Bills in 2019, when Daboll was their offensive coordinator and Joe Schoen the assistant general manager, Sills has yet to make an opening week roster. He was released at the end of the summer in 2019 (by the Bills) and 2021 (by the Giants), and spent the entire 2020 season on injured reserve after fracturing his foot in Giants training camp.

Sills is now squarely in the mix among a versatile group of receivers, which ranges from the 5-foot-8 Wan’Dale Robinson to the 6-foot-6 Collin Johnson.

“I think we are all very different receivers,” said the 6-foot-3, 211-pound Sills, who made his regular-season debut in Week 7 last year and played in four games with one start. “Everybody in the room has different strengths and different things that they can keep getting better at. Even myself, there are areas of the game that I need to improve on, and I think if you asked anybody in our room, they would say the same thing.

“It’s super fun to be able to be in a room with all those guys where you’re looking to improve your game, and you can look at some of these other guys where they have some attributes that maybe you’re trying to add to your game. You can ask them and kind of pick their brain about what they thought on this or how they do that. Just different things like that. Definitely having a very versatile room is cool – for me at least – because I’m looking to improve my game in every way that I can. Having all these different types of receivers, it’s very cool to be able to kind of pick their brain.”

Sills does the same thing with his starting quarterback and vice versa.

Since he joined the Giants, Sills attached himself to Daniel Jones, and the two have spent off-seasons working together.

“I definitely don’t think it hurts,” Sills said. “We have been able to build a good connection over the last couple years. I think it’s been paying off out there in practice and in the game the other day. He kind of knows where I’m going to be, I know where the ball is going to be. So, it’s something that I had put a lot of time in to get to this point, but like I said earlier it’s not like the job is finished. We still have another week of training camp. Just looking to get better and compete. Dabes [Daboll] says that’s what he wants, are guys that are going to compete every day, and I feel like we’ve got a good group of guys that are willing to do that…