*McKinney is equally certain he will have no issues with his hand, which was injured in a bye-week accident, forcing him to miss eight games.
“Hand is good to go,” McKinney said. “After tremendous amount of work and rehab that I’ve been doing, with the staff and with the training staff, doing outside things to be able to rehab it, it’s good. I’m just really looking forward and ready to go to the start of this year.
“I’m a hundred percent for sure. As far as being a hindrance, it wasn’t really hindering at all to me. Obviously, I mean, you guys saw the games that I played with the cast. I was still able to make a huge impact on the games, and I think if you turn on that film, you see that. I didn’t see any hindrance. I don’t know if maybe y’all did (laughs) but I definitely didn’t. I still played at a high level.”
“Coach Brian Daboll confirmed running back Saquon Barkley and defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence did not attend the first day of voluntary workouts. Barkley is not permitted in the Giants’ facility because he has not signed his franchise tender and thus does not have a contract. Lawrence’s fifth-year option was picked up in 2022 but he is reportedly seeking a long-term deal.
The first mandatory event for veteran players is a June minicamp.
“First of all, we’ve had a great turnout,” Daboll said. “We’ve had a few meetings here today. I think the guys that are here are excited to be back. We got off to a good start. Phase one is really about the physical part of it, getting quicker, faster, stronger and then there’s a few little meetings here or there based on scheme. I’ve talked to both of those players, both Saquon and Dex and I’ll leave those conversations, as I always do, private.
“They (the workouts) are voluntary. It’s April 17. We’ve got a long way to go here so we’ll just take it day-by-day.”
*On-site field work is prohibited during the first two weeks of the offseason program. Players engage in strength and conditioning, attend meetings and rehab is available for players who need it.
“All we try to do is improve in each area that we can while the players are here, whether that be in the strength and development side of it, whether that’s system side of it,” Daboll said. “That’s why they are voluntary. Players get to choose if they want to be here, if they don’t want to be here and then whoever is here, we are going to work as hard as we can to help improve in those areas.
“The guys just being around one another, getting to know (each other). We…
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