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NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTSPRESEASON WEEK 1

NEW YORK GIANTS at PITTSBURGH STEELERSAugust 10, 2013 . 7:30 p.m. . Heinz Field

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THIS WEEK’S GAME The Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers meet for the 26th time in the pre-season, with the series tied, 13-13. In the regular season, the Giants and Steelers have met 76 times, with the Giants leading the series, 44-29-3. The teams last met Nov. 4, 2012, when the Steelers beat the Giants, 24-20, in MetLife Stadium. This is the Giants first preseason visit to Pittsburgh since 1992.

PRESEASON WEEK 2 The Giants host Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts in their preason home opener on Sunday, Aug. 18. This will be their first preseason meeting since 1984, when the Giants lost, 26-20, in Indianapolis. The game is slated for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff and will be nationally televised on FOX.

TV BROADCAST INFORMATION This week’s game will be televised by WNBC-4 New York. Bob Papa will call the play-by-play, Carl Banks will provide the color commentary and Howard Cross and Bruce Beck will report from the sidelines.

GIANTS RADIO NETWORK The game will be broadcast by WCBS 880 AM in the Tri-State area – with Chris Carrino calling the play-by-play, Roman Oben and Karl Nelson serving as analysts with Paul Dottino reporting from the sidelines. Lance Medow, Jeff Feagles, Paul Dottino and John Schmeelk will host the Giants radio pregame and postgame shows with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:35 p.m.

‘GIANTS TRAINING CAMP LIVE’ ON MSG+ “Giants Training Camp Live,” the 30-minute live show, will premiere each night at 6:00 p.m., following scheduled Giants training camp sessions, on MSG+. Encore presentations of each show will air at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. “Gi-ants Training Camp Live” features Bob Papa and Mike Crispino as hosts, and expert analysts Carl Banks, Shaun O’Hara, Roman Oben, Jeff Feagles, Amani Toomer, Paul Dottino, and Anita Marks live from the Giants practice facility as they recap the day’s activities.

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PRESEASON

Date Opponent Result TV8/10 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. WNBC8/18 INDIANAPOLIS 7:00 p.m. FOX8/24 JETS 7:00 p.m. WNBC8/29 at New England 7:30 p.m. WNBC

REGULAR SEASON

Date Opponent Result TV9/8 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. NBC9/15 DENVER 4:25 p.m. CBS9/22 at Carolina 1:00 p.m. FOX9/29 at Kansas City 1:00 p.m. FOX10/6 PHILADELPHIA 1:00 p.m. FOX10/10 at Chicago 8:25 p.m. NFLN10/21 MINNESOTA 8:40 p.m. ESPN10/27 at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m. FOX11/3 BYE11/10 OAKLAND 1:00 p.m. CBS11/17 GREEN BAY 8:30 p.m.* NBC11/24 DALLAS 4:25 p.m.* FOX12/1 at Washington 8:30 p.m. NBC12/8 at San Diego 4:25 p.m.* FOX12/1 SEATTLE 1:00 p.m.* FOX12/22 at Detroit 4:05 p.m.* FOX12/29 WASHINGTON 1:00 p.m.* FOX*Time subject to change

Monday, August 5Players’ day off – No scheduled availability

Tuesday, August 611:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews

(QBs Coach Sean Ryan & RBs Coach Jerald Ingram available)1:30-3:45 p.m. – Practice

After Practice – Tom Coughlin available on field

Wednesday, August 711:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews

1:30-3:45 p.m. – PracticeAfter Practice – Tom Coughlin available on field

Thursday, August 811:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews


Friday, August 9Travel to Pittsburgh - No Availability

Saturday, August 10Giants at Steelers, 7:30 p.m.

NEW YORK GIANTS 2013 SCHEDULE

THIS WEEK’S MEDIA SCHEDULE


PRONUNCIATION GUIDEPrince Amukamara (ah-MOO-kah-MAH-rah)David Baas (BOSS)Will Beatty (bee-dee)Zak DeOssie (dee-AUSSIE)David Diehl (DEAL)Mark Herzlich (herz-LICK)Linval Joseph (lin-VALL)

Mathias Kiwanuka (key-WAH-nu-kah)Junior Mertile (mur-TILL)Jake Muasau (MOO-sau)Adewale Ojomo (adah-WAH-LEE oh-JOE-moe)Ryan Nassib (nass-SIB)Etienne Sabino (ay-TEE-INN)Jacquian Williams (jah-KWON)

GIANTS CONNECTIONS Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride held the same position with the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1999 season... S Ryan Mundy played his first-four NFL seasons with the Steelers before signing with the Giants this past offseason.

STEELERS CONNECTIONS Offensive line coach Jack Bicknell, Jr. was the assistant offensive line coach for the Giants and was on the staff when the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI... Tight ends coach James Daniel began his NFL coaching career as the tight ends coach of the Giants from 1993-96... T Guy Whimper began his career in 2006 with the New York Giants and stayed with them for his first four years in the league, earning a Super Bowl ring in 2007... WR Plaxico Burress played a key role on the Giants’ receiving corps from 2005-08. In two of his four seasons with the Giants, Burress gained over 1,000 receive yards.

GIANTS PITTSBURGH-AREA CONNECTIONS Henry Hynoski played in 31 games with 17 starts in 3 years after redshirting as a true freshman in 2007. He finished his career with 37 rushing attempts for 143 yards, 1 touchdown and 40 catches for 238 yards and another score... Offensive line coach Pat Flaherty was Penn State’s assistant offensive line coach during the 1982 season. That same season, the Nittany Lions defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl to win the National Championship. Second-ary coach Peter Giunta was the defensive assistant and tight ends coach at Penn State Univer-sity from 1981-83... Defensive assistant Rob Leonard was a four-year letterman at Moon High School in Moon Township, PA. As a senior, he gained more than 1,500 all-purpose yards and scored 14 touchdowns.

STEELERS NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY-AREA CONNECTIONS WR Kashif Moore graduated from Burlington Township High School (Burlington, NJ) and was named second-team all-state as a senior… RB Isaac Redman attended Paulsboro High and was the two-time Glouster County Player of the Year… LB Jason Worilds attended Carteret High School and became the first player in school history to receive first-team all-state honors in consecutive season.

TRAINING CAMP RETURNS TO EAST RUTHERFORD After spending 16 of the previous 17 summers at the University at Albany, Giants training camp returned to the Quest Diagnos-tics Training Center for 2013. The Giants last held camp at their headquarters in 2011, a season that ended with a victory in Super Bowl XLVI.


PRESEASON OPENERS The Giants are 34- 26-3 in preseason openers since 1950. Last year, the Giants began their preseason schedule with a 32-31 loss in Jacksonville.

2012 PRESEASON The Giants finished the 2012 preseason with a 2- 2 record, with losses to the Jacksonville Jaguars (32- 31) and the Chicago Bears (20-17 ). Big Blue’s preseason victories came against the New York Jets (26- 3) and New England Patriots (6-3). The Giants outscored their opponents, 80-58, in the preseason.

THE SERIES The preseason series between the Giants and the Steelers is tied at 13-1 3 entering Saturday’s game. The Giants are 4- 6 in Pittsburgh in the preseason. Their last preseason victory in Pittsburgh occured on Sept. 5, 1987 (26-20).

GIANTS PARTNER WITH QUEST DIAGNOSTICS The Giants and Quest Diagnostics have teamed up to find new ways to use laboratory diagnos-tic information services to improve the health and performance of athletes of all ages and abilities. As part of the collaboration, the Gi-ants training facility is renamed as the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

LAST MEETING VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERSSTEELERS 24, GIANTS 20 . METLIFE STADIUM . NOV. 4, 2012

The Giants had a four-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Steelers, 24-20, at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants fell flat during a game where they honored 150 servicemen and women and 100 first responders in the wake a Hurricane Sandy. They were outscored 14-0 in the fourth quarter, capped off by Steelers running back Isaac Redman’s one-yard touchdown run.

Eli Manning, who has orchestrated several fourth quarter rallies over the previous two seasons, was unable to repeat the magic, as New York fell to 6-3 on the season.

The Giants gained only 182 yards, including 68 on the ground. Manning completed 10 of 24 passes for 125 yards. The Giants converted only two of 10 third down opportunities. However, the team did have a few outstanding perfor-mances on defense. For the second game in a row, the Giants scored a defensive touchdown when Michael Boley recovered a fumble forced by Osi Umenyiora and ran it back 70 yards to give the Giants their first lead of the game. Jus-tin Tuck recorded two sacks, Jason Pierre-Paul also added a sack and Corey Webster intercept-ed a Ben Roethlisberger pass.


QB ELI MANNING Eli Manning looks to continue his dynamic play in 2013. Enter-ing his 10th season, Manning currently has the longest active start streak among NFL quarterbacks during regular-season games with 135 consecutive games, the all-time Giants record. In 2012, he threw for 3,948 yards and 26 touchdowns, becom-ing the first Giants quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in 8 consecutive seasons.

GIANTS RUNNING BACKSDAVID WILSON & ANDRE BROWN Ahmad Bradshaw’s departure to Indianapolis provides great oppor-tunities for running backs David Wilson and Andre Brown to lead the rushing attack. After a slow start, Wilson came on strong over the final 4 games last season, when he totaled 701 all-purpose-yards and 6 TDs. Brown had a career year despite going down in Week 11 with a season-ending leg injury. He rushed 73 times for 385 yards (5.3 avg.) and 8 TD. In his first career start at Carolina, Brown ran for a career-high 113 yards and 2 touchdowns in a blowout.

TE BRANDON MYERSThe Giants signed free agent TE Brandon Myers to help fill the void left by Martellus Bennett, who signed with Chicago in the spring. Myers is coming off a career season with the Oakland Raiders, from whom he caught 79 catches for 806 yards. The fifth-year pro also started in all 16 games for the Silver and Black last season.

GIANTS RECEIVING CORPS HAKEEM NICKS, VICTOR CRUZ & RUEBEN RANDLEEli Manning will have plenty of weapons at wide receiver in 2013. Vic-tor Cruz is coming off a season in which he had 1,092 receiving yards receiving and caught a team-high 10 touchdowns passes. Hakeem Nicks looks to regain his 2011 form in which he set a career high with 1,192 yards receiving. Rueben Randle looks to have a more prominent role in the offense with the departure of Domenik Hixon. Randle caught 2 touchdown passes in the season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles.

WHO TO WATCH FOR IN 2013...


GIANTS DEFENSIVE ENDS JUSTIN TUCK, JASON PIERRE-PAUL, MATHIAS KIWANUKAWith Osi Umenyiora departing for Atlanta, the Giants will heavily rely on Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul, and Mathias Kiwanuka. After recording 9.0 sacks over the past two seasons, Tuck hopes to play as he did in 2010 where he recorded 11.5 sacks. In 2012, Pierre-Paul played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season and finished with 6.5 sacks and 87 tackles. After rotating between linebacker and defensive end, Kiwa-nuka permanently returns to the end position, where in 2008 he set a career high with 8 sacks.

CB PRINCE AMUKAMARAIn 2012, Prince Amukamara bounced back from his injury-shortened rookie season to have a solid sophomore cam-paign. He accumulated 59 tackles, 6 passes defensed, and 1 interception, while playing in 13 games. The third-year pro is looking to solidify himself as one of the rising cornerbacks in the NFL.

K JOSH BROWN On March 13, the Giants signed Josh Brown to take over for Lawrence Tynes. Over his 10-year career, Brown has scored 1,003 points with a career long of 58 yards, which he com-pleted during his rookie season with the Seattle Seahawks. His career field-goal percentage is 81.3 and has connected on 64.4 pecent from beyond 50 yards.

NAME RD PK POS COLLEGE

Justin Pugh 1 19 T SyracuseJohnathan Hankins 2 17 DT Ohio StateDamontre Moore 3 19 DE Texas A&M

Ryan Nassib 4 13 QB SyracuseCooper Taylor 5 19 S RichmondEric Herman 7a 19 G OhioMichael Cox 7b 47 RB Massachusetts

GIANTS 2013 DRAfT CLASS


COUGHLIN IN THE PRESEASON Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin has an an 18-18 preason record during his tenure with the team. As head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Coughlin was 19-14 in the preseason.

COUGHLIN ENTERS 10th SEASON WITH GIANTS Tom Coughlin is begin-ning his 10th season as head coach of the Giants. Coughlin’s 151 regu-

lar season victories rank third in victories among current NFL head coaches behind only Bill Belichick (187) and Mike Shanahan (167). In 2012, Coughlin passed Hall of Famer Bill Parcells (77 regular-season victories) and moved into second place on the Giants’ career coaching list. He finished the season with 83 victories and trails only Hall of Famer Steve Owen, who won a record 151 games as the Giants’ head coach. Coughlin has the NFL’s third-longest head coach-ing tenure with one team, behind New England’s Bill Belichick (who is in his 14th season with the team) and Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (in his 11th season).

COUGHLIN VERSUS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS Coughlin is 9-9 in games vs. the Steelers. In Coughlin’s first game coaching against Mike Tomlin’s Steelers in 2008, the Giants won at Pitts-burgh, 21-14. In their most recent matchup in 2012, Coughlin’s Giants lost to the Steelers at home, 24-20.


2012 TALE OF THE TAPEGiants Opponents 429 Points Scored 344 327 Total First Downs 317 78/192 3rd Down Conversions 84/198 5687 Offensive Yards 6134 1862 Net Rushing Yards 2066 3825 Net Passing Yards 4068 33/39 Field Goals 26/30 47 Touchdowns 38 18 Rushing TDs 9 26 Passing TDs 26 3 TDs on Returns 3 7.2 Punt Return Avg. 9.3 26.2 KO Return Avg 23.7 33 Sacks 33

GIANTS 2012 TEAM LEADERSScoring: Lawrence Tynes 145 Pass Attempts: Eli Manning 536Pass Completions: Eli Manning 321Completion Pct: Eli Manning 59.9Passing Yards: Eli Manning 3948Passing TDs: Eli Manning 26Rushing Yards: Ahmad Bradshaw 1015Rushing TDs: Andre Brown 8Avg. Yards-per-Rush: Andre Brown 5.3 Receptions: Victor Cruz 86Receiving Yards: Victor Cruz 1092Receiving TDs: Victor Cruz 10Avg. Yards-per-Rec: Ramses Barden 15.7 Rueben Randle Tackles: Antrel Rolle 108 Sacks: Jason Pierre-Paul 6.5Interceptions: Stevie Brown 8Punt Returns: Rueben Randle 15 Punt Return Avg.: Domenik Hixon 8.0 Rueben RandleKO Returns: David Wilson 51 KO Return Avg.: David Wilson 26.9Punts: Steve Weatherford 58Punting Avg: Steve Weatherford 47.5

STEELERS 2012 TEAM LEADERSScoring: Shaun Suisham 118Pass Attempts: Ben Roethlisberger 449Pass Completions: Ben Roethlisberger 284Completion Pct: Ben Roethlisberger 63.3Passing Yards: Ben Roethlisberger 3265Passing TDs: Ben Roethlisberger 26Rushing Yards: Jonathan Dwyer 623Rushing TDs: Four tied with 2Avg. Yards-per-Rush: Jonathan Dwyer 4.0Receptions: Heath Miller 71Receiving Yards: Mike Wallace 836Receiving TDs: Heath Miller 8 Mike Wallace Avg. Yards-per-Rec: Emmanuel Sanders 14.2Tackles: Lawrence Timmons 93Sacks: James Harrison 8 Lawrence Timmons Interceptions: Lawrence Timmons 3Punt Returns: Antonio Brown 27Punt Return Avg.: Emmanuel Sanders 10.3 KO Returns: Chris Rainey 39KO Return Avg.: Chris Rainey 26.5Punts: Drew Butler 77Punting Avg.: Drew Butler 43.8

2012 TALE OF THE TAPESteelers Opponents 336 Points Scored 314 307 Total First Downs 273 94/224 3rd Down Conversions 73/206 5324 Offensive Yards 44131537 Net Rushing Yards 14503787 Net Passing Yards 296328/31 Field Goals 28/3336 Touchdowns 338 Rushing TDs 927 Passing TDs 191 TDs on Returns 57.3 Punt Return Avg. 10.225.3 KO Return Avg. 24.037 Sacks 37


TOM COUGHLIN NFL Record: 163-128 (Overall)

NFL Head Coach: 18th yearCollege: Syracuse

MIKE TOMLINNFL Record: 63-33 (Overall)NFL Head Coach: 7th yearCollege: Willam & Mary

Tom Coughlin is one of the finest, most successful, and most admired coaches in NFL history. His signature achievements are the Giants’ victories against the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. Coughlin’s 2-0 record in Super Bowls makes him the 13th head coach to win multiple Super Bowls and is one of 18 coaches with a perfect Super Bowl record. Coughlin was named the sixteenth head coach in Gi-ants history on January 6, 2004. This season marks Coughlin’s tenth with the Giants and eighteenth as an NFL head coach. Coughlin has the NFL’s third-longest head coaching tenure with one team, behind New Eng-land’s Bill Belichick (entering his 14th season with the team) and Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (entering his 11th). Last season, the Giants scored 429 points, the second-highest total in franchise history; the 1963 Giants scored 448. The 2012 season was the fifth in the 88-year history of the franchise in which the Giants scored more than 400 points. Four of them have occurred since Coughlin became head coach in 2004: 2012 (429 points), 2008 (427), 2005 (422) and 2009 (402). In 2012, Coughlin led the Giants to a 9-7 record. It was their eighth consecutive non-losing season, the team’s longest streak since finishing .500 or better in 10 straight years from 1954-63. The Giants finished with a winning record for the third consecutive season, the first time they’ve done that since 1988-90 (when they were 10-6, 12-4, 13-3). In 2011, he helmed the Giants to their second champi-onship in four seasons with a 21-17 win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. He also guided the team to a 9-7 record, en route to winning an NFC East crown. In 2010, the Giants posted a record of 10-6. The Giants finished the 2009 season with an 8-8 record. In the 2008 season the Giants finished with a 12-4 record, which won the NFC East division. Coughlin directed the Giants 17-14 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008, the third championship in the team’s history. Last year, Coughlin passed Bill Parcells (77 regular-season victories) and moved into second place on the Giants’ career coaching list. He finished the season with 83 victories and trails only Owen, who won a record 151 games as the Giants’ head coach. Coughlin’s eight Giants postseason victories tie him with Parcells for the franchise record. Coughlin has led the Giants to two NFC East titles and five playoff berths in nine years.

Mike Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to both coach in and win a Super Bowl when he led the Steelers to a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Car-dinals in Super Bowl XLIII. By winning the Super Bowl in only his second season as a head coach, he also became the fastest to win a Super Bowl title in Steelers’ history. Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in league history to win a Super Bowl within his first two seasons as an NFL head coach. Tomlin is the only head coach in Steelers his-tory to lead the team to two Super Bowls in his first four seasons at the helm, including an appearance against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. He is one of only two Steelers’ head coaches to win three division titles in his first four seasons. Tomlin has compiled a 43-21 record in the regular sea-son during his four-year head coaching career. His .672 winning percentage in his first four seasons is tied for the best in team history with former coach Bill Cowher. In 2010, Tomlin became only the second Steelers’ head coach to win at least 10 games in three of his first four seasons. Under Tomlin, the Steelers broke new ground on of-fense in 2009. Pittsburgh’s offense ranked seventh in the NFL (ninth passing, 19th rushing) but became the first unit in team history to boast a 4,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher in the same season. Pittsburgh’s defense ranked fifth in the NFL (third vs. run, 16th vs. pass) while leading the AFC and finishing one shy of the NFL lead with 47 quarterback sacks. The Steelers’ offense finished third in the NFL in rush-ing (135.5 avg.) during Tomlin’s first season, sparked by running back Willie Parker who led the league in rushing before injuring his leg in Week 16. QB Ben Roethlisberger enjoyed a record-setting season during Tomlin’s first year, establishing new team records for touchdown passes (32) and passer rating (104.1), while earning his first career Pro Bowl appearance. In 2007, the Steelers held the ad-vantage in time of possession in 14-of-16 regular season games. Tomlin was a three-year starter at wide receiver at Wil-liam and Mary (1990-94) and finished his career with 101 receptions for 2,046 yards and a school-record 20 TD catches. A first-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994, he established a school record with a 20.2 yards-per-catch average.

Tom Coughlin Mike Tomlin163-128 Overall Record 63-331-1 Career Head-to-Head RS (PS) 1-110 Years as Team’s Head Coach 718 Years a NFL Head Coach 79-9 RS Record vs. Opponent (PS) 1-1


QUARTERBACKS

DAVID CARR (8)• Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft choice by the Houston Texans in 2002.• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 3, 2008, re-signed by the Giants on Au-gust 1, 2011.• Carr has played in 92 regular season games with 79 starts.• Carr led the NFL with a career-high 68.3 com-pletion percentage (hitting 302 of 442 passes) in 2006.

RYAN NASSIB (9)• Acquired as a 4th round draft pick (110th overall) by the Giants in 2013.• In his final year at Syracuse, ranked tenth among active NCAA Football Bowl Subdivi-sion players with his 791 pass completions and placed eleventh with 1,312 pass attempts.• His 70 touchdown passes, eighth-best among active players, rank third in Big East annals, while his 9,190 yards passing is the fourth-best in conference history and marked the first time a Syracuse player threw for over 8,500 yards in a career.

ELI MANNING (10)• Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft choice by the San Diego Chargers in 2004• Obtained by the Giants in a trade for quarter-back Philip Rivers.• Manning won the Rozelle Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. He is 1 of 5 players in NFL history to win mul-tiple Super Bowl MVP awards.• Has played in 137 regular season games with starts in his last 135 appearances and has started all 11 postseason games in which he’s played.• Manning’s career completion percentage of 58.60 is 1st in Giants history among quarter-backs with at least 1,000 attempts.• Manning has 25 300-yard games and a long pass of 99 yards. The Giants are 13-12 in regu-lar-season games in which Manning throws for 300 yards, 2-2 when he throws for 400 yards and 1-0 when he passes for 500 yards. They are 2-0 in his postseason 300-yard games.

CURTIS PAINTER (17)• Originally a 6th round (201st pick overall) draft choice by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Has played in 11 regular-season games with 8 starts. Career totals include 271 passes, 140 completions (51.7%), 1,624 yards, 6 touch-downs and 11 interceptions.

RUNNING BACKS

DAVID WISON (22) • Was a first-round draft pick (32nd overall) in the 2012 NFL draft by the Giants.• Set a Giants record in 2012 with 1, 533 kickoff returns.• Wilson accounted for a Giants-record all –purpose 327 yards vs. New Orleans on Dec. 9• As a rookie in 2012, Wilson played in all 16 games with 2 starts.

MICHAEL COX (29) • Was a seventh-round draft choice (253rd overall) from UMass by the Giants 2013.• In his only season at UMass, Cox started all 12 games.• Led the Minutemen with 198 carries for 715 yards and 5 touchdowns.

DA’REL SCOTT (33) • Was a seventh-round draft choice (221th overall) from Maryland by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 15 games with no starts … To-tals include 11 rushing attempts for 25 yards, 2 receptions for 13 yards, 14 kickoff returns for 341 yards, and 2 special team tackles.

ANDRE BROWN (35)• Originally a 4th round (129th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009.• In 2009, spent his entire rookie season on injured reserve after rupturing his left Achilles tendon in a training camp practice on Aug. 14.• In 2012, led the team with 8 rushing touch-downs – including a score in each of the 5 con-secutive games from Oct. 21 to Nov. 25 – while finishing 2nd on the team 73 carries for 385


yards• Brown’s rushing yardage total was the high-est by Giants players making his first NFL start since the 1970 merger.• Spent the 2011 season on the Giants’ prac-tice squad.

HENRY HYNOSKI (45) • Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Gi-ants on July 28, 2011.• Has played in 27 regular-season games with 15 starts and in 4 postseason games with 3 starts.• Has 23 receptions for 133 yards and 5 rush-ing attempts for 20 yards.• In the postseason, he has 5 receptions • In 2012, played in all 16 games with 11 starts at fullback .• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

RYAN TORAIN (46) • Signed by the Giants on Nov. 27, 2012. Orig-inally a 5th round (148th pick overall) draft choice by the Denver Broncos in 2008.• Career totals include 238 rushing attempts for 1,011 yards and 6 touchdowns, plus 24 receptions for 148 yards and 2 touchdowns.

RYAN D’IMPERIO (49) • Originally a 7th round (237th pick overall) by the Minnesota Vikings in 2011. • Signed by the Giants on July 26, 2013.

WIDE RECEIVERS

KEITH CARLOS (2)• Signed by the Giants on June 3, 2013.

BRANDON COLLINS (6)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 14, 2012.• Signed to the Giant’s practice squad on Sept. 2, 2012.• Released from the practice squad on Sept. 7, 2013.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the

Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.

JERREL JERNIGAN (12)• Originally a 3rd round (83rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 17 regular-season games and in 4 postseason games.

KEVIN HARDY (15)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 7, 2012.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2012.• Career totals include 3 catches for 22 yards (7.3-yard avg.), 10 kickoffs for 246 yards (24.6-yard avg.) and 1 rushing attempt for 6 yards…In the postseason, Jernigan has 5 kickoff re-turns for 115 yards (23.0-yard avg.).

LOUIS MURPHY (18)•Originally a 4th round (124th pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2009• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 15, 2013.• Murphy has played in 57 games with 24 starts for Oakland (3 seasons) and Carolina (1).• Career totals include 115 receptions for 1,707 yards (14.8-yard avg.) and 7 touch-downs, with a long reception of 75 yards. Also has 14 rushing attempts for 146 yards (10.4-yard avg.) with 1 touchdown and a long run of 43 yards.

JULIAN TALLEY (19)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Resigned by the Giants on July 31, 2013.• Played in 45 games at UMass, where he caught 162 passes for 2,090 yards and 11 touchdowns for an average of 12.9 yards per


catch. VICTOR CRUZ (80)

• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on April 25, 2010.• Has played in 35 regular season games with 23 starts and he started all 4 postseason games in which he played. • 2012 Season: led the Giants with 86 recep-tions for 1,092 yards and 10 touchdowns.• Cruz is the first the first player in Giants’ history with 80 catches, 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in a single season. • In 2012, Cruz was selected to his 1st Pro Bowl, where he set the game record with 10 receptions in the NFC’s 62-35 victory.

RUEBEN RANDLE (82)• Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012.• As a rookie in 2012, played in all 16 games with 1 start. Finished season with 19 recep-tions for 298 yards (15.7-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns.• Led the Giants with 15 punt returns for 108 yards (7.2-yard avg.) with a long runback of 18 yards.

RAMSES BARDEN (85)• Originally a 3rd round (85th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009…Resigned by the Giants on May 23, 2013.• Has played in 29 games with 1 start and has caught 29 passes for 394 yards (13.6-yard avg.) with a long reception of 31 yards.• In 2012, had career-high totals of 14 recep-tions for 221 yards (15.7-yard avg.).

HAKEEM NICKS (88)• Originally a 1st round (29th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009.• Has played in 55 regular-season games with 44 starts and has started all 4 postseason games in which he played.• Career totals include 255 catches for 3,726 yards and 27 touchdowns.• Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week

for his performance vs. Tampa Bay (9/16).KRIS ADAMS (89)

• Caught 2 passes for 26 yards at Chicago (9/9• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 15, 2013.

TIGHT ENDS

CHASE CLEMENT (47)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 30, 2013. • He finished his career with 14 catches for 189 yards and a touchdown.

ADRIEN ROBINSON (81)• Originally a 4th round (127th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • Made his NFL debut vs. Dallas (9/5). • At Cincinnati, caught 29 passes for 434 yards and 5 touchdowns.

BRANDON MEYERS (83)• Originally a 6th round (202nd overall pick) by the Oakland Raiders in 2009. • Signed by the Giants as a free agent on March 17, 2013. • Career totals include 111 receptions for 1,056 yards and 4 touchdowns. • In 2012, started all 16 games for Oakland and had career-high totals of 79 catches for 806 yards and 4 touchdowns.

LARRY DONNELL (84)• Originally signed as a free agent by the Gi-ants on March 13, 2013. • Waived by the Giants on August 31, 2012. • Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on January 2, 2013

BEAR PASCOE (86)• Originally a 6th round (184th pick overall) draft choice by the San Francisco 49ers in 2009. • Signed to the Giants’ roster on December 4, 2009. • Has played in 50 regular season games with 26 starts and played in 4 postseason games.• Career totals include 26 receptions for 252 yards and 1 touchdown.


JAMIE CHILDERS (87)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the St. Louis Rams on May 10, 2012. • Signed to a resrve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 25, 2013. • Earned 2nd- team All-Big South honors as a tight end and also played quarterback

OffENSIVE LINE

SELVISH CAPERS (60)• Originally a 7th round (231st pick overall) draft choice by the Washington Redskins in 2010. • Signed to the Giants’ practice squad on Sept. 5, 2011. • Saw his first 1st regular-season action in 2012, when he played in 3 games as a reserve lineman and on special teams.

CHRIS DEGEARE (61)• Originally a 5th round (161st pick overall) draft choice by the Minnesota Vikings in 2010. • Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 8, 2013.• Has played in 8 games with 5 starts, all in his rookie season in 2010.• Started all 12 games at left tackle in his red-shirt senior year in 2009 at Wake Forest and was named All-ACC honorable mention.

ERIC HERMAN (62)• Originally a 7th round (225th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013. • Herman started 50 games in his 4 seasons at Ohio University. • Two-time All-Mid American Conference se-lection.

JIM CORDLE (63)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on April 25, 2010• Has played in 25 regular-season games with no starts. • Cordle made 33 career starts and played

every position on the offensive line at Ohio State.

DAVID BAAS (64)• Originally a 2nd-round (33rd pick overall) choice by the San Francisco 49ers in 2005. • Signed by the Giants as a free agent on July 29, 2011.• Has played in 119 regular-season games with 81 starts and started all 4 postseason games in which he played. • In 2012, Baas started all 16 games at center. It was the 5th time he played every game and the 3rd tie he started each 1 (also 2009 and 2010 with San Francisco).

WILL BEATTY (65)• Originally a 2nd round pick (60th pick over-all) choice by the Giants in 2009.• Has played in 50 games with 31 starts. • In 2012, played in all 16 games with 15 starts after missing the entire preseason with a back injury.• Beatty was part of a line that allowed an NFL-low 20 sacks and helped the Giants aver-age 116.4 rushing yards a game, a 27.2-yard improvement over 2011.

DAVID DIEHL (66)• Originally a 5th round (160th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2003.• Diehl started the first 120 regular-season games and 7 postseason games in his career, the longest by a Giant since the introduction of the 16-game schedule in 1978. • Now in his 11th season, Diehl is the Giants’ longest-tenured player. He has played in 153 regular-season games, the 18th-highest total in franchise history.

BRANDON MOSELY (67)• Originally a 4th round (131st pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • As a rookie in 2012, suffered an ankle injury in the preseason as was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Aug. 27. • Mosley played in 27 games during his 2 sea-


son at Auburn, starting his final 24 contests at right tackle.

MICHAEL JASPER (68)• Originally a 7th round (245th pick overall) draft choice by the Buffalo Bills in 2011. • Signed to the reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Was the 1st Bethel player to be selected in the NFL Draft.

JUSTIN PUGH (72)• Originally a 1st round (19th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013. • After redshirting in 2009, Pugh started all 34 games in which he played at left tackle. • Pugh was the school’s 1st offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since 1990.

JAMES BREWER (73)• Originally a 4th round (117th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 6 games, all in 2012, as a re-serve lineman and on special teams. • In 2010, received the Don Howell “Out-standing Offensive Lineman” Award, give to the team’s top blocker at Indiana University.

MATT McCANTS (74)• Originally a 6th round (201st pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • Played in 47 games with 42 starts at left tackle for UAB. • Lombardi Award nominee.

BRYANT BROWNING (75)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the St. Louis Rams on July 29, 2011.• Signed to the reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 8, 2013. • Played in 1 game for the Panthers, making his NFL debut at right guard in the 3rd quarter vs. Atlanta.

CHRIS SNEE (76)• Originally a 2nd round (34th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2004. • Snee enters the 2013 season having played 138 regular-season games for the Giants, the

2nd-highest total among active players. • In 2010, Snee was voted 1st team All-Pro by The Sporting News and the Pro Football Writ-ers Association and 2nd team by the Associ-ated Press. • A 4-time Pro-Bowler, Snee has missed only 6 games in a career entering its 10th season.

KEVIN BOOTHE (77)• Originally a 6th round (176th pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2006. • Awarded off waivers to the Giants on Sept. 2, 2007.• Has played in 89 regular-season games with 46 starts and in 9 postseason games with 4 starts.• Boothe, a Cornell alumnus, is 1 of 2 current Giants who played in the Ivy League.

STEPHEN GOODIN (79)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Three-year starter at Nebraska-Kearney.

DEfENSIVE LINE

MATT BROHA (54)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Spent the entire 2012 season on the Giants’ practice squad.• Finished Louisiana Tech career with 152 tackles (80 solo), 22.0 sacks and 32 tackles for losses.

JUSTIN TRATTOU (69)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on July 28, 2011. • As a rookie in 2011, played in 6 regular-season games. • Recorded 121 tackles (75 solo), 26.0 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.

FRANK OKAM (70)• Originally a 5th round (151st pick overall) draft pick choice by the Houston Texans in 2008.


• Signed by the Giants on May 11, 2013.•Has played in 25 games with 6 starts.

ADEWALE OJOMO (71)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012.• As a rookie in 2012, played on special teams in 1 game, vs. Cleveland (10/7).• Played in 35 games with 14 starts in a 3-sea-son career at Miami, where he had 79 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 16.0 tackles for losses.

JOHNATHAN HANKINS (74)• Originally a 2nd round (49th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013.• Hankins played in 38 games in his 3 seasons at Ohio State, including starts in each of the final 25 games in which he played. • Finished his career with 138 tackles (58 solo), 5 sacks and 16.5 stops for losses.

MARKUS KUHN (78)• Was originally a 7th round draft choice (239th overall) by the Giants in the 2012 NFL Draft.• As a rookie in 2012 played in 10 games with 1 start before suffering a torn ACL.• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

DAMONTRE MOORE (79)• Was a third-round draft choice (81st overall pick) from Texas A&M in 2013. • His 26.5 sacks for minus-158 yards rank 6th in school history.• Was a consensus 1st-team All-America se-lection.

JASON PIERRE-PAUL (90)• Was a first-round draft choice (15th over-all pick) from South Florida by the Giants in 2010.• In 2012 played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season with 15 starts.• Has started 27 of the 48 regular season games in which he played, and recorded 206 tackles, 27.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 3 fum-ble recoveries, 1 interception and 21 passes defensed.• Postseason: had 18 tackles and a half-sack.

• Was named first-team All Pro.• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

JUSTIN TUCK (91)• Was a third-round draft choice (74th overall pick) from Notre Dame by the Giants in 2005.• Has played in 111 regular-season games with 75 starts.• Postseason: played in 10 games with 5 starts.• Career regular season totals include 418 tackles, 49.5 sacks, 1 interception, 26 passes defensed, 18 forced fumbles and 6 fumble re-coveries.• Played in the Pro Bowl in 2008 and 2010.

MIKE PATTERSON (93)• Originally a 1st round draft choice (31st pick overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005.• Signed by the Giants on April 3, 2013. • Has played in 115 regular-season games with 99 starts and started 7 postseason games in which he’s played.• Career totals include 551 tackles, 16.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 7 fumble recoveries, 4 pass-es defensed and an interception.

MATHIAS KIWANUKA (94)• Was a first-round draft choice (32nd over-all pick) from Boston College by the Giants in 2006.• Has played in 93 regular-season games with 61 starts and recorded 376 tackles (239 solo), 30.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 9 passes defensed, 9 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, and 19 special teams tackles.• Postseason: Has started three of six postsea-son games in which he’s played. Has 15 tack-les and 0.5 sacks in the postseason.

SHAUN ROGERS (95)• Originally a 2nd-round (61st pick overall) draft choice by the Detroit Lions in 2001• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on April 26, 2012. Did no play due to a blood clot.• Has started 128 of the 156 regular season games in which he’s played.• Postseason: Has played in two postseason games.


MARVIN AUSTIN (96)• Originally a 2nd-round (52nd overall pick) draft choice from North Carolina by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 8 games, all in 2012. Finished with 5 tackles (2 solo).

LINVAL JOSPEH (97)• Originally a 2nd round (46th pick overall) draft choice from East Carolina by the Giants in 2010.• Has played in 38 regular-season games with 31 starts…Regular season totals in clued 132 tackles (81 solo), 6.0 sacks, 1 fumble forced, 2 fumble recoveries and 3 passes defensed.• Postseason: Has started all 4 postseason games in which he played…Has 11 tackles (6 solo) and a pass defensed.

ADRIAN TRACY (98)• Originally a 6th round draft choice (184th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Giants.• Signed to the Giants’ active roster on Feb. 7, 2012.• In 2012, Tracy saw his 1st action after 1 sea-son on injured reserve and another on the practice squad. ..Played in all 16 games as a re-serve defensive end on special teams and had 9 tackles (6 solo), including a sack on defense and 8 tackles (4 solo) on special teams.

CULLEN JENKINS (99)• Signed as a rookie free agent by the Green Bay Packers on May 2, 2003.• Signed by the Giants on March 11, 2013.• Has played in 125 regular-season games with 98 starts and played in 8 postseason games with 3 starts for Green Bay and Philadelphia…Regular season totals include 383 tackles (239 solo), 38.5 sacks, 17 passes defensed, 1 inter-ception, 6 forced fumbles, 6 fumble recover-ies, and 3 blocked kicks.• Postseason: Has played in 8 postseason games with 3 starts where he has 20 tackles (14 solo), 2.0 sacks and a pass defensed.

CORNERBACKS

PRINCE AMUKAMARA (20)• Originally a 1st round (19th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 20 regular-season games with 11 starts and in 4 postseason games.• Career totals include 73 tackles (57 solo), 2 interceptions and 9 passes defensed…In the postseason he has 3 tackles (2 solo).• In 2012, played in 13 games with 11 starts at right cornerback. Finished the season with 59 tackles (44 solo(, an interception and 6 passes defensed.

COREY WEBSTER (23)• Originally a Giants 2nd round draft pick (43rd overall) in 2005.• Re-signed by the Giants on July 30, 2011.• Webster’s team-leading 6 interceptions in 2011 were the highest total by a Giant since Emmanuel McDaniel had 6 in 2000.• Has played in 117 regular-season games with 91 starts and has started all 10 postseason games in which he’s played.Career totals include 372 tackles (292 solo), 88 passes defensed, 20 interceptions, 5 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 2.0 sacks. In the postseason, Webster has 34 tackles (28 solo), 12 passes defensed, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recover.

TERRELL THOMAS (24)• Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice of the Giants in 2008.• Thomas led the Giants in tackles, intercep-tions and passes defensed in both 2009 and 2010.• Career totals include 234 tackles (172 solo), 11 interceptions, 40 passes defensed, 2.0 sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery and 15 special teams tackles.


• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

JAYRON HOSLEY (28)• Origianlly a 2012 3rd round draft pick (94th pick overall).• As a rookie in 2012, played in 12 games with 6 starts.• Contributed 37 tackles (22 solo), 1 intercep-tion, 3 passes defensed and a fumble recovery, plus 4 solo special teams tackles as a rookie.

AARON ROSS (31)• Originally a 1st round (20th overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2007.• Re-signed with the Giants as a free-agent on March 14, 2013.• Ross has played 79 regular season games with 50 starts and in 9 postseason games with 8 starts.• Career totals include 282 tackles (190 solo), 10 interceptions, 43 passes defensed, and 1.5 sacks in the regular season and 3 returns for 29 yards with a long of 14 yards in the postseason.

LARON SCOTT (34)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 3, 2012.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 2, 2013.

TERRENCE FREDERICK (36)• Originally a 7th round draft choice (246th pick overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012.• Signed to the active roster on Dec. 26, 2012• Played in 2 games for the 2012 Giants: at At-lanta (12/16) and vs. Philadelphia, (12/30).

CHARLES JAMES (37)• Originally signed by the Giants as a rookie free agent on May 10, 2013.• Two-time FCS All-America selection and 3-time All-Big South first-team choice.• Played in 39 games and finished his career

with the CSU records for interceptions in a single season (6 in 2011) and in a career (12).

TRUMAINE McBRIDE (38)• Originally a 7th round (221st pick overall) draft choice by the Chicago Bears in 2007.• Signed by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Has played in 48 games with 10 starts for Chicago Arizona and Jacksonville• Career totals include 50 tackles (40 solo), 1 interception, 6 passes defensed, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.

JUNIOR MERTILE (49)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2013.• Began his career as a wide receiver and fin-ished 3rd on the team as a freshman with 26 receptions for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns.

SAfETIES

RYAN MUNDY (21)• Originally a 6th round (194th pick overall) draft choice by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008.• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 14, 2013.• Has played in 64 regular-season games with 5 starts and in 4 postseason games with 1 start.• Career totals include 79 tackles, 9 passes defensed, and 1 interception.

WILL HILL (25) • Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 14, 2012.• In 2012, played 12 games with no starts in his 1st NFL season.• Contributed 30 tackles, 2 passes defensed and a forced fumble on defense and tied for 3rd on the team with 13 special team tackles

ANTREL ROLLE (26) • Signed as a free agent by the Giants in 2010. Originally a first-round (8h overall pick) from Miami (Fla.) by the Arizona Car-dinals in 2005.• Career totals include 238 rushing attempts


for 1,011 yards and 6 touchdowns, plus 24 re-ceptions for 148 yards and 2 touchdowns.• Has 4 career touchdowns on interception returns.• Was a Pro Bowl selection in2009 and 2010.• Entering the 2013 season, Rolle has started 48 consecutive regular-season games, the 2nd-longest active streak on the Giants behind Eli Manning’s 135 starts in a row.• In 2012 led the Giants in tackles for the 2nd straight season (108).

STEVIE BROWN (27)• Originally a 7th round (251st pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2010.• Signed by the Giants as a free agent on April 3, 2012.• In 2012, played in all 16 games with 11 starts at strong safety in his NFL breakout season.• Led the team and was tied for 2nd in the NFL with 8 interceptions.

COOPER TAYLOR (30)• Was a fifth-round draft choice (152nd overall pick) from Richmond in 2013. • Started all 18 games at Richmond in which he played and recorded 141 tackles with 1.5 sacks for minus 14 yards and 6.5 stops for losses.

TYLER SASH (39)• Was a sixth-round draft choice (198th overall pick) from Iowa by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 23 games with no starts. Totals include 6 tackles and 19 special teams tackles. • In 2012, played in 7 games and had 3 solo tackles on defense and 4 solo tackles on spe-cial teams.

ALONZO TWEEDY (44)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 10, 2013.• Played in 51 games with 4 starts at Virginia Tech.• Finished career with 103 tackles, 10 tackles for losses and 4.0 sacks.

DAVID CALDWELL (41)• Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Indianapolis Colts in 2010.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 8, 2013.• Has played in 16 games with 13 starts at strong safety, all for the 2011 Colts.• Totaled 62 tackles and 4 passed defensed.

SPECIALISTS

STEVE WEATHERFORD (5)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 12, 2006.• Originally signed by the Giants on July 30, 2011• Weatherford punted 12 times in the Giants’ 2011 NFC Championship Game victory in San Francisco, tying David Lee of the Baltimore Colts (in a 1977 AFC Divisional Playoff) for 2nd-high-est total in NFL postseason history.• Weatherford set a Super Bowl record with 3 punts downed inside the 20-yard line in Super Bowl XLVI.• Tied an NFL record in 2010 by placing 42 punts inside the 20-yard line.

JOSH BROWN (3)• Originally a 7th round (222nd pick overall) draft choice by the Seattle Seahawks in 2002.• Signed by the Giants on March 13, 2013.• Brown has played in 148 regular-season games and in 10 postseason games, including Super Bowl XL.• Brown kicked a field goal at least 52 yards long in every season but one, including a career-long 58-yarder as a rookie.

ZAK DeOSSIE (51)• Originally a 4th round (116th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2007.• Played in all 96 regular-season and 9 postsea-son games in his career as the long snapper and on coverage teams.• Has 48 career regular-season special teams tackles, 1 forced fumble and 7 postseason spe-cial teams tackles.• Selected to the NFC Pro Bowl team as a special teams player in 2008 and 2010.

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PRESEASON RESULTS (2012-1950)

2012 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 at Jacksonville…… .31 32 (L) 8/18 at Jets ………. . . . .26 3 (W) 8/24 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/1 New England… . . . . .6 3 (W)

2011 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 at Carolina…… . . .10 20 (L) 8/22 Chicago ………. . .41 13 (W) 8/29 Jets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 17 (L) 9/1 at New England… . .18 17 (W)

2010 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/16 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 16 (W) 8/21 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 8/28 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .10 24 (L) 9/2 New England . . . . . . . .20 17 (W)

2009 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/77 vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/22 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . .3 17 (L) 8/23 vs. Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 27 (L) 8/28 at New England . . . . . .27 38 (L)

2008 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/7 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/18 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .37 34 (W) 8/23 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 10 (L) 8/28 New England . . . . . . . .19 14 (W)

2007 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .21 24 (L) 8/19 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .13 12 (W) 8/25 Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 20 (L) 8/30 at New England . . . . . .20 27 (L)

2006 (4-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .17 16 (W) 8/17 Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 0 (W) 8/25 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/31 New England . . . . . . . .31 23 (W)

2005 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .14 17 (L) 8/20 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .27 21 (W) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .15 14 (W) 9/1 at New England . . . . . .27 3 (W)

2004 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 Kansas City . . . . . . . . . .34 24 (W) 8/19 at Carolina . . . . . . . . . .20 27 (L) 8/27 at New York Jets . . . . .10 17 (L) 9/2 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .17 27 (L)

2003 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/7 at New England . . . . . . .6 26 (L) 8/15 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .10 10 (L) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 15 (L) 8/28 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .30 24 (W)

2002 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 vs. Houston (HOF Game Canton, OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 17 (W)

8/10 New England . . . . . . . .22 19 (W) 8/17 at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . .24 36 (L) 8/24 at New York Jets . . . . . .7 28 (L) 8/29 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .13 0 (W)

2001(1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/11 at New England . . . . . . .0 14 (L) 8/16 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .27 5 (W) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 17 (L) 8/31 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . .9 38 (L)

2000 (0-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 20 (L) 8/11 at Jacksonville . . . . . . .13 16 (L) 8/19 at New York Jets . . . . .24 27 (L) 8/25 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L)

1999(2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/13 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .36 21 (W) 8/21 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .27 20 (W) 8/28 New York Jets. . . . . . . .10 16 (L) 9/3 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .28 24 (L)

1998 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/14 at. Jacksonville . . . . . . .10 24 (L) 8/20 at New York Jets . . . . .23 27 (L) 8/28 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . .6 14 (L)

1997 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/2 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .21 20 (W) 8/9 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .16 38 (L) 8/16 New York Jets. . . . . . . .17 27 (L) 8/22 Green Bay . . . . . . . . . .17 22 (L)

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1996 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/2 at Jacksonville . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/10 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .27 37 (L) 8/17 at New York Jets . . . . . .6 13 (L) 8/23 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 34 (L)

1995 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .19 13 (W) 8/11 vs. New Orleans . . . . . .14 13 (W) 8/19 vs. Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 31 (W) 8/26 at Carolina . . . . . . . . . . .3 6 (L)

1994 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

7/30 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 20 (L) 8/6 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .15 24 (L) 8/13 San Diego (Berlin) . . . .28 20 (W) 8/20 at New York Jets . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/27 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L)

1993 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . .27 16 (W) 8/14 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L) 8/21 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 13 (W) 8/28 at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

1992 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/15 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .16 7 (W) 8/22 at New York Jets . . . . .14 20 (L) 8/29 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .3 24 (L)

1991 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 17 (W) 8/10 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .10 16 (L) 8/17 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 20 (W) 8/24 at New England . . . . . .3 24 (L)

1990 (4-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/13 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . .20 6 (W) 8/18 at Houston . . . . . . . . . .13 10 (W) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . .17 7 (W) 9/1 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .28 10 (W)

1989 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/12 at New England . . . . . .20 17 (W) 8/20 at Kansas City . . . . . . . .45 7 (W) 8/26 New York Jets. . . . . . . .21 17 (W) 9/2 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L)

1988 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .34 3 (W) 8/13 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 21 (W) 8/20 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .28 17 (W) 8/26 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .13 17 (L)

1987 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/16 at New England . . . . . .19 17 (W) 8/22 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .24 10 (W) 8/29 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 30 (L) 9/5 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .26 20 (W)

1986 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . .24 31 (L) 8/16 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .22 14 (W) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .20 16 (W) 8/30 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 3 (W)

1985 (5-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 Houston (HOF Game Canton, OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 20 (W)

8/10 at Denver . . . . . . . . . . .30 20 (W) 8/17 Green Bay . . . . . . . . . .10 2 (W) 8/24 New York Jets (OT) . . .34 31 (W) 8/30 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .24 14 (W)

1984 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 at New England . . . . . .48 20 (W) 8/11 at Indianapolis . . . . . . .20 26 (L) 8/18 New York Jets. . . . . . . .20 14 (W) 8/25 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .16 9 (W)

1983 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 16 (W) 8/12 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .22 13 (W) 8/20 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .27 24 (W) 8/26 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 24 ( L)

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1982 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/14 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .14 19 (L) 8/21 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/28 New York Jets. . . . . . . .22 10 (W) 9/3 at Miami (OT) . . . . . . .13 16 (L)

1981 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .23 7 (W) 8/15 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .20 17 (W) 8/22 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 37 (L) 8/29 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .6 31 (L)

1980 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . .0 13 (L) 8/16 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 6 (W) 8/22 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .20 37 (L) 8/30 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .7 32 (L)

1979 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/4 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .27 7 (W) 8/11 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .3 10 (L) 8/18 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . .3 7 ( L) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .6 14 (L)

1978 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 at Cleveland . . . . . . . .21 7 (W) 8/12 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 27 (L) 8/19 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .13 6 (W) 8/26 San Diego. . . . . . . . . . . .6 17 (L)

1977 (1-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 New England . . . . . . . . .3 19 ( L) 8/13 at New Orleans . . . . . . .7 23 (L) 8/20 at San Diego . . . . . . . .17 29 (L) 8/29 Buffalo (OT) . . . . . . . .24 21 (W) 9/4 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .0 10 (L) 9/11 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L)

1976 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/1 at New England . . . . . . .7 13 (L) 8/9 New York Jets (at Yankee Stadium) .16 14 (W) 8/14 at Houston . . . . . . . . . .30 14 (W) 8/20 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .17 0 (W) 8/28 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .20 16 (W) 9/4 at San Diego . . . . . . . .13 14 (L)

1975 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/10 at New England(OT) . .28 14 (W)8/16 at San Diego . . . . . . . .17 7 (W)

8/24 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 20 (W) 8/30 Pittsburgh (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .24 7 (W) 9/7 Cleveland (at Seattle, Wash.) . . .20 24 (L) 9/13 at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . .13 31 (L)

1974 (2-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 at Houston . . . . . . . . . . .7 16 (L) 8/11 at New England . . . . .21 6 (W) 8/17 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 13 (W) 8/24 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 8/31 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .21 24 (L) 9/6 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

1973 (6-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/4 at San Diego . . . . . . . .28 3 (W) 8/12 at New England . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/19 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 45 30 (W) 8/26 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .29 24 (W) 9/1 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N. J.) . .42 21 (W) 9/8 Cleveland (at Akron, Oh.) . . . . . .21 10 (W)

1972 (3-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

7/29 Kansas City (Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Oh. ) . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

8/5 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .10 28 (L) 8/20 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn. ) 31 31 (T) 8/27 at New England . . . . . .31 10 (W) 9/2 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .27 12 (W) 9/10 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .28 21 (W)

1971 (0-6)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 at Houston . . . . . . . . . . .6 35 (L) 8/15 at New England . . . . . .14 20 (L) 8/22 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn. ) 14 27 (L) 8/28 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .14 26 (L) 9/4 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .7 30 (L) 9/12 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . .3 20 (L)

1970 (2-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .31 31 (T) 8/15 at San Diego . . . . . . . .27 30 (L) 8/23 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 28 24 (W) 8/28 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .6 21 (L) 9/ 5 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .27 7 (W) 9/12 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .29 30 (L)

1969 (0-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .21 22 (L) 8/17 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 14 37 (L) 8/30 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .17 24 (L) 9/6 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .27 28 (L) 9/11 Pittsburgh (at Montreal) 13 17 (L)

1968 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .15 14 (W) 8/17 Atlanta (at Nashville, Tenn.) . .17 13 (W) 8/25 St. Louis (at New Haven, Conn.) 10 18 (L) 9/7 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .7 21 (L)

1967 (1-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/12 Atlanta (at Ithaca, N.Y.) 10 10 (T) 8/18 Washington (at Raleigh, N. C.) . . . .13 31 (L) 8/27 Minnesota (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 3 (W) 9/2 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .13 24 (L) 9/9 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .14 31 (L)

1966 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/6 Pittsburgh (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . .16 14 (W) 8/13 Atlanta (at Nashville, Tenn.) . .14 7 (W) 8/21 Detroit (at New Haven, Conn.) 17 7 (W) 8/27 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .23 24 (L) 9/3 at Green Bay (Milwaukee, Wis.) . . . .10 37 (L)

1965 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/14 at Green Bay . . . . . . . . .7 44 (L) 8/22 Pittsburgh (at New Haven, Conn.) 17 7 (W) 8/28 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .13 34 (L) 9/4 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . .21 25 (L) 9/11 Minnesota (at Omaha, Neb.) . . . . .9 24 (L)

1964 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/8 at Minnesota . . . . . . . . .7 21 ( L) 8/15 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .10 34 (L) 8/22 Washington (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . .24 27 (L) 8/29 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .28 17 (W) 9/5 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . .10 24 (L)

1963 (2-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 Chicago (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 8/17 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . . .24 21 (W) 8/25 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .16 17 (L) 9/2 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 9/7 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .34 10 (W)

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1962 (2-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/11 St. Louis (Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Oh.) . . . . . . . .21 21 (T) 8/19 at San Francisco . . . . . .10 42 (L) 8/25 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .31 24 (W) 9/3 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/8 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .27 10 (W)

1961 (2-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/12 San Francisco (at Portland, Ore.) . . . .21 20 (W) 8/19 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . .17 17 (T) 8/26 Dallas (at Albuquerque, N.M.) 28 10 (W) 9/4 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/10 Baltimore (at New Haven, Conn. ) 20 49 (L)

1960 (1-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/15 Chicago (at Toronto) . . .7 16 (L)8/22 Green Bay

(at Jersey City, N.J.) . . . .7 16 (L) 8/27 Dallas (at Louisville, Ky.) 3 14 (L) 9/11 Detroit (at New Haven, Conn.) 16 16 (T) 9/15 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . .20 6 (W)

1959 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/15 Philadelphia (at Hershey, Pa.) . . . . .17 21 (L) 8/21 Baltimore (at Dallas, Tx.) . . . . . . . .3 28 (L) 8/29 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .38 0 (W) 9/5 Green Bay (at Bangor, Me.) . . . . .14 0 (W) 9/11 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 18 (L) 9/19 San Francisco (at Salt Lake City, Ut.) .17 13 (W)

1958 (1-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/17 at San Francisco . . . . . .19 10 (W) 8/22 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .10 38 (L) 8/29 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 9/6 Green Bay (at Boston) . . . . . . . . . .20 41 (L) 9/14 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L) 9/21 Baltimore (at Louisville, Ky.) . . . .21 42 (L)

1957 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 College All-Stars (at Chicago, Il.) . . . . . .22 12 (W) 8/18 at San Francisco . . . . . .15 24 (L) 8/23 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .24 7 (W) 8/30 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 9/7 Green Bay (at Boston, Ma.) . . . . . .10 13 (L) 9/22 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 0 (W)

1956 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/20 Baltimore (at Boston, Ma.) . . . . . .28 10 (W) 8/25 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .13 17 (L) 9/1 L.A. Rams (at Seattle, Wa.) . . . . . .20 10 (W) 9/8 San Francisco (at Portland, Or.) . . . . .21 14 (W) 9/15 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 20 (L) 9/23 Cardinals (at Memphis, Tn.) . . . .42 7 (W)

1955 (2-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 Green Bay (at Spokane, Wa.) . . . .24 31 (L) 8/20 San Francisco (at Seattle, Wa.) . . . . . .28 17 (W) 8/28 L.A. Rams (Portland, Or.)(OT) . . .17 23 (L) 9/6 Baltimore (at Minneapolis, Mn.) .17 14 (W) 9/10 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 7 (L) 9/18 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 27 (L)

1954 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/9 L.A. Rams (Portland, Or.) . . . . . . . .7 30 (L) 8/14 at San Francisco . . . . .35 43 (L) 8/21 Cardinals (at Spokane, Wa.) . . . .26 0 (W) 9/4 Detroit (at Norman, Okl.) . . . .13 28 (L) 9/12 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 24 (W) 9/18 Green Bay (at Milwaukee) . . . . . . .38 27 (W)

1953 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/22 Green Bay (at Minneapolis). . . . . . .7 31 (L) 8/28 Detroit (at Dallas) . . . . . . . . . . .7 38 (L) 9/3 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 7 (W) 9/12 Baltimore (at St. Louis, Mo.) . . . .10 6 (W) 9/21 San Francisco . . . . . . . .28 21 (W)

1952 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/16 Green Bay (at Milwaukee) . . . . . . . .7 0 (W) 8/22 Pittsburgh (at Des Moines, Ia.) 24 10 (W)

9/2 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 33 (L) 9/14 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 9/18 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .30 17 (W)

1951 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 at Ottawa Roughriders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 6 (W) 8/24 Detroit (at Dallas) . . . . . . . . . .21 31 (L) 9/2 Chicago (at Memphis, Tn.) . . . .14 0 (W) 9/8 Washington (at Birmingham, Al.) .10 14 (L)

Scenes from training camps in the early 1970’s: top right, C.W. Post was home to the Giants camp from 1972-’73; Norm Snead and Y.A.Tittle; Rosie Brown and

a hopeful rookie; Head Coach Alex Webster; Wellington Mara.

9/20 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .21 23 (L) 9/24 Philadelphia (at Hershey, Pa.) . . . . .21 6 (W)

1950 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/12 at Ottawa Roughriders 20 6 (W) 8/18 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (at Syracuse, N.Y.) . . . .10 7 (W) 8/29 Green Bay (at Boston) . . . . . . . . . . .0 10 (L) 9/7 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .24 14 (W)

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0/0/0/041 Caldwell David S 5-11 212 26 2 William & Mary Montclair, NJ FA-'13 0/0/0/060 Capers Selvish OL 6-5 315 26 2 West Virginia Kenner, LA FA-'12 0/0/0/02 Carlos Keith WR 6-0 199 25 1 Purdue Bridgeport, CT FA-'13 0/0/0/08 Carr David QB 6-3 212 34 12 Fresno State Bakersfield, CA FA-'11 0/0/0/087 Childers Jamie TE 6-5 250 25 1 Coastal Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC FA-'13 0/0/0/047w Clement Chase TE 6-5 265 24 R LSU Thibodaux, LA FA-'13 0/0/0/06 Collins Brandon WR 5-11 180 24 1 SE Louisiana Brenham, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/053 Connor Dan LB 6-2 241 27 6 Penn State Wallingford, PA UFA (DAL)-'13 0/0/0/063 Cordle Jim C 6-3 320 25 3 Ohio State Lancster, OH FA-'10 0/0/0/029 Cox Michael RB 6-0 220 24 R Massachusetts Avon, CT D7-'13 0/0/0/080 Cruz Victor WR 6-0 204 26 4 Massachusetts Paterson, NJ FA-'10 0/0/0/059 Curry Aaron LB 6-2 255 27 6 Wake Forest Fayetteville, NC FA-'13 0/0/0/061 DeGeare Chris G 6-4 335 26 2 Wake Forest Kernerville, NC FA-'13 0/0/0/051 DeOssie Zak LS 6-4 249 29 7 Brown No. Andover, MA D4-'07 0/0/0/066 Diehl David T 6-5 304 32 11 Illinois Oak Lawn, IL D5-'03 0/0/0/049w D'Imperio Ryan FB 6-3 245 25 2 Rutgers Sewell, NJ FA'-'13 0/0/0/084 Donnell Larry TE 6-6 269 24 1 Grambling Ozark, AL FA-'13 0/0/0/036 Frederick Terrence CB 5-10 187 23 1 Texas A&M Katy, TX FA-'12 0/0/0/079w Goodin Stephen G 6-6 310 24 1 Nebraska-Kearney Hastings, NE FA-'13 0/0/0/074b Hankins Johnathan DT 6-2 320 21 R Ohio State Detroit, MI D2-'13 0/0/0/015 Hardy Kevin WR 6-0 182 23 1 Citadel Ocala, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/062 Herman Eric G 6-4 320 24 R Ohio Oregon, OH D7-'13 0/0/0/058 Herzlich Mark LB 6-4 246 25 3 Boston College Berwyn, PA FA-'11 0/0/0/025 Hill Will S 6-1 207 23 2 Florida Jersey City, NJ FA-'12 0/0/0/028 Hosley Jayron CB 5-10 178 22 2 Virginia Tech Delray Beach, FL D3-'12 0/0/0/045 Hynoski Henry FB 6-1 266 24 3 Pittsburgh Elysburg, PA FA-'11 0/0/0/037 James Charles CB 5-9 179 23 R Charleston Southern Jacksonville, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/068 Jasper Michael G 6-4 375 26 1 Bethel (TN) Mount Juliet, TN FA-'13 0/0/0/099 Jenkins Cullen DT 6-2 305 32 10 Central Michigan Detroit, MI FA-'13 0/0/0/012 Jernigan Jerrel WR 5-8 189 24 3 Troy Eufaula, AL D3-'11 0/0/0/097 Joseph Linval DT 6-4 323 24 4 East Carolina Gainesville, FL D2-'10 0/0/0/094 Kiwanuka Mathias DE 6-5 267 30 8 Boston College Indianapolis, IN D1-'06 0/0/0/078 Kuhn Markus DT 6-4 299 27 2 NC State Weinheim, Germany D7-'12 0/0/0/010 Manning Eli QB 6-4 218 32 10 Mississippi New Orleans, LA T (SD)-'04 0/0/0/038 McBride Trumaine CB 5-9 185 27 6 Mississippi Clarkdale, MS FA-'13 0/0/0/074w McCants Matt T 6-5 309 22 1 UAB Mobile, AL D6-'12 0/0/0/049 Mertile Junior CB 6-1 197 23 R Florida International Miami, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/079b Moore Damontre DE 6-5 250 20 R Texas A&M Garland, TX D3-'13 0/0/0/067 Mosley Brandon G 6-5 318 24 1 Auburn Jefferson, GA D4-'12 0/0/0/043 Muasau Jake LB 6-1 243 23 1 Georgia State Sierra Vista, AZ FA-'13 0/0/0/021 Mundy Ryan S 6-1 209 28 5 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA UFA (PIT)-'13 0/0/0/018 Murphy Louis WR 6-2 200 26 5 Florida St. Petersburg, FL UFA (CAR)-'13 0/0/0/083 Myers Brandon TE 6-3 256 27 5 Iowa Monroe, IA UFA (OAK)-'13 0/0/0/09 Nassib Ryan QB 6-2 223 23 R Syracuse Malvern, PA D4-'13 0/0/0/088 Nicks Hakeem WR 6-1 208 25 5 North Carolina Charlotte, NC D1-'09 0/0/0/071 Ojomo Adewale DE 6-4 270 24 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL FA-'12 0/0/0/070 Okam Frank DT 6-5 350 27 6 Texas Dallas, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/017 Painter Curtis QB 6-4 230 28 4 Purdue Vincennes, IN FA-'13 0/0/0/086 Pascoe Bear TE 6-5 265 27 5 Fresno State Porterville, CA FA-'09 0/0/0/093 Patterson Mike DT 6-1 300 29 9 USC Los Almintos, CA FA-'13 0/0/0/052 Paysinger Spencer LB 6-2 236 25 3 Oregon Los Angeles, CA FA-'11 0/0/0/090 Pierre-Paul Jason DE 6-5 278 24 4 South Florida Deerfield Beach, FL D1-'10 0/0/0/072 Pugh Justin T 6-4 301 22 R Syracuse Holland, PA D1-'13 0/0/0/082 Randle Rueben WR 6-2 208 22 2 LSU Bastrop, LA D2-'12 0/0/0/055 Rivers Keith LB 6-2 235 27 5 USC Lake Mary, FL T (CIN)-'12 0/0/0/081 Robinson Adrien TE 6-4 264 24 2 Cincinnati Indianapolis, IN D4-'12 0/0/0/095 Rogers Shaun DT 6-4 350 34 13 Texas LaPorte, TX FA-'12 0/0/0/026 Rolle Antrel S 6-0 206 30 9 Miami (FL) Homestead, FL FA-'10 0/0/0/031 Ross Aaron CB 6-0 190 30 7 Texas Tyler, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/047b Sabino Etienne LB 6-3 237 22 R Ohio State No. Miami Beach, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/039 Sash Tyler S 6-0 215 25 3 Iowa Oskaloosa, IA D6-'11 0/0/0/033 Scott Da'Rel RB 5-11 210 25 3 Maryland Conshohocken, PA D7-'11 0/0/0/034 Scott Laron CB 5-9 184 26 2 Georgia Southern Warner Robins, GA FA-'13 0/0/0/076 Snee Chris G 6-3 305 31 10 Boston College Montrose, PA D2-'04 0/0/0/019 Talley Julian WR 6-1 192 24 1 Massachusetts Sicklerville, NJ FA-'13 0/0/0/030 Taylor Cooper S 6-4 228 23 R Richmond Atlanta, GA D5-'13 0/0/0/024 Thomas Terrell CB 6-0 191 28 6 USC Alto Loma, CA D2-'08 0/0/0/046 Torain Ryan RB 6-0 220 27 5 Arizona State Shawnee, KS FA-'12 0/0/0/098 Tracy Adrian DE 6-2 245 26 3 William & Mary Sterling, VA D6-'10 0/0/0/069 Trattou Justin DE 6-4 255 24 3 Florida Ramsey, NJ FA-'11 0/0/0/091 Tuck Justin DE 6-5 268 30 9 Notre Dame Kellyton, AL D3-'05 0/0/0/044 Tweedy Alonzo S 6-2 193 24 R Virginia Tech Richmond, VA FA-'13 0/0/0/05 Weatherford Steve P 6-2 211 30 8 Illinois Terre Haute, IN FA-'11 0/0/0/023 Webster Corey CB 6-0 200 31 9 LSU Vacherie, LA D2-'05 0/0/0/057 Williams Jacquian LB 6-3 224 25 3 South Florida Riverview, FL D6-'11 0/0/0/022 Wilson David RB 5-9 205 22 2 Virginia Tech Danville, VA D1-'12 0/0/0/0

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: TOM COUGHLINPerry Fewell (Defensive Coordinator), Kevin Gilbride (Offensive Coordinator), Tom Quinn (Special Teams Coordinator), Joe Danos (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Pat Flaherty (Offensive Line), Kevin M. Gilbride (Wide Receivers),Peter Giunta (Secondary/Corners), Jim Herrmann (Linebackers), Jerald Ingram (Running Backs), Larry Izzo (Assistant Special Teams),Robbie Leonard (Defensive Assistant), Dave Merritt (Secondary/Safeties), Robert Nunn (Defensive Line),Jerry Palmieri (Strength & Conditioning), Markus Paul (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Michael Pope (Tight Ends), Ryan Roeder (Offensive Assistant), Sean Ryan (Quarterbacks), Lunda Wells (Assistant Offensive Line).

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8/6/2013NO LAST FIRST POS HT WT DOB EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. GP/GS/DNP/IA2 Carlos Keith WR 6-0 199 12/19/87 1 Purdue Bridgeport, CT FA-'13 0/0/0/03 Brown Josh K 6-0 202 4/29/79 11 Nebraska Foyil, OK FA-'13 0/0/0/05 Weatherford Steve P 6-2 211 12/17/82 8 Illinois Terre Haute, IN FA-'11 0/0/0/06 Collins Brandon WR 5-11 180 4/21/89 1 SE Louisiana Brenham, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/08 Carr David QB 6-3 212 7/21/79 12 Fresno State Bakersfield, CA FA-'11 0/0/0/09 Nassib Ryan QB 6-2 223 3/10/90 R Syracuse Malvern, PA D4-'13 0/0/0/010 Manning Eli QB 6-4 218 1/3/81 10 Mississippi New Orleans, LA T (SD)-'04 0/0/0/012 Jernigan Jerrel WR 5-8 189 6/14/89 3 Troy Eufaula, AL D3-'11 0/0/0/015 Hardy Kevin WR 6-0 182 4/27/90 1 Citadel Ocala, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/017 Painter Curtis QB 6-4 230 6/24/85 4 Purdue Vincennes, IN FA-'13 0/0/0/018 Murphy Louis WR 6-2 200 5/11/87 5 Florida St. Petersburg, FL UFA (CAR)-'13 0/0/0/019 Talley Julian WR 6-1 192 6/9/89 1 Massachusetts Sicklerville, NJ FA-'13 0/0/0/020 Amukamara Prince CB 6-0 207 6/6/89 3 Nebraska Glendale, AZ D1-'11 0/0/0/021 Mundy Ryan S 6-1 209 2/11/85 5 West Virginia Pittsburgh, PA UFA (PIT)-'13 0/0/0/022 Wilson David RB 5-9 205 6/15/91 2 Virginia Tech Danville, VA D1-'12 0/0/0/023 Webster Corey CB 6-0 200 3/2/82 9 LSU Vacherie, LA D2-'05 0/0/0/024 Thomas Terrell CB 6-0 191 1/8/85 6 USC Alto Loma, CA D2-'08 0/0/0/025 Hill Will S 6-1 207 3/7/90 2 Florida Jersey City, NJ FA-'12 0/0/0/026 Rolle Antrel S 6-0 206 12/16/82 9 Miami (FL) Homestead, FL FA-'10 0/0/0/027 Brown Stevie S 5-11 221 7/17/87 4 Michigan Columbus, IN FA-'12 0/0/0/028 Hosley Jayron CB 5-10 178 9/18/90 2 Virginia Tech Delray Beach, FL D3-'12 0/0/0/029 Cox Michael RB 6-0 220 11/14/88 R Massachusetts Avon, CT D7-'13 0/0/0/030 Taylor Cooper S 6-4 228 4/14/90 R Richmond Atlanta, GA D5-'13 0/0/0/031 Ross Aaron CB 6-0 190 9/15/82 7 Texas Tyler, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/033 Scott Da'Rel RB 5-11 210 5/26/88 3 Maryland Conshohocken, PA D7-'11 0/0/0/034 Scott Laron CB 5-9 184 7/12/87 2 Georgia Southern Warner Robins, GA FA-'13 0/0/0/035 Brown Andre RB 6-0 227 12/15/86 5 NC State Greenville, NC FA-'11 0/0/0/036 Frederick Terrence CB 5-10 187 2/10/90 1 Texas A&M Katy, TX FA-'12 0/0/0/037 James Charles CB 5-9 179 5/14/90 R Charleston Southern Jacksonville, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/038 McBride Trumaine CB 5-9 185 9/24/85 6 Mississippi Clarkdale, MS FA-'13 0/0/0/039 Sash Tyler S 6-0 215 5/27/88 3 Iowa Oskaloosa, IA D6-'11 0/0/0/041 Caldwell David S 5-11 212 5/19/87 2 William & Mary Montclair, NJ FA-'13 0/0/0/043 Muasau Jake LB 6-1 243 4/15/90 1 Georgia State Sierra Vista, AZ FA-'13 0/0/0/044 Tweedy Alonzo S 6-2 193 7/27/89 R Virginia Tech Richmond, VA FA-'13 0/0/0/045 Hynoski Henry FB 6-1 266 12/30/88 3 Pittsburgh Elysburg, PA FA-'11 0/0/0/046 Torain Ryan RB 6-0 220 8/10/86 5 Arizona State Shawnee, KS FA-'12 0/0/0/047b Sabino Etienne LB 6-3 237 11/13/90 R Ohio State No. Miami Beach, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/047w Clement Chase TE 6-5 265 8/1/89 R LSU Thibodaux, LA FA-'13 0/0/0/048 Bosworth Kyle LB 6-1 236 11/26/86 4 UCLA Plano, TX FA'-'13 0/0/0/049w D'Imperio Ryan FB 6-3 245 8/15/87 3 Rutgers Sewell, NJ FA-'13 0/0/0/049b Mertile Junior CB 6-1 197 12/26/89 R Florida International Miami, FL FA-'13 0/0/0/051 DeOssie Zak LS 6-4 249 5/24/84 7 Brown No. Andover, MA D4-'07 0/0/0/052 Paysinger Spencer LB 6-2 236 6/28/88 3 Oregon Los Angeles, CA FA-'11 0/0/0/053 Connor Dan LB 6-2 241 11/2/85 6 Penn State Wallingford, PA UFA (DAL)-'13 0/0/0/054 Broha Matt DE 6-4 255 6/6/89 1 Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, LA FA-'13 0/0/0/055 Rivers Keith LB 6-2 235 5/5/86 5 USC Lake Mary, FL T (CIN)-'12 0/0/0/057 Williams Jacquian LB 6-3 224 7/20/88 3 South Florida Riverview, FL D6-'11 0/0/0/058 Herzlich Mark LB 6-4 246 9/1/87 3 Boston College Berwyn, PA FA-'11 0/0/0/059 Curry Aaron LB 6-2 255 4/6/86 6 Wake Forest Fayetteville, NC FA-'13 0/0/0/060 Capers Selvish OL 6-5 315 11/13/86 2 West Virginia Kenner, LA FA-'12 0/0/0/061 DeGeare Chris G 6-4 335 2/17/87 2 Wake Forest Kernerville, NC FA-'13 0/0/0/062 Herman Eric G 6-4 320 8/5/89 R Ohio Oregon, OH D7-'13 0/0/0/063 Cordle Jim C 6-3 320 8/22/87 3 Ohio State Lancster, OH FA-'10 0/0/0/064 Baas David C 6-4 312 9/28/81 9 Michigan Sarasota, FL UFA (SF)-'11 0/0/0/065 Beatty Will T 6-6 319 3/2/85 5 Connecticut York, PA D2-'09 0/0/0/066 Diehl David T 6-5 304 9/15/80 11 Illinois Oak Lawn, IL D5-'03 0/0/0/067 Mosley Brandon G 6-5 318 12/21/88 1 Auburn Jefferson, GA D4-'12 0/0/0/068 Jasper Michael G 6-4 375 10/8/86 1 Bethel (TN) Mount Juliet, TN FA-'13 0/0/0/069 Trattou Justin DE 6-4 255 8/28/88 3 Florida Ramsey, NJ FA-'11 0/0/0/070 Okam Frank DT 6-5 350 10/16/85 7 Texas Dallas, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/071 Ojomo Adewale DE 6-4 270 11/14/88 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL FA-'12 0/0/0/072 Pugh Justin T 6-4 301 8/15/90 R Syracuse Holland, PA D1-'13 0/0/0/073 Brewer James T 6-6 330 12/23/87 3 Indiana Indianapolis, IN D4-'11 0/0/0/074b Hankins Johnathan DT 6-2 320 3/30/92 R Ohio State Detroit, MI D2-'13 0/0/0/074w McCants Matt T 6-5 309 8/18/89 1 UAB Mobile, AL D6-'12 0/0/0/075 Browning Bryant G 6-4 325 6/26/88 1 Ohio State Cleveland, OH FA-'13 0/0/0/076 Snee Chris G 6-3 305 1/18/82 10 Boston College Montrose, PA D2-'04 0/0/0/077 Boothe Kevin G 6-5 320 7/5/83 8 Cornell Fort Lauderdale, FL W (OAK) -'07 0/0/0/078 Kuhn Markus DT 6-4 299 5/6/86 2 NC State Weinheim, Germany D7-'12 0/0/0/079b Moore Damontre DE 6-5 250 9/11/92 R Texas A&M Garland, TX D3-'13 0/0/0/079w Goodin Stephen G 6-6 310 8/5/88 1 Nebraska-Kearney Hastings, NE FA-'13 0/0/0/080 Cruz Victor WR 6-0 204 11/11/86 4 Massachusetts Paterson, NJ FA-'10 0/0/0/081 Robinson Adrien TE 6-4 264 9/23/88 2 Cincinnati Indianapolis, IN D4-'12 0/0/0/082 Randle Rueben WR 6-2 208 5/7/91 2 LSU Bastrop, LA D2-'12 0/0/0/083 Myers Brandon TE 6-3 256 9/4/85 5 Iowa Monroe, IA UFA (OAK)-'13 0/0/0/084 Donnell Larry TE 6-6 269 11/1/88 1 Grambling Ozark, AL FA-'13 0/0/0/085 Barden Ramses WR 6-6 224 1/1/1986 5 Cal Poly La Canada Flintridge, CA D3-'09 0/0/0/086 Pascoe Bear TE 6-5 265 2/23/86 5 Fresno State Porterville, CA FA-'09 0/0/0/087 Childers Jamie TE 6-5 250 6/26/88 1 Coastal Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC FA-'13 0/0/0/088 Nicks Hakeem WR 6-1 208 1/14/88 5 North Carolina Charlotte, NC D1-'09 0/0/0/089 Adams Kris WR 6-3 194 9/4/87 2 Texas-El Paso Everman, TX FA-'13 0/0/0/090 Pierre-Paul Jason DE 6-5 278 1/1/89 4 South Florida Deerfield Beach, FL D1-'10 0/0/0/091 Tuck Justin DE 6-5 268 3/29/83 9 Notre Dame Kellyton, AL D3-'05 0/0/0/093 Patterson Mike DT 6-1 300 9/1/83 9 USC Los Almintos, CA FA-'13 0/0/0/094 Kiwanuka Mathias DE 6-5 267 3/8/83 8 Boston College Indianapolis, IN D1-'06 0/0/0/095 Rogers Shaun DT 6-4 350 3/12/79 13 Texas LaPorte, TX FA-'12 0/0/0/096 Austin Marvin DT 6-2 312 1/1/89 3 North Carolina Washington, DC D2-'11 0/0/0/097 Joseph Linval DT 6-4 323 10/10/88 4 East Carolina Gainesville, FL D2-'10 0/0/0/098 Tracy Adrian DE 6-2 245 4/6/87 3 William & Mary Sterling, VA D6-'10 0/0/0/099 Jenkins Cullen DT 6-2 305 1/20/81 11 Central Michigan Detroit, MI FA-'13 0/0/0/0


2013 NEW YORK GIANTS NUMERICAL ROSTER

Underlined = Rookie in 2013; BOLD= Starter; *Injured/PUP; +Suspended

WR 88 Hakeem Nicks 82 Rueben Randle 85 Ramses Barden 89 Kris Adams2 Keith Carlos 19 Julian Talley

LT 65 Will Beatty 61 Chris DeGeare 75 Bryant Browning

LG 77 Kevin Boothe 60 Selvish Capers 68 Michael Jasper

C 64 David Baas 63 Jim Cordle 79 Stephen Goodin 74 Matt McCants

RG 76 Chris Snee 73 James Brewer 67 Brandon Mosley 62 Eric Herman

RT 66 David Diehl 72 Justin Pugh 61 Chris DeGeare 74 Matt McCants

TE 83 Brandon Myers 86 Bear Pascoe 81 Adrien Robinson 84 Larry Donnell87 Jamie Childers 47 Chase Clement

WR 80 Victor Cruz 18 Louis Murphy 12 Jerrel Jernigan 15 Kevin Hardy6 Brandon Collins+

QB 10 Eli Manning 8 David Carr 9 Ryan Nassib 17 Curtis Painter

FB 45 Henry Hynoski* 86 Bear Pascoe 49 Ryan D'Imperio

RB 22 David Wilson 33 Da'Rel Scott 46 Ryan Torain 29 Michael Cox35 Andre Brown

LDE 91 Justin Tuck 79 Damontre Moore 98 Adrian Tracy 69 Justin Trattou

LDT 97 Linval Joseph 74 Johnathan Hankins 96 Marvin Austin 78 Markus Kuhn*

RDT 99 Cullen Jenkins 95 Shaun Rogers 93 Mike Patterson 70 Frank Okam

RDE 90 Jason Pierre-Paul* 94 Mathias Kiwanuka 54 Matt Broha 71 Adewale Ojomo

SLB 55 Keith Rivers 59 Aaron Curry 48 Kyle Bosworth

MLB 58 Mark Herzlich 53 Dan Connor 43 Jake Muasau

WLB 52 Spencer Paysinger 57 Jacquian Williams 47 Etienne Sabino

LCB 23 Corey Webster 28 Jayron Hosley 36 Terrence Frederick 37 Charles James24 Terrell Thomas

SS 26 Antrel Rolle 39 Tyler Sash 30 Cooper Taylor 25 Will Hill+

FS 27 Stevie Brown 21 Ryan Mundy 41 David Caldwell 44 Alonzo Tweedy

RCB 20 Prince Amukamara 31 Aaron Ross 38 Trumaine McBride 34 Laron Scott49 Junior Mertile

P 5 Steve Weatherford

H 5 Steve Weatherford

PK 3 Josh Brown

LS 51 Zak DeOssie

KR 22 David Wilson 12 Jerrel Jernigan 33 Da'Rel Scott 35 Andre Brown29 Michael Cox 46 Ryan Torain

PR 82 Rueben Randle 12 Jerrel Jernigan 22 David Wilson 28 Jayron Hosley31 Aaron Ross 80 Victor Cruz

BASE DEFENSE

SPECIALISTS

BASE OFFENSE

2013 NEW YORK GIANTS UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART

Date POS. PLAYER TRANSACTION12/2 T Adcock, Levy Signed to Reserve/Future Contract

DE Broha, Matt Signed to Reserve/Future ContractTE Donnell, Larry Signed to Reserve/Future ContractG Goodin, Stephen Signed to Reserve/Future ContractT McCants, Matt Signed to Reserve/Future ContractCB Scott, Leron Signed to Reserve/Future Contract

12/3 WR Collins, Brandon Signed to Reserve/Future ContractWR Hardy, Kevin Signed to Reserve/Future ContractG Jasper, Michael Signed to Reserve/Future ContractDB McBride, Trumain Signed to Reserve/Future ContractLB Muasau, Jake Signed to Reserve/Future ContractQB Painter, Curtis Signed to Reserve/Future ContractDT Skinner, Bobby Signed to Reserve/Future ContractG Browing, Bryant Signed to Reserve/Future ContractDB Caldwell, David Signed to Reserve/Future ContractG DeGeare, Chris Signed to Reserve/Future Contract

1/15 WR Adams, Kris Signed to Reserve/Future ContractCB Dennard, Antonio Signed to Reserve/Future Contract

1/24 TE Childers, Jamie Signed to Reserve/Future ContractCB Jackson, Buddy Signed to Reserve/Future ContractK Rogers, Jake Signed to Reserve/Future Contract

2/5 LB Boley, Michael Contracted TerminatedTE Pascoe, Bear Re-signed by Giants

2/6 RB Bradshaw, Ahmad Contracted TerminatedDT Canty, Chris Contracted TerminatedDT Parker, Martin Contracted Terminated

2/7 DT Rogers, Shaun Re-signed by Giants2/11 CB Thomas, Terrell Re-signed by Giants2/13 K Buehler, David Signed as Free Agent2/27 T Beatty, Will Re-signed by Giants3/11 DT Jenkins, Cullen Signed as Free Agent3/13 K Brown, Josh Signed as Free Agent3/14 CB Ross, Aaron Signed as Free Agent

S Mundy, Ryan Signed as Free Agent3/15 LB Rivers, Keith Re-signed by Giants3/16 LB Connor, Dan Signed as Free Agent3/17 TE Myers, Brandon Signed as Free Agent3/19 WR Murphy, Louis Signed as Free Agent3/21 QB Carr, David Re-signed by Giants3/25 G Boothe, Kevin Re-signed by Giants

4/3 DT Patterson, Mike Signed as Free Agent4/25 T Pugh, Justin Drafted by Giants in First Round4/26 DT Hankins, Johnathan Drafted by Giants in Second Round

DE Moore, Damontre Drafted by Giants in Third Round4/27 QB Nassib, Ryan Drafted by Giants in Fourth Round

2013 New York Giants Transactions

S Taylor, Cooper Drafted by Giants in Fifth RoundG Herman, Eric Drafted by Giants in Seventh RoundRB Cox, Michael Drafted by Giants in Seventh Round

5/10 DT Hankins, Johnathan Signed by GiantsDE Moore, Damontre Signed by GiantsS Taylor, Cooper Signed by GiantsRB Cox, Michael Signed by GiantsRB Wright, Jeremy Signed as Free AgentWR Davis, Marcus Signed as Free AgentLB Sabino, Etienne Signed as Free AgentLB Dieuseul, Charleus Signed as Free AgentDB James, Charles Signed as Free AgentS Tweedy, Alonzo Signed as Free Agent

5/11 T Adcock, Levy WaivedWR Davis, Marcus WaivedLB Dieuseul, Charleus WaivedDB Jackson, Buddy WaivedK Rogers, Jake WaivedDT Skinner, Bobby WaivedLB Curry, Aaron Signed as Free AgentWR Horne, Jeremy Signed as Free AgentDT Okam, Frank Signed as Free AgentTE Palmer, Michael Signed as Free AgentDB Stevenson, John Signed as Free Agent

5/16 DB Dennard, Antonio Waived/InjuredTE Palmer, Michael Waived/InjuredTE Newton, Morgan Signed as Free Agent

5/23 WR Barden, Ramses Re-signed by Giants5/30 TE Newton, Morgan Waived

LB Bosworth, Kyle Signed as Free AgentCB Stevenson, John WaivedTE Clement, Chase Signed as Free Agent

6/3 WR Carlos, Keith Signed as Free Agent6/14 WR Cruz, Victor Signed 1-Year RFA Tender

7/8 WR Cruz, Victor Signs Multi-Year Extension7/25 T Pugh, Justin Signed by Giants

QB Nassib, Ryan Signed by Giants7/26 K Buehler, David Waived

FB D'Imperio, Ryan Signed as Free Agent7/27 FB Hynoski, Henry Placed on PUP

DT Kuhn, Markus Placed on Physically-Unable-to-Perform (PUP)DE Pierre-Paul, Jason Placed on Physically-Unable-to-Perform (PUP)G Snee, Chris Placed on Physically-Unable-to-Perform (PUP)CB Thomas, Terrell Placed on Physically-Unable-to-Perform (PUP)CB Dennard, Antonio Waived with Injury Settlement

7/31 WR Horne, Jeremy Waived/InjuredWR Talley, Julian Signed as Free Agent

8/6 G Snee, Chris Activated from PUP/Returned to PracticeCB Thomas, Terrell Activated from PUP/Returned to Practice

8/6/2013QUARTERBACKS (4) qb DEFENSIVE LINE (16)No Name Pos HT WT Exp College No Name Pos HT WT Exp College8 Carr, David QB 6-3 212 12 Fresno State 54 Broha, Matt DE 6-4 255 1 Louisiana Tech9 Nassib, Ryan QB 6-2 223 R Syracuse 69 Trattou, Justin DE 6-4 255 3 Florida10 Manning, Eli QB 6-4 218 10 Mississippi 70 Okam, Frank DT 6-5 350 6 Texas17 Painter, Curtis QB 6-4 230 4 Purdue 71 Ojomo, Adewale DE 6-4 270 2 Miami (FL)

74b Hankins, Johnathan DT 6-2 320 R Ohio StateRUNNING BACKS (7) 78 Kuhn, Markus DT 6-4 299 2 NC StateNo Name Pos HT WT Exp College 79b Moore, Damontre DE 6-5 250 R Texas A&M22 Wilson, David RB 5-9 205 2 Virginia Tech 90 Pierre-Paul, Jason DE 6-5 278 4 South Florida29 Cox, Michael RB 6-0 220 R Massachusetts 91 Tuck, Justin DE 6-5 268 9 Notre Dame33 Scott, Da'Rel RB 5-11 210 3 Maryland 93 Patterson, Mike DT 6-1 300 9 USC35 Brown, Andre RB 6-0 227 5 NC State 94 Kiwanuka, Mathias DE 6-5 267 8 Boston College46 Torain, Ryan RB 6-0 220 5 Arizona State 95 Rogers, Shaun DT 6-4 350 13 Texas45 Hynoski, Henry FB 6-1 266 3 Pittsburgh 96 Austin, Marvin DT 6-2 312 3 North Carolina49w D'Imperio, Ryan FB 6-3 245 2 Rutgers 97 Joseph, Linval DT 6-4 323 4 East Carolina

98 Tracy, Adrian DE 6-2 245 3 William & MaryWIDE RECEIVERS (11) 99 Jenkins, Cullen DT 6-2 305 10 Central MichiganNo Name Pos HT WT Exp College2 Carlos, Keith WR 6-0 199 1 Purdue LINEBACKERS (9)6 Collins, Brandon WR 5-11 180 1 SE Louisiana No Name Pos HT WT Exp College12 Jernigan, Jerrel WR 5-8 189 3 Troy 43 Muasau, Jake LB 6-1 243 1 Georgia State15 Hardy, Kevin WR 6-0 182 1 Citadel 47b Sabino, Etienne LB 6-3 237 R Ohio State18 Murphy, Louis WR 6-2 200 5 Florida 48 Bosworth, Kyle LB 6-1 236 4 UCLA19 Talley, Julian WR 6-1 192 1 Massachusetts 52 Paysinger, Spencer LB 6-2 236 3 Oregon80 Cruz, Victor WR 6-0 204 4 Massachusetts 53 Connor, Dan LB 6-2 241 6 Penn State82 Randle, Rueben WR 6-2 208 2 LSU 55 Rivers, Keith LB 6-2 235 5 USC85 Barden, Ramses WR 6-6 224 5 Cal Poly 57 Williams, Jacquian LB 6-3 224 3 South Florida88 Nicks, Hakeem WR 6-1 208 5 North Carolina 58 Herzlich, Mark LB 6-4 246 3 Boston College89 Adams, Kris WR 6-3 194 2 Texas-El Paso 59 Curry, Aaron LB 6-2 255 6 Wake Forest

TIGHT ENDS (6) DEFENSIVE BACKS (18)No Name Pos HT WT Exp College No Name Pos HT WT Exp College47w Clement, Chase TE 6-5 265 R LSU 20 Amukamara, Prince CB 6-0 207 3 Nebraska81 Robinson, Adrien TE 6-4 264 2 Cincinnati 21 Mundy, Ryan S 6-1 209 5 West Virginia83 Myers, Brandon TE 6-3 256 5 Iowa 23 Webster, Corey CB 6-0 200 9 LSU84 Donnell, Larry TE 6-6 269 1 Grambling 24 Thomas, Terrell CB 6-0 191 6 USC86 Pascoe, Bear TE 6-5 265 5 Fresno State 25 Hill, Will S 6-1 207 2 Florida87 Childers, Jamie TE 6-5 250 1 Coastal Carolina 26 Rolle, Antrel S 6-0 206 9 Miami (FL)

27 Brown, Stevie S 5-11 221 4 MichiganOFFENSIVE LINE (16) 28 Hosley, Jayron CB 5-10 178 2 Virginia TechNo Name Pos HT WT Exp College 30 Taylor, Cooper S 6-4 228 R Richmond60 Capers, Selvish OL 6-5 315 2 West Virginia 31 Ross, Aaron CB 6-0 190 7 Texas61 DeGeare, Chris G 6-4 335 2 Wake Forest 34 Scott, Laron CB 5-9 184 2 Georgia Southern62 Herman, Eric G 6-4 320 R Ohio 36 Frederick, Terrence CB 5-10 187 1 Texas A&M63 Cordle, Jim C 6-3 320 3 Ohio State 37 James, Charles CB 5-9 179 R Charleston Southern64 Baas, David C 6-4 312 9 Michigan 38 McBride, Trumaine CB 5-9 185 6 Mississippi65 Beatty, Will T 6-6 319 5 Connecticut 39 Sash, Tyler S 6-0 215 3 Iowa66 Diehl, David T 6-5 304 11 Illinois 41 Caldwell, David S 5-11 212 2 William & Mary67 Mosley, Brandon G 6-5 318 1 Auburn 44 Tweedy, Alonzo S 6-2 193 R Virginia Tech68 Jasper, Michael G 6-4 375 1 Bethel (TN) 49 Mertile, Junior CB 6-1 197 R Florida International72 Pugh, Justin T 6-4 301 R Syracuse73 Brewer, James T 6-6 330 3 Indiana SPECIALISTS (3)74w McCants, Matt T 6-5 309 1 UAB No Name Pos HT WT Exp College75 Browning, Bryant G 6-4 325 1 Ohio State 3 Brown, Josh K 6-0 202 11 Nebraska76 Snee, Chris G 6-3 305 10 Boston College 5 Weatherford, Steve P 6-2 211 8 Illinois77 Boothe, Kevin G 6-5 320 8 Cornell 51 DeOssie, Zak LS 6-4 249 7 Brown79w Goodin, Stephen G 6-6 310 1 Nebraska-Kearney


2013 GIANTS PLAYERS BY POSITION

NEW YORK GIANTS / PRESEASON / WEEK 5 / THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 WON 2, LOST 2 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/10 L 31-32 at Jacksonville 62,474 D. Wilson 28 131 4.7 26 0 08/18 W 26- 3 at New York Jets 79,088 A. Brown 30 94 3.1 16 1 08/24 L 17-20 Chicago 76,077 D. Scott 17 55 3.2 15 0 08/29 W 6- 3 New England 75,530 Ware 17 49 2.9 16 1 NY-G Opp. Carr 6 20 3.3 13 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 64 58 Bradshaw 7 14 2.0 4 0 Rushing 19 18 Hynoski 1 2 2.0 2 0 Passing 34 36 Perrilloux 4 -1 -.3 2 0 Penalty 11 4 Hixon 1 -13 -13.0 -13 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 13/54 22/65 TEAM 111 351 3.2 26 2 3rd Down Pct. 24.1 33.8 OPPONENTS 107 401 3.7 32 2 4th Down: Made/Att 1/1 0/1 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 4th Down Pct. 100.0 0.0 Cruz 12 122 10.2 28 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:11 29:49 Barden 8 91 11.4 22 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 1004 945 Bennett 7 49 7.0 12t 1 Avg. Per Game 251.0 236.3 Randle 5 97 19.4 49 1 Total Plays 236 255 D. Wilson 5 61 12.2 29 0 Avg. Per Play 4.3 3.7 Robinson 4 38 9.5 16 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 351 401 A. Brown 4 28 7.0 13 0 Avg. Per Game 87.8 100.3 Jernigan 3 51 17.0 25 0 Total Rushes 111 107 DePalma 3 46 15.3 31 0 NET YARDS PASSING 653 544 D. Scott 3 27 9.0 18 0 Avg. Per Game 163.3 136.0 Stanback 3 26 8.7 11 1 Sacked/Yards Lost 12/85 19/119 Talley 2 22 11.0 12 0 Gross Yards 738 663 Martinek 2 21 10.5 14t 1 Att./Completions 113/69 129/71 Hixon 2 13 6.5 9 0 Completion Pct. 61.1 55.0 Pascoe 2 7 3.5 5 0 Had Intercepted 2 2 Douglas 1 23 23.0 23 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 28/45.5 32/43.2 Bradshaw 1 7 7.0 7 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 28/40.3 32/40.1 Nicks 1 6 6.0 6 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 34/275 27/239 Ware 1 3 3.0 3 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 6/2 7/4 TEAM 69 738 10.7 49 5 TOUCHDOWNS 8 6 OPPONENTS 71 663 9.3 35 4 Rushing 2 2 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Passing 5 4 Hosley 1 77 77.0 77t 1 Returns 1 0 L. Scott LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS L. Scott TM 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 16 38 6 20 0 80 TEAM 2 77 38.5 77t 1 OPPONENTS 14 10 16 18 0 58 OPPONENTS 2 21 10.5 21 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Tynes 0 0 0 0 8/ 8 8/ 8 0 32 Weatherford 28 1273 45.5 40.3 3 9 64 0 Barden 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 28 1273 45.5 40.3 3 9 64 0 Bennett 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 32 1381 43.2 40.1 1 13 59 1 A. Brown 1 1 0 0 0 6 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Hosley 1 0 0 1 0 6 Hosley 5 0 44 8.8 20 0 Martinek 1 0 1 0 0 6 Douglas 4 2 2 0.5 2 0 Randle 1 0 1 0 0 6 Jernigan 4 2 15 3.8 10 0 Stanback 1 0 1 0 0 6 Randle 2 2 14 7.0 11 0 Ware 1 1 0 0 0 6 DePalma 1 1 4 4.0 4 0 TEAM 8 2 5 1 8/ 8 8/ 8 0 80 L. Scott LG 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 OPPONENTS 6 2 4 0 5/ 5 5/ 5 0 58 TEAM 16 7 79 4.9 20 0 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 1-1 OPPONENTS 13 5 85 6.5 17 0 SACKS: Ojomo 4, Broha 3.5, Marshall 2.5, * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Hendricks 2, Pierre-Paul 2, Hill 1, Hosley 1, Jernigan 2 39 19.5 20 0 G. Jones 1, Tracy 1, Tuck 0.5, Umenyiora 0.5, D. Scott 2 51 25.5 28 0 TM 19, OPP 12 D. Wilson 2 76 38.0 48 0 FUM/LOST: A. Brown 2/0, DePalma 1/0, Douglas 1 28 28.0 28 0 Hosley 1/1, Jernigan 1/1, M. Thomas 1/0 L. Scott LG 1 67 67.0 67 0 TEAM 7 194 27.7 48 0 OPPONENTS 11 258 23.5 46 0 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tynes 0/ 0 0/ 0 6/ 6 2/ 2 0/0 TEAM 0/ 0 0/ 0 6/ 6 2/ 2 0/0 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 2/ 2 2/ 2 1/ 1 0/0 Tynes: (34G)(35G,30G,40G,45G)(32G)(34G,32G) TM: (34G)(35G,30G,40G,45G)(32G)(34G,32G) OPP: (29G)(30G)(30G,48G)(20G) * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Carr 53 29 343 54.7 6.47 2 3.8 1 1.9 49 8/ 44 79.4 Manning 51 32 299 62.7 5.86 1 2.0 1 2.0 29 1/ 14 77.2 Perrilloux 9 8 96 88.9 10.67 2 22.2 0 0.0 23 3/ 27 150.7 TEAM 113 69 738 61.1 6.53 5 4.4 2 1.8 49 12/ 85 87.6 OPPONENTS 129 71 663 55.0 5.14 4 3.1 2 1.6 35 19/ 119 73.2

New York Giants / Week 17 / Through Sunday, December 30, 2012 / Regular Season

Won 9, Lost 7

9/5/2012 L 17- 24 Dallas Cowboys 9/16/2012 W 41- 34 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9/20/2012 W 36- 7 at Carolina Panthers 9/30/2012 L 17- 19 at Philadelphia Eagles 10/7/2012 W 41- 27 Cleveland Browns 10/14/2012 W 26- 3 at San Francisco 49ers 10/21/2012 W 27- 23 Washington Redskins 10/28/2012 W 29- 24 at Dallas Cowboys 11/4/2012 L 20- 24 Pittsburgh Steelers 11/11/2012 L 13- 31 at Cincinnati Bengals 11/25/2012 W 38- 10 Green Bay Packers 12/3/2012 L 16- 17 at Washington Redskins 12/9/2012 W 52- 27 New Orleans Saints 12/16/2012 L 0- 34 at Atlanta Falcons 12/23/2012 L 14- 33 at Baltimore Ravens 12/30/2012 W 42- 7 Philadelphia Eagles

New York

Giants Opponent

Total First Downs 327 317 Rushing 103 104 Passing 187 196 Penalty 37 17 3rd Down: Made/Att 78/192 84/198 3rd Down Pct. 40.6% 42.4% 4th Down: Made/Att 5/10 10/21 4th Down Pct. 50.0% 47.6% Possession Avg. 29:10 30:50 Total Net Yards 5687 6134 Avg. Per Game 355.4 383.4 Total Plays 968 1016 Avg. Per Play 5.9 6.0 Net Yards Rushing 1862 2066 Avg. Per Game 116.4 129.1 Total Rushes 409 449 Net Yards Passing 3825 4068 Avg. Per Game 239.1 254.3 Sacked/Yards Lost 20/142 33/231 Gross Yards 3967 4299 Attempts/Completions 539/323 534/341 Completion Pct. 59.9% 63.9% Had Intercepted 15 21 Punts/Average 58/47.5 54/44.9 Net Punting Avg. 39.4 40.8 Penalties/Yards 72/578 102/900 Fumbles/Ball Lost 13/6 25/14 Touchdowns 47 38 Rushing 18 9 Passing 26 26 Returns 3 3 Score By Periods

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts

Team 101 138 73 117 0 429 Opponents 86 103 84 71 0 344 Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts L.Tynes 0 0 0 0 46/46 33/39 0 145 V.Cruz 10 0 10 0 0/0 0/0 0 60 A.Brown 8 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 50 D.Wilson 6 4 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 36 A.Bradshaw 6 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 36 M.Bennett 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30 H.Nicks 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 R.Randle 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 D.Hixon 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 J.Pierre-Paul 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 H.Hynoski 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 B.Pascoe 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 M.Boley 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 Team 47 18 26 3 46/46 33/39 1 429 Opponents 38 9 26 3 38/38 26/30 0 344 2-Pt. Conversions: Team 1/ 1, Opponents: 0/ 0 Sacks: J.Pierre-Paul 6.5, O.Umenyiora 6.0, J.Tuck 4.0, L.Joseph 4.0, M.Kiwanuka 3.0, C.Blackburn 3.0, C.Canty 3.0, R.Bernard 1.0, A.Tracy 1.0, J.Williams 1.0, M.Boley 0.5 Team: 33.0, Opponents: 20.0

Rushing No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Bradshaw 221 1015 4.6 37 6 A.Brown 73 385 5.3 31 8 D.Wilson 71 358 5.0 52t 4 K.Lumpkin 9 42 4.7 22 0 E.Manning 20 30 1.5 13 0 H.Hynoski 5 20 4.0 5 0 D.Scott 6 9 1.5 5 0 J.Jernigan 1 6 6.0 6 0 D.Carr 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 Team 409 1862 4.6 52t 18 Opponents 449 2066 4.6 78 9

Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD V.Cruz 86 1092 12.7 80t 10 M.Bennett 55 626 11.4 33t 5 H.Nicks 53 692 13.1 50 3 D.Hixon 39 567 14.5 41 2 A.Bradshaw 23 245 10.7 59 0 R.Randle 19 298 15.7 56 3 R.Barden 14 220 15.7 31 0 A.Brown 12 86 7.2 17 0 H.Hynoski 11 50 4.5 8 1 B.Pascoe 4 35 8.8 16 1 D.Wilson 4 34 8.5 15t 1 J.Jernigan 3 22 7.3 9 0 W.Beatty 0 0 0 0 0 T.Beckum 0 0 0 0 0 K.Lumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 Team 323 3967 12.3 80t 26 Opponents 341 4299 12.6 62t 26

Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD S.Brown 8 307 38.4 70 0 C.Webster 4 45 11.3 38 0 M.Boley 3 74 24.7 51 0 A.Rolle 2 42 21.0 22 0 J.Pierre-Paul 1 28 28.0 28t 1 P.Amukamara 1 0 0.0 0 0 J.Hosley 1 0 0.0 0 0 C.Blackburn 1 0 0.0 0 0 Team 21 496 23.6 70 1 Opponents 15 288 19.2 73t 2

Punting No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B S.Weatherford 58 2757 47.5 39.4 6 22 68 0 Team 58 2757 47.5 39.4 6 22 68 0 Opponents 54 2426 44.9 40.8 4 19 61 0

Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD R.Randle 15 15 108 7.2 18 0 D.Hixon 5 4 36 7.2 10 0 Team 20 19 144 7.2 18 0 Opponents 38 5 353 9.3 68 0

Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD D.Wilson 57 1533 26.9 97t 1 A.Brown 3 42 14.0 22 0 J.Jernigan 2 60 30.0 60 0 M.Bennett 1 13 13.0 13 0 Team 63 1648 26.2 97t 1 Opponents 70 1662 23.7 74 0

Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ L.Tynes 0/ 0 11/ 11 14/ 16 7/ 9 1/ 3 Team 0/ 0 11/ 11 14/ 16 7/ 9 1/ 3 Opponents 1/ 1 9/ 10 8/ 8 6/ 7 2/ 4

Fumbles Lost: A.Bradshaw 3, K.Lumpkin 1, D.Wilson 1, E.Manning 1 Total: 6 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: M.Boley 2, L.Joseph 2, S.Brown 2, J.Pierre-Paul 1, A.Rolle 1, S.Paysinger 1, J.Hosley 1, W.Hill 1, M.Coe 1, K.Rivers 1, J.Tryon 1 Total: 14

Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating E.Manning 536 321 3948 59.9% 7.4 26 4.9% 15 2.8% 80t 19/ 136 87.2 D.Carr 3 2 19 66.7% 6.3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 15 1/ 6 84.0 Team 539 323 3967 59.9% 7.4 26 4.8% 15 2.8% 80t 20/ 142 87.2 Opponents 534 341 4299 63.9% 8.1 26 4.9% 21 3.9% 62t 33/ 231 88.7

PLAYER TACKLES ASSISTS TOTAL PLAYER TACKLES ASSISTS TOTALS. Paysinger 16 4 20 M. Herzlich 3 1 4K. Rivers 10 6 16 Z. DeOssie 5 0 5W. Hill 11 3 14 S. Brown 2 0 2M. Herzlich 8 5 13 A. Molden 2 0 2L. Joseph 8 3 11 J. Tyron 3 0 3D. Hendricks 8 3 11 W. Hill 1 0 1M. Kiwanuka 5 5 10 D. Wilson 1 0 1A. Ojomo 8 2 10 R. Purvis 1 0 1K. Phillips 5 4 9 S. Paysinger 2 0 2G. Jones 6 3 9 T. Sash 1 0 1C. Marshall 5 4 9 D. DePalma 1 0 1M. Broha 8 1 9 D. Hughes 1 0 1J. Tyron 8 0 8 G. Jones 1 1 2A. Rolle 5 2 7 I. Stanback 0 2 2S. Brown 5 2 7 Totals 24 4 28C. Blackburn 3 3 6T. Sash 4 2 6M. Kuhn 4 2 6D. Hughes 4 2 6P. Amukamara 5 0 5B. Johnson 5 0 5R. Bernard 3 2 5M. Coe 4 1 5J. Williams 4 1 5J. Pierre-Paul 3 1 4M. Parker 2 1 3J. Tuck 0 3 3O. Umenyiora 1 2 3J. Muasau 2 1 3A. Tracy 2 0 2J. Hosley 2 0 2A. Molden 2 0 2C. Powell 2 0 2M. Thomas 2 0 2C. Webster 2 0 1C. Horton 1 0 1L. Scott 1 0 1TOTALS 174 68 241

Fumbles INT's Total TD's FG's Total PointsGiants 4 2 6 4 1 5 31Opponent 2 2 4 1 1 2 10

# of Times Scores Pct. TD's FG's Points Total Pts. Total PointsGiants 15 14 93% 7 7 70 70 100%Opponent 9 9 100% 5 4 48 58 83%

G. Jones (1)R. Bernard (1)

W. Hill (1)A. Tracy (1)

O. Umenyiora (1)J. Tryon (1)

A. Ojomo (4)C. Marshall (4)

PASSES DEFENSED (17)J. Tyron (2)L. Scott (2)

A. Ojomo (1)B. Johnson (1)

A. Rolle (1)L. Joseph (1)M. Kuhn (1)

QUARTERBACK HITS (31)

J. Hosley - 1 for 3 yardsW. Hill - 1 for 8 yards

R. Bernard (1)M. Coe (1)

A. Tracy - 1 for 12 yards

FORCED FUMBLES (3)M. Herzlich (1)

PERFORMANCE INSIDE THE TWENTY

TURNOVER TABLETURNOVERS FORCED

Pct. ConvertedTURNOVERS CONVERTED

50.00%83.33%

2012 PRESEASON NEW YORK GIANTS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLESDEFENSIVE TACKLES

C. Webster (1)J. Tuck (1)

J. Hosley (1)M. Broha (1)

J. Williams (1)

M. Broha - 3.5 for 24.5 yards

SACKS - 19 for 119 yards

C. Marshall - 2.5 for 16.5 yardsD. Hendricks - 2 for 10 yardsJ. Pierre-Paul - 2 for 10 yards

A. Ojomo - 4 for 29 yards

K. Rivers (1)J. Holsey (1)G. Jones (1)

M. Herzlich (1)D. Hughes (1)R. Bernard (1)

INTERCEPTIONS (2)J. Hosley (1 for 77-yd TD)

L. Scott (1 for 0yd)

TACKLE FOR LOSS (28)

M. Kiwanuka (2)O. Umenyiora (1)

W. Hill (1)

A. Ojomo (5)M. Broha (4)

D. Hendricks (3)C. Marshall (3)

M. Kuhn (2)J. Pierre-Paul (2)

O. Umenyiora - .5 for 1 yard

M. Broha (4)D. Hendricks (3)

M. Kuhn (3)

A. Tracy (1)

FUMBLE RECOVERIES (3)

G. Jones - 1 for 4 yards

J. Tuck - .5 fpr 1 yard

J. Pierre-Paul (2)J. Tuck (2)

M. Thomas (2)J. Hosley (1)

P. Amukamara (1)A. Ojomo (1)

M. Thomas (2)J. Pierre-Paul (1)

(from coaches film review of 16 games)

PLAYER ST AT TT TFL QHT QHR S - YL INT - YR PD FF FR PLAYER TACKLES ASSISTS TOTALA. Rolle 85 19 108 4 1 1 0-0 2-42 5 1 1 S. Paysinger 19 4 23C. Blackburn 67 22 97 8 7 1 3-19 1-0 6 3 0 J. Tryon 13 1 14J. Pierre-Paul 47 26 87 14 17 23 6.5-69 1-28 7 1 1 W. Hill 10 3 13M. Boley 61 18 84 5 3 1 .5-6 3-74 4 0 2 M. Herzlich 12 1 13L. Joseph 34 33 72 5 10 13 4-17 0-0 0 1 2 S. Brown 10 0 10S. Brown 59 9 71 3 1 0 0-0 8-307 11 2 1 Z. DeOssie 6 2 8P. Amukamara 43 14 59 2 0 0 0-0 1-0 6 0 0 A. Tracy 4 4 8C. Webster 45 11 57 1 0 0 0-0 4-45 6 0 0 K. Rivers 7 0 7J. Tuck 28 20 55 7 12 13 4-25 0-0 3 0 0 M. Kiwanuka 6 0 6O. Umenyiora 33 17 55 5 21 18 6-36 0-0 0 1 0 M. Coe 5 0 5R. Bernard 22 19 44 3 1 5 1-8 0-0 1 0 0 C. Blackburn 5 0 5J. Hosley 18 15 37 4 0 0 0-0 1-0 3 0 1 A. Rolle 4 1 5M. Kiwanuka 25 8 37 4 9 8 3-27 0-0 0 0 0 J. Hosley 4 0 4K. Rivers 30 5 37 2 2 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 T. Sash 4 0 4C. Canty 19 7 31 5 8 7 3-19 0-0 0 0 0 J. Williams 4 0 4W. Hill 24 4 30 2 2 0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 K. Lumpkin 4 0 4S. Paysinger 16 9 27 2 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 D. Scott 2 0 2J. Williams 22 2 24 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 S. Weatherford 2 0 2K. Phillips 21 2 23 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 T. Frederick 2 0 2M. Herzlich 14 5 19 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 J. Jernigan 1 0 1M. Kuhn 6 7 14 1 1 1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 A. Brown 1 0 1A. Tracy 5 3 9 1 1 1 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 M. Boley 1 0 1M. Coe 6 1 7 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 R. Barden 0 1 1M. Austin 2 3 5 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 126 17 143J. Tryon 3 2 5 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0T. Sash 3 0 3 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 S. Paysinger - 1 ST forced fumble, 1 ST fumble recoveryTotals 738 281 1097 78 97 94 33-231 21-496 65 9 9 A. Tracy - 1 ST forced fumble

J. Tryon - 1 ST fumble recoveryW. Hill - 1 ST forced fumble, 1 ST fumble recoveryS. Brown - 1 ST fumble recovery returned for 9 yardsM. Coe - 1 ST fumble recovery returned for 0 yardsC. Blackburn - 1 ST forced fumbleZ. DeOssie - 1 ST forced fumble

Total TD's FG's PointsGiants 35 13 14 133Opponent 21 10 3 79

Pct. TD's FG's % of Total PtsGiants 90% 34 22 71%Opponent 84% 23 19 63%

Total Pts.

Fumbles

# of Times Scores Points

62%77%

PERFORMANCE INSIDE THE TWENTY

1514

34450 4256

21862 306 429

2012 New York Giants Defensive and Special Team Statistics

Total Pct. ConvTURNOVERS FORCED TURNOVERS CONVERTED

TURNOVER TABLE

INT

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

KEY: ST - solo tackles, AT - assisted tackles, TT - total tackles, TFL - tackles for loss, QHT - quarterback hits, QBR - quarterback hurries, S - YL - sacks and yards lost, INT- YR - interceptions and yards returned, PD - passes defensed, FF - forced fumbles, FR - fumble recoveries.

DEFENSIVE TACKLES

621 27

13

INTERCEPTIONS (21) - S. Brown (8) - 1 for 48 yards vs. PHI, 2 for 91 yards vs. NO, 2 for 37 yards at DAL, 1 for 41 yards vs. WAS, 1 for 46 yards vs. CLE, 1 for 44 yards at CAR; C. Webster (4) - 1 for 0 yards vs. GB, 1 for 7 yards vs. PIT, 1 for 38 yards at DAL, 1 for 0 yards vs. TB; M. Boley (3) - 1 for 17 yards at CAR, 1 for 6 yards vs. TB, 1 for 51 yards vs. DAL; A. Rolle (2) - 2 for 42 yards at SF; J. Pierre-Paul (1) - 1 for 28-yard TD at DAL; J. Hosley (1) - 1 for 0 yards at CAR; C. Blackburn (1) - 1 for 0 yards vs. CLE; P. Amukamara (1) - 1 for 0 yards at SF.

SACKS (33) - J. Pierre-Paul (6.5) - 1 for 12 yards vs. PIT, 1 for 9 yards at DAL, 1 for 12 yards vs. WAS, 2 for 20 yards at SF, .5 for 6 yards at CAR, 1 for 8 yards vs. TB; O. Umenyiora (6) - 1 for 9 yards vs. NO, 1 for 6 yards vs. GB, 1 for 0 yards vs. PIT, 1 for 6 yards vs. WAS, 1 for 15 yards at PHI, 1 for 9 yards at CAR; L. Joseph (4) - 2 for 1 yards at DAL, 1 for 7 yards at SF, 1 for 9 yards vs. DAL; J. Tuck (4) - 1 for 4 yards vs. PHI, 2 for 13 yards vs. PIT, 1 for 8 yards vs. WAS; M. Kiwanuka (3) - 2 for 13 yards vs. GB, 1 for 14 yards at SF; C. Blackburn (3) - 1 for 8 yards vs. GB, 1 for 4 yards at PHI; 1 for 7 yards vs. TB; C. Canty (3) - 1 for 5 yards at ATL, 1 for 2 yards vs. GB, 1 for 12 yards at DAL; J. Williams (1) - 1 for 1 yard at SF; A. Tracy (1) - 1 for 6 yards at SF; R. Bernard (1) - 1 for 8 yards vs. DAL; M. Boley (.5) - .5 for 6 yards at CAR.

2012 new york giants • week 8 • at DaLLaS COwBOYS

MEDIA DIRECTORY


2013 new york giants • preseason week 1 • aT piTTsburgh sTeelers

2013 NEW YORK GIANTS mEdIA dIREcTORY

PETER JOHN-BAPTISTE, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONSDeANDRE PHILLIPS, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGERPHYLLIS HAYES, ASSISTANTPAT HANLON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONSKEVIN ACEVEDO, COMMUNICATIONS INTERNBOB WALSH, COMMUNICATIONS INTERN

Peter John-Baptiste DeAndre Phillips Phyllis Hayes Pat Hanlon Kevin Acevedo Bob Walsh

Office Address:Quest Diagnostics Training Center1925 Giants DriveEast Rutherford, NJ 07073(201) 935-8111FAX: (201) 935-8493Conference Call: (201) 939-5845

Stadium Address:MetLife StadiumOne MetLife Stadium DriveEast Rutherford, NJ 07073

(201) 559-1500Main Press Box:

(201) 559-2973Press Box Wireless: YesPress Gate and Will Call Information: Pepsi Gate,

West Side

Staff Contact Information:John-Baptiste:

Office: (201) 935-8111 Ext. 1033Cellular: (201) 638-4415E-mail Address: [email protected]

Phillips:Office: (201) 935-8111 Ext. 1016Cellular: (305) 479-7530E-mail Address: deandre.phillips@giants. NFL.net

Hanlon:Office: (201) 939-2036Cellular: (201) 638-4406E-mail Address: [email protected]

Hayes:Office: (201) 935-8111 Ext. 1019Cellular: (201) 638-1753E-mail Address: [email protected]

Acevedo:Office: (201) 935-8111 Ext. 7911E-mail Address: [email protected]

Walsh:Office: (201) 935-8111 Ext. 6102E-mail Address: [email protected]

Other Important Contacts:Airline Rep: Michael O’Brien, United Airlines, (713)324-9149Pool Reporter: Tom Rock

(Ralph Vacchiano - alternate) Telephone Company Contact: Michael Dolack;

mdolack@metlifestadium. com; (201) 559-1611Emergency Medical Information: Hackensack

Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ (201)996-2000 Dr. Kameno Bell: 773/497-1081

Important Websites/Information:Website: Giants.comFacebook: Facebook.com/nygiantsTwitter: @Giants

PreseasonAug. 10 at Pittsburgh ...................7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 Indianapolis ....................7:00 p.m.Aug. 24 Jets...................................7:00 p.m.Aug. 29 at New England................7:30 p.m. Regular SeasonSept. 8 at Dallas ..........................8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 Denver .............................4:25 p.m.Sept. 22 at Carolina........................1:00 p.m.Sept. 29 at Kansas City...................1:00 p.m.Oct. 6 Philadelphia.....................1:00 p.m.Oct. 10 at Chicago ........................8:25 p.m.

Oct. 21 Minnesota.........................8:40 p.m. Oct. 27 at Philadelphia..................1:00 p.m. Bye WeekNov. 10 Oakland ............................1:00 p.m. Nov. 17 Green Bay..........................8:30 p.m.* Nov. 24 Dallas ................................4:25 p.m.*Dec. 1 at Washington...................8:30 p.m.Dec. 8 at San Diego......................4:25 p.m.*Dec. 15 Seattle...............................1:00 p.m.*Dec. 22 at Detroit ..........................4:05 p.m.*Dec. 29 Washington ......................1:00 p.m.**Times subject to change

PRESEASON AND REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE (All times eastern)

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DIRECTIONS TO PRACTICE FACILITY AND STADIUM FROM NEWARK AIRPORT TO PRACTICE FACILITY(located just west of MetLife Stadium): Exit airport onto New Jersey Turn-

pike- North. Follow the Western Spur-take Exit 16W). Follow signs to Route 3 West. Take Sports Complex Exit. At end of ramp, turn right and make second left into Quest Diagnostics Training Center parking lot.

TO STADIUM: Exit airport onto New Jersey Turnpike-North. Follow the Western Spur-take Exit 16W), which provides direct access to Sports Complex parking areas. If congested, use Eastern Spur (Lincoln Tunnel) to Exit 16E to Route 3 West which provides direct access to the Sports Complex parking areas. Follow signs to Lot M (Media Parking).

DIRECTIONS TO PRACTICE FACILITY AND STADIUM FROM LINCOLN AND HOLLAND TUNNELS OR BROOKLYN-STATEN ISLAND BRIDGE CROSSINGS

TO PRACTICE FACILITY: After exiting Tunnel follow 495 to Route 3 West. Take Sports Complex Exit (next exit after Turnpike exit). At end of ramp, turn right and make second left into Timex Performance Center parking lot.

TO STADIUM: Take New Jersey Turnpike-North. Follow Route 3 West to the Sports Complex. Follow signs to Lot M (Media Parking).

DIRECTIONS TO PRACTICE FACILITY AND STADIUM FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGETO PRACTICE FACILITY: After exiting bridge follow signs to New Jersey Turnpike - South. Exit

Turnpike at Exit 16W. Take Sports Complex Exit (next exit after Turnpike exit). At end of ramp, turn right and make second left into Quest Diagnostics Training parking lot.

TO STADIUM: Follow Interstate 95 South signs to New Jersey Turnpike-South-Western Spur-Exit16W, which provides direct access to the Sports Complex parking areas. Follow signs to Lot M (Media Parking).

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dinner, until 10:00 P.M.Outback Steakhouse, 194 Route 17, Rochelle Park, NJ, 201/843-8445, 7 days a week, Mon.-Thurs.

4:00-10:30 P.M., Fri. 4:00-11:30 P.M., Sat. 3:00-11:30 P.M., Sun. 3:00-10:00 P.M.Park & Orchard, 240 Hackensack Street, East Rutherford, NJ, 201/939-9292, 7 days a week, lunch, dinner, Mon-Thurs. noon-10 P.M., Sat. 4:45-10:00 P.M., Sun. 2:00-9:00 P.M.

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GIANTS NOTEBOOK & CLIPS

GIANTS NOTEBOOKBy Michael Eisen August 4, 2013

CANTON, OHIO– Bill Parcells was blunt, inspira-tional, funny, reflective and thankful during his 19 years as an NFL head coach, so it made perfect sense that his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech Saturday night would be all that and more.

Parcells, who began his journey to the Hall with an eight-year stint coaching the Giants, didn’t talk about memorable games or statistical milestones or even leading the Giants to victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. He instead thanked a long list of people in a 20-minute address, many by name, others more generically. Parcells also coached the New England Patriots, the Jets and the Dallas Cowboys and later worked in the Miami Dolphins’ front office.

“Every organization that I worked for supported me to the fullest,” Parcells said. “I’m grateful to the ownership of those places because that’s what allows you, and the players, to succeed and go forward and become champions and, without that, you’ve got no shot. But I was lucky enough to have it all the time.”

Parcells was the 22nd coach enshrined in the Hall of Fame and the 19th Hall of Famer who spent all or a significant portion of his career with the Giants.

Parcells was 172-139-1 (.569) in the regular season and 11-8 (.579) in the postseason. His overall record was 183-138-1 (.570). Parcells is ranked 10th in NFL history in both regular season and total victories.

In addition to his two Super Bowl victories with the Giants, Parcells led the Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI, where they lost to Green Bay. He is one of 13 head coaches with more than one Super Bowl victory, one of five coaches to lead two different franchises to the Super Bowl and the only head coach in NFL history to take four different franchises to the postseason.

Parcells was presented by George Martin, a defensive end and team leader on his first six Giants teams.

“Bill Parcells looked at every individual differently and he was able to understand what it was that re-ally was able to push him over the top, to get him to see more and deliver more of himself,” Martin said in his pre-taped introduction. “Bill was an in-your-face coach and he was a perfectionist. When you look at the swath of success that Bill has had over so many franchises, you can only come to one conclusion –

that the man is a definitive winner.”

Parcells began his speech with a joke directed at Law-rence Taylor, the best player he ever coached, a fellow Hall of Famer and a man who has liked to live by his own rules.

“The only thing I would ask them to do is,” Parcells said, “when they put my bust in the Hall tomorrow, I’d like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.”

Parcells soon began saying thank you. The first went to Martin, whose support was critical early in his ca-reer. He said how proud he was to be a part of the Class of 2013, which includes Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson, Larry Allen, Curly Culp, Cris Carter and Warren Sapp.

In rapid order, Parcells lauded the owners of each team he worked for, including the Mara family, and NFL mentors like Al Davis, Tom Landry, Chuck Knox, Chuck Noll, Bucko Kilroy, the late Mike Ho-lovak, Gil Brant and Ron Wolf. He thanked his ex-wife, Judy, and their three daughters and mentioned two important figures from much earlier in his life who were in attendance – Mickey Corcoran, his bas-ketball coach at River Dell High School who is still going strong at age 92, and Dean Pryor, who, as head coach at Hastings College in Nebraska, gave Parcells his first coaching job in 1964.

“He taught me one vital, vital piece of information that I took with me and preached to every organi-zation, to every university, my coaching staff, to my individual coaches and I remind myself every day,” Parcells said of Pryor. “And that vital piece of infor-mation was, ‘Bill, the players deserve a chance to win and you, as an organization or a university coaching staff, and an individual coach and a head coach, have an obligatory responsibility to give it to them.’ And I thank Dean for that piece of advice because I carried it with me and preached it all of my life.”

Parcells also thanked his agents and secretaries and Ray Perkins, the head coach who brought him to the Giants as defensive coordinator in 1981. Curiously, he did not mention George Young, the general man-ager who hired him as head coach and the man with whom he worked for eight years.

The Giants sent a contingent to the ceremony that included Ann Mara, the team’s matriarch and Wel-lington Mara’s widow; John Mara, the president and chief executive officer; his brothers Chris and Frank

(1/1)

and sister, Susan McDonnell; head coach Tom Coughlin and his wife, Judy; senior vice president of medical services Ronnie Barnes; and tight ends coach Michael Pope, who was on Parcells’ Giants and Patriots staffs.

“Bill Parcells has always had a great ability to ana-lyze a situation, address exactly what is called for and do it in such a way to make it understandable that everyone can appreciate what the message was,” Coughlin said. “I think what he did tonight was ex-actly the same way. I think he had humor, he called upon the many people he needed to thank in his life.”

Coughlin missed post-practice meetings on Satur-day, perhaps a unique absence, but he did not want to miss the enshrinement of a friend and a mentor.

“I’m so grateful to him for what he did for me and my family just by giving me a job,” said Coughlin, who was hired as the Giants’ wide receivers coach in 1988. “If I don’t have the opportunity to go to work for the Giants, I’m not standing here right now.

“I’m not much of a caller. I don’t call people and they don’t call me. But once, twice, maybe three times a year if there was something that was important to me that I needed to at least let my own thoughts bounce off somebody I really trusted, he’s the guy that I called upon. To listen to him speak tonight, and the way that he did it, it was almost like he was saying to me, or somebody who worked for him, ‘Hey, let’s go for a walk and talk.’ You can’t help but be extremely proud and extremely happy for Bill. To see him rewarded in this way makes me very, very happy.”

Coughlin was one of three former Parcells assistant coaches in attendance who went on to win Super Bowls as head coaches. The others were New Eng-land’s Bill Belichick and New Orleans’ Sean Pay-ton. Parcells didn’t mention them by name, but, as Coughlin said, “he never acted like he was very proud of us, but he was.”

“I was lucky to have some of the top names cur-rently as head coaches in pro football,” Parcells said. “I want them to know that I’m grateful for their sup-porting me, very, very grateful. I know I couldn’t do it, that’s the nuts and bolts of football operations, your assistant coaches. I just want to say, I take pride in their individual accomplishments and I’m look-ing for a couple more championships out of some of them, so let’s go.”

Coughlin has won two Super Bowls with the Giants

and might someday be enshrined in the Hall. But Parcells’ support is still important to him.

“Whenever you have someone you’ve learned from and they become a mentor for you, it means a greaan deal to be recognized by them,” Coughlin said. “I’m sure he’s talked to Belichick. He’s talked to me and Sean. He’s embraced a lot of people along the way.”

A huge contingent of those people traveled to Can-ton to share in his big moment. Among his former Giants players who attended the ceremony and a party afterward hosted by Parcells included Hall of Famers Harry Carson and Taylor, Martin, Phil Simms, Jim Burt, Don Hasselbeck, Brad Benson, Bart Oates, Karl Nelson, Maurice Carthon, Jerome Sally, Sean Landeta, Raul Allegre, Matt Bahr and Gary Reasons.

In addition to Coughlin and Pope, former assis-tants who came to support Parcells included Romeo Crennel, Al Groh, Fred Hoaglin and Pat Hodgson. Former Jets running back Curtis Martin, who Par-cells presented last year at the Hall, was there, as were several of his former Patriots players. So were friends of Parcells like former major league manager Tony LaRussa and Shug McGaughey, the Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.

They came to honor the man and congratulate him on his memorable speech, which Parcells concluded with a poignant story about Wellington Mara, the beloved Giants owner who is also a Hall of Famer.

“About 10 minutes after I was named head coach of the Giants and my first press conference was over, the patriarch owner of the New York Giants, the late Wellington Mara, was at my office door and he said, ‘Bill, let’s take a walk,’” Parcells said. “He took me down the stairs … in the old Giants Stadium. The Giant players will remember, as you walked through the players entrance, there was a little room to the left and it had a couple chairs in it. Wellington took me over to the wall in the back of that place and on the wall was a little plaque. And it had an inscription on it and, coincidentally, that inscription was attributed to the first black player ever inducted into this Hall of Fame. His name was Emlen Tunnell, who was inducted in the class of 1967. And that inscription said, ‘Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches and players in other little groups. But winners assemble as a team.’ Well, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I get to do just that. I’m honored, I’m grateful and I’m thankful to every single one of you out there that had something to do with this.”

GIANTS NOTEBOOKBy Michael Eisen Aug. 4, 2013

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants’ prac-tice today ended with a big-play touchdown that represented progress for the player who scored it and derailed Tom Coughlin’s meticulous plan.

On the first play of the two-minute drill, Eli Man-ning threw down the field to tight end Brandon Myers, who caught the ball for what likely would have been a 69-yard score. Coughlin would have preferred to run a few more plays, but had to concede that wasn’t practical.

“That’s not supposed to (end on one play),” Coughlin said. “I’m trying to do the drill and get all we can out of it, but we’ll do it again.”

Since he is, after all, the head coach, Coughlin could have directed the offense to take a few more snaps.

“Yeah, but there’s two sides to that way,” he said. “What is the objective? The objective is to get the ball to a certain point for a field goal. They got it there, so now what am I going to do? Change the objective? Change the game? Change the rules? I don’t usually do that.”

For Myers, it was a big practice moment. He caught 79 passes for the Oakland Raiders last season, but is still learning the nuances of the Giants’ offense and where Manning wants him to be. He hopes their end-of-practice connec-tion is a sign of things to come.

“Well, it’s about time I get that read right,” My-ers said. “I had the same play, actually, earlier in practice and I got it wrong. It’s just one of those things that take time to kind of get used to it and luckily we were both on the same page and he found me.”

Is the play indicative of what Myers can bring to the offense?

“I hope so,” Coughlin said. “Nice adjustment. When (Eli) threw it, he threw it obviously where the defender wasn’t, which made him really make a very...I thought it was a radical adjust-ment because of the wind and he made the catch there. It was good. Better yet though, he reacted the way he should react as he read the coverage.”

Myers believes the play will help hasten the pro-cess of getting in sync with Manning.

“Every day that’s the goal, to grow in the offense and then grow in the understanding of each oth-er and what we’re thinking,” Myers said. “Once you get that chemistry, it’s pretty special. You can, if he’s in a bind or something like that, he knows that you’re going to be where you’re sup-posed to be and make the right read.”

The big play was particularly significant to My-ers because it came at the end of practice.

“Coach always talks about finishing strong, ei-ther in the weight room, the meetings or in practice,” Myers said. “Obviously, we have a lot of work to do, not just me. I actually have a lot of work to do, but as a team, you know, he just says, ‘Keep finishing strong.’ It obviously feels good to finish practice like that.”

*When the Giants released their initial 2013 depth chart last week, 29 of the 30 positions (including special teams) had one starter listed. The exception was running back, where David Wilson and Andre Brown were both part of the first team.

It is widely assumed that Wilson, the team’s first-round draft choice in 2012, will start most, if not all, of the games. But today he told reporters it’s not necessary for either player to be designated as the starter.

“We’re both going to contribute,” Wilson said. “The depth chart is a political thing, something that they have to put out there so the fans and other teams will know. You know, like I said, it’s mostly for the media.

“Regardless of who’s in there, we’ve just got to all prepare mentally and physically in camp. Going into those games and showing the coaches what we can do and what we’ve learned and how we’ve grown over the year. Then roles will be put in place more, I say permanent but not permanent, but more based on the offense as far as what we know we’ve got to do.”

Wilson and Brown might have to split carries just to remain strong and fresh. In the last four seasons, the now-departed Ahmad Bradshaw averaged 208 carries. The two backs vying to replace him have never borne that kind of work-

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load. Wilson had 71 rushing attempts as a rook-ie in 2012. Brown had 73 of his 75 career carries.

Brown said each back has prepared to get sig-nificantly more rushing attempts this season.

“We have to work on our conditioning and (running backs) coach (Jerald) Ingram … said that we were going to get a lot of carries, it’s a lot different,” Brown said. “We have to increase our conditioning and make sure that we’re ready to go into the 15, 20-play drives where he doesn’t want to see us tapping out … and ready to come out. If the guy’s hot, he wants that. It’s going to keep the offense moving. (We are) just making sure that we’re in shape and being able to carry the load.”

Wilson and Brown know they must prove they can handle more responsibility.

“I understand that and it’s an opportunity,” Brown said. “We’re looking forward to it. We worked hard this offseason and we’re excited about the opportunity we have and we’re ready to go out there and just show what we’ve got. Show that we’re effective backs and we can be efficient in this offense and they need produc-tive backs in this offense. We’re just ready, we’re going to step up to the talent.”

*Coughlin was still excited today about his visit to Canton, Ohio for yesterday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He trav-eled there yesterday to support his friend, for-mer Giants coach Bill Parcells, who was one of those enshrined. But he was also moved by the speeches of the players who were honored – Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson, Larry Allen, Curly Culp, Cris Carter and Warren Sapp.

“It was a very, very good experience from the standpoint that, you know when you listen to the honorees, those who have been inducted, their discussions are very much in recognition not only of their own ability, but all those who have contributed to their being in that spot,” Coughlin said. “When you talk about that, you’re talking about someone who becomes more and more humble as he talks about this wonderful honor. That, to me, was huge, be-cause our game is the greatest game of all, but it takes 11, okay. No one person does it all by himself. The more you understand that, the more you have the opportunity to understand when it comes time, when this tremendous honor comes to these players and coaches etc.

who are inducted, they take the time to thank those along the way and in so doing they really do grasp the idea that you can’t possibly do it alone, you have to be able to - there are others that contribute along the way.

“You listen to the players and they talk about their coaches. They talk about people who have mentored them. Larry Allen talked about be-ing mentored by different offensive linemen. And you also understand the emotion, the tremendous emotion. When you listen to Cris Carter, or to Warren Sapp, toward the end of the evening there, they were really emotional. They were very emotional about being able to be there and to receive this incredible honor, so I thought that was great.”

Coughlin very much enjoyed Parcells’ speech, particularly the segment about bringing to-gether players from a variety of environments and backgrounds and bringing them together so they work toward a common goal.

“What he did at the end when he talked about the locker room, that was a huge message there,” Coughlin said. “Not only for athletics, for life, for the world that we live in. You know, you have all different kinds of guys from all differ-ent backgrounds, all different races and creeds, and they come together and the one thing that works is if everybody’s there for the same pur-pose, for the common good. I thought that was a very, very good statement. He went further when he talked about the dark side, when you had the pockets of people in that situation in the locker room that won’t let things progress because they’re constantly pointing the blame at somebody else rather than right back where it should be. So I thought it was a good experi-ence.”

*Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (groin) and cor-nerback Corey Webster (groin) again missed practice, though Nicks did some running and pass catching drills with the training staff on the side.

*First-round draft choice Justin Pugh remains sidelined with a concussion, though he did visit the practice field.

“He felt a little better,” Coughlin said. “He came out and just really observed. Hopefully, he will come along.”

*The players are off tomorrow. The Giants’ next practice is scheduled for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Hakeem Nicks never appears stressed or worried, so it was no surprise today when he downplayed his current absence from the Giants’ training camp prac-tices.

The star receiver minimized the groin strain that sidelined him for the second day in a row and said he expects to return soon.

“I wouldn’t even categorize it as an injury,” Nicks said at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “I think it’s just being smart, coming off the prob-lems that I had last year with the knee and the foot. I just don’t want it to be nothing ongoing, so we’re just going to take it…I’ll be back out there as soon as they let me. I think it will be in another day or two.”

Coach Tom Coughlin said the doctors have told him they think Nicks should be ready to prac-tice on Tuesday. The Giants will not practice on Monday.

If the Giants were preparing to play a regular-season game, Nicks said he would be on the field.

“If it was a game-planning situation and we were going into Week One, I definitely don’t think I’d be sitting out or nothing like that,” Nicks said. “Just being so early in training camp, we just want to be smart about it.”

Nicks was limited before the Giants’ day off on Wednesday and has not been on the field since the players returned to work. But he said it’s bet-ter to fully heal instead of rushing back and risk-ing a setback.

“I don’t feel frustrated at all,” he said. “It’s only the second week of camp practice. I think, com-ing off a season like last year, I’m trying to be smart and I think the training staff is as well. Just taking it like that, I don’t have a problem with. But frustrated, not at all.”

It would be perfectly understandable if he was, because he has battled one injury or another for more than a year. In May 2012 he broke his foot, which was surgically repaired. Last Sept. 12, he had one of the best games of his career in a victory over Tampa Bay, catching 10 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown, a performance for which he was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week. But he hurt his knee late in the second half and missed the next three games. The in-jury slowed him the rest of the season and Nicks

finished with only 53 catches and three touch-downs.

Nicks skipped the organized team activities in the spring for reasons he has not publicly ex-plained, though he did attend the Giants’ mini-camp in June. Now his training camp work has been curtailed because of the groin issue, though he worked enough to discover a silver lining.

“Actually, the knee is feeling great, the foot’s feel-ing great,” Nicks said. “That’s definitely a posi-tive. My goal was to come out the first day and the first two days just kind of explode, make sure I still have everything like I thought I would. Ev-erything felt real good.”

Except right now his groin doesn’t.

“I think it just comes with the pounding from training camp,” Nicks said. “You go out there, like I said, coming off last season, we just tried to play it safe, play it cautious. I think it’s noth-ing serious.”

Enduring knee pain for almost an entire season reinforced to Nicks that he must exercise cau-tion with injuries.

“I’ve got to protect myself from myself as well, me being so competitive,” he said. “So the train-ing staff and coaching staff, they kind of worked with me on that, but I see myself in another week definitely picking it up extremely a little bit more. But I just wanted to come into camp, com-ing off a season like last year, take it slow and do the things I need to do to make sure there are definitely aren’t going to be any setbacks. It’s a big season for us and we’re going to take it one day at a time.”

Nicks believes he will get back to full speed rap-idly, and he is not worried about losing his tim-ing with Eli Manning.

“I think it’s just going to be a matter of making sure I’m in shape, which I have no doubt about,” Nicks said. “Just getting back in the flow of things. Me and Eli are always on the same page, we talk all the time, whether it be meetings or just out on the field. Just watching him as well, watching him practice actually helps me a lot, because I get to see what he’s looking at, his pro-gressions and stuff like that. That helps me when I do get back out on the field.”

Both the Giants and Nicks hope that happens very soon.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – In his first seven seasons with the Giants, Mathias Kiwanuka started 61 games – 31 at defensive end and 30 at linebacker. The versatile defender has been moved by the coaching staff to wherever he was most needed.

In 2012, he opened the year as the strongside linebacker, but was playing up front more often in the latter part of the season. Tom Coughlin and defensive coordinator Perry Fewell decid-ed early in the offseason that Kiwanuka would again be a full-time lineman, a decision that seemed prescient when Jason Pierre-Paul un-derwent back surgery late in the spring.

Kiwanuka, the Giants’ first-round draft choice in 2006, had 3.5 sacks in 2011 and 3.0 last year; his career high is 8.0 in 2008. He has been working as the first-team right end throughout camp and believes playing one position will help increase his productivity. “I think it will have a huge effect,” Kiwanuka said today at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “Sitting in one room, you can focus on one job and one task. I feel like it puts you in a much better competitive advantage to watch film, to study, to work on your own technique.”

In recent seasons, Kiwanuka has shuttled be-tween the defensive line and the linebacker meeting rooms and practiced at both positions. He did not miss a game the previous two sea-sons, but believes he can increase his tackles, sacks and pressures by focusing on just one spot.

“It’s definitely easier, because you’re not wor-rying about what you’re missing in the other meeting room and what’s being said and trying to track coaches down, in their off time, to get all the rest of the information,” Kiwanuka said. “Whatever this team asks me to do, I’m going to do it. As long as we get some wins out of this, I’m good for it.”

Tom Coughlin was asked if he’s noticed the im-pact of playing solely at defensive end has had on Kiwanuka.

“Sure, absolutely,” the head coach said. “Just the

way he carries himself. He’s worked very hard and it looks like his confidence level is way up there, because he’s got his hand on the ground. I know he’s enjoying it. It’s going to benefit all of us, him moving back to end.”

But if the Giants need a linebacker, will Cough-lin be tempted to move him back.

“The more you can do,” Coughlin said. “Hope-fully that won’t be the case, but never say never.”

*The Giants today practiced in full pads for the first time this summer.

“Had the pads on, had a little 9 on 7 (running drill),” Coughlin said. “It went okay, but you can see we have a lot of work to do. The majority of the day was more of a third down type of a day. The first group had a pretty good two-minute drill. The defense really did make a couple of plays, but we’ve got a ways to go with that phase of it.”

*Offensive lineman Justin Pugh, the Giants’ first-round draft choice this year, suffered a con-cussion yesterday when he “took a shot to the head,” according to Coughlin. Pugh will be side-lined until he passes concussion protocol tests.

*Cornerback Corey Webster has “a little strain in the groin area” and “has some down time to rest,” Coughlin said. Aaron Ross played left cor-ner with the first team today.

*The Giants have moved the start of practice tomorrow up 30 minutes, to 1 p.m. The change was made to accommodate the Giants contin-gent traveling to Canton, Ohio for Bill Parcells’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Reminder: Sunday’s practice is closed to the public because of the International Champions Cup Soccer doubleheader in MetLife Stadium. The players are off on Monday and the team will resume practice on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

*Training camp attendance: 1,303 on Tuesday and 1,779 today.

*MSG Network is hosting “Giants Training Camp Live” on Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. “Giants Training Camp Live” returns Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. live, and re-peated at 7:30 and 11 p.m.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Columbus, Indiana is home to approximately 45,000 people, perhaps none more popular right now than Stevie Brown.

Brown, a former star at Columbus East High School, was always well-received when he re-turned there as a University of Michigan student or after his first two NFL seasons. But this year the folks in his hometown really opened their arms wide to Brown. They expressed their pride after a breakout pro season in which he started 11 games and intercepted eight passes for a Giants-record 307 return yards.

“It was a good reception,” Brown said today at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “I’m from a small town, so they love me anyway, being from there. But this year everybody was like, ‘Man, that’s Stevie, that’s Stevie, did you see him on T.V. this year? He was doing this, he was doing that.’ Even people I hadn’t seen in a while, they would still hit me up and tell me that they were proud of me. It was different.”

Brown also visits Ann Arbor whenever he gets a chance. The previous two years, he was a fringe player trying to establish himself. Now he’s a starter on a Super Bowl contender, a change in status that did not go unnoticed.

“We had a little victors’ night and we were talk-ing about the best safeties to come through Michigan,” Brown said. “A bunch of them were there talking; I was just trying to go to the bath-room and they grabbed me and were like, ‘Ste-vie, shouldn’t you be in this conversation?’ I said, ‘Hold on, hold on.’ It’s a good brotherhood to be a part of. I love being a Wolverine, anybody who knows me, I tell everybody the Wolverines are the best school ever. It’s great.

“There have been a lot of great players to come through there and to even have your name men-tioned with some of them is an honor.”

A year ago at this time, Brown was an unknown commodity to Giants fans. He had spent single seasons with Oakland and Indianapolis and played in just eight games for the Colts in 2011 before going on injured reserve with a quad inju-ry. The Giants signed him primarily for his special

teams prowess and when training camp began he was behind Antrel Rolle and Kenny Phillips on the depth chart.

By the end of the season, Brown was one of the Giants’ most valuable defensive players. He played in every game and his eight picks tied for second in the NFL and were the most by a Giant since Willie Williams had 10 in 1968.

His 307 interception return yards were 151 more than anyone else in the league had and broke the former Giants’ single-season record of 251, set by Hall of Famer Emlen Tunnell in 1949 and matched by Dick Lynch in 1963. Brown had five interception returns of more than 40 yards, the highest total by an NFL player since Ed Reed, then with Baltimore, had five in 2004.

This summer, Brown is lined up next to Rolle and listed as the starting free safety on the depth chart. Just as he found his reception in Columbus and Ann Arbor different in the offseason, Brown said training camp has a different feel because for the first time he’s an established starter.

“There’s definitely a difference,” Brown said. “Last year, I was trying to make sure I was on every sin-gle special team, make sure I was on the defense, and make sure I was doing everything I needed to do to prove to the coaches that I should be here. This year, it’s still about trying to prove myself, but at the same time I’m trying to master everything and be in my second year in the defense. I’m try-ing not to have the same little mistakes that I had last year. I want to build off of everything and just keep being a leader out there.”

Brown said he worked hard in the offseason to improve several facets of his game.

“I’m trying to get better at man-to-man tech-niques, the running game, blocking, etcetera,” he said. “I’m just trying to build up all the other areas of my game so I can be everywhere.”

So after his impressive Giants debut season, what can he do for an encore?

“Just to do better than last year,” Brown said. “I want to remain a starter and get better in every-thing that I do.”

If that happens, they just might throw a parade for Brown next year in Columbus.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Wide receiver Ha-keem Nicks did not practice today after the Gi-ants were off yesterday. But coach Tom Cough-lin said Nicks’ groin injury is a “day-to-day type thing” and doused speculation it is more serious than initially thought.

“I don’t think so,” Coughlin said after the work-out in the field house at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “They just want to quiet it down, make sure that he heals before he goes back out and continues to maybe make it worse.”

Coughlin was asked if he’s getting impatient with Nicks, the stellar wide receiver who has been lim-ited in camp after he was slowed most of last year with foot and knee injuries.

“No,” Coughlin said. “Certainly, I want to see him on the field and he wants to be on the field. It’s frustrating, but I’ve got to learn to control myself when it comes to that as well and just realize that you know what, he’s trying like heck to get out there and he knows he needs to practice and work at it and he came in excited about being able to go and then he had this little groin injury, which I hope is not going to set him back for very long, but obviously they’re taking all the necessary pre-cautions.”

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride met with reporters today and was asked about the frustra-tion resulting from Nicks’ missing practice.

“I think the frustration is across the board and it starts with Hakeem,” Gilbride said. “He is very frustrated. He is very frustrated that he can’t prac-tice. He and I talk about it, he understands it, he needs to practice in order to be ready to play during the season, to be ready to beat the defend-ers that he’s playing against. As coaches, there’s always frustration when there are guys who you want to help your team and they can’t practice. But it starts with Hakeem, he is frustrated that he can’t get out there.”

Nicks and the Giants are looking forward to him being back out there.

*Second-year tight end Adrien Robinson contin-ued his fine camp with a couple of nice grabs.

“I think he’s making steady progress,” Coughlin said. “Today I thought he practiced well, made some plays, and more importantly, from an as-signment standpoint he did well, so, we look for-ward to having him continue that way because we also see Larry Donnell making a couple plays. So with those two big, young tight ends, they certainly do give us flexibility provided they can continue to improve.”

*First-round draft choice Justin Pugh took some first-team snaps at right tackle.

“We’d like to be able to do that,” Coughlin said. “Basically, the first couple of groups are being in-terchanged every once and awhile, so you’ll see that.”

*Starting cornerbacks Prince Amukamara and Corey Webster each intercepted Eli Manning passes that were intended for Victor Cruz…Lar-on Scott had his second pick in as many practices, jumping in front of Ramses Barden to intercept a Ryan Nassib pass at the goal line…Nassib and Kevin Hardy twice hooked up for long comple-tions.

*Defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins was absent to-day because of his grandmother’s death. Shaun Rogers worked with the starters in his place.

*Four NFL officials worked practice today, in-cluding referee Clete Blakeman.

*Coughlin said he will be part of the Giants con-tingent flying to Canton, Ohio on Saturday for Bill Parcells’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“I’ll leave after practice,” Coughlin said. “Coach-es will take over the evening meetings and then we’re going to go for the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant to Giant and then we’ll travel back.” This is the first time Coughlin will attend the induction ceremony.

*The Giants today replaced one UMass receiver with another – and neither transaction involved Victor Cruz, also a former Minuteman.

Three-year veteran Jeremy Horne, who was cart-ed off the field in practice on Tuesday, was waived injured. He was replaced by Julian Talley, who was in the Giants’ 2012 training camp before his

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release on Aug. 27.

Talley, 6-1, 190, most recently played for the Pittsburgh Power in the Arena Football League. He caught 74 passes in 10 games.

*Bobby Crespino, a tight end who played for the Giants from 1964-68, passed away on July 29 at Emory University hospital in Atlanta following a lengthy illness. He was 75.

Crespino, who starred at Ole Miss, was selected in the first round of the 1961 NFL Draft (10th overall) by the Cleveland Browns and in the sixth round of the AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played three seasons (1961--63) for the Browns before joining the Giants. Crespino played in 107 NFL games and caught 58 passes for 741 yards and nine touchdowns. He served as the Giants’ player representative to the NFL Players Association before retiring following the 1968 season.

Linebacker spots up for grabs at NY Giants training camp

Spencer Paysinger, Mark Herzlich and Riv-ers have served as first-team linebackers since the spring, and they were all listed as starters on the first unofficial depth chart of camp last week. But all three players know that the depth chart could change at a mo-ment’s notice.

Veteran Dan Connor, who’s finally playing in a 4-3 system after being miscast as a 3-4 inside backer, 2011 Giants sixth-rounder Jacquian Williams, and Aaron Curry, the fourth overall pick in the 2009 draft by the Seahawks, will all challenge for playing time, and they’ve all had their moments in camp.

“(Coaches) told us nothing is set in stone, everybody has to work,” said Paysinger. “They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day, that we dictate how the depth chart goes.”

“I feel like the guy (at middle linebacker,) I do,” added Herzlich. “But I don’t believe I’m necessarily the guy yet. There’s a lot of camp left.”

That leaves plenty of time for any of the team’s linebackers to make an impression, perhaps as a starter, perhaps in a differ-ent role. The Giants must still figure out a third-down nickel combination of backers — Paysinger and Williams could share the field here — and there will be other exotic personnel blends, too.

It’s a different linebacker group, said Her-zlich, and come the regular season, that will be a strength.

“All the guys have some experience,” he said. “That makes us kind of more versatile. We feel like it’s a great opportunity.

“It’s a great time to step up.”

By Ebenezer SamuelNew York Daily NewsAug. 4, 2013

There’s something different about the Giants linebacking corps this year, and Keith Rivers can sense it. He

feels it on the practice field and in meeting rooms, even when he and the other Giants linebackers are up late at the hotel, noses buried in their playbooks.“It’s really, really competitive out here,” Riv-ers said. “Everybody’s working their butts off. Whenever you’re out there, you’re al-ways competing every year. But this year, it’s even moreso.”

That’s because this year, every single Giants linebacker believes he has a chance to be a starter in a new-look linebacking corps. There are no reputations to be considered, no veterans assured of starting jobs, no egos to massage. Instead, the nine hungry line-backers in training camp have waged a spir-ited battle for three starting spots.

“There’s competition all along the board,” said linebackers coach Jim Herrmann. “To me, that’s really good. If they’re all getting better, we’re going to get better.

“It will be fun watching them jell as a unit because there is going to be some new com-ponents out there. There’s guys that left, so it will be a new look.”

If all works well, the new look will make more impact plays. Last year’s regular start-ers — veterans Chase Blackburn, Michael Boley and Mathias Kiwanuka — were well-respected in the locker room, and Black-burn’s work ethic and knowledge of the game remain legendary. But on the field, that trio hardly stood out, combining for just six sacks, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

So Boley and Blackburn departed in the off-season, and Kiwanuka, a natural defensive end, has moved back down to the defensive line. And in their place are players who all have something to prove.

Tom Coughlin’s last hurrah? At 66, NY Giants coach could be heading into final season

And his days are as long as ever. Reese arrives at the Gi-ants’ facility around 8 a.m. and Coughlin’s car is always already there. Guard Chris Snee, who is also Coughlin’s son-in-law, says he and other players usually roll in be-fore 6 a.m. and Coughlin beats them, too.

“I’ve beaten other coaches here, sure,” Snee says. “But not that guy.”

“And he’s always going full bore,” Reese adds. “Every-body’s dragging a little bit and he’s on point. He’s got a lot of energy, man. He’s got some special stuff.”

How special? Reese sees it most during the offseason when the Giants are preparing for the draft, and he says Coughlin spends as much time studying film and read-ing reports as some of the team’s scouts. The players say they see it every day in his enthusiasm in meetings and on the field.

The best example, of course, came on Christmas Eve in 2011 when Coughlin was coaching the Giants to a win over the Jets and Jets linebacker Aaron Maybin sent Gi-ants running back D.J. Ware flying into the coach with a late hit near the sidelines. Coughlin, then age 65, got right back up, continued coaching, walked off the field and even walked into a team meeting the next morn-ing. He refused to address his injury with reporters. He wouldn’t let his players see how much it hurt.

It turns out, according several people familiar with the injury, the hit nearly tore his left hamstring completely off his bone.“I was at dinner with him that night — at Christmas Eve dinner — and he ate standing up,” Snee says. “It con-firmed what everybody thought — that he’s a tough man. It’s still painful to look at when I see clips of it.

“He was in a good mood, though.”

Coughlin has been in a relatively good mood since 2007 when, after famously surviving the tumultuous 2006 season, he eased up on his players and finally won his first Super Bowl as a head coach. He was 61 then and had reached the pinnacle of his career. But he wanted more, and four years later he did it again.

The days after Super Bowl XLVI in early 2012 marked the first time Reese says he thought Coughlin might’ve had enough. He was 65 then, with two rings and a Hall of Fame-caliber resume. Reese admits wondering what his coach was going to do.

“I thought about it a little bit,” Reese says. “I thought maybe he might be ready to tap out at some point. But he really doesn’t even want to talk about it. I think he’s probably thinking ‘Man, what will I do?’

“I’m sure he’ll enjoy retirement when the time comes, but right now he’s so focused on what we’re trying to do and what our goals are, it’s really not a subject he really wants to address.”

And so the Giants don’t. In a business where planning for the future is so important, both Reese and Mara insist

By Ralph VacchianoNew York Daily NewsAug. 4, 2013

It was the middle of the spring, just a few months after the 44th season of his coaching life, and Tom Coughlin was spending yet another late night at the

office, watching film, reading scouting reports and mak-ing plans for another season. It was dark outside and the building was mostly empty, but Jerry Reese needed a few minutes of his time.

But when Reese went down the hall to his 66-year-old coach’s corner office and knocked on the door, nobody answered. Then someone told him “Are you looking for Tom? Look out on the field.”

So he did, and when the Giants general manager walked out the back door and onto the cluster of practice fields, there was Coughlin, one year past the traditional retire-ment age, running sprints up and down the 100-yard field. In the dark.

“I was looking at him like, ‘There’s something wrong with this guy,’” Reese says. “You asked me if he’s showing signs of slowing down? That’s not a sign of slowing down.”

A few months later, in the opening days of training camp, one month shy of his 67th birthday, Coughlin was out on the field again doing the thing that he loves most. He gave his wife, Judy, a kiss then smiled wide and spent a few precious moments with his grandkids. Then, with practice over, he went right back to work.

At a time in life when most people would be spending all of their time with their spouse and their grandkids, Coughlin is still hard at work in an overly demanding profession, showing no outward signs that retirement is near. There has been plenty of league-wide speculation that Coughlin’s 18th season as an NFL head coach, his 10th with the Giants, could finally be his last.

Those that believe that, though, haven’t seen Coughlin at work and they don’t understand his uncommon de-sire. He has overseen one of the most successful eras in franchise history. He has won two of the last six Super Bowls. “His legacy,” as Giants co-owner John Mara says, “is secure.”

Just don’t try telling that to him.

“Most guys who’ve won a couple of Super Bowls, that’s a pretty good resume,” Reese says. “But his thinking is, ‘You know, a lot of guys have won two Super Bowls. Let’s win three. Let’s win four.’ That’s literally how he thinks.”

“He’d be the only coach in franchise history to win three Super Bowls,” Mara says. “I’m sure that’s a point of mo-tivation for him.”

It’s not as if Coughlin needs any extra motivation in the twilight of his career. He says his motivation is simple: A love of the game and the competition. That’s what makes all the early mornings and late nights worth it, he says, even after four decades of the same routine.

they really have no idea how much longer Coughlin will oc-cupy his office, and neither of them wants to ask. They may wonder what kind of coach they’d have to hire to replace him, and both men insist they have a “short list” ready. But when Mara sees Coughlin in action he sees a man who’s healthy, determined and “has the same energy level he had when he was an assistant here in the 1990s.”

“So I’m sure he doesn’t contemplate (retirement),” Mara says. “Neither do we.”

When will he contemplate it? That’s something Coughlin’s players have wondered, too. Back in the spring, Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas set off alarms when he said he thought Coughlin was going to retire after last season, then added, “But I think he has one more in him.” Some of Thom-as’ teammates also think this might be Coughlin’s finale.

Others think the end is still a long ways away.

“The fire that he comes in with every day, he loves this game, he loves everything about it,” Snee says. “He loves the prepa-ration. He loves watching teams come together and jell. He just loves being around this game.

“So if you were to ask me, I’d say he’ll be in this building longer than I will.”

Coughlin, not surprisingly, remains coy about his plans. During his brief book tour in the spring, his answers to the retirement question were unrevealing and almost always the same: “I’m healthy and my wife is healthy and I’m still as excited as I’ve ever been about the challenge in front of us,” he said. “We do this one year at a time. That’s what I’ve always done.”

Coughlin’s contract runs through the end of the 2014 sea-son, and that could be a natural end point for his career. The Giants have a long-standing policy of not letting their head coach go into the final year of a contract as a “lame duck,” so whether or not they extend the deal after this season could be a hint at Coughlin’s future plans.

For now, though, Coughlin’s focus is on the immediate fu-ture, however long it turns out to be. He’s already one of the oldest coaches in NFL history and since he turns 67 later this month, he’s five years shy of the oldest — George Halas and Marv Levy, who coached until age 72. Could Coughlin stick around that long? No one thinks that’s impossible.

That’s because he has ceded nothing to age.

“I think that he’s at the age (where) after the season, wheth-er we win a Super Bowl or not, (retirement) is something that’ll be in consideration for him and his family,” Reese says. “But as of today, that’s not even a subject to even bring up with him.”

“In fact Jerry and I talk every day,” Mara adds, “and we have not had one conversation about having to deal with who the next head coach will be. Not one.

“I assume sometime, hopefully many years from now, he’ll let me know when he wants to (retire). But it’s something we’re not focusing on.”Adds Reese: “Tom is here as long as he wants to be, as far as I’m concerned.”

WHO’S NEXT?Somewhere in the back of his mind, maybe even on a piece of paper in his desk, John Mara acknowledges he has a “short list” of potential head coaches just in case Tom Coughlin knocks on his door next spring and announces that he’s done. He has had a list for years and it’s ever-changing. It likely will change sev-eral times again.

A list is just a list, Mara says, not a sign that he’s think-ing about the end of the Coughlin Era. “That’s not something that’s occupied one minute of my time,” he insists. But the reality of Coughlin’s age — he’ll be 67 on Aug. 31 — is that the end is probably near.

So who’s on the list? Well, in the last 30 years Dan Reeves was the only head coach the Giants hired who wasn’t previously a Giants assistant, so it’s a good bet the list has a few familiar names. It probably has some big names, too.

The short list could look something like this:

Bill CowherSome think he’ll never coach again. Others think he’s waiting for the Giants job to open. Regardless, he’s a natural fit since he thrived during a 15-year career as the head coach of the Steelers that included one Super Bowl title. His toughness and r é sum é would command instant respect.

Mike SullivanHe may be the most likely of the former Giants as-sistants to eventually replace his old boss. Once the Giants’ WRs and QBs coach for eight years, he is now the OC in T.B. and is widely regarded as a future head coach. He also has a military background, something the Giants love, and he swears by the Coughlin way of running things.

Steve SpagnuoloWas once thought to be Coughlin’s heir, but the shine is off the former Giants defensive coordinator because of a failed stint as head coach of the Rams (2009-11) and a very rough year as the Saints defen-sive coordinator (2012). The Giants’ defensive play-ers loved him, though, and he’d be a popular choice among the fans.

Perry FewellAt the moment, it’s an absurd notion since the Gi-ants defense ranked 31st last year, but a lot of things can change quickly in the NFL. He has interim head coaching experience (Buffalo, 2009), great respect in the coaching community and was interviewed by four teams for head coaching jobs in 2011.

Nick SabanWhat’s that? He’d never leave Alabama? Right, just like he’d never leave LSU until the Dolphins called in 2005. And just like he wasn’t going to leave Miami for Alabama. He’s not a former Giant assistant, but the Giants were reportedly negotiating a contract with him in 1997 before they hired Jim Fassel. Yeah, his first foray into the NFL was a total disaster, but so was buddy Bill Belichick’s.

Giants rookie Damontre Moore motivated by doubts

fill the sack void left by Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller at Texas A&M with 21 sacks the past two years.

“I get to play the game I love at the high-est level of competition and it’s great going out there and competing day in and day out,’’ Moore said. “My teammates constantly are getting better with the good looks I give them, and also in the same token, they’re helping me out by making me better overall. It’s a great experience.”

Moore has the ability, athleticism and expe-rience to play either defensive end or line-backer. It’s possible the Giants use Moore similar to the way they used Kiwanuka in the past, rotating him at different positions.

“They’re both the same to me,” Moore said. “It doesn’t matter. It’s about the quickest way I can get on the field and the quickest way I can help the team out really. … A lot of the vets have been helpful, always giving me good criticism.”

One critique of Moore’s play has been he’s simply a pass rusher. He admits he wants to be an “every-down player” but trusts Coughlin and his staff to make the right decisions that best fit a defense which sur-rendered 21.5 points per game last season — tied for 20th.

“There’s really no pressure on me,” Moore said. “I trust the coaching staff and the scheme that we’re running. I trust what they’re telling me to do, and I trust that they’re right.”

By JJ ConradThe RecordAug. 4, 2013

They called him the “Joker” at Texas A&M, but Giants rookie Damontre Moore isn’t kidding around.

The third-round pick looks to be on the fast track toward playing a significant role in Big Blue’s defense this season, and has been im-pressive thus far in training camp, according to the coaching staff.

The versatile 6-foot-5, 250-pound hybrid defensive end/linebacker already is listed as a second-string defensive end behind start-ers Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka, cou-pled opposite fourth-year DE Adrian Tracy.

“He’s a young man that’s gotten our atten-tion,” coach Tom Coughlin said of Moore before practice Saturday, “and we’re excited about watching his progress.”

Moore, 20, entered camp with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, after sliding further than expected in the draft for a variety of reasons.

Projected early on as a possible late first-round pick, Moore’s 40-time (4.9) at the NFL Scouting Combine, character issues after a 2011 arrest for marijuana possession, and a less-than-ideal Pro Day performance all factored into his fall from the first — and second — rounds.

“Everybody is entitled to their opinion,” Moore said, humbly. “But that doesn’t mean they’re always right. I just let my game do the talking and we’ll see what happens.”

Considering the uncertainty surrounding Jason Pierre-Paul’s back, the departure of Osi Umenyiora to Atlanta, and Tuck com-ing off the worst statistical year of his career since his rookie season, the opportunity is there for Moore to make an immediate im-pact.

“This has been a good experience and I’m just having fun,” said Moore, who helped

Cullen Jenkins hoping to get back on top with Gi-ants

do some different things, which in turn will allow us to do different things with some of our other guys,” Nunn said.

The Giants gave a glimpse of what those different things might be at a practice early last week when they used Jenkins at defensive end as part of a jumbo defensive package they will use against the run. The line featured Jenkins and either Math-ias Kiwanuka or Justin Tuck at ends along with Shaun Rogers and Linval Joseph at tackle. Jenkins blew up at least two running plays from that posi-tion in the team drills.

“He is a very explosive guy, talented guy, has ma-tured a lot,” Nunn said. “He’s a different guy than he was when he came to Green Bay. He’s a guy who has gotten better and better as time has gone on. The passion he plays with and the toughness he brings, he’s another guy who plays tough. On Sundays he’s a tough guy. We need that in the room.”

Raised outside of Detroit by a single father who took custody of the boys when Cullen was 10 years old, the Jenkins brothers had no choice but to be tough. Darome Jenkins, a former col-lege football player at Eastern Michigan, juggled a number of odd jobs while going back to college to get his teaching degree.

“There were times we had to go to the community center for a shower because we didn’t have water, and we ate a lot out of those government-subsi-dized welfare cans, but the one thing we always had was my father,” Kris said. “Our father made it a point in his life, no matter what struggle he went through, that he was going to be there for us. And I think that helped give us both confidence when we went through hard times.”

Cullen has the confidence that he can finish his career on a high note, which is why he chose to play with the Giants after spending the last two seasons on a disappointing and troubled Phila-delphia team. Jenkins ranks fourth among NFL defensive tackles with 21 sacks since 2009, but last season in Philadelphia was a tough one as he reg-istered only four sacks and 51 tackles.

He said his No. 1 goal is to get back to the Super Bowl with the Giants.

Said Jenkins, “It would mean a whole lot, espe-cially with all the bouncing around I’ve done. I think about it a lot.’’

By Barbara BarkerNewsdayAug. 4, 2013

“You can say you don’t pay attention, but you hear it,” said Cullen Jenkins, 32, the Giants’ new defensive tackle.

“Once you hit 30, everyone starts talking about how you’re getting older and missing a step. I see it as a challenge. My whole career, my whole life, has been about proving people wrong.”

Few players have traveled as far as Jenkins has in his journey to the Giants’ defensive line. During the offseason, the team made the 6-2, 305-pound linemen their biggest free-agent splurge when they signed him to a three-year, $8-million con-tract in the hopes of fortifying a run defense that ranked 25th in the league last season.

Those are some pretty hefty expectations and cash for a player who 10 years ago doubted he ever would play a down of professional football.

In the fall of 2003, Jenkins was out of football, living with his mother-in-law and working for a landscaping company in Ypsilanti, Mich., to sup-port his wife and two children.

At the same time his older brother, former Jets lineman Kris Jenkins, was having a breakout year in the trenches for the Carolina Panthers, Cullen was digging actual trenches in the frozen Michi-gan dirt after having been cut by the Green Bay Packers on the final day of training camp.

“He had pretty much given up,” Kris, a television analyst for SNY last season, said in a phone inter-view last week. “I didn’t find this out until later, but I was the reason Cullen gave it another shot. He saw me make it to the Pro Bowl and said, ‘I can do this if Kris can.’ He refused to be denied.”

Cullen went off to play for NFL Europe in the spring of 2004, and in the fall of that year, he earned a roster spot with the Packers. This time he was in the right place at the right time. He blossomed into a starter and eventually became a defensive mainstay on a team that regularly went to the postseason and won Super Bowl XLV in the 2010-11 season.

Giants defensive line coach Robert Nunn coached Jenkins for three seasons in Green Bay and is im-pressed with his toughness and his versatility.

“I think he can go inside and outside and we can

For Giants secondary, communication is the key

Pass breakups and interceptions have been the norm. Sound technique and an intense focus are the unit’s battle cry.

“The guys have been going out there and attack-ing the ball,” strong safety Antrel Rolle said. “Just the intensity alone in our defensive backs, it seems like night and day.”

Third-year cornerback Prince Amukamara, who says he wants to be among the league’s elite, is healthy. Veteran cornerback Corey Webster was flashing his old form before suffering a groin in-jury on Thursday.

Brown, who has replaced Phillips as the starter at free safety, continues to trend upward. Merritt raves about his increased range. Rolle has been solid.

Cornerback Aaron Ross, in his second stint with the Giants, is having a sensational camp. He’s working as the nickel. Second-year pro Jayron Hosley has a year of experience.

The wild card could be cornerback Terrell Thom-as, who is on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from the third knee surgery of his career. He was a two-year starter before knee in-juries cost him the past two seasons. He should return sooner rather than later.

“I think we have a good, solid group,” secondary/cornerback coach Pete Giunta said. “If we com-municate well together, we’ll be great.”

In a major philosophical shift, Giunta said he’ll have left and right cornerbacks instead of match-ing Webster against the opponents’ top receiver. Webster, in his ninth season, will play left corner-back. Amukamara will hold down the right side.

“(Webster) was constantly challenged and maybe we can alleviate a little bit of that pressure this year,” Giunta said.

An improved pass rush should help as well. The Giants’ sack total fell from 48 in 2011 to 33 last season.

“I would never ever put the blame on the defen-sive line,” Rolle said. “We all understand it all ties together but we (the secondary) have to take full responsibility for what happens on the back end.”

By Dave HutchinsonThe Star-LedgerAug. 4, 2013

Last season, Giants secondary/safeties coach Dave Merritt knew what was coming at his guys each week. His friends on opposing

coaching staffs gave him the league-wide scouting report on how to dissect his unit.

Yet, Merritt and the Giants defensive coaches had no answer. They were unable to hatch a game plan to mask the team’s glaring weakness — corner-back — or provide enough help.

The position was decimated by injuries. The rein-forcements were young and inexperienced. It was a recipe for disaster.

“We all know that the ball went down the field and outside (last season),” Merritt said. “They (oppo-nents) kept it away from the post safety. I talked to a couple of my buddies who coached on other squads — it’s a big fraternity — and they said, ‘Yeah, we’re going to keep it out of the middle of the field, away from Kenny Phillips and Stevie Brown.’ “

When the final whistle blew, the Giants secondary ranked among the league’s worse.

The unit finished the season ranked 28th in pass defense, allowing 254.2 yards per game. It gave up 60 passes of 20 yards or more, fourth-highest in the NFL, and a league-high 29 passes of at least 30 yards. The 13 passes of 40 yards or more it yielded were the second-most in the NFL.

Busted assignments, miscommunications and an inability to make plays were to blame for the myr-iad of big plays the Giants allowed. Injuries led to a revolving door in the secondary. The result was players unaccustomed to playing together found themselves on the field at critical moments.

“Most of the time it was a lack of communication,” said Brown, one of the few bright spots in the sec-ondary, finishing with eight interceptions, tied for second-most in the NFL. “If there was a motion or something, we didn’t communicate it correctly or one person was saying one thing and meaning another thing.

“There were a lot of things that happened to us out there. Now in camp, the linebackers and defensive backs, we’re all making sure we’re all speaking Gi-ants language, we’re all on the same page.”

It shows. The secondary, minus Phillips who signed with Philadelphia, has been perhaps the most impressive unit in training camp thus far.

Giants veteran Diehl ready to tackle any challenge and stay in starting lineup

Diehl started every game his first seven seasons and missed a practice about as often as Cough-lin oversleeps. Counting the postseason, Diehl’s starting string reached 127 consecutive games.

“That’s a good thing to be in our business,’’ Coughlin said. “Be there every day, be reliable, be dependable, and know what you’ve got. It’s still a huge factor in our profession. It really is.’’

Diehl, in 2010, missed games (four) for the first time in his career, with hamstring and hip injuries. Last season, he missed three games with a knee injury that severely limited his mobility when he did play, an injury that eventually required sur-gery. In order to stay on the roster, Diehl had to accept a hefty pay cut, slashing nearly $3.5 mil-lion, leaving him with a 2013 salary of $1 million.

Clearly, he was at a crossroads. Diehl re-sculpted his body and now he’s carrying only 305 pounds on his 6-foot-5 frame, down, he says, 10 or 11 pounds from a year ago. He says it’s the lightest he has been since the 2004 season.

“Or maybe sixth grade,’’ Diehl joked. “Or birth.’’

Diehl said he also dropped 3-4 percent in his body fat by eschewing the food groups usually associ-ated with big, bulky offensive linemen needing to maintain heft.

“I ... cut out bread and pasta, the nasty stuff that usually you have to eat as an offensive lineman to keep the weight,’’ Diehl said. “Just eating clean, conditioning-wise I pushed myself to the limit coming off the knee surgery. I have no regrets what I did this offseason.’’

Coughlin described Diehl’s physique as “slim and trim’’ and said he hopes the tackle did not overdo it.

“We may want him a little bit heavier,’’ Coughlin said.

Diehl said he’s just right and primed for yet an-other battle.

“I’ve never been more ready to play football,’’ Diehl said. “Challenge me, throw what you want at me, I could care less. I know what I’m capable of and I know what I’m going to do.’’

By Paul SchwartzNew York PostAug. 4, 2013

“In order to get me off the football field you’re going to have to shoot me,’’ he said yesterday.

Diehl has been an unhittable target for more than a decade with the Giants as he enters his 11th season, making him the longest-tenured player on the team. He has been on the scene longer than Eli Manning and Chris Snee, who are enter-ing their 10th seasons. Heck, back when he was drafted, in the fifth round in 2003, Ernie Accorsi was the general manager and Jim Fassel was the head coach.

.No one exhibits that sort of staying power with-out more than a little stubbornness. Diehl has never lost a summer training camp battle, as for 10 years running he has emerged as a starter on the offensive line. So he must be forgiven at the age of 32 for not buying into a widely held belief he’s on the downside of his career and will be overtaken by rookie first-round pick Justin Pugh for the starting right tackle job.

“I’ve heard that since I was 5 years old. ... I [couldn’t] care less,’’ Diehl said with no small mea-sure of defiance in his voice. “I’m a fifth-round draft pick who’s started as long as I have, been in the league for 11 years. You hear that stuff all the time. I love haters, keep bringing it. I don’t care.’’

Diehl entered camp No. 1 on the depth chart at right tackle, but Pugh already has taken some reps with the starters. What appeared to be an uphill battle for Diehl tilted heavily in his favor when Pugh sustained a concussion on Thursday that figures to keep him out a few weeks. Coach Tom Coughlin yesterday said Pugh had difficulty getting through a meeting before the concussion was diagnosed.

“It’s never good when you have a teammate go down, especially a guy who’s going to be a critical piece to our offense, a guy who can play numer-ous positions, that’s challenging me for the start-ing spot at right tackle,’’ Diehl said.

A huge part of why Diehl has thrived is he’s a living, breathing enactment of the Woody Allen maxim: “Eighty percent of success is just show-ing up.’’

Giants think TE Adrien Robinson can become big catch

not an easy thing for him,” Coughlin said. “But he did.”

In recent years, players have become much more educated about concussions and aware of their symptoms and dangers, but Cough-lin said Pugh’s injury was one that would not have gone unchecked in any era.

“That was proper, that’s the thing that he should have done,” he said of Pugh’s decision to report his symptoms.

Giant steps

Coughlin said WR Hakeem Nicks (groin) still is on track to return to practice Tuesday. CB Corey Webster (groin) missed a second day of practice, but Coughlin said he is doing better . . . LB Mark Herzlich made a diving interception in a two-minute drill near the end of practice, picking off a pass thrown by Ryan Nassib that was tipped. CB Laron Scott also intercepted Nassib in the hurry-up drill . . . Coughlin left the team after practice to fly to Canton for Bill Parcells’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “We do throw this ‘great’ word around in common usage today much, much too often,” Coughlin said before he left, “but Bill Parcells is a great football coach.”

By Tom RockNewsdayAug. 4, 2013

Giants NFL draft history database Adrien Robinson never caught more than 12 passes in any season in col-

lege and caught fewer than 40 in his high school career. But the Giants see a lot of po-tential in the 6-4, 264-pound second-year tight end -- so much so that they think he could be a big part of their passing attack. “We want to get Adrien on the field,” tight ends coach Mike Pope said Saturday. “He’s a terrific target and runs well.”

Robinson was drafted in the fourth round in 2012 but spent most of his rookie season on the bench. He was active for two games and did not have any receptions. “It was a little frustrating, but I understood the reasons why it happened,” he said. “I talked to coach Pope every week. He told me just try to learn something every day and there’s something to watch for, and that’s what I did, and in the big picture, I think it helped me out a lot.”

Robinson has been running with the second team behind starter Brandon Myers thus far, and he’s been making some impressive catches. He’s still raw -- offensive coordina-tor Kevin Gilbride chewed him out this past week for a sloppy release in a drill -- but all of his numbers tilt toward a player who can make an impact.

“Here are two guys that can jump like ga-zelles,” Pope said of Robinson and another raw tight end with tantalizing size, Larry Donnell (6-6, 269). “So if the ball goes up, I’m going to take the bet that one of them has got a chance to get it . . . I think they can be very effective in the scoring zone.”

Pugh did proper thing

Tom Coughlin provided further insight into the concussion suffered by rookie Justin Pugh in practice on Thursday.

“He didn’t feel well when he got inside, and coming to the [post-practice] meeting was

Giants rushing to shut down run games

The Giants used a second-round pick to grab Hankins from Ohio State, and handed Jenkins a three-year contract to sign him away from rival Philadelphia. But the return of the 6-foot-4, 350-pound Rogers may be the biggest boost. in stuffing the run.

After Rogers signed in April 2012, the Gi-ants announced he would miss the entire season with a blood clot in his left calf. An encouraging medical report gave them what coach Tom Coughlin had called “a ray of hope” Rogers could return, but the veteran was put on season-ending injured reserve on Aug. 31.

“It’s a little more frustrating than knowing your outcome from the jump. It’s like dan-gling the carrot and then taking it away. But that’s just the situation we were in,’’ said Rogers, who re-signed on Feb. 7. “It’s a good feeling to be back. I just thank them for hav-ing me back and given me an opportunity, a re-do.’’

Now Rogers has a second chance to make a first impression. After having to watch the Giants’ defense gashed repeatedly last year, unable to do what he does best — plug gaps and engulf ball carriers — this year he hopes will be different.

“They welcomed me back with open arms and I was elated to be a part of this team and try to make an impression,’’ Rogers said. “As a person, as a competitor you feel like you could contribute, could help a situation.’’

By Brian LewisNew York PostAug. 4, 2013

The Giants have prided themselves on defense since before most of their current players were born, but last

year’s run defense fell apart, turning sieve-like in a manner not befitting Big Blue. The linemen most responsible for plugging those leaks admit the coaches have made getting back to stuffing the run priority No. 1.

“Everything starts with stopping the run,’’ defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins said. “Even getting to the pass, playing the pass, getting sacks and all that stuff, you have to stop the run first. That’s the biggest point of empha-sis.’’

Jenkins, veteran Shaun Rogers and rookie Johnathan Hankins represent a 75-percent turnover at defensive tackle from last year’s roster. Considering how wretched the Gi-ants’ 2012 run defense was, that’s hardly a surprise.

“Defense as a whole has been picking up where the guys left off in the Super Bowl year,” said Rogers, whose season-ending blood clot last year played a huge role in the Giants’ woes against the run. “Stopping the run is most definitely a point of emphasis, because you’ve got to stop the run to get to the pass.’’

Last season, with Chris Canty starting alongside Joseph and Rogers not playing a single down, Big Blue got gouged for 4.6 yards per carry, fifth-worst in the entire NFL. The 129.1 yards per game they surren-dered on the ground was the eighth-highest in the league, numbers as unacceptable as they are un-Giantlike.

“It has been the main point since the start, stopping that run, when we got big Shaun, Linval [Joseph], Mike [Patterson], [Frank] Okam in the middle,” Hankins said. “We’ve got the tools to stop the run, and that’s defi-nitely one of our No. 1 goals,” Hankins said. “They drafted me to stop the run.’’

Rookie QB Nassib impressing Giants

NFL’s radical changes to the Pro Bowl that were announced Wednesday.

Instead of NFC vs. AFC, the rosters will now be determined by a “fantasy draft” captained by Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice. The game also will no longer include kickoffs, among many alterations.

“I’m not the biggest fan of [the changes], to be honest with you, but they’re trying to make the Pro Bowl fun again,” said Cruz, who played in the game last season. “I re-spect it and I like Jerry and Deion. It should be some fun interaction between those two guys.”

* Coughlin said he will not have to miss any practice time this weekend to accompany the Giants’ official contingent to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Bill Parcells in Canton, Ohio.

“I’ll leave after practice, and [assistant] coaches will take over the evening meet-ings,” Coughlin said. “We’re going to go to the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant-to-Giant, then we’ll travel back.”

* Jenkins was excused from practice because of the death of his grandmother.

By Bart HubbuchNew York PostAug. 3, 2013

Though the Giants hope he never has to play a regular-season snap in the foreseeable future, they can’t help but

be impressed so far by rookie quarterback Ryan Nassib.

The Syracuse product has looked so good, in fact, he already is being listed ahead of veteran Curtis Painter as the No. 3 behind Eli Manning and backup David Carr on the first “unofficial” depth chart released by the team Thursday.

“He’s got a strong arm,” coach Tom Cough-lin said of the fourth-round pick, who was a surprise choice by the Giants considering Manning’s youth and durability.

Throwing inside when rain forced the Gi-ants to move to their practice bubble, Nassib flashed that big arm on a pair of throws to free-agent wideout Kevin Hardy Thursday that each covered more than 40 yards in the air.

* The unofficial depth chart released by the Giants contained few surprises.Ex-Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins is listed ahead of veteranShaun Rogers at right tackle, withLinval Joseph the starter at left tackle in front of rookieJohnathan Hankins.

The early nod at linebacker, meanwhile, went to veteran Keith Rivers on the strong side, Mark Herzlich in the middle andSpen-cer Paysinger ahead ofJacquian Williams on the weak side.

On offense, David Diehl is listed ahead of late-signing rookieJustin Pugh at right tack-le, though that could change over the com-ing weeks as the first-rounder from Syracuse becomes more comfortable with the system.

Pugh, in fact, received a handful of snaps with the first-team offense.

* Victor Cruz gave a thumbs down to the

Beatty healthy, happy to be back

By Mike MazzeoESPNNewYork.comAug. 3, 2013

Will Beatty is happy to be a Giant.

“Yes, it’s good to come back for a fifth season,” Beatty said Thursday. “I’m glad I’m here. This is the team I know. ... It’s that fit, you’re home.”

The long-term security he gained in the off-season certainly didn’t hurt.

Beatty, 28, re-signed with the Giants in Feb-ruary for five years and $38.75 million -- in-cluding $19 million guaranteed.

“You don’t have to worry about going some-place else. Getting all that out of the way is key for me,” Beatty said.

The team’s starting left tackle is healthy now, and looking forward to a big year.

“I mean, last year in camp, I got injured, so it was like I wasn’t really at camp,” said Beatty, who suffered from back issues last summer. “I missed all the preseason games. So there was a lot that was up in the air.

“But this entire offseason, I’ve been good. Coming into camp this year, I’ve still been good. So we’re working on that, staying good, no setback, no injuries. So we’re still watching it and making sure that I’m not just, ‘Oh, everything’s good, let’s relax here.’”

Beatty, who has made 26 career starts at left tackle, was called for 11 penalties last season -- eight of them holding penalties.

“That was a negative highlight for me last season,” Beatty said. “Some close games, [if I didn’t commit] some penalties, maybe it could’ve turned the tides. So it’s still get-ting better with my footwork, getting better under pressure and making sure that you’re cleaning it up

Giants’ Eli Manning sets sights on playing home-field Super Bowl

“It’s frustrating and disappointing the way we played down the stretch,” Manning says.

But such teams play with virtually no margin for error. The Giants were also 9-7 in their failed 2012 campaign.

“We’ve got to be more consistent than last year because 9-7 isn’t going to get us in the playoffs,” says Manning. “We have to win 11, 12 games.

“Let’s get home field (advantage). We’re capable of play-ing at that caliber.”

His return to the form he showed in 2011, when he passed for 29 TDs and a career-best 4,933 yards, depends on his targets. No. 1 receiver Hakeem Nicks was banged up in 2012 after a dominant 2011 postseason perfor-mance. Cruz, fresh off signing his five-year, $43-million extension must continue to be a mismatch in the slot. Randle, last year’s second-round pick, needs to show he’s ready to reprise the role since-departed Mario Manning-ham filled in 2011.

“I’m trying to get back to 2011, being better on my deep-ball throws,” Manning says. “I feel great about our receiv-ers.

“Hopefully, we can get back to our explosive passing at-tack.”

Nicks, who battled foot and ankle issues last season, is in a contract year.

“Yeah, Hakeem wants to have a big year, get back to two years ago when he was that dominant receiver,” Manning says. “Last year, he tried to play hurt. But he was not that same specimen.”

Manning doesn’t talk about winning Super Bowls with Peyton, but they will meet up in the latest “Manning Bowl” on Sept. 15 when the Giants host the Denver Broncos.

“If Peyton can beat the Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins, that would be good for us,” Eli says, wishing Denver suc-cess against the rest of the NFC East this season while hoping his Giants can make hay and help out the Broncos by sweeping their remaining games against AFC West teams.

“We’re going to try and help each other out, do whatever we can to support each other,” Manning says in regard to the schedule.

By Jim Corbett USA TodayAug. 3, 2013

On his morning commute from Hoboken, N.J., to New York Giants headquarters, Eli Manning passes the place he’s motivated to be Feb. 2,

2014: MetLife Stadium, his home field and site of Super Bowl XLVIII.

Manning is the 32-year-old face of his flagship franchise, and the two-time Super Bowl MVP radiates his team’s resolve for the upcoming season. After what he called “a frustrating” meltdown last year when the Giants lost five of their final eight games to miss the playoffs, Manning is driven to lead them to their fifth Super Bowl victory.

“Right now, I have two Super Bowls. I want to get three. Then, I’ll go from there,” Manning told USA TODAY Sports on Friday. “Every day, I see that stadium and feel that we are a championship-caliber team. There’s a sense of urgency this year focused on, ‘Hey, that Super Bowl championship is the goal.’

“Let’s practice, prepare, do everything the way it needs to be done, be more consistent so we make sure we’re giving ourselves that possibility.”

Peyton Manning’s kid brother is no longer that aw-shucks, slump-shouldered quarterback. Eli’s 6-4, 218-pound frame is honed from offseason weight train-ing. The ball jumped from his strong right arm on a 35-yard sideline strike to second-year receiver Rueben Randle in the highlight of Friday’s practice.

Manning’s still-boyish face has a few lines. He’s got two rings, yes, but the Giants have also failed to reach the playoffs in three of the past four seasons.

“I’m young and old,” he grins. “This season is about play-ing at my highest level, getting this team ready and — hopefully — having a chance to get everybody on this team a Super Bowl championship.”

Giants receiver Victor Cruz says Eli has become Peyton-esque and will likely play more up-tempo at times.

“Eli is demanding perfection,” says Cruz. “He’s putting pressure on his receivers to perform at our highest level each and every time, from the practice field to the meet-ing room, even when we’re watching film.”

Manning agreed with team president and CEO John Mara, who said he was “embarrassed” by his team’s 2012 flameout after a 6-2 start.

Giants’ Adrian Tracy thinking big

said. “He’s worked very hard, and it looks like his confidence level is way up there because he’s got his hand on the ground. I know he’s enjoying it. It’s going to benefit all of us.”

MERRITT ON HILL: Safeties coach David Merritt harbors mixed feelings on Will Hill, whom the NFL suspended for failing drug tests for marijuana.

“As far as disappointed, I let Will know I’m always proud of him and I’ll always be his fan,” Merritt said. “I try not to use that word around him. He hasn’t heard it from me, that I’m disappointed in him. Internally inside, yes. Do we want the four-game suspension, no. But he’s going to come back and be ready to go.”

INJURY REPORT: Coughlin said corner-back Corey Webster is taking it easy with a groin strain, and rookie right tackle Justin Pugh has a concussion after taking a shot in the head Thursday and waking up Friday morning with a headache. Coughlin said Pugh will be out until he passes the NFL’s concussion tests.

BRIEFS: The Giants practiced in full pads for the first time this preseason. They drilled in 9-on-7s for portions of the afternoon ... Eli Manning’s passing looked strong, while Ryan Nassib struggled to hit his targets. The rookie nearly threw two consecutive picks ... Rookie defensive tackle Johnathan Han-kins lit up running back Da’Rel Scott in the backfield for what may have been the camp’s hardest hit so far. Both players emerged from the tackle fine.

By Dan NortonThe RecordAug. 3, 2013

With the departure of Osi Umeny-iora from New York and the un-certainty of Jason Pierre-Paul’s

health, defensive end Adrian Tracy has plenty of room to add his legacy to the Gi-ants’ 2013 defensive line.

Tracy saw the field for the first time last season, playing in every game, primarily on special teams. He accumulated 12 tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble.

“So far, I feel like I’ve been doing very well [in practice],” Tracy said. “I’m my harshest critic, so when I’m watching film, of course I’m going to be harder on myself than I am when I’m giving advice to other players. I’ve got positive feedback from the coaches and I look to build on that.”

Physically, he said he’s prepared to take on more reps.

“As you get into training camp, it’s kind of easy to just take a few bursts and call it a day,” Tracy said. “But you’ve got to train your body to be ready for the preseason and of course the regular season.”

KIWANUKA RETURNS TO ROOTS: Mathias Kiwanuka has split much of his Gi-ants career between defensive lineman and linebacker. This season, he’ll settle back into the line.

Drafted out of Boston College as a lineman in 2006, Kiwanuka said it will be easier hav-ing just one position.

“It’s definitely easier because you’re not wor-ried about what you’re missing in the other meeting room,” he said.

Coach Tom Coughlin added that he can see Kiwanuka is happy with his more defined role.

“Just the way he carries himself,” Coughlin

Giants DT Cullen Jenkins ‘surprised’ by ex-team-mate Riley Cooper’s racial slurBy Dave Hutchinson The Star-LedgerAug. 2, 2013

New Giants defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins played in Philadelphia the past two seasons. He considered Ri-

ley Cooper a friend.

Jenkins, who is black, insists he still does but admits to being taken aback by the ra-cial slur Cooper uttered at a Kenny Chesney concert in June.

“I was real surprised when I saw it,” said Jenkins, who signed with the Giants this off-season. “I’ve know Riley for my two years there. We talked quite a bit. We joked around a lot. We were friends there. He was always real cool with me.

“He made some unfortunate comments. I know he wishes he could have them back. Everybody makes mistakes.”

Asked if the situation could divide a team, Jenkins, in his 11th season said, “Depends on the mindset of the team. If you have guys who understand that it was just a mistake, you can get past it pretty easily. If you turn it into a problem, especially with the media. They’ll keep it going.”

Jenkins was asked how he would handle the situation if he were still in Philadelphia.

“We were friends,” he said. “We’d still be friends afterwards. He made an unfortunate mistake. He apologized. You forgive him and you move on.”

Giants’ Nicks says he’s protecting himself from him-self

“Me and Eli, we’re always going to be on the same page,” Nicks said. “All the time, wheth-er it’s going to be in meetings or out on the field. Just watching him, too, just watching him play. That actually helps me a lot, too, because I get to see what he’s looking at. His progressions and stuff like that. That helped me when I do get back out on the field.”

Nicks said he similarly observes and builds rapport with Cruz and the Giants’ backup wideouts, such as Rueben Randle.

“[Cruz] has definitely stepped up and been a great slot receiver in this offense, so we just have to keep playing hand in hand, con-tribute to the offense the best way possible,” Nicks said.

“[Randle] is able to go out there and make a name for himself, which he showed flashes of last year, so I don’t have doubts about him coming out and making plays.”

Last year, Nicks played in 13 games. He caught for just 692 yards and three touch-downs — both major declines from his pre-vious season totals.

He’ll look to bounce back in 2013, but his priority is to make sure he has that oppor-tunity. The list of season-ending injuries is already filling up, with producers such as Philadelphia wideout Jeremy Maclin and Baltimore tight end Dennis Pitta among the casualties.

“Hats off to those guys,” Nicks said. “Those guys are great athletes and I’m sorry that had to happen to them, especially at a criti-cal moment in their careers. But that’s not something I really think about. Prayers go out to them and hopefully they bounce back from it, but I’m not really thinking about it. In football, anything can go any day, so ev-ery time you step on the field, you’re at risk.”

By Dan NortonThe RecordAug. 3, 2013

In the Giants’ first practice in full pads this preseason, wide receiver Hakeem Nicks idled on the sidelines in his jersey

and shorts. It’s not where he wanted to be, but he agreed it’s where he should be.

“I’ve got to protect myself from myself, with me being so competitive,” Nicks said.

Nicks is recovering from groin tightness, but said he should be back in action within the next day or two.

The North Carolina product assured his in-jury is mild, and he’d be playing football if this were Week One of the regular season. But given his knee and foot problems last year, Nicks thought it best to take it easy this early in training camp.

“I wouldn’t even categorize [the groin tight-ness] as an injury,” Nicks said. “I think it’s just being smart.”

So instead, Nicks’ counterpart, Victor Cruz, showcased at the position in front of a large crowd of Giants fans. The prolonged “Cruz” cheers took precedent over the few fans who expressed concern to Nicks from behind the fence. He offered a thumbs up in acknowl-edgement.

“That’s just some people on the outside look-ing in,” Nicks said. “They really don’t under-stand. Hopefully they understand now that coming off a season like last year, just want to be cautious about it, making sure I’m able to perform when it’s really time and when it really counts.”

Nicks regularly updates coach Tom Cough-lin and the training staff on his condition. He said he values their opinions as much as his own.

In his downtime, he also intently watches quarterback Eli Manning operate so he can jump right back into the mix.

Giants’ Ross Hungry to Keep Career Going Where It Started

the league in pass defense (254 yards per game), 26th in completion percentage (63.9) and tied for 31st in yards per attempt (8.1). The Giants are hoping for progression from the younger Amuka-mara and Hosley and a bounce-back season from Corey Webster, who struggled in 2012. Pressure from Ross could help on those fronts.

Ross said returning to the system he learned in, the one that he feels most comfortable with, has made him feel like he never left.

“It feels like I haven’t missed a beat,” Ross said.

NICKS SITS OUT AGAIN Hakeem Nicks sat out of practice again Thursday with a groin injury, and Coach Tom Coughlin said it continued to be frustrating not having him on the field.

“He came in excited about being able to go, and then he had this little groin injury,” Coughlin said. “I hope it’s not going to set him back for very long, but obviously they’re taking all necessary precau-tions.”

The wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride was a little more vocal about his displeasure with Nicks’s absence.

“I think the frustration is across the board, start-ing with Hakeem,” Gilbride said. “He needs to practice in order to be ready to play during the season, to be ready to beat the defenders that he’s playing against.”

COOPER NOT A TARGET Philadelphia Eagles receiver Riley Cooper’s racial slur against African-Americans, caught on camera at a country music concert recently, did not seem to spark much out-rage from the Giants. Rolle said he had not heard what Cooper said until a reporter told him.

“I really don’t care, man,” Rolle said. “I’ll let the Eagles organization deal with that.”

Victor Cruz simply called the situation “unfortu-nate.”

“It’s always surprising when you hear that,” Cruz said. “There’s no place for that type of language, and it’s just unfortunate that it had to happen.”

There did not seem to be much credence to the notion that the Giants might target Cooper be-cause of what he said when they face the Eagles.

“We look at every receiver as the same to us,” Ross said. “If he said it or didn’t say it, I’ll go in his face the same way.”

By Zach SchonbrunNew York TimesAug. 2, 2013

If Aaron Ross needs assurance about his stand-ing in the Giants franchise, he has only to glance at the Super Bowl banners hanging in

the team’s indoor practice facility. Both bear his name.

They are helpful reminders of Ross’s once-gilded role in the secondary before he signed a three-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars in March 2012, and before the Jaguars cut him less than a year later.

Now Ross is back, feeling a little shaken by the close call with his football mortality and a little hungrier to keep his career going where it be-gan. “To come back home and see how much the coaches love you and the players missed you,” Ross said, “it just brings a smile to your face.”

When the Giants released their first unofficial depth chart of training camp on Thursday, Ross was listed behind cornerback Prince Amukamara, a former first-round draft pick whom Ross helped during Amukamara’s rookie season in 2011. Ross is battling for playing time with Jayron Hosley, a second-year corner. The spots might get even tighter if Terrell Thomas returns from a serious knee injury.

But Ross has been something like a homecoming king at training camp, joking with reporters and teammates, cheerful and clearly happy to be back in blue.

“Being here for five years, it felt like home,” Ross said. “I’ve got two Super Bowl rings here. A great brotherhood formed. When I went to Jackson-ville, it was like starting all over.”

Ross said he sorely missed the winning mental-ity that runs inherently through the Giants’ locker room while the Jaguars suffered through a 2-14 season. He drew criticism recently for telling NFL Network that his stint in Jacksonville was like a “nice paid vacation,” referring apparently to the absence of pressure to perform there, unlike in New York.

But Ross has a different mind-set, with a one-year deal in hand and no playing time guaranteed. His teammates have already noticed a change.

“He seems like he’s a different person,” safety An-trel Rolle said. “He seems like an Aaron Ross that has something to prove.”

Ross steps back into a secondary that was 28th in

Relaxed Mathias Kiwanuka enjoys staying at one positionBy Conor OrrThe Star-LedgerAug. 3, 2013

Mathias Kiwanuka was always wor-ried that, while in the linebackers meeting room, he was missing

something important with the defensive lineman and Vice versa.

But with this offseason’s announcement that, for the first time since his second season, he would only have to worry about being a de-fensive lineman, Kiwanuka felt some of that burden fall away.

“It’s definitely easier because you’re not wor-rying about what you’re missing in the other meeting room and what’s being said and try-ing to track coaches down, in their off time, to get all the rest of the information,” Kiwa-nuka said. “Whatever this team asks me to do, I’m going to do it. As long as we get some wins out of this, I’m good for it.”

Coming into his ninth season, Kiwanuka said he’s back at the position he was born to play.

After an eight-sack season back in 2008, Ki-wanuka has fluctuated between three and four sacks per season.

That number, though, can absolutely change now that he’s situated on the right side at de-fensive end, not intending to go anywhere any time soon.

“I think it will have a huge effect,” he said. “I mean … sitting in one room, you can focus on one job and one task. I feel like it puts you in a much better competitive advantage to watch film, to study, to work on your own technique.”

Giants left tackle Will Beatty is healthy and hungry


Giants left tackle Will Beatty was a player with a sore back and an un-certain future last summer as he en-

tered the final year of his contract.

Today, he’s financially secure for life and entrenched as the Giants starting left tackle with a five-year, $38.75 million contract.

“I mean, last year in camp, I got injured, so it was like I wasn’t really at camp” he said today. “I missed all the preseason games. So there was a lot that was up in the air and ‘how is he doing?’

“But this entire off-season, I’ve been good. Coming into camp this year, I’ve still been good. So we’re working on that, staying good, no setback, no injuries. So we’re still watching it and making sure that I’m not just, Oh, everything’s good, let’s relax here.’”

At 28, Beatty is the anchor of an aging Gi-ants offensive line. The Giants addressed the offensive line in the draft, selecting right tackle Justin Pugh in the first round (19th overall) and he and Beatty figure to be main-stays for years to come.

“Yes, it’s good to come back for a fifth sea-son,” he said. “I’m glad I’m here. This is the team I know. It’s that fit, you’re home.”

Beatty said that while job one is protect-ing quarterback Eli Manning, the offensive line wants to establish the run so the offense won’t be so depend on Hakeem Nicks, Vic-tor Cruz and the running game.

“Coach Tom Coughlin) wants a running game, so we have to step that up and get our running backs out there and keep them go-ing, trying to make the running game a go-to instead of using Cruz and Nicks.

“But as the O-line, we want to make than an easy decision at whatever they (the coaches) choose.”

Giants’ Victor Cruz vows to improve in 2013

humbles you a little bit. I want to be able to negate that and be as perfect as possible.”

Tom Coughlin praised Cruz’s work ethic in training camp, admitting he was still “knocking some rust off ” earlier this week.

“It’s about getting the work,” Cruz said. “See-ing the ball into your hands and that’s the only way to get better at it – seeing live ac-tion, seeing the ball coming through traffic and getting your hands on it and bringing it all the way in. Some of it is film tendencies. Some of it is timing. Some of it is where I would stop short where I need to keep going on the run, where Eli might have expected me to keep going and I get a hand on it.

“Certain little things like that – most of it is just timing, not focusing at times on the football as it comes all the way into my hands. Some is me trying to make a move before I do catch the football — catching the ball first, then making the move, especially understanding that I have more time than I think I do when I catch the football.”

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride be-lieves Cruz is getting there.

“The recognition of the coverages, and then physically knocking off the rust, in terms of his acceleration in and out of breaks, his body position when he’s coming in and out of breaks,” Gilbride said. “Those things need to be worked with a defender against you in order to have a great feel for it. Those are the little things that come with practicing and preparation.”

With Cruz working his way back and Ha-keem Nicks limited with groin tightness – Coughlin called the latter “day to day” after he was held out of practice — Rueben Randle has stepped up and impressed with spectacular play so far in camp.

“It’s his time,” Cruz said of Randle. “We’re all going to play that way together and it’s going to be our time soon.”

By Art StapletonThe RecordAug. 2, 2013

Victor Cruz has his new five-year contract, and while he is not count-ing the $48 million that ultimately

should come from it, the financial security gained is undeniable.

The purchase of a new North Jersey home for his family is being finalized.

A childhood dream to own a Ferrari won’t be realized until after training camp, at the earliest, although there will be one in his ga-rage before too long.

Yet fear not Giants fans: The Paterson native is promising not to drop the ball on you.

That is what remains as the primary focus for Cruz in his quest to get ready for the regular season, having practiced for just five days with the team since December.

Scoring and moving the chains and danc-ing the salsa in the end zone is great, but the most significant part of Cruz’s game he wants to improve comes down to the most basic of skills for a wide receiver.

It’s also the biggest knock against him: drop-ping too many Eli Manning passes.

Cruz unofficially led the Giants in drops last season with nine, including three in the sea-son-opening loss against the Cowboys. He also dropped a potential touchdown against the Bengals.

Over the last two seasons, Cruz has 2,628 receiving yards — fifth-most in the NFL. He leads the NFL in touchdown catches as a slot receiver in that span with 15.

“It’s all good to have catches and touch-downs and yardage – everybody loves that,” Cruz told The Record before practice Thurs-day. “Then you get that one tweet that says, ‘But you led the league in drops.’ That’s al-ways one that brings you back home and

Nassib impressing Giants

Pugh, in fact, received a handful of snaps with the first-team offense.

* Victor Cruz gave a thumbs down to the NFL’s radical changes to the Pro Bowl that were announced Wednesday.

Instead of NFC vs. AFC, the rosters will now be determined by a “fantasy draft” captained by Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice. The game also will no longer include kickoffs, among many alterations.


* Coughlin said he will not have to miss any practice time this weekend to accompany the Giants’ official contingent to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Bill Parcells in Canton, Ohio.

“I’ll leave after practice, and [assistant] coaches will take over the evening meet-ings,” Coughlin said. “We’re going to go to the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant-to-Giant, then we’ll travel back.”

* Jenkins was excused from practice because of the death of his grandmother

By Bart Hubbuch New York PostAug. 2, 2013



The Syracuse product has looked so good, in fact, he already is being listed ahead of veteran Curtis Painter as the No. 3 behind Eli Manning and backup David Carr on the first “unofficial” depth chart released by the team Thursday.


New York Giants quarterback Ryan Nassib looks to throw during NFL football camp in East Rutherford, NJ.Throwing inside when rain forced the Giants to move to their prac-tice bubble, Nassib flashed that big arm on a pair of throws to free-agent wideout Kevin Hardy Thursday that each covered more than 40 yards in the air.

* The unofficial depth chart released by the Giants contained few surprises.

Ex-Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins is listed ahead of veteran Shaun Rogers at right tackle, with Linval Joseph the starter at left tackle in front of rookie Johnathan Hankins.

The early nod at linebacker, meanwhile, went to veteran Keith Rivers on the strong side, Mark Herzlich in the middle and Spen-cer Paysinger ahead of Jacquian Williams on the weak side.

On offense, David Diehl is listed ahead of late-signing rookie Justin Pugh at right tack-le, though that could change over the com-ing weeks as the first-rounder from Syracuse becomes more comfortable with the system.

Giants rookie DT Johnathan Hankins is shaping up

going to pick it up real well.”

Hankins has been playing left defensive tackle alongside fellow draft pick Damontre Moore.

“It’s been a good thing,” he said. “When-ever I don’t know something, whenever he doesn’t know something, we can work hand-in-hand (to figure it out). That’s pretty good to have someone you know (beside you) who came in with you.”

By Dave Hutchinson The Star-LedgerAug. 2, 2013

Rookie defensive tackle Johnathan Han-kins is the Giants’ version of the incredible shrinking man. And the smaller he gets, the bigger he plays.

Hankins, who reported to Ohio State at 350 pounds as a freshman, played at 330 pounds as a sophomore. Last season, he played at 325 pounds, earning second-team All-American and All Big-Ten honors, anchor-ing a Buckeyes’ run defense that ranked 14th nationally and second in the Big Ten against the run.

Last Friday, Hankins, the Giants’ second-round pick (49th overall), reported to train-ing camp at 318 pounds, two pounds below his assigned weight. Already, he has the coaching staff marveling at his ability. “He has really surprised me coming in,” Giants defensive line coach Robert Nunn said. “I thought he did an outstanding job between when he started until now with his body. He’s worked, he’s trimmed up, he’s got-ten stronger.

“If he continues to do that I think he’s an-other young player that’s going to contribute to us. He really has looked good.”

Hankins, who is working with the second-team, feels he’s ready to contribute this season, despite a logjam at defensive tackle that includes Linval Joseph, Cullen Jenkins, Mike Patterson and veteran Shaun Rogers.

“I’ve been getting hold of the playbook and going out there and playing and not think-ing so much and it’s working for me,” said Hankins, who hopes to drop another two or three pounds. “It (the game) is starting to slow down.

“Just getting the feel and the temp of the game. Just getting comfortable. Wednesday (the first day in shoulder pads) was one of the best days. I got the feel of it. I feel I’m

NY Giants fullback Henry Hynoski carted Hynoski was scheduled to have an MRI on the injury.

By Mike Vaccaro New York PostJune 10, 2008

This was early on the Morning After, maybe eight hours since the Giants had floated out of University of Phoe-

nix Stadium with one of the most improb-able victories in the history of pro football stuffed in their back pockets.

The Giants were milling about the lobby of their hotel, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Ariz., where fans who’d been up all night basking and celebrating the Super Bowl victory mingled with players eager to get back for the parade that awaited them all.

“Michael!” one of the fans squealed, getting the attention of Michael Strahan, the Giants’ peerless defensive end. “One more year, Mi-chael! One more year!”

“Wow,” Strahan said, smiling, shaking his head. “I’m not even out of the hotel yet and they want an answer. They need more than a couple of hours to get that out of me.”

It took a couple of months, but the conclu-sion Strahan reached yesterday, as he related to Foxsports.com, was one that is impossible to argue with.

“It’s time,” Strahan said. “I’m done.”

So Strahan leaves in a way in which we al-ways want our sporting icons to go, covered in glory rather than gauze, our lasting im-age one of resplendence rather than regret. No limping after quarterbacks. He leaves a champion, and right in the photo alongside Lawrence Taylor, Sam Huff and Harry Car-son as the greatest Giants to ever line up on the defensive side of the ball.

Which is another promise he made back in February, back at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass.

“Trust me,” he said. “When I do leave, there will be gas left in the tank.”

Good for Strahan, whose frequent forays into me-first, locker-room lawyerdom were always surpassed by his genius on the field, whose bouts with prickliness were well doc-umented and who last summer did his best to expose the myth that training camp is an essential part of the NFL experience.

You’d better be an extraordinary talent if you’re going to set your own agenda, as Stra-han so often did - and he was. You’d better deliver when it counts most if you’re going to lend a mocking wink to ages-old stan-dards of football decorum - and he did.

It cannot be a coincidence that from 2004-2006, the Giants were 23-10 with Strahan in the lineup and 2-13 in the 15 games he missed with injury. Nor can it be dismissed that in his final season, Strahan played in ev-ery game, and the Giants went 14-6, playoffs included.

His teammates knew. In one of the more telling gestures of their entire champion-ship season, they voted Strahan a captain about five minutes after he returned from his training camp exile, a move that puzzled some outside the locker room and outraged others and barely fazed the men on the in-side.

“For him to wear that letter ‘C’ on his chest,” defensive end Justin Tuck said in January, “it’s almost redundant. If you spend 15 min-utes around here you know who the leader of this unit is.”

Strahan arrived as a rookie in the dying hours of LT’s reign, suffered through some dreadful Dan Reeves years and some surreal Jim Fassel years and some downright hostile times under Tom Coughlin, but was the one always chasing the quarterback, and finding him 1411/2 times in 216 games.

Coughlin: Receiver’s constant health woes ‘frustrat-ing’

stant injury battles. The former No. 1 pick was hampered all last year by ankle and foot woes.

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride echoed Coughlin’s frustration, adding he couldn’t remember the last time Nicks was totally healthy for a practice.

“He needs to practice,” Gilbride said yester-day. “He and I talk about it all the time, and he knows it. He understands that in order for him to be ready to produce the way that he wants to produce and the way that we need him to produce, he needs to practice to get ready for that.”

Nicks’ groin problems so far in camp have created an opportunity for second-year pro Rueben Randle, who has made the most of it with a strong first week.

Cruz also has a chance to assume an even more prominent role after back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons and a lucrative new con-tract, but he said yesterday he and the rest of the’ receiving corps still defer to Nicks.

Perhaps wanting to help his friend going into a contract year, Cruz told the NFL Net-work this week he considers Nicks to be Big Blue’s clear-cut No. 1 receiver.

Cruz stood by, then expanded on that state-ment yesterday, describing Nicks as “our leader” among all the Giants’ receivers.

“I think he’s the No. 1 guy,” Cruz said. “He was drafted here, he’s a first-round pick, he’s been here longer than I have and he’s been the big-play guy for God knows how long now. He’s just our leader, man.”


Hakeem Nicks is going to make the club, of course. But his time in the tub is starting to aggravate the Gi-

ants.

Nicks sat out practice entirely yesterday because of a nagging groin injury, prompt-ing coach Tom Coughlin to label his No. 1 receiver’s inability to stay healthy so far in training camp “frustrating.”

“Certainly, I want to see him on the field, and he wants to be on the field,” Coughlin said after the two-hour workout. “It’s frus-trating, but I’ve got to learn to control myself when it comes to that, as well, and just real-ize that — you know what? — he’s trying like heck to get out there.”

Nicks, who skipped the voluntary part of the Giants’ offseason program in part be-cause of what he said was concern about po-tential injuries, has been limited throughout the first week of camp by the groin strain.

Yesterday Nicks spent time on the sideline stationary bike before observing the rest of the practice on the field with the coaches.

His absence led to concern the problem is getting worse, but Coughlin described it as a “little” injury and said the wideout’s avail-ability remains day-to-day.

“[The Giants’ trainers] just want to quiet it down and make sure that it heals before he goes back out and maybe makes it worse,” Coughlin said.

The Giants moved practice indoors because of the rain, and quarterback Eli Manning struggled without the benefit of Nicks as a primary target. Manning threw two inter-ceptions on passes intended for Victor Cruz in 11-on-11 drills.

Coughlin wasn’t the only Giants coach to express a bit of impatience at Nicks’ con-

Wilson eager to make leap this season

gest lesson I learned.”

It was a painful lesson.

“It’s a lesson you know, but like it happens in the game, so ... but you want to do everything you can do to prevent it and show the coaches that you’re doing everything that you can to prevent it.”

When you play with Eli Manning, you don’t play until you prove you can pick up the blitz. And Wilson said he has improved in that area, among others.

“A more polished running back,” he said of what Giants fans will see from him this year. “I was a rookie last year. I’m not a rookie now, so it should be a big improvement on the way I approach the game.”

Some say he has a chance to be the most exciting, dy-namic runner the Giants have had in a long time.

“If you look at the history of the running backs that have come through this organization, for them to say that, it’s a lot to live up to,” Wilson said. “And not just the history of the running backs, but actually the one we had last year [Bradshaw] was very good. And then we got not just me on the team now, Andre Brown is a dynamic run-ning back.

“I like winning games, so when I’m working out, I’m not just thinking about my success, I’m thinking about help-ing the team have success.”

He’s not one to call himself dynamic or electric.

“I’ll let other people tell me what they think about my game,” Wilson said. “I know I work hard, so I do have confidence in my game.”

Wilson, who wants to return kickoffs again, will not re-veal any personal goals for the season.

“I haven’t set a number on my goal just so I can go out there each game and be productive, that’s the main thing,” he said. “I normally set numbers, but I decided to keep those to myself and just go out there and play football.”

There is nothing like breaking a long one with MetLife Stadium roaring you on.

“It’s kind of like realizing all your hard work and dedica-tion is kind of like paying off. It’s the moment you wait for, so when I’m running down the sideline, that’s mostly what’s going through my mind — not really,” he said with a smile.

“That’s a political answer,” he said with a laugh. “I’m just excited to score a touchdown.”

Flip Wilson.

By Steve SerbyNew York PostAug. 2, 2013

David Wilson is a 210-pound meteor ready to flash across NFL skies now that Ahmad Bradshaw is no longer in his way.

General manager Jerry Reese did backflips in the Giants war room when Wilson still was on the board at the end of the first round of the 2012 draft, and Wilson would love nothing better than to be Flip Wilson again this season.

“When I score a touchdown, I get excited, so ...

“If I don’t do it again, it will be tough to let it go,” Wilson told The Post. “I think a majority of fans enjoy it a lot more than the ones that don’t.”

Will you be doing backflips this year?

“We’ll see,” he said with a chuckle.

You haven’t been told not to, have you?

“I’ve been told not to,” he said with a smile.

Wilson was given that reminder by the coaching staff at the start of training camp. It was suggested to him if he did a backflip in the end zone, he might have to avoid Coach Coughlin on the sidelines.

“I think at the end of the

day he’ll just be happy I scored

a touchdown and I’m healthy and I’m ready to run an-other play,” Wilson said with another smile.

Reese swears the Giants had Wilson rated ahead of Doug Martin, who enjoyed a banner rookie season (1,454 rush-ing yards, 11 touchdowns) with Tampa Bay. Wilson (71-358, four touchdowns last season) said he believes he can have similar success.

“I look at [Martin] and I get motivated,” he said. “When you look at other running backs — not just him, other running backs in the NFL, Adrian Peterson and even go-ing back to LaDainian Tomlinson, Clinton Portis, Doug Martin, Trent Richardson — I mean, all these guys hav-ing success, it gets you motivated, so you can’t wait till your opportunity comes and hopefully you can have the same success.”

Wilson found himself in Coughlin’s doghouse for a short while after a Week 1 fumble. So when you ask him the biggest lesson

he learned last year, he says: “I learned a lot of lessons.”

Such as?

“Don’t fumble,” he said with a laugh. “That was the big-

Giants have mixed reactions to Riley Cooper’s ra-cial slur

er,” Paysinger said. “If you give those words power, that means the other side is winning. Somebody can come up to me and call me that word, but if I show him anger, then that means he got the best of me, so I think we should stop giving that word power.”

Even inside the team, Cooper’s apology was accepted by his teammates but the act was not necessarily forgotten.

“I forgive him. We’ve been friends for a long time,” Eagles running back LeSean McCoy said Thursday in Philadelphia. “But in a situation like this, you really find out about someone. Just on a friendship level, I can’t really respect someone like that.”

The Eagles fined Cooper an undisclosed amount of money, but coach Chip Kelly said the team didn’t contemplate releasing him. The Eagles also said Cooper will be enrolled in sensitivity training and that he needs to “reflect” on his comments.

Because the Eagles fined him, the NFL will not levy any additional punishment against Cooper. At least not formally. Opposing players might have their own justice system in place when the games begin in Septem-ber.

“Somebody is going to be mad and perpetu-ate the negativity,’’ Cowboys safety Will Al-len said. “I don’t think that’s something we should do, but I am sure it will happen.”

But the Giants, who face the Eagles in Weeks 5 and 8, said they will not participate in such actions. Cornerback Aaron Ross said he will treat Cooper the same as DeSean Jackson when the Giants play the Eagles. Rolle had essentially the same take.

“You never try to go out and hurt an op-ponent, but I can’t speak for other people,” Rolle said. “When I go against and I see Ri-ley Cooper, I’m going to treat him just like I treat any other opponent -- never let him catch the ball. That’s what I aim for. Am I going to have any personal vendetta against him? No, absolutely not.”

By Tom Rock NewsdayAug. 2, 2013

Giants NFL draft history database Gi-ants safety Antrel Rolle had not seen the infamous video of Eagles wide

receiver Riley Cooper in which he uses ra-cial slurs at a Kenny Chesney concert. So it was described to him.

“Oh, so he used the N-word?” Rolle said with a chuckle. “Oh. I don’t care about that. It is what it is . . . It doesn’t bother me at all.”

Rolle may let those remarks slide, and many of the Eagles seem to have forgiven Cooper. But while they say that NFL stands for “Not For Long” in terms of job security, that’s not the case when it comes to players holding grudges.

Cooper’s teammates may accept his apology, but will there be opposing players who will be much less benevolent on the field this season and carry the memory of those re-marks with them?

“I’d be lying if I said it wouldn’t,” Giants line-backer Spencer Paysinger said. “But for the most part, I hope a player doesn’t try to go after him just because he said that.”

Defensive end Adrian Tracy thinks there are players who will have Cooper’s words in mind as they size up number 14 on the Eagles. “I’m sure there will be,” he said.

Will Tracy?

“I don’t know,” he said. “I love the nature of football because I feel like all of your aggres-sions, no matter what the emotions are, you can get out in a positive manner and not be arrested for it. People play with anger all the time and this is an outlet for them to do so. If people are angry and within the confines of the rules express their anger . . . It’s just friendly competition.”

Paysinger said he won’t let Cooper’s com-ments affect him.

“In my opinion, saying that word or words close to that, you can’t give those words pow-

What Brown can do for Blue

“I actually thought that,” Brown said. “I’m like, ‘This is just a precursor of things to come.’ But in the Pro Bowl, it actually makes a lot of sense.”

Yeah, “multimillion dollar franchise wide receivers” handling kickoffs is whacky. About as whacky as a fan-friendly segment in Brown’s former Seattle TV show — “Can You Kick It?”

“People kicking trash cans to food to loaves of bread to footballs.” Brown said. “It was a lot of fun.”

Stuffy he’s not, yet he’s all about business. And the business of kicking for the Giants became easier through his relationship with his holder, punter Steve Weatherford.

“I’ve trained with Josh Brown for four years in the offseason … so I’ve got an existing re-lationship with him as far as how he wants the ball held, his training routine, person-ality,” Weatherford said. “I knew he was a hard-working guy that would fit in well with Zak [DeOssie, long snapper], and I with his willingness to prepare. He’s a high-character, come- early, stay-late guy. It’s been a joy.”

Brown said he feels the same toward Weath-erford and DeOssie.

“You’ve got [three] veterans working to-gether that want to be great and want to be on all the time,” Brown said. “To have three guys living like that, this has been a seamless transition.”

By Fred KerberNew York PostAug. 2, 2013

Today is a game day for Giants’ kicker Josh Brown. But then so was yesterday. And to-morrow. And the day after that. It is a way of thinking drilled into the 11-year veteran during his time with coach Mike Holmgren in Seattle.

“Coach Holmgren told me that every single day of practice is a game and we can’t afford misses,” said Brown, 34. “Coming out with that mentality, it’s a game day today. So the night before, we’ve got to rest. We’ve got to eat right. We’ve got to do the right thing.”

Since signing with the Giants in March, Brown has seen nothing conflicting with that view. Actually, he has seen things he had not seen during some of his time in Seattle, St. Louis and last season for four games with Cincinnati.

“Speaking from experience and comparably speaking to other places that I’ve been with-out mentioning those places,” Brown said, “the level of professionalism here should be league wide, but it is not.”

Brown, whose career field-goal accuracy is 81.3 percent, knows he is following a fan favorite, Lawrence Tynes, who twice kicked overtime field goals that sent the Giants to Super Bowls. Tynes has landed with the Buccaneers.

“He did some great things for the organiza-tion,” said Brown, who was with Seattle in its loss to Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XL. “But you have to stick to the old saying of, ‘con-trol what you can control.’ I cannot control the fans’ image of Lawrence Tynes. My job is to do my job and instill that trust in the fans as well.”

As long as kickers have jobs. Brown laughed about the Pro Bowl wrinkle eliminating kickoffs. Are they putting kickers out of jobs?

Giants looking for Randle to complement Nicks, Cruz

He also has a rare ability to leap and get the ball at its highest point.

Each afternoon, Randle has done something to endear himself to the coaching staff. Tuesday, he ran past cornerback Aaron Ross in a 7-on-7 drill to haul in a long pass from Manning. In the team period he skied over the reach of Corey Webster for a leaping grab. If you didn’t know any better, Randle looks like the top receiver on the team.

“He’s made tremendous strides, his focus is on a whole new level, he’s playing very, very well right now,’’ Cruz said. “He just looks comfortable, he understands what’s expect-ed of him, he understands what he has to do, and he’s out there executing. It’s really good to see.”

Coughlin said he has noticed Randle (listed at 6-foot-2 and 208 pounds) has come in leaner. There’s no doubt Randle has come in hungrier. He endured typical first-year growing pains and, at times, did not appear to be busting it on a regular basis.

Randle said his coaches did not harp on his effort, but he heard the talk and made an ad-justment.

“I just take what the coaches are giving off to me, if they’re not saying anything about it I don’t feel like I’m doing anything wrong,’’ Randle said. “So [the criticism] kind of caught me by surprise. It made me work harder, I have to say that, because I didn’t want to give anybody any reason to talk about me that way. I tried to build on it and leave it on the past.’’

Early in camp, Randle is getting first crack as the punt returner, a spot he averaged 7.2 yards on 15 returns as a rookie. He is re-markably sure-handed but is not the proto-type smaller, quicker punt returner. Cough-lin, however, favors ball security over flash.

Randle said he is eager to leave his rookie season in the past. He played in all 16 games and came away with 19 receptions for 298 yards and three touchdowns. In his only


Get all three of them out there, healthy, running free and easy, two split wide, another in the slot, Eli Man-

ning taking the snap and scanning the field as he would a menu, choosing from an ap-petizing feast consisting of Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle.

The Giants will take their chances with that scenario, week after week, as long as Randle holds up his end and hits the accelerator on his development.“It can be great,’’ Randle told The Post. “It’s going to be hard for defenses to deal with. We all out there healthy, playing up to our capabilities I can’t see any team really stop-ping us.’’

That’s the plan. Randle is one of the young, talented players the Giants are counting on this season. He is just 22 years old, the same age as running back David Wilson, and both high draft picks (Wilson first round, Randle second round) had flashes as rookies but also plenty of struggles.

Wilson is set to step into Ahmad Bradshaw’s vacated starting role. Randle doesn’t have to make such a quantum leap, but he certainly appears ready for ascension, as after nearly a week of camp he has been a breakout star.

“He seems to be more serious, more intent,’’ coach Tom Coughiln said. “He had a lot to learn in that first year, and it looks like some of the messages are getting through.’’

Nicks, slowed by a strained groin in camp and also coming off knee surgery, must prove he can get his body in good working order to once again join Cruz in a receiving tandem that was dominant during the run to Super Bowl XLVI. Randle has all the skills to crash the party and become a No. 3 target as effective as Mario Manningham was, per-haps even more so. Randle does not possess Manningham’s speed and zigzag ability, but he is bigger and could be more consistent.

Giants LB Mark Herzlich says he can command the defenseBy Conor OrrThe Star-LedgerAug. 1, 2013

Mark Herzlich said being a starting linebacker in the NFL is a dream 25 years in the making.

For the moment, he is running with the first-string alongside Spencer Paysinger and Keith Rivers and in each practice, he’s work-ing to make his presence felt in the huddle.

If he is to win the competition, a large part of his responsibility will be taking command of a unit that includes Pro Bowler Justin Tuck, and tenured veterans like Mathias Kiwanu-ka, Corey Webster and Antrel Rolle.

According to Herzlich, so far, so good.

“Yeah I think that,” he said. “You can tell people will look to me for a call, for a ques-tion and that is really my thing, if I can an-swer everyone’s question about what they are supposed to be doing each play, then I know I know the defense well and everybody will have confidence when they line up.”

With the entire unit in flux -- the Mike, Sam and Will are technically all up for grabs -- Herzlich said that winning the competition will come down to sustaining smart play throughout camp.

He knows Dan Connor can make plays and command a huddle. And he’s aware of what might happen if he allows himself to slip be-hind.

“I think they want consistency,” Herzlich said. “I know that is something Coach Coughlin talks a lot about is consistency. And that is consistent play mentally, consis-tent play physically and a leadership role. I know that we have had great leadership at the linebacker position in the past and we have been a little bit inconsistent so I hope to take over that leadership role and play with a consistency that gives a confidence in the coaches and the players.”

Former Giant CB Sam Madison is trying his hand at coaching

you trying to get himself better. But now, he’s on the side watching, and he can critique, can be very critical and I use the construc-tive criticism to ultimately make my game better.”

Madison currently works for the Dolphins on shows broadcast on their website.


Even as a part-time coach, one can see the swagger in the gait of former Dolphins and Giants cornerback Sam

Madison that made him a four-time Pro Bowler and all-time trash talker.

Madison never met a wide receiver he couldn’t cover and now he’s trying to impart that knowledge and confidence to others. Participating in the league’s Bill Walsh mi-nority internship coaching program, he’ll spend three weeks as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Giants at the start of training camp.

“Sam wants to coach,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “For us, I think it’s a win-win situation. We can help him in regard to giv-ing him a chance to coach and be with us and for people to observe that he’s a good coaching at this level.

“Sam is god medicine. Sam was liked as a player when he was here with us. He was working and coaching and did a nice job in that capacity. He did a good job with all the young corners then and the guys seem to re-spond and like that fact that he’s here now.”

Madison, who started on the Giants Super Bowl XLII team, played the final three sea-sons of his 12-year career with the Giants. He spend the first nine with the Dolphins.

“You want to get the experience and have the opportunity to show the coaches that you do know what you’re talking about,” Madison said.

One player who doesn’t need convincing is cornerback Corey Webster, who was a sec-ond-year pro when Madison signed with the Giants in 2006.

“What is it, infinity times infinity?” asked Webster, laughing. “To have him back, you know not on the field, he can see everything now. It’s harder when he’s on the field with

Tyler Sash trying to get to Pro Bowl level

John Pollard, STATS general manager, said five teams have already reached out to ask about installing their cameras during a prac-tice — a period in which the NFL does not prevent their usage.

Unlike the NBA, the NFL does not give in-dividual teams the option to decide whether the technology is appropriate for them. It is all or nothing. For now, it is nothing, after the camera tracking program came in front of the league’s competition committee in 2010 but did not pass. This past season, they had tracking cameras in several stadiums, but only on an experimental basis.

“John would like the league to put that stuff in,” said Tony Khan, the senior vice presi-dent of football technology and analytics for the Jacksonville Jaguars. “I would like the league to put that stuff in.”

“Hopefully, leaguewide, they integrate either SportVU or a comparable product or a bet-ter thing if there is one.”

SCOUTING IN THE LEAD

There already is a technological movement afoot. Teams are looking for new ways to streamline their scouting process or cap management. To make their work easier, simpler, faster, better.

In March, SAP — a multinational analyt-ics and business software provider — an-nounced a partnership with the 49ers. They had built a scouting application for the Nin-ers, at the club’s behest, allowing scouts to file their reports electronically, create a uni-versal system for the front office and make reports available at a click. To do so, the Niners allowed SAP programmers to spend hundreds of hours with the front office, question their needs and shadow them.

Then they built a system individualized for them. At the Sloan Conference, they mar-keted the archetype to any interested NFL teams and allowed them to buy the service and have it modified for their needs.

Pollard noted that 49ers general manager Trent Baalke has been working for years to stay ahead of the curve. Pollard knows what that drive looks like. He made his entrance into the league with the Saints, hired away from Microsoft, and developed a similar system for New Orleans.

By Tom RockThe Star-LedgerMay 29, 2013

For two years, Lambeau Field acted as a laboratory for what is possible in understanding the National Football

League. During the 2009 and 2010 seasons, 20 cameras set up around the Green Bay Packers’ hallowed stadium were used to test the next phase of analyzing football.

Using optical recognition technology, the cameras tracked each player as he flew around the field, collecting information and quantifying what has long been a cliché thrown around the league.

The tracking cameras had figured out game speed. It was capable of placing a number to the tiny marginal differences in speed barely picked up by eye. It could put a time span on a running back’s burst from the snap to the line of scrimmage, or a linebacker’s rec-ognition of a run play to the moment he swarmed to the play.

Using the same technology that has made SportVU a revelation in the NBA, STATS — a longtime game statistics provider to the NFL — is ready to bring these cameras to the football field.

By tracking the X, Y and Z coordinates, every object on the field can be quantified. Where advanced analytics have already gained a foothold in the league, its merger with scouting and game action may be the next step in its evolution.

SportsVU is being used by 15 teams in the NBA, according to reports, and there is a clamor for the NFL to join in.

There is a dichotomy between organizations that want to use and implement the technol-ogy available, and the league office that is unwilling. The NFL does not even let teams use computers in the coaches’ box during games — perhaps at the risk of one team gaining a competitive advantage.

Paraag Marathe, the 49ers’ chief operating officer, called it an “anti-technology rule.”

“That’s a little bit 1940s still,” he said at the MIT Sloan Sports Conference in March.

But while being governed by a technophobic league, some are waiting for the next step.

Jacquian Williams wants to be Giants’ rock on de-fenseBy Tom RockNewsdayAug. 1, 2013

At first Jacquian Williams gave the usual sound bite about just trying to make the team, but when he was

called on it, he fessed up. Is that really what his goal is this training camp?

“To be honest, no, it’s not,” Williams said.

The third-year linebacker has his sights set higher than being one of 53. He wants to be Number One out of 53. A defensive leader. The every-down linebacker who stays in against runs, passes, options, pistols and whatever an offense can throw at the Giants.

“I heard a quote, [that] Ray Lewis said, ‘What team takes out the general?’ “ Williams said. “My goal is to be the guy that we can count on, the guy that you count on you never take him out. I don’t want to come out. I want to be the guy they need, the guy they call on, the guy they can trust. That’s the goal. With respect to all the other linebackers, I’ll do whatever I have to do to be that guy.”

Williams led the Giants in special teams tackles as a rookie, but last year he missed six games with an injury to his PCL. He’s been playing with the second unit so far in training camp, although he took a few snaps with the starters on Monday and was in with the first team in the nickel package. Giant steps

Despite a lackluster season in 2012 and a $3-million pay cut this offseason, CB Co-rey Webster believes he can rebound. “I still think I’m one of the best,” Webster said. “I think I’m a great cornerback.” . . . Third-year LB Mark Herzlich scoffed at the idea of his path to a starting job being the culmination of a three-year journey. “It’s been 25 years in the making,” he said . . . After a day off from practice Wednesday, the Giants are sched-uled to work in full pads Thursday.

Justin Tuck out to prove critics wrong after two dis-appointing seasons with NY Giants

physical shape. He seems to be in a great frame of mind. The injuries were a factor on him last year, (so) I think if he can keep himself clean with injury, I am totally confi-dent that Justin will be a big contributor for us and be a very effective defensive lineman for us.”

The Giants desperately need that to hap-pen, too, because the rotation of defensive ends isn’t what it used to be. They lost Osi Umenyiora to free agency this offseason and now Jason Pierre-Paul is recovering from back surgery he had in June. That leaves Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka, who returns to the line from linebacker, along with the untested Adrian Tracy and rookie Damon-tre Moore.

Especially until Pierre-Paul returns, Tuck — about whom Nunn said “wasn’t as bad as everybody thought he was (last year), but he wasn’t as good as he usually is either” — is the unquestioned leader of the defensive line. “I know our D-linemen are going to look to see ‘How is Justin doing), what pace is he practicing at,’ ” Tuck said. “I know that’s important for our leadership guys that we expect to have big years out of, to come out and set the tone.”

Tuck has no doubts that’s exactly what he’ll do. He insists he has not been defeated by two years of injuries and he feels as good as he’s felt in his entire career. He hasn’t been mentally worn down by his struggles, ei-ther, and he seems as upbeat as he’s been in a while.

And while the critics may have questions about what Tuck still has left, he doesn’t care. Tuck doesn’t question that at all.

“No, I don’t,” he said. “I’m my biggest critic. There’s nothing you guys can write or say that I probably haven’t thought or found ways to try to already correct. So I know where I am personally and I know what I’m still capable of doing.”


He’s done, washed up and too beaten up by injuries. Those are some of the things Justin Tuck read about him-

self this offseason. There’s more: He’s also old and on the decline, and surely is entering his final season with the Giants.

Most players would hate to read stuff like that, but Tuck says, keep it coming.“The one thing I don’t need is motivation, but I’ve found a lot of that this offseason,” Tuck said when Giants training camp opened. “For all you ignorant writers out there, thank you.”

Tuck, 30, is coming off a second straight dis-appointing and injury-filled season. It was just three years ago, in 2010, when he was still a pass-rushing force and finished with 11.5 sacks. But he’s had just nine in the last two seasons combined, including only four last season.That’s why the vultures are circling, as Tuck knew they would be. And the truth is he doesn’t really blame them.

“That’s why you don’t see me upset about them,” Tuck said. “You guys have a job to do and you do it very well. Like I told you, I’m my first critic. I understand where I am in my career and what I’ve done. And the things that I still want to do. But again, me looking back at the past is not going to help me move forward. That’s what I’m going to do. I’m moving forward.”

Wherever the extra motivation came from, Tuck seems to be moving forward in style, with a rejuvenated body and energy level. His coaches and teammates have raved about the offseason he’s had, both for the shape he’s in and for his attitude after two years when he seemed so down.

“Justin has probably had his best offseason since I’ve been with him, going into my fourth year with Justin,” said defensive line coach Robert Nunn. “I think he’s in the best

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Head Coach Tom Coughlin August 4, 2013

Q: When you see your practice end on one play… A: Yeah, well that’s not supposed to. I’m trying to do the drill, I’m trying to do the drill and get all we can out of it, but we’ll do it again. Q: I mean you could have just lined up and done it again, right? A: Yeah, but there’s two sides to that way. Two sides to that. What is the objective? The objective is to get the ball to a certain point for a field goal. They got it there, so now what am I going to do? Change the objective? Change the game? Change the rules? I don’t usually do that. Q: Is that an indication of what Brandon Myers could bring to the offense? A: I hope so. Nice adjustment. When (Eli) threw it, he threw it obviously where the defender wasn’t, which made him really make a very...I thought it was a radical adjustment because of the wind and he made the catch there. It was good. Better yet though, he reacted the way he should react as he read the coverage. Q: The tight end position has kind of been a revolving door the past couple years. Eli seems to always make it work. Can you talk about how Eli makes it work every year with a new tight end? A: Well, first of all, there’s talent at the tight end position and he works and works and works on it. They have a tight end coach, Mike Pope, who works hard with those guys to teach them the concepts that are involved and eventually you start to get a handle on what we’re doing. Now we’ve had some people come and go and we’ve had some guys that have had to play. Within one year, we learn what’s going on and it’s no different here again. We do have two young guys. Two or more young guys that have been listening to this stuff for a while and you say, come on, let’s go. How many times do you have to hear this? Q: You guys have been in pads several days now. Is there anything you are really pleased with and any things that you are really displeased with? A: Well, we’re not where we need to be, that’s for sure. Each day we make a little bit more progress. I thought our hitting was a little better in the 9-on-7 today than it was the other day. I told the players that, so I think a blind man can tell if a 9-on-7 is right. We’re getting there, not quite there, but we’re getting there. Q: How do you feel about the linebackers right now? I know it’s a little early, but do you feel like it’s a unit that is coming together? A: We’ll see what happens in a game. We’ve had certain drills that have been really good and then all of a sudden a couple times the ball went through today, which is not only the linebackers. You’re so keyed into this idea of stopping the run that when the ball does go through there, it bothers me when it doesn’t and it bothers me when it does.

Q: It looks like you were mixing up the personnel a little bit at that position today, are you still looking for the right fit? A: Well, it was a lot of third down. There were a lot of adjustments according to the personnel that is going on the field with third down. You’re going to get that. Q: Justin Pugh was out on the field today. I guess he was feeling a little better? A: Yeah, he felt a little better. Felt a little better. He came out and just really observed. Hopefully he will come along. Q: How was last night at the Hall of Fame? A: It was a very, very good experience from the standpoint that, you know when you listen to the honorees, those who have been inducted, their discussions are very much in recognition not only of their own ability, but all those who have contributed to their being in that spot. When you talk about that, you’re talking about someone who becomes more and more humble as he talks about this wonderful honor. That, to me, was huge because our game is the greatest game of all, but it takes eleven, okay. No one person, no one person does it all by himself. The more you understand that, the more you have the opportunity to understand when it comes time, when this tremendous honor comes to these players and coaches etc. who are inducted, they take the time to thank those along the way and in so doing they really do grasp the idea that you can’t possibly do it alone, you have to be able to- there are others that contribute along the way, you listen to the players and they talk about their coaches. They talk about people who have mentored them. You know, Larry Allen talked about being mentored by different offensive linemen. And you also understand the emotion, the tremendous emotion. When you listen to Cris Carter, or to Warren Sapp, towards the end of the evening there, they were really emotional. They were very much, very emotional about being able to be there and to receive this incredible honor, so I thought that was great. And then I thought with Bill Parcells’ talk, which was an outstanding talk, but what he did at the end when he talked about the locker room, that was a huge message there. Not only for athletics. For life, for the world that we live in. You know, you have all different kinds of guys from all different backgrounds, all different races and creeds, and they come together and the one thing that works is if everybody’s there for the same purpose, for the common good. I thought that was a very, very good statement. He went further when he talked about the dark side. You know when you had the pockets of people in that situation in the locker room that won’t let things progress because they’re constantly pointing the blame at somebody else rather than right back where it should be, so I thought it was a good experience.


We are in the rain. We’re going to have to go inside again, it looks like. So two of our first seven, thank God we have (the field house). Look at it that way. I doubt if anybody has any questions, so I’ll just move to practice if you don’t mind. Q: How excited are you to go to Canton and to see Bill Parcells? A: I’m excited. I’m excited to celebrate Coach Parcells’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I’m going to honor him, but we’re there to celebrate with him and his family on this incredibly nice occasion; a celebration of the apex of someone’s career; the idea that we do throw this ‘great’ word around in common usage today much, much too often, but Bill Parcells is a great football coach. Q: When you go there, is there any part of you that maybe someday… A: I don’t even want to hear that kind of stuff today. I’m sorry to say it that way, but that’s not what this day is about. This day is about Coach Parcells, period. Q: Is there anything in particular that really sticks out that you learned from him? A: It was just the way that he went about his business and the organization went about their business; continuity, the winning, the high expectation level put by Bill on his players and his ability to gauge right away whether it was championship quality or not and his ability to communicate that in a fluent ‘New Jerseyan’ to the players. Q: A couple of years ago, a young kid like Justin Pugh trying to earn a starting job probably wouldn’t have reported a headache the next morning. Can you talk about how that’s changed with concussions and the awareness? A: This situation here would have been reported at any time. He didn’t feel well when he got inside and coming to the meeting was not an easy thing for him, he did. I don’t think there’s any question about that… That was proper. That’s the thing that he should have done. I don’t think even at any time would anyone, who couldn’t really function to capacity, would not bring that to the attention to the trainers or doctors. Q: How is Justin doing today? A: He’s getting better. He’s feeling better. Q: Are you happy with the way David Diehl has kind of re-sculpted his body after 11 years? A: Slim and trim. We may want him a little bit heavier. Whatever way he can perform to the best of his ability, that’s where we want him. Q: Do you know if he can perform at this weight? A: We’ll see, won’t we? We’re going to have a chance to see, but he moves really well and he’s done a good job that way and he knows himself the best. He’s been doing this a long time. We have confidence in that, but we’ll see how that goes.

Q: What about just his ability to be there every day? A: That’s a nice thing to be. That’s a good thing to be in our business. Be there every day, be reliable, be dependable, and know what you’ve got. It’s still a huge factor in our profession. It really is. Q: Of all the factors that went into having camp here as opposed to Albany, how big of a factor was a day like today and your ability to move into your field house with the rain? A: It was a big factor. No doubt about it. However, it was one of the factors. That shouldn’t be used in any kind of a way against the University at Albany. Mayor Jennings told me that if that was the case, they’d find a way to have one of these facilities there. The fact that the CBA and the way it’s conducted today and the fact there’s only one practice, that had an awful lot to do with it; at least the argument that was posed. I didn’t make that decision. Naturally, Mr. Mara and Mr. Tisch made the decision, but that was the way that I would present it with the CBA the way it is in one practice. Q: How is Corey Webster doing? Is he feeling better? A: Yeah, he does. But he seems to be doing okay. Hopefully it’s not going to be long. Q: Is Hakeem still going to practice on Tuesday? A: I would hope. That’s the plan. Q: What have you seen from Damontre Moore in camp? A: He’s been a young man that’s gotten our attention and we’re excited about watching his progress. Q: What have you seen from both Jonanthan Hankins and Shaun Rogers? A: They’ve both had their days and times when they’ve been impressive and both are working hard. And again… some idea about what the possibilities are when you utilize that kind of talent, so going forward it’s going to be interesting to watch.


A: Good afternoon. It’s a nice day outside, beautiful day. Had the pads on, had a little 9 on 7. It went okay, but you can see we have a lot of work to do. The majority of the day was more of a third down type of a day. The first group had a pretty good two minute drill. The defense really did make a couple of plays, but we’ve got a ways to go with that phase of it. Q: Would you normally do goal line on the first day of pads or no? A: Have you been watching us the last few years? Last time we ran a goal line, I lost a linebacker and a running back. We’ve been practicing short yardage and goal line, really since the spring. But the live part of it we haven’t done yet, if we’re going to. Q: Can you give us an injury update on Webster and Pugh? A: Webster says he feels pretty good. He did feel a little strain in the groin area, so they’re going to do what they have to so that it doesn’t turn into something. It’s difficult, so he’s got some downtime. Pugh took a shot in the head yesterday. He had a headache this morning, so he’s going through the (concussion) protocol. Q: Did they diagnose a concussion? A: Yes, they did. He’ll be out until he passes all the protocol. Q: How did it happen? A: He got hit. Q: Could you talk about the running back tandem of Brown and Wilson and the potential that they bring to the table? A: Well, they both have playing experience. They both are talented. Obviously Brown is bigger. He’s fast, he does catch the ball well out of the backfield. David is a big threat for a big play any time he touches it. Kickoff return, catching a ball out of the backfield, making a great cut down the field. They are an explosive duo and hopefully we’re going to give them some opportunities to get in the open field. There’s great competition for the third spot. Sometimes we’ve played three guys around here. We’re always looking. Q: Also with Brown, could you talk about his perseverance and him putting himself in a position where he’s valuable? A: Well, his perfect perseverance. The injury, actually losing almost a whole year, going elsewhere, and then us bringing him back here and the way that he showed us last year when we needed him. He stepped up, first of all, in that Carolina game. He’s ground it out. He’s been grinding away and he’s certainly earned the opportunity that he’s gotten here and I hope he takes full advantage of it. Q: Has Michael Cox done anything to impress you?

A: Yeah, he’s done a few things. He’s done some nice things on special teams. He’s done some pretty good things on kickoff returns and today in 9 on 7 he had a couple good runs. Q: Nicks said he’s going to be back in one or two days. Does that sound right to you or no? A: That’s what it sounds like. That’s the plan. Hopefully that’s going to, the doctor thought he’d make it back for Tuesday. Q: Kiwanuka was saying he’s happy just settling in, being at one position. Do you see a reflection of that out here? A: Sure, absolutely. Just the way he carries himself. He’s worked very hard and it looks like his confidence level is way up there because he’s got his hand on the ground. I know he’s enjoying it. It’s going to benefit all of us, him moving back to end. Q: Is there always going to be a temptation with him …? A: The more you can do. Hopefully that won’t be the case, but never say never.


A: It rained on us. I was reminded by a couple of players that if we were in Albany, we didn't have any place to go, so we had to change our expression to that of ‘well, we’re grateful, we’ve got a place to go.’ Q: Can we have an update on Nicks? A: He is being treated for a groin, it’s a day to day type thing. Q: Was it maybe more serious than you initially thought? A: I don’t think so, they just want to quiet it down, make sure that he heals before he goes back out and continues to maybe make it worse. Q: Is Cullen Jenkins here today? A: Cullen was not, his grandmother passed away. Q: Any thoughts on Adrien Robinson’s progression from last season? A: Well, I think he’s making steady progress. You know, today I thought he practiced well, made some plays, and more importantly, from an assignment standpoint he did well, so, we look forward to having him continue that way because we also see Larry Donnell making a couple plays, so with those two big, young tight ends, they certainly do give us flexibility provided they can continue to improve. Q: You gave Justin Pugh a few snaps with the one’s today it looked like, mix them in a little? A: Just a few, but, yeah, we’d like to be able to do that. Basically, the first couple of groups are being interchanged every once and awhile, so you’ll see that. Q: Are you getting impatient at all with Hakeem? A: No. Certainly, I want to see him on the field and he wants to be on the field. It’s frustrating, but I’ve got to learn to control myself when it comes to that as well and just realize that you know what, he’s trying like heck to get out there and he knows he needs to practice and work at it and he came in excited about being able to go and then he had this little groin injury, which I hope is not going to set him back for very long, but obviously they’re taking all the necessary precautions. Q: Does Ryan Nassib throw the ball better inside? He looked better today throwing it. A: I don’t think that. I think he’s got a strong arm. I don’t think that had anything to do with it. Q: How have the reps been with him and some of the other quarterbacks? A: They’re all working their way through it. They all get reps. He gets mostly all the reps with the threes.

Q: Any of the PUP guys close to coming back? A: That’s kind of a wait and see. If I mentioned something and it doesn’t happen… So we’ll all wait and see. Hopefully sooner than later. Q: Are you going to have to miss any practices with the Hall of Fame ceremony for Bill Parcells? A: No. I’ll leave after practice. Coaches will take over the evening meetings and then we’re going to go for the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant to Giant and then we’ll travel back. Q: Have you ever gone to an induction? A: I haven’t. I’ve been in the game before, but I have not been at the induction ceremony.

Linebackers Coach Jim Herrmann August 3, 2013

Q: You’ve got a lot of decisions to make. A lot of wide open competitions and a lot of players to fit those roles. A: Yeah. It’s been fun. It’s been a great competition. The guys, that group in the room, they’re all good guys. There’s 90 good men there and they all understand they’re competing, but they’re also trying to help each other get better. As a coach, I can’t ask for anything more from them. I hear, even though they’re competing with a guy for a spot, I hear them talking and saying, let’s try this, or let’s do this. They’re helping each other out to get better as a defensive unit and they’re helping each other out to get better as an individual player as they compete. To me, that’s huge. It helps us as a team. Q: The two most tantalizing guys are Aaron Curry and Keith Rivers, what they can do if they’re healthy. A: I think all of them are, tantalizing is the word you used. I think it’s all of them. There’s competitions all along the board. To me, that’s really good. If they’re all getting better, we’re going to be better. You know in this game of football, playing linebacker is not easy and there are injuries that happen. If the next guy that steps in is just as talented as the guy that had to take a week off and then you go and play on a Sunday, you’re much better as a football team. Opposed to a guy going in with less talent, then you have problems. I’ve always told my guys, the expectation is for the position. If you’re the linebacker in the game on Sunday, the expectations are for that position. Not the guy, not the person, not the individual, but for the position. This is what the … linebacker does at the New York Giants. This is what the … linebacker does at the New York Giants. Not just a guy, his name, but the position. To me the better we get as a unit, all three units, the better we’re going to be. Now, we all know that nine of them are probably going to be on the squad, so that means I’ve got to have multiple talented guys who can play multiple positions. Guys that are smart enough to be able to go in and play …. This group is very intelligent. To me, that’s huge. That will benefit us Week 10, when somebody’s nicked up and somebody has to go in and play a new spot. That’s going to help us, as a football team. Q: So what did you see from Curry? Is he showing any of the old flashes? A: I think he’s coming along. He had a long way to go because of where he came from, but he had a pick out here the other day. He’s a big strong man who can play blockers. I think every day he goes out, he gets better. Just like all of them. Q: Saw you guys doing some third down stuff yesterday. Is it safe to say that even if someone is not designated a starter, you’re going to find a spot to put a lot of these guys in? A: I think that’s one of the things we do as a defensive staff and Perry does a good job. To me, the ball game is broken up into two phases. First and second down and then, to me, third down is a completely different game because the majority of teams in this league are going to throw the ball every play on third down. Your mindset’s different. The guys you put on the field are different. When you look at our third down defense, there’s a lot of speed on the field. Both at the D-line spot, the linebacker spot, and the DB spot. I think we do a good job of putting guys in positions to be successful and to help us win, whether we’re in man or zone coverage, whether we’re in five defensive linemen rushing, or two defensive linemen rushing, or all linebackers, that causes problems for the offense. They have to come up and identify all of that stuff. We have a lot of things that we do and we have a lot of guys who fit into different little roles, which is exciting for them because they may not be a starter in first or second down, but come third down, they can be a starter because of their talents.

Q: What have you seen from Sabino? A: Well, being a Michigan guy, like I am, it’s kind of hard to coach a Buckeye. I like him. He’s a good young player. He’s smart. He’s into the game, he knows the game and I think right now I can’t wait until he gets out there and plays against Pittsburgh. I want to see him in live game action and to me, always with a first-year guy, a rookie guy, you have to find out if the gig’s too big for him. It doesn’t look like it, he’s played in the horseshoe at Ohio State, so he knows what the big … are. I think it will be fun for him to get out there. It will be fun for me to watch him in a live game. I think the other guys in our room are also kind of excited for him. Q: Spencer Paysinger has come a long way as an undrafted free agent, a lot of special teams, and now he’s first team linebacker in practice. Can you talk about how far he’s come and the things he’s gotten better at that has allowed him to get to where he is today. A: One, physically he has changed his body. He has gotten stronger. I don’t think necessarily coming out of college he was the strongest or biggest guy, which I think is why he probably got overlooked. And now that you look at it, you’re like, wow, why did anybody overlook him? Physically he has changed. He’s a mature man now. If you look at him, you’re like who is that? So that has helped him. Spencer is a very cerebral guy. He understands the game, he understands situations. He’s worked hard on becoming a voice on the football field, whereas before, his rookie year, he didn’t say a word. He didn’t say … He just went out and did what everybody told him to do. Now, if you watch, he’s actually becoming… And directing traffic and getting guys lined up. To me, that’s a big step in a linebacker’s role. It’s fun to watch him in that role. Q: Jacquian Williams the other day said, he’s running obviously behind Spencer right now, with the early practices, he said let’s look forward to the games. That will be my chance, that will be his chance. It looks like there was a very good competition building between those two guys. Is that kind of what you envisioned, what you wanted? A: I mean in this game you want competition. They are competing, but then they could both be out there in Nickel together. To me, I think the thing that Jacquian is talking about is, he can’t wait to get to the games as a group of linebackers. Whoever is out there. Yes, he wants to compete because he missed a lot last year and he wants to compete. He loves competing just like all of the other guys do. It will be fun to watch them gel as a unit because there is going to be some new components in there. There’s guys that left so it will be a new look. Q: How far back did Jacquian set himself by missing so much time last year? Do you have any doubts or thoughts about what he can and cannot do as a player right now? A: I don’t think he set himself back mentally. Physically I think it took a while to get back out with the injury and that takes its toll after a while because he came back a little bit and then got hurt again. Mentally he’s always been into the game. The physical part of the actual techniques, the man to man, and this and that, you’ve got to get back into that. That’s where these reps are going to help.

Secondary/Cornerbacks Coach Pete Giunta August 2, 2013

Q: Besides the obvious physicality when you look at Prince, he’s bigger, he’s stronger, what is the thing that maybe we don’t see that you see in terms of his development? A: Well, Prince understands the defensive package right now, he feels much more comfortable with what we are doing defensively. He’s got a great relationship with the players, and more importantly he’s had a full off-season to work out and get in shape. He’s a completely different player now because he’s had the opportunity to work the whole time. (Until this offseason) he’s been rehabbing the whole time; there’s a huge difference between rehabbing and between conditioning and getting ready to play football. Q: And Aaron Ross, on the other side of the spectrum, is a veteran who’s seen it all before, but yet, after coming back from Jacksonville he also looks like he’s a different player, why? A: If you have something you really like and somebody takes it away from you, and you don't have it anymore, and then you get it back, you really appreciate it a whole lot more. He really appreciates the players that he’s around, the system, Coach Coughlin, the whole Giants organization is where he wants to be. So he’s excited about playing for us again. Q: How much of a help is it having Sam Madison back? A: It’s fun. You know, Sam was a really good player for us here, he’s got a great relationship with Corey, Aaron and a bunch of the guys. You know we’ve shown him on tape because he’s on a lot of the teaching tapes that we have, so when the guys see him on tape now they get a chance to meet up and get to work with him a little bit on the field, it’s kind of fun. It was one thing for myself or David to tell them what to do on the field, Sam’s a guy that we coached, he did it for us, won a world championship with us, so when they (…) what I did on the field, it’s different (…) because he can reinforce the things that we’re teaching with the guys and he can answer some questions on what it’s like to be on the field as a player, and can tell them ‘this is what works, this is why they’re telling you to do that,’ and it’s great that way. Q: How encouraged are you in the end of early going in terms of the guys really being ball hawks considering the struggles you guys had last year? A: You know, we really tried to emphasize this whole spring about getting back to playing sound, fundamental techniques, and the guys spent a great deal of time working at it this spring and they studied tape a lot, they studied themselves -- what they did well, what they did not do so well, and how they had to improve going into next football season -- so that’s what we're excited about. We’re excited about the way they’re attacking and playing the ball in the air and if you have good numbers and have players that are good players that compete against each other, it raises everybody’s level of performance, and that’s what we’re looking forward to, to raise our level of

performance based on the competition we have because everybody wants to play, and the more guys you have that can play, the better off you are. Q: In looking at the film last year what did you see was a primary problem? A: We didn’t play good, solid technique consistently enough. We had our ups and downs, we had too many breaks in our concentration, our focus, our techniques. It was a number of different things, not just one specific thing. We’ve got to get back to playing good, solid fundamentals. I think we have a good, solid group keeping it together and if we communicate well together, we’ll be great. Q: Anybody maybe towards the bottom of the depth chart that not a lot of people have heard of that has impressed? A: The young guys, they’ve all stepped up and really played. Charles James, kid of Charlestown Southern, he’s a walk-on rookie free agent we signed, he’s done a very good job as a nickel guy. Junior Mertile’s made two really nice interceptions, one in the red zone, one down in the field, he has the ability to catch the football. We’re looking forward to see how he plays physically. And Terrence Frederick was with us all last year on the practice squad but we never got to see him play (in the preseason). We want to see what they can do in the game. Laron’s from New Orleans and Terrence from the Pittsburgh Steelers, so we want to see how they play as Giants this year in the preseason games, so we’ve got a lot of good young kids that are competing and pushing each other along, other than the guys that you know about that were on the roster last year. Q: When you’re looking for undrafted free agents and you guys have always seemed to have a lot of success for that really, what do you look for? A: Number one is character, do they fit into the Giants organization, do they fit with the other guys you’d have in your room because that's critical, what kind of people they are, number one. Then do they have the physical skills to play in the National Football League. You know Charles (James) is a little undersized, they may not test the best, they don't have the best speed, the best size but they’re football players, you want to get football players that have good character and that’s what we look for, football players with good character, and that’s what we have. Q: What have you seen from Corey to maybe make you think he’s going to have a bounce-back year? A: Well, he’s been very consistent in the spring and in the offseason here, in his coverage technique and his coverage skills. He did a great job of taking care of himself in the offseason. He had no off-season injuries or issues that would have set him back, so we’re looking forward to him bouncing back and we have some other god people to put around him, so we think that will be a big plus for us for Corey. Q: Sometimes we see a player get beaten, and saw Corey last year, did he have a bad season last year?

A: We always try to match him up on the best receiver so he was constantly challenged, and maybe we can alleviate a little bit of that pressure this year, but he can contest a lot of balls, be in position and guys have to come up with the plays, and we’re looking forward to him getting back and making his share of the plays. Once you make two or three plays, the ball’s not thrown in your way very often, and that’s what you have to have. And if you’re having success and making plays, then people don’t attack you that well or that often, so we can mix our coverages and get him off the star all the time, then I think Corey will have a great season. Q: And how close are you to making the switch to lining up left and right? A: Yeah, I mean right now the way they’re playing, we can play left and right, because they’d come on last year, Prince would come on then he’d be injured for a game or two, the same thing with Jayron, he’d go in and sometimes when they were back playing they weren’t 100% when they were playing but they were out there competing so you didn’t have much of a choice but to break forward. Both guys both lacked experience. Now they both gained experience and played in a lot of games last year so they can go right and left and you can match guys up different ways. We have Aaron back, hopefully Terrell will be back, obviously Jayron, all gained experience, so they all play different. They were both rookies last year.

Secondary/Safeties Coach David Merritt August 2, 2013

Q: What kind of progress have you seen from Stevie Brown in his second year here? A: I’ll tell you what, he picked up where he left off last year. Stevie Brown is able to continue to show us that he has range. He made a couple of plays as far as breaking from one side of the field all the way over to the opposite hash and that’s tremendous for us. Of course, we’re trying to practice healthy and we’re trying to be safe and so therefore we don’t necessarily run through the players, but the range that he is displaying is actually a little more than what he displayed last year. One of the things that you guys will probably see is Stevie Brown in the box a little bit more this year, so we’re excited to get him down and he’s starting to understand what I’m looking for in block protection and block destruction. So with Stevie Brown being able to be versatile and not just become a post player or not just become a deep half player is going to help us out. Q: How has Cooper Taylor picked up the defensive system? A: Cooper is just like any rookie. He’s in a situation where he’s overthinking a lot of the defense, but when you stop and take your hat off you look at this kid… We put him in a lot of roles this off-season. We had him playing the strong, free and the will linebacker position. 6-4, 230. You have a guy like that…you don’t want to waste that type of talent and so one of the things we were able to do with Cooper is to overload him a little bit this off-season and then back off and if we have to go back there, at least he’ll have a library of information that he can call on as far as playing the will linebacker. Big, strong, smart kid out of Richmond, as we all know, so he’s coming along. Q: What have you seen so far that has made you think that the guys can fix some of the big plays that they gave up last year? A: You guys are seeing the same thing I’m seeing. Our corners, and we all know that the ball went outside. The ball would go deep and outside, which they kept it away from the post safety. I talked to a couple of my buddies who coach on other squads and it’s a big fraternity and they say they’re going to keep it out of the middle of the field away from Kenny Phillips and Stevie Brown and the ball started going up outside. But as you look at what’s going on right now with our corners and how they’re competing and how they’re actually getting the technique down at the line of scrimmage, we’re starting now to pick off those passes that were once big plays on our defense last year and so just the fact that knowing that we have corners that can go out and play a third from a press alignment or from an off alignment and then able to play the proper technique and leverage has been tremendous for us to see and we just need to sustain it. If they can sustain this going into the preseason and going into the year, it’s going to be great for us. Q: You said you’re excited about seeing Stevie Brown in the box. I’m sure Antrel Rolle is excited about seeing that. A: Oh my gosh, Antrel talks about it all the time. Antrel has gotten beaten up over the past couple of years playing the nickel position. You all remember when he was in Arizona. He

started as a corner, he moved to safety, they kept him in the middle of the field and one year he had probably six or seven interceptions. So as much as Antrel can, he’s going to try and put Stevie in the box, but we’re going to control that. Antrel is doing great for us as well. Antrel being able to play the safety position now… Whereas he had to come in and play the nickel and had to lose weight and try to play all the slot receivers, which is a different world. And by him being able to play the safety position for us now is a tremendous lift in his spirit because now he can play the half, he can play the third, he can play quarters, he can rotate down in the box and he doesn’t necessarily have to rotate out on the receiver and go out and play man to man, so he’s more of a safety this off-season and during this camp. Q: How much more motivated are the guys this year coming off of last year? Have you sensed that at all? A: You know what? They are motivated, but at the same time we all know that sometimes they can end up going into a regressive state and they have to continue to keep that high level of intensity going on and one of the things I told the guys is just make sure you play with a swagger. You’ve got to come out here every day and be yourself and don’t let anyone get you down and understand that this is your livelihood. This is what you do and we’re only in New York/New Jersey to do one thing and that is to play football and so I constantly remind the guys of that. A lot of guys get it twisted. They get in here and they run into the city to run and do appearances and do things like that. Antrel and I had a great conversation his first year with the radio shows and all of the things he had going on outside of the building, he had to refocus and get it back in line and understand that he’s only here to play football and that’s what all of these guys are here to do. They’re here to play for the New York Giants. When you have your chance to have a day off and go into the city and do all of the things that you can experience with your families, that’s great. But now it’s the football season. It’s time to strap it up and the motivation has to stay high because that’s what is going to help us during the season. Q: Did Antrel come in heavier this year? A: I wouldn’t necessarily say heavier, but he didn’t have to worry about trying to keep his weight down, so to speak, close to the 200 mark. Right now, Antrel is probably weighing about 208. You guys may not think five pounds makes a difference, but it does. It does when you’re playing a guy such as Cruz or you’re playing a guy such as Wes Welker in the slot. That extra five or 10 pounds that you carry will limit your ability to change directions. Q: You were a big supporter of Will Hill last year. How disappointed were you with what happened? A: To be honest with you, Will is working hard and disappointed. Yeah, we all would have liked for that not to have happened, but at the same time it’s another learning chance for Will and being a Jersey kid and being able to play here in front of his hometown and in front of his home fans, it’s a great jewel that’s out there in front of him to grab. But as far as disappointment, I let Will know that I’m always proud of him and I’m always going to be his fan and so I try not to use that word around him. He hasn’t heard it from me that Will, I’m disappointed in you. No. I’ve never said that to him, but internally yes. Do we want the four-game suspension? No. But at the same time, Will is going to come back and he’s going to be ready to go.

Wide Receivers Coach Kevin M. Gilbride August 1, 2013

Re: Victor Cruz A: To have him out there, he needs to work, we all need the work. To get him out there and have him go through the process, the reads, seeing the defense the way that he needs to see it in order to help us be successful on offense is important. No doubt you need to have that happen or else you won’t be ready for the season. So, to have him out here is tremendous, it’s great. Q: Tom said the other day, you can see he’s still knocking off the rust. From your perspective, what is that rust? A: Just what I just described, which is the recognition of the coverages. And then physically knocking off the rust in terms of his acceleration in and out of breaks, his body position when he’s coming in and out of breaks. Those things need to be worked on with a defender against you in order to have a great feel for it. So those are the little things that come with practicing and preparation. Q: It seems Rueben Randle has taken a big stride so far. What’s it been? Why is he better? A: Very similar to what we talked about as a group with you guys in the spring was his development and where it started in the meeting room. When he first got to this level he had a lot of improvements to make as far as his approach as a professional. Slowly, through the course of last season, he made some progress. By the end of last year, the progress that we made in the meeting room carried onto the field and it turned into big plays for us toward the homestretch of the season last year. He took and picked up right where he left off in the spring, didn’t take a step back at all, and continued to progress. From that point, he ended up having a very good spring. So now we come to fall camp and he’s picked up right where he left off at the end of the spring and now has continued to progress. It started in the meeting room and with his professionalism and understanding the game and our offense and things like that. The great thing with him, and it doesn’t always happen in a lot of cases, is he can take what he learns in the meeting room and immediately apply it on the field and that’s where you see those dividends. Q: You talked about the rust that Victor needs to knock off. Just looking at Hakeen, who’s in a similar situation, he talks about, “I’m a veteran, I’ve been in this offense a long time, I have the rapport with Eli.” Is it easier for him to knock off some of the rust that he’s experienced from not being here in the spring. A: I think he needs to practice. He knows it. He and I talk about it all the time and he knows it. In order for you to be ready for the season, you need to have done it and done it over and over and done it wrong, made the adjustment and then have it become part of what you do, the correct way to do it. He’s not there yet, he needs to continue to

improve and he knows that. He understands that. In order for him to be ready to produce the way that he wants to produce and the way that we need him to produce, he needs to practice and get ready for that. Q: I know Jerrel Jernigan missed some time in minicamp. What do you see so far from him in training camp and do you see improvement? A: I do. I do see improvement. He needs to continue to improve as well. Mostly in his creating separation from defenders when they’re trying to be physical with him. Now that’s the area that I’m seeing improvement on, which is great. Because that’s been the approach that he and I have been talking about over and over again, he’s started to work through that. And that’s a great thing to see, but there’s very much that still needs to be done in order for him to be ready to be a consistent contributor. Q: You brought back Ramses Barden for the summer, have you seen any kind of change or improvement in him from last year. A: I have. You know, Ramses continues to work on his releases against press, which was an area that he needed to improve on. I have seen improvements with his techniques and also the way that he’s playing physical with the defenders out there. That’s a good thing to see moving forward. Q: What have you seen from Louis Murphy so far? A: Just, in general terms, great speed, great power, runs very sharp routes and is a tremendous professional. He’s studies our offense, he asks great questions, and so when you have a player like that who wants to learn it, who wants to put himself in a position to help the team and to put himself in the position to be successful, physically if he can do it, he’s going to do it. That’s what I’ve seen from him, he’s giving himself every opportunity to make an impact through this season. Q: Could you talk about the depth that Murphy brings at wide receiver? With Randle and him. A: There is depth but what has to happen for us to be successful is those guys all still need to improve. If we had to play the season right now with how we’re playing, we might not be as successful as we could be. So the approach needs to continue what it’s been which is, “I’m not ready to go yet, I’m not ready to play games yet, I’m not ready to go out there and compete against the best in the world, I need to continue to improve in order to do that.” Q: Obviously you mentioned Randle before, you guys talked in the spring about his emergence and anyone who watched the first couple days of camp has seen his emergence. With Victor and Hakeem not here in the spring, now that they are here and they see Rueben first-hand out there, have you noticed almost like, I don’t want to say a competition, but there was a lot of talk about what Rueben could be when those guys get back and now those guys are seeing it, is there any motivation to get to his level of performance at this point?

A: I think, at this point, everyone’s focused on themselves as far as their development. I think, overall, we’ve had a very good approach in that room as far as the meetings and them comprehending the answers that I get to the questions that I’ve asked. Each guy right now is more focused on their development, understanding that they’re not ready to go play this season yet. More so than the competition between the group. I don’t think the competition between the group is a bad thing. I think it’s a very good thing because it does, it promotes you to want to play your best at all times. I think each guy, right now, is focused on beating the defense. Focusing on the little things on how he can get himself open. More so than the competition between the group. Q: We talked to Tom the other day and you were talking about you you’ve spoken with Hakeen, is there any frustration that he hasn’t been able to practice at all, that maybe he is being a bit too cautious? Because obviously he was hurt last year and had to struggle through. A: I think the frustration is across the board and it starts with Hakeem. He is very frustrated. He is very frustrated that he can’t practice. Like I said, he and I talk about it, he understands it, he needs to practice in order to be ready to play during the season, to be ready to beat the defenders that he’s playing against. As coaches, there’s always frustration when there are guys who you want to help your team and they can’t practice. But it starts with Hakeem, he is frustrated that he can’t get out there. Q: When was the last time that he was able to go full speed in practice? A: I can’t remember, to be honest with you. Now, there have been times where he’s gone full speed, and then maybe had another nick or another injury. But the specific time and the specific date, I can’t give you that.

Tight Ends Coach Michael Pope August 3, 2013

Q: Will Adrien Robinson be on the field this year? A: Absolutely, and Larry Donnell; both of those guys. In this position of tight ends here, we have a revolving door in the meeting room because players continue to come through here. That’s the fun thing for me because I never look at that and say “ah geez, we just got this guy training…” That’s our job here. But the challenge of teaching and training these young guys, getting them in the program, is a lot of fun. Why I still do this, is exactly for that. It’s training and getting these young guys to do some things that they’ve never done before. It’s fun to watch that. Q: So if Kevin Boss was still here you’d be retired? A: Well, I didn’t say that. I wouldn’t mind if he was still here. But they move on. That’s just a part of it. It’s a young man’s league today. It’s not just this position, it’s happening all over. Fortunately, our personnel department collectively has been able to go out and secure players, either by trade, as we did in some cases, or free agents, as we did with Brandon Myers. They’ve been able to go out and find young players who really weren’t drafted and been able to bring them in and train them. It is a position that, because of the salary cap, that only very few persons get a high percentage of that salary cap. It’s a developmental position. There are a number of them in the NFL today. It’s important that you do get guys that are the right kind of guys that have the size and at least a high-end amount of talent. They don’t have to be superstars, because you’d be paying them high if they were. But you develop them and make them very good contributors to your football team. Generally these are the guys that are not prima-donnas. Every day is a “prove it” day for them. They kind of have that free agent mentality. In Brandon Myers, we’ve got a guy from the Raiders for whom this is the 5th offensive system he’s played in. Coming here, you’d think “he’s played in the NFL,” but he came in here with just the right attitude and gets mad at himself when he doesn’t execute things the way he knows they should be done. So we do have guys that are helping each other and coaching each other a little bit along the way. Bear Pascoe’s been a vital part of this, because he is the only guy here really who has playing time. Lose him and Hynoski early in our spring camps, and so Bear goes to fullback, but he’s still able to play tight end and all those other positions. Because he’s been through it, he can work with these young guys. He’s a real valuable asset. We take these young guys and try to grow them up. We want to get Adrien on the field. He’s a terrific target and runs well. We’d like to see if Larry Donnell can make a contribution. Certainly size and talent-wise, he has that. But he missed all the spring and minicamps because of a broken foot, so he’s virtually just starting right now. So, how fast can those guys grow? The faster they grow, the more effective we’re going to be. I do think we have, size-wise, the biggest group I’ve ever worked with. These guys are 278, 280, 282, and they can run fairly well. We haven’t had that around here since I’ve been here. That’s since 1982. We haven’t had that size player. So that should add to our running game on the edge, and should enable us to block some of these defensive ends and some of these outside linebackers that are in this league now. Hopefully, with the quickness and speed of our running backs, that can be a

huge contribution: the way we block the edge of the offense and are more effective in the run game. Q: How good could a goal line set be with those two guys (Robinson and Donnell) if you can get them around? A: Well, effective as run-blockers. But the other thing is even in the approach to the drill run. Here are two guys that can jump like gazelles. So if the ball goes up, I’m going to take the…on the fact that one of them has got a chance to get it. A lot of our defensive backs back there are six feet tall, and can’t possibly elevate with these guys. So if they can get the right things done, learn to read the coverage, and get in the right place so that the QB can trust them, then I think they can be very effective in the scoring zone.

WR Hakeem Nicks August 2, 2013

Q: Has it been frustrating not being able to be out on the field? A: I don’t feel frustrated at all. It’s only the second week of camp practice. I think, coming off a season like last year, I’m trying to be smart and I think the training staff is as well. Just taking it like that, I don’t have a problem with. But frustrated, not at all. Q: When did you first notice the injury? A: It’s really, I wouldn’t even categorize it as an injury. I think it’s just being smart, you know, coming off the problems that I had last year with the knee and the foot. I just don’t want it to be nothing ongoing so we’re just going to take it…I’ll be back out there as soon as they let me. I think it will be in another day or two. Q: Did it just suddenly develop? The coach categorized it as tightness. Did something trigger it? A: I think it just comes with the pounding from training camp. You go out there, like I said, coming off last season, we just tried to play it safe, play it cautious. I think it’s nothing serious. If it was a game-planning situation and we were going into week one, I definitely don’t think I’d be sitting out or nothing like that. Just being so early in training camp, we just want to be smart about it. Q: Would you say you and coach Coughlin were on the same page as far as that goes? Have you guys been talking regularly? A: Yeah, we talk daily about it. I think we’re on the same page. I’m obviously going to respect his decisions as well, being our head coach, and respect our trainers’ decisions as well because they know what they’re doing, too. And it’s for the best interest for both sides. Q: Are you concerned with the lacks of reps between OTA and this week? A: I don’t really have any words. Q: How quickly do you think you’ll be completely back in the swing of things? A: I think it’s just going to be a matter of making sure I’m in shape, which I have no doubt about. Just getting back in the flow of things. Me and Eli are always on the same page, we talk all the time, whether it be meetings or just out on the field. Just watching him as well, watching him practice actually helps me a lot to because I get to see what he’s looking at, his progressions and stuff like that. That helps me when I do get back out on the field. Q: Were you out there long enough to tell anything about your knee? A: Yeah, actually, the knee is feeling great, the foot’s feeling great. That’s definitely a positive. My goal is to come out the first day and the first two days just kind of explode, make sure I still have everything like I thought I would. Everything felt real good.

Q: How do you balance being smart but also making sure you are getting enough practice time? A: I’ve got to protect myself from myself as well, me being so competitive. So the training staff and coaching staff, they kind of worked with me on that but I see myself in another week definitely picking it up extremely a little bit more but I just wanted to come into camp, take it slow, coming off a season like last year, take it slow and do the things I need to do to make sure there are definitely aren’t going to be any setbacks. It’s a big season for us and we’re going to take it one day at a time. Q: Did you learn lessons from last year? Is this something you may have pushed through last year? A: Probably. I think if this happened last year, I would have just kept pushing my body through, pushing my body through. But, being a little wiser and knowing the game a little bit now, knowing the business side of things, you just kind of want to be smart. At the same time, you don’t want to take advantage of just not being able to practice and turning into a lazy factor, so that’s definitely not the case. We just want to be smart about it and make sure you’re taking care of your body because, if you can’t be out on the field when it’s time to produce, then you’re no good to the team. Q: When you see guys like Maclin and Pitta, does that kind of stick in your mind? Stuff like that that happens in training camp? A: Hats off to those guys, those guys are great athletes. I’m sorry it had to happen to them, especially at such a critical moment in their careers. That’s not something I really think about. Prayers go out to them and for them to bounce back but that’s nothing I really think about. Football, you know, anything could go any day. As soon as you step out on the field, you’re at risk. That really doesn’t cross my mind. Q: How did it make you feel to hear Victor, your fellow receiver, call you the number one receiver on this team? A: Me and Victor, like we always said, we’ve always had a good relationship. We understand our offense. The great offense coach Gilbride has been running here for years, we understand it, we understand our roles in the offense. The outside receiver is the main, number one receiver in this offense. That’s what I’ve been doing since I got here. Victor has definitely stepped up and been a great slot receiver in this offense. We just have to keep on playing, hand and hand, and contribute to this offense the best way possible. But with Eli and coach Gilbride, with this offense, I think the sky’s the limit. Q: What are your thoughts watching Rueben Randle? A: Rueben Randle has been making great progress. When Mario Manningham left, we kind of lost that third wide receiver spot, which we use a whole lot, definitely the Super Bowl year. Bringing that back to the table is definitely going to help us and he’s eager to go out there and make a name for himself, which he showed flashes of last year. I don’t have any doubt about him coming out and making plays.

Q: With you at full strength, Victor at full strength and what you see from Rueben now, what can that mean to an offense? A: I think, with Eli distributing that ball around, I think the sky could be the limit. But we have to go out there and make sure we’re playing under the schemes and things that we’re supposed to be doing and doing it to our full capabilities. Q: Just to clarify, the trainer said about another day or two? A: Yeah, each day I come in and they’re just going to let me know what they think. I know it definitely won’t be more than another day or two. Q: Can you understand why some of the fans are thinking “uh oh, he’s got something wrong, he can’t practice,” and they’re in a panic, the message boards are going nuts, “uh oh, Hakeem’s got problems.” A: That’s just because some people on the outside looking in really don’t understand. But, hopefully, they understand now, just coming off a season like last year, I just want to be cautious about it and make sure I’m able to perform when it’s really time and it really counts.

WR Victor Cruz August 1, 2013

Q: Can you talk about Rueben Randle’s progression and what he’ll bring to the receiver package? A: Rueben Randle’s been progressing greatly. I think he’s getting a knack for this offense and he’s coming in and really providing a spark for the third wide receiver position alongside myself and Hakeem. I think he has big play potential as he showed us some of that last year and I think he’s really coming into his own and he’s going to be a big factor for us moving forward. Q: Talk about putting on the pads for the first time. Are they full pads and are they kind of taking the next step in terms of ramping up training camp? A: It’s fun when you get the full pads. Everything starts to get real and you start to really feel like you’re back at football camp and things like that. It’s an exciting time and anytime you put the pads on, you know you’re going to get some good work in. You’re going to come in and you’re going to get it done. We’re excited about it, we’re excited to get the pads and hopefully everyone can stay healthy and we come out of this thing right, but pads are always a good time. Q: Did you always wear the thigh and knee pads that the league is making you guys wear this year? A: I did not. Not during the games. I never wore any knee or thigh pads. I was always just a pants guy with the shoulder pads and helmet. It’s new for me, but I had to do it in college so it’s something I can get used to. Plus, now with the technology, it almost feels like you have nothing on anyways. Q: Have you tried the new … stuff? A: I have. Nike’s been, I’ve been fortunate enough, they made me some nice little things that go and then some nice padding and light stuff. It’s been beneficial so far. Q: Victor, how surprised are you by Riley Cooper’s comments that were caught on camera yesterday? A: It’s unfortunate. Obviously, it’s always surprising when you hear that. There’s no place for that type of language and it’s just unfortunate that it had to happen to somebody like Riley Cooper down in Philly, so it’s unfortunate. Q: What was your reaction to the changes the league announced to the Pro Bowl? A: I’m not the biggest fan of it, to be honest with you, but they’re trying to make the Pro Bowl fun again. I respect it and I like Jerry and Deion. It should be some fun interaction between those two guys. It’s all good, I’m just worried about doing what I have to do on the field and the Pro Bowl and everything like that will take care of itself. Q: Victor, how anxious do you think Hakeem is to get back out the field? Is he frustrated a little bit that he hasn’t been out there?

A: He doesn’t seem frustrated to me, I think he’s just taking it easy. I think he understands his body and exactly how he feels and how he wants to approach this training camp and this season. I think he’s just taking it easy understanding that anything that he feels, anything that’s probably going wrong with his body, he wants to take his time and come back the right way. Q: Getting back to the thigh pads. Is that going to be an adjustment for a lot of guys? A: Not really. You put the pads on and once you get the time to run around, especially during training camp, you forget they’re even there and you get back to your old self. It’s not going to be an adjustment. It’s just something mentally that you can get over and continue to play fast and play physical. Q: Victor, it looks to me like the defensive backs have had a very good first week of camp. We can’t tell a lot, but are you kind of optimistic and looking forward to seeing what these DBs can do in the season? A: Absolutely, they’ve had a good camp so far. Obviously, it’s not really my job to say that because I like to go against them every day, but they’re doing a really good job. Even from the top down you know the ones all the way down to the rookie guys and stuff like that. They’re doing a good job and us as receivers consider that as a challenge for us to continue to do better and do things the right way as this camp goes on. I’m excited for our secondary and I’m excited for them to finally start to build their confidence and start to do some good things and hopefully it translates over throughout the regular season. Q: Tom said that you were still knocking off some rust. Do you feel that way? A: A little bit, I’m still kind of getting back into the flow of things, getting back into the routine. I’ve been making a couple of plays lately. I’ve been feeling good about myself so hopefully I’m knocking more of that rust off today and keeping it going. Q: How important is the resurgence in the running game to maybe increase your numbers this season? A: It’s important. It’s important. Obviously you want to be a balanced team. Coach Coughlin always preaches and Giants’ teams of the past have always preached to be balanced and they’ve always been balanced as far as run and pass. If we can get back to that, we can be a very dangerous team. Q: You guys lose Ahmad Bradshaw, who was obviously a huge part of your offense for so long. Getting a guy like David Wilson with his explosiveness, does that bring a whole other element to this offense? A: I think so. I think our combo between him and Andre Brown is definitely going to be an interesting topic. I think they definitely complement each other in a way that the Giants have probably never seen before. We’re excited about that. I think David Wilson is probably one of the most athletic running backs I’ve seen, with my own eyes personally. I think the sky is the limit with him. I’m excited to see it, I’m excited for those two guys to really get going in a live setting to see what they can do.

Q: You were saying on NFL Network the other day that you still think Hakeem is the number one receiver on this team. Can you just talk a little bit about why? A: You watch the NFL Network, right? No, I’m just kidding. I think he’s the number one guy. He was drafted here, first round pick. He came here, he’s been here longer than I have. He’s been the big play guy for God knows how long now. He’s just our leader. He’s in the locker room and he’s in our receiving corps and he’s our leader. We all kind of follow suit to what he does and now that I’m here, we kind of role play off of each other. Have a one-two punch kind of thing. He’s been here, he’s put his time in, he’s well invested here.

CB Antrel Rolle August 1, 2013

Q: I mean how did it break down was it just maybe some guys coming in late, not knowing the signals, or …? A: I don’t know. For whatever reason. There’s a lot of things you could say that pinpoint throughout different games, but for the majority of the part, we didn’t play up to our standards. There isn’t a lot of who did what or why it happened, we just as a unit we weren’t where we wanted to be. Q: It’s the first day with pads, what does that mean to you when you hear that? A: It just means we can get a little bit more physical, we can assimilate plays a little bit more. I think we can be a little bit more punctual than we’re used to with the shells, or just with the … on or whatever. We still have to protect our players. We’re all teammates and we have to protect ourselves. Play a little bit faster, play with a little bit more intensity, but at the same time play smart. Q: Is this a situation where maybe some guys or other guys, or rookies, may have shined without them, but now it’s like let’s see what you can do with the pads on? Or not so much? A: Not so much. Not from a practice standpoint. Like I said, we’re not going full speed, as far as trying to make contact with our offensive opponents. Just put a little bit more padding on, get a little bit more physical with it. Just button up. Q: I was looking at some stats from last year, some passing stats. Was it a thing where you guys maybe weren’t getting the pass rush and quarterbacks maybe had all day back there against you guys, or the reason that a lot of teams had success against you? A: As a defensive back I would never ever put the blame towards our defensive line. As a defensive back, I take full responsibility of any passes that reaches a two yard mark and over. That’s what we’re here for, that’s what we get paid for, to defend the passes. Whether our defensive line gets pressure or not, we all understand that it ties in together. We work with them, they work with us. Same with the linebackers, but we have to take full responsibility of what happens in that back area. That’s our job, that’s our role, that’s our assignment, so we have to make sure we’re doing a better job of … Q: Were you guys able to pinpoint anything during the offseason and how’s it going in terms of you guys so far, correcting some of those mistakes? A: A lot of the corrections just have to do with seeing the ball, you make a play, you … you make a play. Taking full advantage of our opportunities when it presents itself. Just a self-challenge, just a self-challenge looking in the mirror and saying you are this kind of a player, but you know you have to go out there and put it on the field. There was some mishap at times. There was some busted assignments at times, but for the most part it’s all about going out there and competing and making that play.

Q: Antrel, there’s been a lot of talk about Riley Cooper’s comments yesterday, he held his press conference. How surprised were you that there is still that kind of bigotry. especially in the NFL? A: I’m not too sure about what it was. Q: You know, he had some words to say that were caught on camera at a concert. Kind of talking down about African-Americans. A: So he used the ‘N’ word. I don’t know man, I really don’t care man. It is what it is. I’ll let the Eagles organization deal with that. Q: I mean they fined him. A: Who fined him? Q: The Eagles themselves fined him and then he apologizes for it an hour later and that’s been that so far. A: Like I said, I’ll let them take care of that. Q: It doesn’t bother you? A: Not at all, it doesn’t bother me at all. Q: Antrel, it looks like … lot of plays this first week of camp. I know there’s not a lot you can tell, but does it at least some optimism, some signs that maybe things will be better? A: I think it definitely does. These guys have been going out there and they’ve been attacking the ball. The ball’s in the air, they’ve been attacking it. They’ve been coming down with it and just the intensity alone in our defensive backs seems like night and day. Not saying that we weren’t on that page before last year, but you can only go off what we see right now at this point, and right now at this point, we’re moving fast. There are no ones, twos, or threes. We’re all ones out there and that’s where it shows at practice. There’s no layoff no matter how you look at it. That’s what you want because in this league, unfortunately there’s guys that are going to go down and there has to be other guys to step in. Right now, we have guys to step in each and every role. Q: And at the same time they’ve re-tooled the defensive line to help the pass rush. I know as a secondary guy that’s got to make you real happy. You’re probably anxious to see some of those guys in action. A: I’m extremely anxious to see those guys. Right now in practice they look like animals, so I can’t wait to see what it’s like when those guys really take the leash off them and really become loose and see how they turn up. Q: What does Aaron Ross bring back to you guys that maybe you’re missing or leadership …? A: Honestly, I have to admit, I don’t single no guys out, but I think that he’s definitely one of the guys that standout in my eyes. Being that I’ve been with Ross for a number of years and just to see how he’s come back even in the OTAs and the minicamp, the way he works, his work ethic on and really off the field. I see how hard he works off the field and he just seems like he’s a

different person. He’s more focused, he’s more in tune, and it’s definitely showing out there in his play. He’s making plays every day out there on the field. It’s an interception, it’s a pass break up. He’s jumping routes and just seemed like an Aaron Ross that definitely has something to prove, and he’s going to go out there and prove it.

2013 NEW YORK GIANTS • PRESEASON wEEk 1 • At PIttSBURGH StEELERS

THIS WEEK’S GAME The Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers meet for the 26th time in the pre-season, with the series tied, 13-13. In the regular season, the Giants and Steelers have met 76 times, with the Giants leading the series, 44-29-3. The teams last met Nov. 4, 2012, when the Steelers beat the Giants, 24-20, in MetLife Stadium. This is the Giants first preseason visit to Pittsburgh since 1992.

PRESEASON WEEK 2 The Giants host Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts in their preason home opener on Sunday, Aug. 18. This will be their first preseason meeting since 1984, when the Giants lost, 26-20, in Indianapolis. The game is slated for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff and will be nationally televised on FOX.

TV BROADCAST INFORMATION This week’s game will be televised by WNBC-4 New York. Bob Papa will call the play-by-play, Carl Banks will provide the color commentary and Howard Cross and Bruce Beck will report from the sidelines.

GIANTS RADIO NETWORK The game will be broadcast by WCBS 880 AM in the Tri-State area – with Chris Carrino calling the play-by-play, Roman Oben and Karl Nelson serving as analysts with Paul Dottino reporting from the sidelines. Lance Medow, Jeff Feagles, Paul Dottino and John Schmeelk will host the Giants radio pregame and postgame shows with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:35 p.m.

‘GIANTS TRAINING CAMP LIVE’ ON MSG+ “Giants Training Camp Live,” the 30-minute live show, will premiere each night at 6:00 p.m., following scheduled Giants training camp sessions, on MSG+. Encore presentations of each show will air at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. “Gi-ants Training Camp Live” features Bob Papa and Mike Crispino as hosts, and expert analysts Carl Banks, Shaun O’Hara, Roman Oben, Jeff Feagles, Amani Toomer, Paul Dottino, and Anita Marks live from the Giants practice facility as they recap the day’s activities.

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WEEKLY RELEASE

PRESEASON WEEK 1AUG. 10, 2013 • 7:30 PM ET

HEINZ FIELD . PITTSBURGH, PA

AUG. 10, 2013 • 7:30 PM ET


PRESEASON

Date Opponent Result TV8/10 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. WNBC8/18 INDIANAPOLIS 7:00 p.m. FOX8/24 JETS 7:00 p.m. WNBC8/29 at New England 7:30 p.m. WNBC

REGULAR SEASON

Date Opponent Result TV9/8 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. NBC9/15 DENVER 4:25 p.m. CBS9/22 at Carolina 1:00 p.m. FOX9/29 at Kansas City 1:00 p.m. FOX10/6 PHILADELPHIA 1:00 p.m. FOX10/10 at Chicago 8:25 p.m. NFLN10/21 MINNESOTA 8:40 p.m. ESPN10/27 at Philadelphia 1:00 p.m. FOX11/3 BYE11/10 OAKLAND 1:00 p.m. CBS11/17 GREEN BAY 8:30 p.m.* NBC11/24 DALLAS 4:25 p.m.* FOX12/1 at Washington 8:30 p.m. NBC12/8 at San Diego 4:25 p.m.* FOX12/1 SEATTLE 1:00 p.m.* FOX12/22 at Detroit 4:05 p.m.* FOX12/29 WASHINGTON 1:00 p.m.* FOX*Time subject to change

Monday, August 5Players’ day off – No scheduled availability

Tuesday, August 611:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews

(QBs Coach Sean Ryan & RBs Coach Jerald Ingram available)1:30-3:45 p.m. – Practice

After Practice – Tom Coughlin available on field

Wednesday, August 711:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews


Thursday, August 811:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Players Interviews


Friday, August 9Travel to Pittsburgh - No Availability

Saturday, August 10Giants at Steelers, 7:30 p.m.

NEW YORK GIANTS 2013 SCHEDULE

THIS WEEK’S MEDIA SCHEDULE


PRONUNCIATION GUIDEPrince Amukamara (ah-MOO-kah-MAH-rah)David Baas (BOSS)Will Beatty (bee-dee)Zak DeOssie (dee-AUSSIE)David Diehl (DEAL)Mark Herzlich (herz-LICK)Linval Joseph (lin-VALL)

Mathias Kiwanuka (key-WAH-nu-kah)Junior Mertile (mur-TILL)Jake Muasau (MOO-sau)Adewale Ojomo (adah-WAH-LEE oh-JOE-moe)Ryan Nassib (nass-SIB)Etienne Sabino (ay-TEE-INN)Jacquian Williams (jah-KWON)

GIANTS CONNECTIONS Offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride held the same position with the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1999 season... S Ryan Mundy played his first-four NFL seasons with the Steelers before signing with the Giants this past offseason.

STEELERS CONNECTIONS Offensive line coach Jack Bicknell, Jr. was the assistant offensive line coach for the Giants and was on the staff when the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI... Tight ends coach James Daniel began his NFL coaching career as the tight ends coach of the Giants from 1993-96... T Guy Whimper began his career in 2006 with the New York Giants and stayed with them for his first four years in the league, earning a Super Bowl ring in 2007... WR Plaxico Burress played a key role on the Giants’ receiving corps from 2005-08. In two of his four seasons with the Giants, Burress gained over 1,000 receive yards.

GIANTS PITTSBURGH-AREA CONNECTIONS Henry Hynoski played in 31 games with 17 starts in 3 years after redshirting as a true freshman in 2007. He finished his career with 37 rushing attempts for 143 yards, 1 touchdown and 40 catches for 238 yards and another score... Offensive line coach Pat Flaherty was Penn State’s assistant offensive line coach during the 1982 season. That same season, the Nittany Lions defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl to win the National Championship. Second-ary coach Peter Giunta was the defensive assistant and tight ends coach at Penn State Univer-sity from 1981-83... Defensive assistant Rob Leonard was a four-year letterman at Moon High School in Moon Township, PA. As a senior, he gained more than 1,500 all-purpose yards and scored 14 touchdowns.

STEELERS NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY-AREA CONNECTIONS WR Kashif Moore graduated from Burlington Township High School (Burlington, NJ) and was named second-team all-state as a senior… RB Isaac Redman attended Paulsboro High and was the two-time Glouster County Player of the Year… LB Jason Worilds attended Carteret High School and became the first player in school history to receive first-team all-state honors in consecutive season.

TRAINING CAMP RETURNS TO EAST RUTHERFORD After spending 16 of the previous 17 summers at the University at Albany, Giants training camp returned to the Quest Diagnos-tics Training Center for 2013. The Giants last held camp at their headquarters in 2011, a season that ended with a victory in Super Bowl XLVI.


PRESEASON OPENERS The Giants are 34- 26-3 in preseason openers since 1950. Last year, the Giants began their preseason schedule with a 32-31 loss in Jacksonville.

2012 PRESEASON The Giants finished the 2012 preseason with a 2- 2 record, with losses to the Jacksonville Jaguars (32- 31) and the Chicago Bears (20-17 ). Big Blue’s preseason victories came against the New York Jets (26- 3) and New England Patriots (6-3). The Giants outscored their opponents, 80-58, in the preseason.

THE SERIES The preseason series between the Giants and the Steelers is tied at 13-1 3 entering Saturday’s game. The Giants are 4- 6 in Pittsburgh in the preseason. Their last preseason victory in Pittsburgh occured on Sept. 5, 1987 (26-20).

GIANTS PARTNER WITH QUEST DIAGNOSTICS The Giants and Quest Diagnostics have teamed up to find new ways to use laboratory diagnos-tic information services to improve the health and performance of athletes of all ages and abilities. As part of the collaboration, the Gi-ants training facility is renamed as the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

LAST MEETING VS. PITTSBURGH STEELERSSTEELERS 24, GIANTS 20 . METLIFE STADIUM . NOV. 4, 2012

The Giants had a four-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Steelers, 24-20, at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants fell flat during a game where they honored 150 servicemen and women and 100 first responders in the wake a Hurricane Sandy. They were outscored 14-0 in the fourth quarter, capped off by Steelers running back Isaac Redman’s one-yard touchdown run.

Eli Manning, who has orchestrated several fourth quarter rallies over the previous two seasons, was unable to repeat the magic, as New York fell to 6-3 on the season.

The Giants gained only 182 yards, including 68 on the ground. Manning completed 10 of 24 passes for 125 yards. The Giants converted only two of 10 third down opportunities. However, the team did have a few outstanding perfor-mances on defense. For the second game in a row, the Giants scored a defensive touchdown when Michael Boley recovered a fumble forced by Osi Umenyiora and ran it back 70 yards to give the Giants their first lead of the game. Jus-tin Tuck recorded two sacks, Jason Pierre-Paul also added a sack and Corey Webster intercept-ed a Ben Roethlisberger pass.

Eli Manning, who has orchestrated several fourth quarter rallies over the previous two seasons, was unable to repeat the magic, as New


QB ELI MANNING Eli Manning looks to continue his dynamic play in 2013. Enter-ing his 10th season, Manning currently has the longest active start streak among NFL quarterbacks during regular-season games with 135 consecutive games, the all-time Giants record. In 2012, he threw for 3,948 yards and 26 touchdowns, becom-ing the first Giants quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in 8 consecutive seasons.

GIANTS RUNNING BACKSDAVID WILSON & ANDRE BROWN Ahmad Bradshaw’s departure to Indianapolis provides great oppor-tunities for running backs David Wilson and Andre Brown to lead the rushing attack. After a slow start, Wilson came on strong over the final 4 games last season, when he totaled 701 all-purpose-yards and 6 TDs. Brown had a career year despite going down in Week 11 with a season-ending leg injury. He rushed 73 times for 385 yards (5.3 avg.) and 8 TD. In his first career start at Carolina, Brown ran for a career-high 113 yards and 2 touchdowns in a blowout.


GIANTS RECEIVING CORPS HAKEEM NICKS, VICTOR CRUZ & RUEBEN RANDLEEli Manning will have plenty of weapons at wide receiver in 2013. Vic-tor Cruz is coming off a season in which he had 1,092 receiving yards receiving and caught a team-high 10 touchdowns passes. Hakeem Nicks looks to regain his 2011 form in which he set a career high with 1,192 yards receiving. Rueben Randle looks to have a more prominent role in the offense with the departure of Domenik Hixon. Randle caught 2 touchdown passes in the season finale against the Philadelphia Eagles.

4 games last season, when he totaled 701 all-purpose-yards and 6 TDs. Brown had a career year despite going down in Week 11 with a season-ending leg injury. He rushed 73 times for 385 yards (5.3 avg.) and 8 TD. In his first career start at Carolina, Brown ran for a career-high 113 yards

QB ELI MANNING Eli Manning looks to continue his dynamic play in 2013. Entering his 10th season, Manning currently has the longest active start streak among NFL quarterbacks during regular-season games with 135 consecutive games, the all-time Giants record. In 2012, he threw for 3,948 yards and 26 touchdowns, becoming the first Giants quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in 8 consecutive seasons.


looks to regain his 2011 form in which he set a career high with 1,192 yards receiving. Rueben Randle looks to have a more prominent role in the offense with the departure of Domenik Hixon. Randle caught 2 touchdown passes in

WHO TO WATCH FOR IN 2013...


GIANTS DEFENSIVE ENDS JUSTIN TUCK, JASON PIERRE-PAUL, MATHIAS KIWANUKAWith Osi Umenyiora departing for Atlanta, the Giants will heavily rely on Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul, and Mathias Kiwanuka. After recording 9.0 sacks over the past two seasons, Tuck hopes to play as he did in 2010 where he recorded 11.5 sacks. In 2012, Pierre-Paul played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season and finished with 6.5 sacks and 87 tackles. After rotating between linebacker and defensive end, Kiwa-nuka permanently returns to the end position, where in 2008 he set a career high with 8 sacks.

CB PRINCE AMUKAMARAIn 2012, Prince Amukamara bounced back from his injury-shortened rookie season to have a solid sophomore cam-paign. He accumulated 59 tackles, 6 passes defensed, and 1 interception, while playing in 13 games. The third-year pro is looking to solidify himself as one of the rising cornerbacks in the NFL.

K JOSH BROWN On March 13, the Giants signed Josh Brown to take over for Lawrence Tynes. Over his 10-year career, Brown has scored 1,003 points with a career long of 58 yards, which he com-pleted during his rookie season with the Seattle Seahawks. His career field-goal percentage is 81.3 and has connected on 64.4 pecent from beyond 50 yards.

CB PRINCE AMUKAMARAIn 2012, Prince Amukamara bounced back from his injury-shortened rookie season to have a solid sophomore campaign. He accumulated 59 tackles, 6 passes defensed, and 1 interception, while playing in 13 games. The third-year pro is looking to solidify himself as one of the rising cornerbacks in the NFL.

K JOSH BROWN On March 13, the Giants signed Josh Brown to take over for Lawrence Tynes. Over his 10-year career, Brown has scored 1,003 points with a career long of 58 yards, which he completed during his rookie season with the Seattle Seahawks. His career field-goal percentage is 81.3 and has connected on 64.4 pecent from beyond 50 yards.

NAME RD PK POS COLLEGE

Justin Pugh 1 19 T SyracuseJohnathan Hankins 2 17 DT Ohio StateDamontre Moore 3 19 DE Texas A&M

Ryan Nassib 4 13 QB SyracuseCooper Taylor 5 19 S RichmondEric Herman 7a 19 G OhioMichael Cox 7b 47 RB Massachusetts

GIANTS 2013 DRAfT CLASS

rely on Justin Tuck, Jason Pierre-Paul, and Mathias Kiwanuka. After recording 9.0 sacks over the past two seasons, Tuck hopes to play as he did in 2010 where he recorded 11.5 sacks. In 2012, Pierre-Paul played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season and finished with 6.5 sacks and 87 tackles. After rotating between linebacker and defensive end, Kiwa-nuka permanently returns to the end position, where in 2008 he set


COUGHLIN IN THE PRESEASON Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin has an an 18-18 preason record during his tenure with the team. As head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Coughlin was 19-14 in the preseason.

COUGHLIN ENTERS 10th SEASON WITH GIANTS Tom Coughlin is begin-ning his 10th season as head coach of the Giants. Coughlin’s 151 regu-

lar season victories rank third in victories among current NFL head coaches behind only Bill Belichick (187) and Mike Shanahan (167). In 2012, Coughlin passed Hall of Famer Bill Parcells (77 regular-season victories) and moved into second place on the Giants’ career coaching list. He finished the season with 83 victories and trails only Hall of Famer Steve Owen, who won a record 151 games as the Giants’ head coach. Coughlin has the NFL’s third-longest head coach-ing tenure with one team, behind New England’s Bill Belichick (who is in his 14th season with the team) and Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (in his 11th season).

COUGHLIN VERSUS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS Coughlin is 9-9 in games vs. the Steelers. In Coughlin’s first game coaching against Mike Tomlin’s Steelers in 2008, the Giants won at Pitts-burgh, 21-14. In their most recent matchup in 2012, Coughlin’s Giants lost to the Steelers at home, 24-20.


2012 TALE OF THE TAPEGiants Opponents 429 Points Scored 344 327 Total First Downs 317 78/192 3rd Down Conversions 84/198 5687 Offensive Yards 6134 1862 Net Rushing Yards 2066 3825 Net Passing Yards 4068 33/39 Field Goals 26/30 47 Touchdowns 38 18 Rushing TDs 9 26 Passing TDs 26 3 TDs on Returns 3 7.2 Punt Return Avg. 9.3 26.2 KO Return Avg 23.7 33 Sacks 33

GIANTS 2012 TEAM LEADERSScoring: Lawrence Tynes 145 Pass Attempts: Eli Manning 536Pass Completions: Eli Manning 321Completion Pct: Eli Manning 59.9Passing Yards: Eli Manning 3948Passing TDs: Eli Manning 26Rushing Yards: Ahmad Bradshaw 1015Rushing TDs: Andre Brown 8Avg. Yards-per-Rush: Andre Brown 5.3 Receptions: Victor Cruz 86Receiving Yards: Victor Cruz 1092Receiving TDs: Victor Cruz 10Avg. Yards-per-Rec: Ramses Barden 15.7 Rueben Randle Tackles: Antrel Rolle 108 Sacks: Jason Pierre-Paul 6.5Interceptions: Stevie Brown 8Punt Returns: Rueben Randle 15 Punt Return Avg.: Domenik Hixon 8.0 Rueben RandleKO Returns: David Wilson 51 KO Return Avg.: David Wilson 26.9Punts: Steve Weatherford 58Punting Avg: Steve Weatherford 47.5

STEELERS 2012 TEAM LEADERSScoring: Shaun Suisham 118Pass Attempts: Ben Roethlisberger 449Pass Completions: Ben Roethlisberger 284Completion Pct: Ben Roethlisberger 63.3Passing Yards: Ben Roethlisberger 3265Passing TDs: Ben Roethlisberger 26Rushing Yards: Jonathan Dwyer 623Rushing TDs: Four tied with 2Avg. Yards-per-Rush: Jonathan Dwyer 4.0Receptions: Heath Miller 71Receiving Yards: Mike Wallace 836Receiving TDs: Heath Miller 8

Mike WallaceAvg. Yards-per-Rec: Emmanuel Sanders 14.2Tackles: Lawrence Timmons 93Sacks: James Harrison 8

Lawrence Timmons Interceptions: Lawrence Timmons 3Punt Returns: Antonio Brown 27Punt Return Avg.: Emmanuel Sanders 10.3 KO Returns: Chris Rainey 39KO Return Avg.: Chris Rainey 26.5Punts: Drew Butler 77Punting Avg.: Drew Butler 43.8

2012 TALE OF THE TAPESteelers Opponents 336 Points Scored 314 307 Total First Downs 273 94/224 3rd Down Conversions 73/206 5324 Offensive Yards 44131537 Net Rushing Yards 14503787 Net Passing Yards 296328/31 Field Goals 28/3336 Touchdowns 338 Rushing TDs 927 Passing TDs 191 TDs on Returns 57.3 Punt Return Avg. 10.225.3 KO Return Avg. 24.037 Sacks 37


TOM COUGHLIN NFL Record: 163-128 (Overall)

NFL Head Coach: 18th yearCollege: Syracuse

MIKE TOMLINNFL Record: 63-33 (Overall)NFL Head Coach: 7th yearCollege: Willam & Mary

Tom Coughlin is one of the finest, most successful, and most admired coaches in NFL history. His signature achievements are the Giants’ victories against the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. Coughlin’s 2-0 record in Super Bowls makes him the 13th head coach to win multiple Super Bowls and is one of 18 coaches with a perfect Super Bowl record. Coughlin was named the sixteenth head coach in Gi-ants history on January 6, 2004. This season marks Coughlin’s tenth with the Giants and eighteenth as an NFL head coach. Coughlin has the NFL’s third-longest head coaching tenure with one team, behind New Eng-land’s Bill Belichick (entering his 14th season with the team) and Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (entering his 11th). Last season, the Giants scored 429 points, the second-highest total in franchise history; the 1963 Giants scored 448. The 2012 season was the fifth in the 88-year history of the franchise in which the Giants scored more than 400 points. Four of them have occurred since Coughlin became head coach in 2004: 2012 (429 points), 2008 (427), 2005 (422) and 2009 (402). In 2012, Coughlin led the Giants to a 9-7 record. It was their eighth consecutive non-losing season, the team’s longest streak since finishing .500 or better in 10 straight years from 1954-63. The Giants finished with a winning record for the third consecutive season, the first time they’ve done that since 1988-90 (when they were 10-6, 12-4, 13-3). In 2011, he helmed the Giants to their second champi-onship in four seasons with a 21-17 win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. He also guided the team to a 9-7 record, en route to winning an NFC East crown. In 2010, the Giants posted a record of 10-6. The Giants finished the 2009 season with an 8-8 record. In the 2008 season the Giants finished with a 12-4 record, which won the NFC East division. Coughlin directed the Giants 17-14 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008, the third championship in the team’s history. Last year, Coughlin passed Bill Parcells (77 regular-season victories) and moved into second place on the Giants’ career coaching list. He finished the season with 83 victories and trails only Owen, who won a record 151 games as the Giants’ head coach. Coughlin’s eight Giants postseason victories tie him with Parcells for the franchise record. Coughlin has led the Giants to two NFC East titles and five playoff berths in nine years.

Mike Tomlin became the youngest head coach in NFL history to both coach in and win a Super Bowl when he led the Steelers to a 27-23 victory over the Arizona Car-dinals in Super Bowl XLIII. By winning the Super Bowl in only his second season as a head coach, he also became the fastest to win a Super Bowl title in Steelers’ history. Tomlin is one of only seven coaches in league history to win a Super Bowl within his first two seasons as an NFL head coach. Tomlin is the only head coach in Steelers his-tory to lead the team to two Super Bowls in his first four seasons at the helm, including an appearance against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. He is one of only two Steelers’ head coaches to win three division titles in his first four seasons. Tomlin has compiled a 43-21 record in the regular sea-son during his four-year head coaching career. His .672 winning percentage in his first four seasons is tied for the best in team history with former coach Bill Cowher. In 2010, Tomlin became only the second Steelers’ head coach to win at least 10 games in three of his first four seasons. Under Tomlin, the Steelers broke new ground on of-fense in 2009. Pittsburgh’s offense ranked seventh in the NFL (ninth passing, 19th rushing) but became the first unit in team history to boast a 4,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher in the same season. Pittsburgh’s defense ranked fifth in the NFL (third vs. run, 16th vs. pass) while leading the AFC and finishing one shy of the NFL lead with 47 quarterback sacks. The Steelers’ offense finished third in the NFL in rush-ing (135.5 avg.) during Tomlin’s first season, sparked by running back Willie Parker who led the league in rushing before injuring his leg in Week 16. QB Ben Roethlisberger enjoyed a record-setting season during Tomlin’s first year, establishing new team records for touchdown passes (32) and passer rating (104.1), while earning his first career Pro Bowl appearance. In 2007, the Steelers held the ad-vantage in time of possession in 14-of-16 regular season games. Tomlin was a three-year starter at wide receiver at Wil-liam and Mary (1990-94) and finished his career with 101 receptions for 2,046 yards and a school-record 20 TD catches. A first-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994, he established a school record with a 20.2 yards-per-catch average.

Tom Coughlin Mike Tomlin163-128 Overall Record 63-331-1 Career Head-to-Head RS (PS) 1-110 Years as Team’s Head Coach 718 Years a NFL Head Coach 79-9 RS Record vs. Opponent (PS) 1-1


QUARTERBACKS

DAVID CARR (8)• Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft choice by the Houston Texans in 2002.• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 3, 2008, re-signed by the Giants on Au-gust 1, 2011.• Carr has played in 92 regular season games with 79 starts.• Carr led the NFL with a career-high 68.3 com-pletion percentage (hitting 302 of 442 passes) in 2006.

RYAN NASSIB (9)• Acquired as a 4th round draft pick (110th overall) by the Giants in 2013.• In his final year at Syracuse, ranked tenth among active NCAA Football Bowl Subdivi-sion players with his 791 pass completions and placed eleventh with 1,312 pass attempts.• His 70 touchdown passes, eighth-best among active players, rank third in Big East annals, while his 9,190 yards passing is the fourth-best in conference history and marked the first time a Syracuse player threw for over 8,500 yards in a career.

ELI MANNING (10)• Originally a 1st round (1st pick overall) draft choice by the San Diego Chargers in 2004• Obtained by the Giants in a trade for quarter-back Philip Rivers.• Manning won the Rozelle Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. He is 1 of 5 players in NFL history to win mul-tiple Super Bowl MVP awards.• Has played in 137 regular season games with starts in his last 135 appearances and has started all 11 postseason games in which he’s played.• Manning’s career completion percentage of 58.60 is 1st in Giants history among quarter-backs with at least 1,000 attempts.• Manning has 25 300-yard games and a long pass of 99 yards. The Giants are 13-12 in regu-lar-season games in which Manning throws for 300 yards, 2-2 when he throws for 400 yards and 1-0 when he passes for 500 yards. They are 2-0 in his postseason 300-yard games.

CURTIS PAINTER (17)• Originally a 6th round (201st pick overall) draft choice by the Indianapolis Colts in 2009• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Has played in 11 regular-season games with 8 starts. Career totals include 271 passes, 140 completions (51.7%), 1,624 yards, 6 touch-downs and 11 interceptions.

RUNNING BACKS

DAVID WISON (22) • Was a first-round draft pick (32nd overall) in the 2012 NFL draft by the Giants.• Set a Giants record in 2012 with 1, 533 kickoff returns.• Wilson accounted for a Giants-record all –purpose 327 yards vs. New Orleans on Dec. 9• As a rookie in 2012, Wilson played in all 16 games with 2 starts.

MICHAEL COX (29) • Was a seventh-round draft choice (253rd overall) from UMass by the Giants 2013.• In his only season at UMass, Cox started all 12 games.• Led the Minutemen with 198 carries for 715 yards and 5 touchdowns.

DA’REL SCOTT (33) • Was a seventh-round draft choice (221th overall) from Maryland by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 15 games with no starts … To-tals include 11 rushing attempts for 25 yards, 2 receptions for 13 yards, 14 kickoff returns for 341 yards, and 2 special team tackles.

ANDRE BROWN (35)• Originally a 4th round (129th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009.• In 2009, spent his entire rookie season on injured reserve after rupturing his left Achilles tendon in a training camp practice on Aug. 14.• In 2012, led the team with 8 rushing touch-downs – including a score in each of the 5 con-secutive games from Oct. 21 to Nov. 25 – while finishing 2nd on the team 73 carries for 385


yards• Brown’s rushing yardage total was the high-est by Giants players making his first NFL start since the 1970 merger.• Spent the 2011 season on the Giants’ prac-tice squad.

HENRY HYNOSKI (45) • Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Gi-ants on July 28, 2011.• Has played in 27 regular-season games with 15 starts and in 4 postseason games with 3 starts.• Has 23 receptions for 133 yards and 5 rush-ing attempts for 20 yards.• In the postseason, he has 5 receptions • In 2012, played in all 16 games with 11 starts at fullback .• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

RYAN TORAIN (46) • Signed by the Giants on Nov. 27, 2012. Orig-inally a 5th round (148th pick overall) draft choice by the Denver Broncos in 2008.• Career totals include 238 rushing attempts for 1,011 yards and 6 touchdowns, plus 24 receptions for 148 yards and 2 touchdowns.

RYAN D’IMPERIO (49) • Originally a 7th round (237th pick overall) by the Minnesota Vikings in 2011. • Signed by the Giants on July 26, 2013.

WIDE RECEIVERS

KEITH CARLOS (2)• Signed by the Giants on June 3, 2013.

BRANDON COLLINS (6)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 14, 2012.• Signed to the Giant’s practice squad on Sept. 2, 2012.• Released from the practice squad on Sept. 7, 2013.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the

Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.

JERREL JERNIGAN (12)• Originally a 3rd round (83rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 17 regular-season games and in 4 postseason games.

KEVIN HARDY (15)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 7, 2012.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2012.• Career totals include 3 catches for 22 yards (7.3-yard avg.), 10 kickoffs for 246 yards (24.6-yard avg.) and 1 rushing attempt for 6 yards…In the postseason, Jernigan has 5 kickoff re-turns for 115 yards (23.0-yard avg.).

LOUIS MURPHY (18)•Originally a 4th round (124th pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2009• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 15, 2013.• Murphy has played in 57 games with 24 starts for Oakland (3 seasons) and Carolina (1).• Career totals include 115 receptions for 1,707 yards (14.8-yard avg.) and 7 touch-downs, with a long reception of 75 yards. Also has 14 rushing attempts for 146 yards (10.4-yard avg.) with 1 touchdown and a long run of 43 yards.

JULIAN TALLEY (19)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Resigned by the Giants on July 31, 2013.• Played in 45 games at UMass, where he caught 162 passes for 2,090 yards and 11 touchdowns for an average of 12.9 yards per


catch. VICTOR CRUZ (80)

• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on April 25, 2010.• Has played in 35 regular season games with 23 starts and he started all 4 postseason games in which he played. • 2012 Season: led the Giants with 86 recep-tions for 1,092 yards and 10 touchdowns.• Cruz is the first the first player in Giants’ history with 80 catches, 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in a single season. • In 2012, Cruz was selected to his 1st Pro Bowl, where he set the game record with 10 receptions in the NFC’s 62-35 victory.

RUEBEN RANDLE (82)• Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012.• As a rookie in 2012, played in all 16 games with 1 start. Finished season with 19 recep-tions for 298 yards (15.7-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns.• Led the Giants with 15 punt returns for 108 yards (7.2-yard avg.) with a long runback of 18 yards.

RAMSES BARDEN (85)• Originally a 3rd round (85th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009…Resigned by the Giants on May 23, 2013.• Has played in 29 games with 1 start and has caught 29 passes for 394 yards (13.6-yard avg.) with a long reception of 31 yards.• In 2012, had career-high totals of 14 recep-tions for 221 yards (15.7-yard avg.).

HAKEEM NICKS (88)• Originally a 1st round (29th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2009.• Has played in 55 regular-season games with 44 starts and has started all 4 postseason games in which he played.• Career totals include 255 catches for 3,726 yards and 27 touchdowns.• Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week

for his performance vs. Tampa Bay (9/16).KRIS ADAMS (89)

• Caught 2 passes for 26 yards at Chicago (9/9• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 15, 2013.

TIGHT ENDS

CHASE CLEMENT (47)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 30, 2013. • He finished his career with 14 catches for 189 yards and a touchdown.

ADRIEN ROBINSON (81)• Originally a 4th round (127th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • Made his NFL debut vs. Dallas (9/5). • At Cincinnati, caught 29 passes for 434 yards and 5 touchdowns.

BRANDON MEYERS (83)• Originally a 6th round (202nd overall pick) by the Oakland Raiders in 2009. • Signed by the Giants as a free agent on March 17, 2013. • Career totals include 111 receptions for 1,056 yards and 4 touchdowns. • In 2012, started all 16 games for Oakland and had career-high totals of 79 catches for 806 yards and 4 touchdowns.

LARRY DONNELL (84)• Originally signed as a free agent by the Gi-ants on March 13, 2013. • Waived by the Giants on August 31, 2012. • Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on January 2, 2013

BEAR PASCOE (86)• Originally a 6th round (184th pick overall) draft choice by the San Francisco 49ers in 2009. • Signed to the Giants’ roster on December 4, 2009. • Has played in 50 regular season games with 26 starts and played in 4 postseason games.• Career totals include 26 receptions for 252 yards and 1 touchdown.


JAMIE CHILDERS (87)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the St. Louis Rams on May 10, 2012. • Signed to a resrve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 25, 2013. • Earned 2nd- team All-Big South honors as a tight end and also played quarterback

OffENSIVE LINE

SELVISH CAPERS (60)• Originally a 7th round (231st pick overall) draft choice by the Washington Redskins in 2010. • Signed to the Giants’ practice squad on Sept. 5, 2011. • Saw his first 1st regular-season action in 2012, when he played in 3 games as a reserve lineman and on special teams.

CHRIS DEGEARE (61)• Originally a 5th round (161st pick overall) draft choice by the Minnesota Vikings in 2010. • Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 8, 2013.• Has played in 8 games with 5 starts, all in his rookie season in 2010.• Started all 12 games at left tackle in his red-shirt senior year in 2009 at Wake Forest and was named All-ACC honorable mention.

ERIC HERMAN (62)• Originally a 7th round (225th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013. • Herman started 50 games in his 4 seasons at Ohio University. • Two-time All-Mid American Conference se-lection.

JIM CORDLE (63)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on April 25, 2010• Has played in 25 regular-season games with no starts. • Cordle made 33 career starts and played

every position on the offensive line at Ohio State.

DAVID BAAS (64)• Originally a 2nd-round (33rd pick overall) choice by the San Francisco 49ers in 2005. • Signed by the Giants as a free agent on July 29, 2011.• Has played in 119 regular-season games with 81 starts and started all 4 postseason games in which he played. • In 2012, Baas started all 16 games at center. It was the 5th time he played every game and the 3rd tie he started each 1 (also 2009 and 2010 with San Francisco).

WILL BEATTY (65)• Originally a 2nd round pick (60th pick over-all) choice by the Giants in 2009.• Has played in 50 games with 31 starts. • In 2012, played in all 16 games with 15 starts after missing the entire preseason with a back injury.• Beatty was part of a line that allowed an NFL-low 20 sacks and helped the Giants aver-age 116.4 rushing yards a game, a 27.2-yard improvement over 2011.

DAVID DIEHL (66)• Originally a 5th round (160th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2003.• Diehl started the first 120 regular-season games and 7 postseason games in his career, the longest by a Giant since the introduction of the 16-game schedule in 1978. • Now in his 11th season, Diehl is the Giants’ longest-tenured player. He has played in 153 regular-season games, the 18th-highest total in franchise history.

BRANDON MOSELY (67)• Originally a 4th round (131st pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • As a rookie in 2012, suffered an ankle injury in the preseason as was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Aug. 27. • Mosley played in 27 games during his 2 sea-


son at Auburn, starting his final 24 contests at right tackle.

MICHAEL JASPER (68)• Originally a 7th round (245th pick overall) draft choice by the Buffalo Bills in 2011. • Signed to the reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Was the 1st Bethel player to be selected in the NFL Draft.

JUSTIN PUGH (72)• Originally a 1st round (19th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013. • After redshirting in 2009, Pugh started all 34 games in which he played at left tackle. • Pugh was the school’s 1st offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since 1990.

JAMES BREWER (73)• Originally a 4th round (117th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 6 games, all in 2012, as a re-serve lineman and on special teams. • In 2010, received the Don Howell “Out-standing Offensive Lineman” Award, give to the team’s top blocker at Indiana University.

MATT McCANTS (74)• Originally a 6th round (201st pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2012. • Played in 47 games with 42 starts at left tackle for UAB. • Lombardi Award nominee.

BRYANT BROWNING (75)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the St. Louis Rams on July 29, 2011.• Signed to the reserve/future contract by the Giants on Jan. 8, 2013. • Played in 1 game for the Panthers, making his NFL debut at right guard in the 3rd quarter vs. Atlanta.

CHRIS SNEE (76)• Originally a 2nd round (34th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2004. • Snee enters the 2013 season having played 138 regular-season games for the Giants, the

2nd-highest total among active players. • In 2010, Snee was voted 1st team All-Pro by The Sporting News and the Pro Football Writ-ers Association and 2nd team by the Associ-ated Press. • A 4-time Pro-Bowler, Snee has missed only 6 games in a career entering its 10th season.• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

KEVIN BOOTHE (77)• Originally a 6th round (176th pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2006. • Awarded off waivers to the Giants on Sept. 2, 2007.• Has played in 89 regular-season games with 46 starts and in 9 postseason games with 4 starts.• Boothe, a Cornell alumnus, is 1 of 2 current Giants who played in the Ivy League.

STEPHEN GOODIN (79)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Three-year starter at Nebraska-Kearney.

DEfENSIVE LINE

MATT BROHA (54)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012. • Spent the entire 2012 season on the Giants’ practice squad.• Finished Louisiana Tech career with 152 tackles (80 solo), 22.0 sacks and 32 tackles for losses.

JUSTIN TRATTOU (69)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on July 28, 2011. • As a rookie in 2011, played in 6 regular-season games. • Recorded 121 tackles (75 solo), 26.0 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.

FRANK OKAM (70)• Originally a 5th round (151st pick overall) draft pick choice by the Houston Texans in 2008.


• Signed by the Giants on May 11, 2013.•Has played in 25 games with 6 starts.

ADEWALE OJOMO (71)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2012.• As a rookie in 2012, played on special teams in 1 game, vs. Cleveland (10/7).• Played in 35 games with 14 starts in a 3-sea-son career at Miami, where he had 79 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 16.0 tackles for losses.

JOHNATHAN HANKINS (74)• Originally a 2nd round (49th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2013.• Hankins played in 38 games in his 3 seasons at Ohio State, including starts in each of the final 25 games in which he played. • Finished his career with 138 tackles (58 solo), 5 sacks and 16.5 stops for losses.

MARKUS KUHN (78)• Was originally a 7th round draft choice (239th overall) by the Giants in the 2012 NFL Draft.• As a rookie in 2012 played in 10 games with 1 start before suffering a torn ACL.• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

DAMONTRE MOORE (79)• Was a third-round draft choice (81st overall pick) from Texas A&M in 2013. • His 26.5 sacks for minus-158 yards rank 6th in school history.• Was a consensus 1st-team All-America se-lection.

JASON PIERRE-PAUL (90)• Was a first-round draft choice (15th over-all pick) from South Florida by the Giants in 2010.• In 2012 played in all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season with 15 starts.• Has started 27 of the 48 regular season games in which he played, and recorded 206 tackles, 27.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 3 fum-ble recoveries, 1 interception and 21 passes defensed.• Postseason: had 18 tackles and a half-sack.

• Was named first-team All Pro.• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

JUSTIN TUCK (91)• Was a third-round draft choice (74th overall pick) from Notre Dame by the Giants in 2005.• Has played in 111 regular-season games with 75 starts.• Postseason: played in 10 games with 5 starts.• Career regular season totals include 418 tackles, 49.5 sacks, 1 interception, 26 passes defensed, 18 forced fumbles and 6 fumble re-coveries.• Played in the Pro Bowl in 2008 and 2010.

MIKE PATTERSON (93)• Originally a 1st round draft choice (31st pick overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005.• Signed by the Giants on April 3, 2013. • Has played in 115 regular-season games with 99 starts and started 7 postseason games in which he’s played.• Career totals include 551 tackles, 16.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 7 fumble recoveries, 4 pass-es defensed and an interception.

MATHIAS KIWANUKA (94)• Was a first-round draft choice (32nd over-all pick) from Boston College by the Giants in 2006.• Has played in 93 regular-season games with 61 starts and recorded 376 tackles (239 solo), 30.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 9 passes defensed, 9 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, and 19 special teams tackles.• Postseason: Has started three of six postsea-son games in which he’s played. Has 15 tack-les and 0.5 sacks in the postseason.

SHAUN ROGERS (95)• Originally a 2nd-round (61st pick overall) draft choice by the Detroit Lions in 2001• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on April 26, 2012. Did no play due to a blood clot.• Has started 128 of the 156 regular season games in which he’s played.• Postseason: Has played in two postseason games.


MARVIN AUSTIN (96)• Originally a 2nd-round (52nd overall pick) draft choice from North Carolina by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 8 games, all in 2012. Finished with 5 tackles (2 solo).

LINVAL JOSPEH (97)• Originally a 2nd round (46th pick overall) draft choice from East Carolina by the Giants in 2010.• Has played in 38 regular-season games with 31 starts…Regular season totals in clued 132 tackles (81 solo), 6.0 sacks, 1 fumble forced, 2 fumble recoveries and 3 passes defensed.• Postseason: Has started all 4 postseason games in which he played…Has 11 tackles (6 solo) and a pass defensed.

ADRIAN TRACY (98)• Originally a 6th round draft choice (184th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Giants.• Signed to the Giants’ active roster on Feb. 7, 2012.• In 2012, Tracy saw his 1st action after 1 sea-son on injured reserve and another on the practice squad. ..Played in all 16 games as a re-serve defensive end on special teams and had 9 tackles (6 solo), including a sack on defense and 8 tackles (4 solo) on special teams.

CULLEN JENKINS (99)• Signed as a rookie free agent by the Green Bay Packers on May 2, 2003.• Signed by the Giants on March 11, 2013.• Has played in 125 regular-season games with 98 starts and played in 8 postseason games with 3 starts for Green Bay and Philadelphia…Regular season totals include 383 tackles (239 solo), 38.5 sacks, 17 passes defensed, 1 inter-ception, 6 forced fumbles, 6 fumble recover-ies, and 3 blocked kicks.• Postseason: Has played in 8 postseason games with 3 starts where he has 20 tackles (14 solo), 2.0 sacks and a pass defensed.

CORNERBACKS

PRINCE AMUKAMARA (20)• Originally a 1st round (19th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2011.• Has played in 20 regular-season games with 11 starts and in 4 postseason games.• Career totals include 73 tackles (57 solo), 2 interceptions and 9 passes defensed…In the postseason he has 3 tackles (2 solo).• In 2012, played in 13 games with 11 starts at right cornerback. Finished the season with 59 tackles (44 solo(, an interception and 6 passes defensed.

COREY WEBSTER (23)• Originally a Giants 2nd round draft pick (43rd overall) in 2005.• Re-signed by the Giants on July 30, 2011.• Webster’s team-leading 6 interceptions in 2011 were the highest total by a Giant since Emmanuel McDaniel had 6 in 2000.• Has played in 117 regular-season games with 91 starts and has started all 10 postseason games in which he’s played.Career totals include 372 tackles (292 solo), 88 passes defensed, 20 interceptions, 5 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 2.0 sacks. In the postseason, Webster has 34 tackles (28 solo), 12 passes defensed, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recover.

TERRELL THOMAS (24)• Originally a 2nd round (63rd pick overall) draft choice of the Giants in 2008.• Thomas led the Giants in tackles, intercep-tions and passes defensed in both 2009 and 2010.• Career totals include 234 tackles (172 solo), 11 interceptions, 40 passes defensed, 2.0 sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery and 15 special teams tackles.


• Placed on PUP on July 27, 2013.

JAYRON HOSLEY (28)• Origianlly a 2012 3rd round draft pick (94th pick overall).• As a rookie in 2012, played in 12 games with 6 starts.• Contributed 37 tackles (22 solo), 1 intercep-tion, 3 passes defensed and a fumble recovery, plus 4 solo special teams tackles as a rookie.

AARON ROSS (31)• Originally a 1st round (20th overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2007.• Re-signed with the Giants as a free-agent on March 14, 2013.• Ross has played 79 regular season games with 50 starts and in 9 postseason games with 8 starts.• Career totals include 282 tackles (190 solo), 10 interceptions, 43 passes defensed, and 1.5 sacks in the regular season and 3 returns for 29 yards with a long of 14 yards in the postseason.

LARON SCOTT (34)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 3, 2012.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 2, 2013.

TERRENCE FREDERICK (36)• Originally a 7th round draft choice (246th pick overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2012.• Signed to the active roster on Dec. 26, 2012• Played in 2 games for the 2012 Giants: at At-lanta (12/16) and vs. Philadelphia, (12/30).

CHARLES JAMES (37)• Originally signed by the Giants as a rookie free agent on May 10, 2013.• Two-time FCS All-America selection and 3-time All-Big South first-team choice.• Played in 39 games and finished his career

with the CSU records for interceptions in a single season (6 in 2011) and in a career (12).

TRUMAINE McBRIDE (38)• Originally a 7th round (221st pick overall) draft choice by the Chicago Bears in 2007.• Signed by the Giants on Jan. 3, 2013.• Has played in 48 games with 10 starts for Chicago Arizona and Jacksonville• Career totals include 50 tackles (40 solo), 1 interception, 6 passes defensed, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.

JUNIOR MERTILE (49)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 11, 2013.• Began his career as a wide receiver and fin-ished 3rd on the team as a freshman with 26 receptions for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns.

SAfETIES

RYAN MUNDY (21)• Originally a 6th round (194th pick overall) draft choice by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008.• Signed as a free agent by the Giants on March 14, 2013.• Has played in 64 regular-season games with 5 starts and in 4 postseason games with 1 start.• Career totals include 79 tackles, 9 passes defensed, and 1 interception.

WILL HILL (25) • Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 14, 2012.• In 2012, played 12 games with no starts in his 1st NFL season.• Contributed 30 tackles, 2 passes defensed and a forced fumble on defense and tied for 3rd on the team with 13 special team tackles

ANTREL ROLLE (26) • Signed as a free agent by the Giants in 2010. Originally a first-round (8h overall pick) from Miami (Fla.) by the Arizona Car-dinals in 2005.• Career totals include 238 rushing attempts


for 1,011 yards and 6 touchdowns, plus 24 re-ceptions for 148 yards and 2 touchdowns.• Has 4 career touchdowns on interception returns.• Was a Pro Bowl selection in2009 and 2010.• Entering the 2013 season, Rolle has started 48 consecutive regular-season games, the 2nd-longest active streak on the Giants behind Eli Manning’s 135 starts in a row.• In 2012 led the Giants in tackles for the 2nd straight season (108).

STEVIE BROWN (27)• Originally a 7th round (251st pick overall) draft choice by the Oakland Raiders in 2010.• Signed by the Giants as a free agent on April 3, 2012.• In 2012, played in all 16 games with 11 starts at strong safety in his NFL breakout season.• Led the team and was tied for 2nd in the NFL with 8 interceptions.

COOPER TAYLOR (30)• Was a fifth-round draft choice (152nd overall pick) from Richmond in 2013. • Started all 18 games at Richmond in which he played and recorded 141 tackles with 1.5 sacks for minus 14 yards and 6.5 stops for losses.

TYLER SASH (39)• Was a sixth-round draft choice (198th overall pick) from Iowa by the Giants in 2011. • Has played in 23 games with no starts. Totals include 6 tackles and 19 special teams tackles. • In 2012, played in 7 games and had 3 solo tackles on defense and 4 solo tackles on spe-cial teams.

ALONZO TWEEDY (44)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the Giants on May 10, 2013.• Played in 51 games with 4 starts at Virginia Tech.• Finished career with 103 tackles, 10 tackles for losses and 4.0 sacks.

DAVID CALDWELL (41)• Originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Indianapolis Colts in 2010.• Signed to a reserve/future contract by the Gi-ants on January 8, 2013.• Has played in 16 games with 13 starts at strong safety, all for the 2011 Colts.• Totaled 62 tackles and 4 passed defensed.

SPECIALISTS

STEVE WEATHERFORD (5)• Originally signed as a rookie free agent by the New Orleans Saints on May 12, 2006.• Originally signed by the Giants on July 30, 2011• Weatherford punted 12 times in the Giants’ 2011 NFC Championship Game victory in San Francisco, tying David Lee of the Baltimore Colts (in a 1977 AFC Divisional Playoff) for 2nd-high-est total in NFL postseason history.• Weatherford set a Super Bowl record with 3 punts downed inside the 20-yard line in Super Bowl XLVI.• Tied an NFL record in 2010 by placing 42 punts inside the 20-yard line.

JOSH BROWN (3)• Originally a 7th round (222nd pick overall) draft choice by the Seattle Seahawks in 2002.• Signed by the Giants on March 13, 2013.• Brown has played in 148 regular-season games and in 10 postseason games, including Super Bowl XL.• Brown kicked a field goal at least 52 yards long in every season but one, including a career-long 58-yarder as a rookie.

ZAK DeOSSIE (51)• Originally a 4th round (116th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2007.• Played in all 96 regular-season and 9 postsea-son games in his career as the long snapper and on coverage teams.• Has 48 career regular-season special teams tackles, 1 forced fumble and 7 postseason spe-cial teams tackles.• Selected to the NFC Pro Bowl team as a special teams player in 2008 and 2010.

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2012 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 at Jacksonville…… .31 32 (L) 8/18 at Jets ………. . . . .26 3 (W) 8/24 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/1 New England… . . . . .6 3 (W)

2011 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 at Carolina…… . . .10 20 (L) 8/22 Chicago ………. . .41 13 (W) 8/29 Jets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 17 (L) 9/1 at New England… . .18 17 (W)

2010 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/16 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 16 (W) 8/21 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 8/28 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .10 24 (L) 9/2 New England . . . . . . . .20 17 (W)

2009 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/77 vs. Carolina . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/22 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . .3 17 (L) 8/23 vs. Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 27 (L) 8/28 at New England . . . . . .27 38 (L)

2008 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/7 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/18 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .37 34 (W) 8/23 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 10 (L) 8/28 New England . . . . . . . .19 14 (W)

2007 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .21 24 (L) 8/19 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .13 12 (W) 8/25 Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 20 (L) 8/30 at New England . . . . . .20 27 (L)

2006 (4-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .17 16 (W) 8/17 Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 0 (W) 8/25 at Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/31 New England . . . . . . . .31 23 (W)

2005 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .14 17 (L) 8/20 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .27 21 (W) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .15 14 (W) 9/1 at New England . . . . . .27 3 (W)

2004 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 Kansas City . . . . . . . . . .34 24 (W) 8/19 at Carolina . . . . . . . . . .20 27 (L) 8/27 at New York Jets . . . . .10 17 (L) 9/2 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .17 27 (L)

2003 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/7 at New England . . . . . . .6 26 (L) 8/15 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . .10 10 (L) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 15 (L) 8/28 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .30 24 (W)

2002 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 vs. Houston (HOF Game Canton, OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 17 (W)

8/10 New England . . . . . . . .22 19 (W) 8/17 at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . .24 36 (L) 8/24 at New York Jets . . . . . .7 28 (L) 8/29 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .13 0 (W)

2001(1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/11 at New England . . . . . . .0 14 (L) 8/16 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .27 5 (W) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 17 (L) 8/31 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . .9 38 (L)

2000 (0-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 20 (L) 8/11 at Jacksonville . . . . . . .13 16 (L) 8/19 at New York Jets . . . . .24 27 (L) 8/25 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L)

1999(2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/13 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .36 21 (W) 8/21 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .27 20 (W) 8/28 New York Jets. . . . . . . .10 16 (L) 9/3 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .28 24 (L)

1998 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/14 at. Jacksonville . . . . . . .10 24 (L) 8/20 at New York Jets . . . . .23 27 (L) 8/28 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . .6 14 (L)

1997 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/2 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .21 20 (W) 8/9 Jacksonville . . . . . . . . .16 38 (L) 8/16 New York Jets. . . . . . . .17 27 (L) 8/22 Green Bay . . . . . . . . . .17 22 (L)

(at Madison, WI)

1996 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/2 at Jacksonville . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 8/10 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .27 37 (L) 8/17 at New York Jets . . . . . .6 13 (L) 8/23 Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 34 (L)

1995 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .19 13 (W) 8/11 vs. New Orleans . . . . . .14 13 (W) 8/19 vs. Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 31 (W) 8/26 at Carolina . . . . . . . . . . .3 6 (L)

1994 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

7/30 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 20 (L) 8/6 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .15 24 (L) 8/13 San Diego (Berlin) . . . .28 20 (W) 8/20 at New York Jets . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/27 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L)

1993 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . .27 16 (W) 8/14 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L) 8/21 New York Jets. . . . . . . .14 13 (W) 8/28 at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

1992 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/15 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .16 7 (W) 8/22 at New York Jets . . . . .14 20 (L) 8/29 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .3 24 (L)

1991 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/5 Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 17 (W) 8/10 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .10 16 (L) 8/17 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 20 (W) 8/24 at New England . . . . . .3 24 (L)

1990 (4-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/13 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . .20 6 (W) 8/18 at Houston . . . . . . . . . .13 10 (W) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . .17 7 (W) 9/1 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .28 10 (W)

1989 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/12 at New England . . . . . .20 17 (W) 8/20 at Kansas City . . . . . . . .45 7 (W) 8/26 New York Jets. . . . . . . .21 17 (W) 9/2 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L)

1988 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .34 3 (W) 8/13 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 21 (W) 8/20 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .28 17 (W) 8/26 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .13 17 (L)

1987 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/16 at New England . . . . . .19 17 (W) 8/22 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .24 10 (W) 8/29 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 30 (L) 9/5 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .26 20 (W)

1986 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . .24 31 (L) 8/16 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .22 14 (W) 8/23 New York Jets. . . . . . . .20 16 (W) 8/30 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .17 3 (W)

1985 (5-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 Houston (HOF Game Canton, OH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 20 (W)

8/10 at Denver . . . . . . . . . . .30 20 (W) 8/17 Green Bay . . . . . . . . . .10 2 (W) 8/24 New York Jets (OT) . . .34 31 (W) 8/30 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .24 14 (W)

1984 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 at New England . . . . . .48 20 (W) 8/11 at Indianapolis . . . . . . .20 26 (L) 8/18 New York Jets. . . . . . . .20 14 (W) 8/25 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .16 9 (W)

1983 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 16 (W) 8/12 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .22 13 (W) 8/20 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .27 24 (W) 8/26 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 24 ( L)

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1982 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/14 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .14 19 (L) 8/21 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .10 13 (L) 8/28 New York Jets. . . . . . . .22 10 (W) 9/3 at Miami (OT) . . . . . . .13 16 (L)

1981 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . .23 7 (W) 8/15 Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . .20 17 (W) 8/22 New York Jets. . . . . . . .24 37 (L) 8/29 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .6 31 (L)

1980 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . .0 13 (L) 8/16 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 6 (W) 8/22 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .20 37 (L) 8/30 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .7 32 (L)

1979 (1-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/4 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .27 7 (W) 8/11 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .3 10 (L) 8/18 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . .3 7 ( L) 8/25 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .6 14 (L)

1978 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/7 at Cleveland . . . . . . . .21 7 (W) 8/12 New York Jets. . . . . . . .23 27 (L) 8/19 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .13 6 (W) 8/26 San Diego. . . . . . . . . . . .6 17 (L)

1977 (1-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/6 New England . . . . . . . . .3 19 ( L) 8/13 at New Orleans . . . . . . .7 23 (L) 8/20 at San Diego . . . . . . . .17 29 (L) 8/29 Buffalo (OT) . . . . . . . .24 21 (W) 9/4 New York Jets. . . . . . . . .0 10 (L) 9/11 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L)

1976 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/1 at New England . . . . . . .7 13 (L) 8/9 New York Jets (at Yankee Stadium) .16 14 (W) 8/14 at Houston . . . . . . . . . .30 14 (W) 8/20 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .17 0 (W) 8/28 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .20 16 (W) 9/4 at San Diego . . . . . . . .13 14 (L)

1975 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/10 at New England(OT) . .28 14 (W)8/16 at San Diego . . . . . . . .17 7 (W)

8/24 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 20 (W) 8/30 Pittsburgh (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .24 7 (W) 9/7 Cleveland (at Seattle, Wash.) . . .20 24 (L) 9/13 at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . .13 31 (L)

1974 (2-4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/3 at Houston . . . . . . . . . . .7 16 (L) 8/11 at New England . . . . .21 6 (W) 8/17 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 13 (W) 8/24 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 8/31 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .21 24 (L) 9/6 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

1973 (6-0)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/4 at San Diego . . . . . . . .28 3 (W) 8/12 at New England . . . . . .13 7 (W) 8/19 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 45 30 (W) 8/26 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . .29 24 (W) 9/1 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N. J.) . .42 21 (W) 9/8 Cleveland (at Akron, Oh.) . . . . . .21 10 (W)

1972 (3-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

7/29 Kansas City (Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Oh. ) . . . . . . . .17 23 (L)

8/5 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . .10 28 (L) 8/20 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn. ) 31 31 (T) 8/27 at New England . . . . . .31 10 (W) 9/2 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .27 12 (W) 9/10 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .28 21 (W)

1971 (0-6)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 at Houston . . . . . . . . . . .6 35 (L) 8/15 at New England . . . . . .14 20 (L) 8/22 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn. ) 14 27 (L) 8/28 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J. ) . .14 26 (L) 9/4 at Cleveland . . . . . . . . .7 30 (L) 9/12 Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . .3 20 (L)

1970 (2-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/8 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .31 31 (T) 8/15 at San Diego . . . . . . . .27 30 (L) 8/23 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 28 24 (W) 8/28 at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . .6 21 (L) 9/ 5 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .27 7 (W) 9/12 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . .29 30 (L)

1969 (0-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .21 22 (L) 8/17 New York Jets (at New Haven, Conn.) 14 37 (L) 8/30 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .17 24 (L) 9/6 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .27 28 (L) 9/11 Pittsburgh (at Montreal) 13 17 (L)

1968 (2-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .15 14 (W) 8/17 Atlanta (at Nashville, Tenn.) . .17 13 (W) 8/25 St. Louis (at New Haven, Conn.) 10 18 (L) 9/7 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .7 21 (L)

1967 (1-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/12 Atlanta (at Ithaca, N.Y.) 10 10 (T) 8/18 Washington (at Raleigh, N. C.) . . . .13 31 (L) 8/27 Minnesota (at New Haven, Conn.) 21 3 (W) 9/2 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .13 24 (L) 9/9 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .14 31 (L)

1966 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/6 Pittsburgh (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . .16 14 (W) 8/13 Atlanta (at Nashville, Tenn.) . .14 7 (W) 8/21 Detroit (at New Haven, Conn.) 17 7 (W) 8/27 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .23 24 (L) 9/3 at Green Bay (Milwaukee, Wis.) . . . .10 37 (L)

1965 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/14 at Green Bay . . . . . . . . .7 44 (L) 8/22 Pittsburgh (at New Haven, Conn.) 17 7 (W) 8/28 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . .13 34 (L) 9/4 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . .21 25 (L) 9/11 Minnesota (at Omaha, Neb.) . . . . .9 24 (L)

1964 (1-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/8 at Minnesota . . . . . . . . .7 21 ( L) 8/15 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .10 34 (L) 8/22 Washington (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . .24 27 (L) 8/29 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .28 17 (W) 9/5 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . .10 24 (L)

1963 (2-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/10 Chicago (at Ithaca, N.Y.) . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 8/17 Detroit (at Cleveland, Oh.) . . . .24 21 (W) 8/25 at Minnesota . . . . . . . .16 17 (L) 9/2 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 9/7 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .34 10 (W)

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1962 (2-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/11 St. Louis (Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Oh.) . . . . . . . .21 21 (T) 8/19 at San Francisco . . . . . .10 42 (L) 8/25 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .31 24 (W) 9/3 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/8 Philadelphia (at Princeton, N.J.) . . . .27 10 (W)

1961 (2-2-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/12 San Francisco (at Portland, Ore.) . . . .21 20 (W) 8/19 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . .17 17 (T) 8/26 Dallas (at Albuquerque, N.M.) 28 10 (W) 9/4 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .17 20 (L) 9/10 Baltimore (at New Haven, Conn. ) 20 49 (L)

1960 (1-3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/15 Chicago (at Toronto) . . .7 16 (L)8/22 Green Bay

(at Jersey City, N.J.) . . . .7 16 (L) 8/27 Dallas (at Louisville, Ky.) 3 14 (L) 9/11 Detroit (at New Haven, Conn.) 16 16 (T) 9/15 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . .20 6 (W)

1959 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/15 Philadelphia (at Hershey, Pa.) . . . . .17 21 (L) 8/21 Baltimore (at Dallas, Tx.) . . . . . . . .3 28 (L) 8/29 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .38 0 (W) 9/5 Green Bay (at Bangor, Me.) . . . . .14 0 (W) 9/11 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 18 (L) 9/19 San Francisco (at Salt Lake City, Ut.) .17 13 (W)

1958 (1-5)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/17 at San Francisco . . . . . .19 10 (W) 8/22 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .10 38 (L) 8/29 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 24 (L) 9/6 Green Bay (at Boston) . . . . . . . . . .20 41 (L) 9/14 at Baltimore . . . . . . . . .21 27 (L) 9/21 Baltimore (at Louisville, Ky.) . . . .21 42 (L)

1957 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp.

8/9 College All-Stars (at Chicago, Il.) . . . . . .22 12 (W) 8/18 at San Francisco . . . . . .15 24 (L) 8/23 at L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . .24 7 (W) 8/30 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 17 (W) 9/7 Green Bay (at Boston, Ma.) . . . . . .10 13 (L) 9/22 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 0 (W)

1956 (4-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/20 Baltimore (at Boston, Ma.) . . . . . .28 10 (W) 8/25 at Green Bay . . . . . . . .13 17 (L) 9/1 L.A. Rams (at Seattle, Wa.) . . . . . .20 10 (W) 9/8 San Francisco (at Portland, Or.) . . . . .21 14 (W) 9/15 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 20 (L) 9/23 Cardinals (at Memphis, Tn.) . . . .42 7 (W)

1955 (2-4)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/13 Green Bay (at Spokane, Wa.) . . . .24 31 (L) 8/20 San Francisco (at Seattle, Wa.) . . . . . .28 17 (W) 8/28 L.A. Rams (Portland, Or.)(OT) . . .17 23 (L) 9/6 Baltimore (at Minneapolis, Mn.) .17 14 (W) 9/10 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 7 (L) 9/18 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 27 (L)

1954 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/9 L.A. Rams (Portland, Or.) . . . . . . . .7 30 (L) 8/14 at San Francisco . . . . .35 43 (L) 8/21 Cardinals (at Spokane, Wa.) . . . .26 0 (W) 9/4 Detroit (at Norman, Okl.) . . . .13 28 (L) 9/12 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 24 (W) 9/18 Green Bay (at Milwaukee) . . . . . . .38 27 (W)

1953 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/22 Green Bay (at Minneapolis). . . . . . .7 31 (L) 8/28 Detroit (at Dallas) . . . . . . . . . . .7 38 (L) 9/3 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 7 (W) 9/12 Baltimore (at St. Louis, Mo.) . . . .10 6 (W) 9/21 San Francisco . . . . . . . .28 21 (W)

1952 (3-2)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/16 Green Bay (at Milwaukee) . . . . . . . .7 0 (W) 8/22 Pittsburgh (at Des Moines, Ia.) 24 10 (W)

9/2 at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . .17 33 (L) 9/14 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 17 (L) 9/18 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .30 17 (W)

1951 (3-3)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/11 at Ottawa Roughriders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 6 (W) 8/24 Detroit (at Dallas) . . . . . . . . . .21 31 (L) 9/2 Chicago (at Memphis, Tn.) . . . .14 0 (W) 9/8 Washington (at Birmingham, Al.) .10 14 (L)

Scenes from training camps in the early 1970’s: top right, C.W. Post was home to the Giants camp from 1972-’73; Norm Snead and Y.A.Tittle; Rosie Brown and

a hopeful rookie; Head Coach Alex Webster; Wellington Mara.

9/20 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .21 23 (L) 9/24 Philadelphia (at Hershey, Pa.) . . . . .21 6 (W)

1950 (3-1)Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giants Opp. 8/12 at Ottawa Roughriders 20 6 (W) 8/18 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (at Syracuse, N.Y.) . . . .10 7 (W) 8/29 Green Bay (at Boston) . . . . . . . . . . .0 10 (L) 9/7 L.A. Rams . . . . . . . . . . .24 14 (W)

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PreseasonAug. 10 at Pittsburgh ...................7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 Indianapolis ....................7:00 p.m.Aug. 24 Jets...................................7:00 p.m.Aug. 29 at New England................7:30 p.m. Regular SeasonSept. 8 at Dallas ..........................8:30 p.m. Sept. 15 Denver .............................4:25 p.m.Sept. 22 at Carolina........................1:00 p.m.Sept. 29 at Kansas City...................1:00 p.m.Oct. 6 Philadelphia.....................1:00 p.m.Oct. 10 at Chicago ........................8:25 p.m.

Oct. 21 Minnesota.........................8:40 p.m. Oct. 27 at Philadelphia..................1:00 p.m. Bye WeekNov. 10 Oakland ............................1:00 p.m. Nov. 17 Green Bay..........................8:30 p.m.* Nov. 24 Dallas ................................4:25 p.m.*Dec. 1 at Washington...................8:30 p.m.Dec. 8 at San Diego......................4:25 p.m.*Dec. 15 Seattle...............................1:00 p.m.*Dec. 22 at Detroit ..........................4:05 p.m.*Dec. 29 Washington ......................1:00 p.m.**Times subject to change

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GIANTS NOTEBOOKBy Michael Eisen August 4, 2013

CANTON, OHIO– Bill Parcells was blunt, inspira-tional, funny, re�ective and thankful during his 19 years as an NFL head coach, so it made perfect sense that his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech Saturday night would be all that and more.

Parcells, who began his journey to the Hall with an eight-year stint coaching the Giants, didn’t talk about memorable games or statistical milestones or even leading the Giants to victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV. He instead thanked a long list of people in a 20-minute address, many by name, others more generically. Parcells also coached the New England Patriots, the Jets and the Dallas Cowboys and later worked in the Miami Dolphins’ front o�ce.

“Every organization that I worked for supported me to the fullest,” Parcells said. “I’m grateful to the ownership of those places because that’s what allows you, and the players, to succeed and go forward and become champions and, without that, you’ve got no shot. But I was lucky enough to have it all the time.”

Parcells was the 22nd coach enshrined in the Hall of Fame and the 19th Hall of Famer who spent all or a signi�cant portion of his career with the Giants.

Parcells was 172-139-1 (.569) in the regular season and 11-8 (.579) in the postseason. His overall record was 183-138-1 (.570). Parcells is ranked 10th in NFL history in both regular season and total victories.

In addition to his two Super Bowl victories with the Giants, Parcells led the Patriots to Super Bowl XXXI, where they lost to Green Bay. He is one of 13 head coaches with more than one Super Bowl victory, one of �ve coaches to lead two di�erent franchises to the Super Bowl and the only head coach in NFL history to take four di�erent franchises to the postseason.

Parcells was presented by George Martin, a defensive end and team leader on his �rst six Giants teams.

“Bill Parcells looked at every individual di�erently and he was able to understand what it was that re-ally was able to push him over the top, to get him to see more and deliver more of himself,” Martin said in his pre-taped introduction. “Bill was an in-your-face coach and he was a perfectionist. When you look at the swath of success that Bill has had over so many franchises, you can only come to one conclusion –

that the man is a de�nitive winner.”

Parcells began his speech with a joke directed at Law-rence Taylor, the best player he ever coached, a fellow Hall of Famer and a man who has liked to live by his own rules.

“�e only thing I would ask them to do is,” Parcells said, “when they put my bust in the Hall tomorrow, I’d like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.”

Parcells soon began saying thank you. �e �rst went to Martin, whose support was critical early in his ca-reer. He said how proud he was to be a part of the Class of 2013, which includes Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson, Larry Allen, Curly Culp, Cris Carter and Warren Sapp.

In rapid order, Parcells lauded the owners of each team he worked for, including the Mara family, and NFL mentors like Al Davis, Tom Landry, Chuck Knox, Chuck Noll, Bucko Kilroy, the late Mike Ho-lovak, Gil Brant and Ron Wolf. He thanked his ex-wife, Judy, and their three daughters and mentioned two important �gures from much earlier in his life who were in attendance – Mickey Corcoran, his bas-ketball coach at River Dell High School who is still going strong at age 92, and Dean Pryor, who, as head coach at Hastings College in Nebraska, gave Parcells his �rst coaching job in 1964.

“He taught me one vital, vital piece of information that I took with me and preached to every organi-zation, to every university, my coaching sta�, to my individual coaches and I remind myself every day,” Parcells said of Pryor. “And that vital piece of infor-mation was, ‘Bill, the players deserve a chance to win and you, as an organization or a university coaching sta�, and an individual coach and a head coach, have an obligatory responsibility to give it to them.’ And I thank Dean for that piece of advice because I carried it with me and preached it all of my life.”

Parcells also thanked his agents and secretaries and Ray Perkins, the head coach who brought him to the Giants as defensive coordinator in 1981. Curiously, he did not mention George Young, the general man-ager who hired him as head coach and the man with whom he worked for eight years.

�e Giants sent a contingent to the ceremony that included Ann Mara, the team’s matriarch and Wel-lington Mara’s widow; John Mara, the president and chief executive o�cer; his brothers Chris and Frank

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and sister, Susan McDonnell; head coach Tom Coughlin and his wife, Judy; senior vice president of medical services Ronnie Barnes; and tight ends coach Michael Pope, who was on Parcells’ Giants and Patriots sta�s.

“Bill Parcells has always had a great ability to ana-lyze a situation, address exactly what is called for and do it in such a way to make it understandable that everyone can appreciate what the message was,” Coughlin said. “I think what he did tonight was ex-actly the same way. I think he had humor, he called upon the many people he needed to thank in his life.”

Coughlin missed post-practice meetings on Satur-day, perhaps a unique absence, but he did not want to miss the enshrinement of a friend and a mentor.

“I’m so grateful to him for what he did for me and my family just by giving me a job,” said Coughlin, who was hired as the Giants’ wide receivers coach in 1988. “If I don’t have the opportunity to go to work for the Giants, I’m not standing here right now.

“I’m not much of a caller. I don’t call people and they don’t call me. But once, twice, maybe three times a year if there was something that was important to me that I needed to at least let my own thoughts bounce o� somebody I really trusted, he’s the guy that I called upon. To listen to him speak tonight, and the way that he did it, it was almost like he was saying to me, or somebody who worked for him, ‘Hey, let’s go for a walk and talk.’ You can’t help but be extremely proud and extremely happy for Bill. To see him rewarded in this way makes me very, very happy.”

Coughlin was one of three former Parcells assistant coaches in attendance who went on to win Super Bowls as head coaches. �e others were New Eng-land’s Bill Belichick and New Orleans’ Sean Pay-ton. Parcells didn’t mention them by name, but, as Coughlin said, “he never acted like he was very proud of us, but he was.”

“I was lucky to have some of the top names cur-rently as head coaches in pro football,” Parcells said. “I want them to know that I’m grateful for their sup-porting me, very, very grateful. I know I couldn’t do it, that’s the nuts and bolts of football operations, your assistant coaches. I just want to say, I take pride in their individual accomplishments and I’m look-ing for a couple more championships out of some of them, so let’s go.”

Coughlin has won two Super Bowls with the Giants

and might someday be enshrined in the Hall. But Parcells’ support is still important to him.

“Whenever you have someone you’ve learned from and they become a mentor for you, it means a greaan deal to be recognized by them,” Coughlin said. “I’m sure he’s talked to Belichick. He’s talked to me and Sean. He’s embraced a lot of people along the way.”

A huge contingent of those people traveled to Can-ton to share in his big moment. Among his former Giants players who attended the ceremony and a party a�erward hosted by Parcells included Hall of Famers Harry Carson and Taylor, Martin, Phil Simms, Jim Burt, Don Hasselbeck, Brad Benson, Bart Oates, Karl Nelson, Maurice Carthon, Jerome Sally, Sean Landeta, Raul Allegre, Matt Bahr and Gary Reasons.

In addition to Coughlin and Pope, former assis-tants who came to support Parcells included Romeo Crennel, Al Groh, Fred Hoaglin and Pat Hodgson. Former Jets running back Curtis Martin, who Par-cells presented last year at the Hall, was there, as were several of his former Patriots players. So were friends of Parcells like former major league manager Tony LaRussa and Shug McGaughey, the Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.

�ey came to honor the man and congratulate him on his memorable speech, which Parcells concluded with a poignant story about Wellington Mara, the beloved Giants owner who is also a Hall of Famer.

“About 10 minutes a�er I was named head coach of the Giants and my �rst press conference was over, the patriarch owner of the New York Giants, the late Wellington Mara, was at my o�ce door and he said, ‘Bill, let’s take a walk,’” Parcells said. “He took me down the stairs … in the old Giants Stadium. �e Giant players will remember, as you walked through the players entrance, there was a little room to the le� and it had a couple chairs in it. Wellington took me over to the wall in the back of that place and on the wall was a little plaque. And it had an inscription on it and, coincidentally, that inscription was attributed to the �rst black player ever inducted into this Hall of Fame. His name was Emlen Tunnell, who was inducted in the class of 1967. And that inscription said, ‘Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches and players in other little groups. But winners assemble as a team.’ Well, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I get to do just that. I’m honored, I’m grateful and I’m thankful to every single one of you out there that had something to do with this.”


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – �e Giants’ prac-tice today ended with a big-play touchdown that represented progress for the player who scored it and derailed Tom Coughlin’s meticulous plan.

On the �rst play of the two-minute drill, Eli Man-ning threw down the �eld to tight end Brandon Myers, who caught the ball for what likely would have been a 69-yard score. Coughlin would have preferred to run a few more plays, but had to concede that wasn’t practical.

“�at’s not supposed to (end on one play),” Coughlin said. “I’m trying to do the drill and get all we can out of it, but we’ll do it again.”

Since he is, a�er all, the head coach, Coughlin could have directed the o�ense to take a few more snaps.

“Yeah, but there’s two sides to that way,” he said. “What is the objective? �e objective is to get the ball to a certain point for a �eld goal. �ey got it there, so now what am I going to do? Change the objective? Change the game? Change the rules? I don’t usually do that.”

For Myers, it was a big practice moment. He caught 79 passes for the Oakland Raiders last season, but is still learning the nuances of the Giants’ o�ense and where Manning wants him to be. He hopes their end-of-practice connec-tion is a sign of things to come.

“Well, it’s about time I get that read right,” My-ers said. “I had the same play, actually, earlier in practice and I got it wrong. It’s just one of those things that take time to kind of get used to it and luckily we were both on the same page and he found me.”

Is the play indicative of what Myers can bring to the o�ense?

“I hope so,” Coughlin said. “Nice adjustment. When (Eli) threw it, he threw it obviously where the defender wasn’t, which made him really make a very...I thought it was a radical adjust-ment because of the wind and he made the catch there. It was good. Better yet though, he reacted the way he should react as he read the coverage.”

Myers believes the play will help hasten the pro-cess of getting in sync with Manning.

“Every day that’s the goal, to grow in the o�ense and then grow in the understanding of each oth-er and what we’re thinking,” Myers said. “Once you get that chemistry, it’s pretty special. You can, if he’s in a bind or something like that, he knows that you’re going to be where you’re sup-posed to be and make the right read.”

�e big play was particularly signi�cant to My-ers because it came at the end of practice.

“Coach always talks about �nishing strong, ei-ther in the weight room, the meetings or in practice,” Myers said. “Obviously, we have a lot of work to do, not just me. I actually have a lot of work to do, but as a team, you know, he just says, ‘Keep �nishing strong.’ It obviously feels good to �nish practice like that.”

*When the Giants released their initial 2013 depth chart last week, 29 of the 30 positions (including special teams) had one starter listed. �e exception was running back, where David Wilson and Andre Brown were both part of the �rst team.

It is widely assumed that Wilson, the team’s �rst-round dra� choice in 2012, will start most, if not all, of the games. But today he told reporters it’s not necessary for either player to be designated as the starter.

“We’re both going to contribute,” Wilson said. “�e depth chart is a political thing, something that they have to put out there so the fans and other teams will know. You know, like I said, it’s mostly for the media.

“Regardless of who’s in there, we’ve just got to all prepare mentally and physically in camp. Going into those games and showing the coaches what we can do and what we’ve learned and how we’ve grown over the year. �en roles will be put in place more, I say permanent but not permanent, but more based on the o�ense as far as what we know we’ve got to do.”

Wilson and Brown might have to split carries just to remain strong and fresh. In the last four seasons, the now-departed Ahmad Bradshaw averaged 208 carries. �e two backs vying to replace him have never borne that kind of work-

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load. Wilson had 71 rushing attempts as a rook-ie in 2012. Brown had 73 of his 75 career carries.

Brown said each back has prepared to get sig-ni�cantly more rushing attempts this season.

“We have to work on our conditioning and (running backs) coach (Jerald) Ingram … said that we were going to get a lot of carries, it’s a lot di�erent,” Brown said. “We have to increase our conditioning and make sure that we’re ready to go into the 15, 20-play drives where he doesn’t want to see us tapping out … and ready to come out. If the guy’s hot, he wants that. It’s going to keep the o�ense moving. (We are) just making sure that we’re in shape and being able to carry the load.”

Wilson and Brown know they must prove they can handle more responsibility.

“I understand that and it’s an opportunity,” Brown said. “We’re looking forward to it. We worked hard this o�season and we’re excited about the opportunity we have and we’re ready to go out there and just show what we’ve got. Show that we’re e�ective backs and we can be e�cient in this o�ense and they need produc-tive backs in this o�ense. We’re just ready, we’re going to step up to the talent.”

*Coughlin was still excited today about his visit to Canton, Ohio for yesterday’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He trav-eled there yesterday to support his friend, for-mer Giants coach Bill Parcells, who was one of those enshrined. But he was also moved by the speeches of the players who were honored – Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson, Larry Allen, Curly Culp, Cris Carter and Warren Sapp.

“It was a very, very good experience from the standpoint that, you know when you listen to the honorees, those who have been inducted, their discussions are very much in recognition not only of their own ability, but all those who have contributed to their being in that spot,” Coughlin said. “When you talk about that, you’re talking about someone who becomes more and more humble as he talks about this wonderful honor. �at, to me, was huge, be-cause our game is the greatest game of all, but it takes 11, okay. No one person does it all by himself. �e more you understand that, the more you have the opportunity to understand when it comes time, when this tremendous honor comes to these players and coaches etc.

who are inducted, they take the time to thank those along the way and in so doing they really do grasp the idea that you can’t possibly do it alone, you have to be able to - there are others that contribute along the way.

“You listen to the players and they talk about their coaches. �ey talk about people who have mentored them. Larry Allen talked about be-ing mentored by di�erent o�ensive linemen. And you also understand the emotion, the tremendous emotion. When you listen to Cris Carter, or to Warren Sapp, toward the end of the evening there, they were really emotional. �ey were very emotional about being able to be there and to receive this incredible honor, so I thought that was great.”

Coughlin very much enjoyed Parcells’ speech, particularly the segment about bringing to-gether players from a variety of environments and backgrounds and bringing them together so they work toward a common goal.

“What he did at the end when he talked about the locker room, that was a huge message there,” Coughlin said. “Not only for athletics, for life, for the world that we live in. You know, you have all di�erent kinds of guys from all di�er-ent backgrounds, all di�erent races and creeds, and they come together and the one thing that works is if everybody’s there for the same pur-pose, for the common good. I thought that was a very, very good statement. He went further when he talked about the dark side, when you had the pockets of people in that situation in the locker room that won’t let things progress because they’re constantly pointing the blame at somebody else rather than right back where it should be. So I thought it was a good experi-ence.”

*Wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (groin) and cor-nerback Corey Webster (groin) again missed practice, though Nicks did some running and pass catching drills with the training sta� on the side.

*First-round dra� choice Justin Pugh remains sidelined with a concussion, though he did visit the practice �eld.

“He felt a little better,” Coughlin said. “He came out and just really observed. Hopefully, he will come along.”

*�e players are o� tomorrow. �e Giants’ next practice is scheduled for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Hakeem Nicks never appears stressed or worried, so it was no surprise today when he downplayed his current absence from the Giants’ training camp prac-tices.

�e star receiver minimized the groin strain that sidelined him for the second day in a row and said he expects to return soon.

“I wouldn’t even categorize it as an injury,” Nicks said at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “I think it’s just being smart, coming o� the prob-lems that I had last year with the knee and the foot. I just don’t want it to be nothing ongoing, so we’re just going to take it…I’ll be back out there as soon as they let me. I think it will be in another day or two.”

Coach Tom Coughlin said the doctors have told him they think Nicks should be ready to prac-tice on Tuesday. �e Giants will not practice on Monday.

If the Giants were preparing to play a regular-season game, Nicks said he would be on the �eld.

“If it was a game-planning situation and we were going into Week One, I de�nitely don’t think I’d be sitting out or nothing like that,” Nicks said. “Just being so early in training camp, we just want to be smart about it.”

Nicks was limited before the Giants’ day o� on Wednesday and has not been on the �eld since the players returned to work. But he said it’s bet-ter to fully heal instead of rushing back and risk-ing a setback.

“I don’t feel frustrated at all,” he said. “It’s only the second week of camp practice. I think, com-ing o� a season like last year, I’m trying to be smart and I think the training sta� is as well. Just taking it like that, I don’t have a problem with. But frustrated, not at all.”

It would be perfectly understandable if he was, because he has battled one injury or another for more than a year. In May 2012 he broke his foot, which was surgically repaired. Last Sept. 12, he had one of the best games of his career in a victory over Tampa Bay, catching 10 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown, a performance for which he was named NFC O�ensive Player of the Week. But he hurt his knee late in the second half and missed the next three games. �e in-jury slowed him the rest of the season and Nicks

�nished with only 53 catches and three touch-downs.

Nicks skipped the organized team activities in the spring for reasons he has not publicly ex-plained, though he did attend the Giants’ mini-camp in June. Now his training camp work has been curtailed because of the groin issue, though he worked enough to discover a silver lining.

“Actually, the knee is feeling great, the foot’s feel-ing great,” Nicks said. “�at’s de�nitely a posi-tive. My goal was to come out the �rst day and the �rst two days just kind of explode, make sure I still have everything like I thought I would. Ev-erything felt real good.”

Except right now his groin doesn’t.

“I think it just comes with the pounding from training camp,” Nicks said. “You go out there, like I said, coming o� last season, we just tried to play it safe, play it cautious. I think it’s noth-ing serious.”

Enduring knee pain for almost an entire season reinforced to Nicks that he must exercise cau-tion with injuries.

“I’ve got to protect myself from myself as well, me being so competitive,” he said. “So the train-ing sta� and coaching sta�, they kind of worked with me on that, but I see myself in another week de�nitely picking it up extremely a little bit more. But I just wanted to come into camp, com-ing o� a season like last year, take it slow and do the things I need to do to make sure there are de�nitely aren’t going to be any setbacks. It’s a big season for us and we’re going to take it one day at a time.”

Nicks believes he will get back to full speed rap-idly, and he is not worried about losing his tim-ing with Eli Manning.

“I think it’s just going to be a matter of making sure I’m in shape, which I have no doubt about,” Nicks said. “Just getting back in the �ow of things. Me and Eli are always on the same page, we talk all the time, whether it be meetings or just out on the �eld. Just watching him as well, watching him practice actually helps me a lot, because I get to see what he’s looking at, his pro-gressions and stu� like that. �at helps me when I do get back out on the �eld.”

Both the Giants and Nicks hope that happens very soon.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – In his �rst seven seasons with the Giants, Mathias Kiwanuka started 61 games – 31 at defensive end and 30 at linebacker. �e versatile defender has been moved by the coaching sta� to wherever he was most needed.

In 2012, he opened the year as the strongside linebacker, but was playing up front more o�en in the latter part of the season. Tom Coughlin and defensive coordinator Perry Fewell decid-ed early in the o�season that Kiwanuka would again be a full-time lineman, a decision that seemed prescient when Jason Pierre-Paul un-derwent back surgery late in the spring.

Kiwanuka, the Giants’ �rst-round dra� choice in 2006, had 3.5 sacks in 2011 and 3.0 last year; his career high is 8.0 in 2008. He has been working as the �rst-team right end throughout camp and believes playing one position will help increase his productivity. “I think it will have a huge e�ect,” Kiwanuka said today at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “Sitting in one room, you can focus on one job and one task. I feel like it puts you in a much better competitive advantage to watch �lm, to study, to work on your own technique.”

In recent seasons, Kiwanuka has shuttled be-tween the defensive line and the linebacker meeting rooms and practiced at both positions. He did not miss a game the previous two sea-sons, but believes he can increase his tackles, sacks and pressures by focusing on just one spot.

“It’s de�nitely easier, because you’re not wor-rying about what you’re missing in the other meeting room and what’s being said and trying to track coaches down, in their o� time, to get all the rest of the information,” Kiwanuka said. “Whatever this team asks me to do, I’m going to do it. As long as we get some wins out of this, I’m good for it.”

Tom Coughlin was asked if he’s noticed the im-pact of playing solely at defensive end has had on Kiwanuka.

“Sure, absolutely,” the head coach said. “Just the

way he carries himself. He’s worked very hard and it looks like his con�dence level is way up there, because he’s got his hand on the ground. I know he’s enjoying it. It’s going to bene�t all of us, him moving back to end.”

But if the Giants need a linebacker, will Cough-lin be tempted to move him back.

“�e more you can do,” Coughlin said. “Hope-fully that won’t be the case, but never say never.”

*�e Giants today practiced in full pads for the �rst time this summer.

“Had the pads on, had a little 9 on 7 (running drill),” Coughlin said. “It went okay, but you can see we have a lot of work to do. �e majority of the day was more of a third down type of a day. �e �rst group had a pretty good two-minute drill. �e defense really did make a couple of plays, but we’ve got a ways to go with that phase of it.”

*O�ensive lineman Justin Pugh, the Giants’ �rst-round dra� choice this year, su�ered a con-cussion yesterday when he “took a shot to the head,” according to Coughlin. Pugh will be side-lined until he passes concussion protocol tests.

*Cornerback Corey Webster has “a little strain in the groin area” and “has some down time to rest,” Coughlin said. Aaron Ross played le� cor-ner with the �rst team today.

*�e Giants have moved the start of practice tomorrow up 30 minutes, to 1 p.m. �e change was made to accommodate the Giants contin-gent traveling to Canton, Ohio for Bill Parcells’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Reminder: Sunday’s practice is closed to the public because of the International Champions Cup Soccer doubleheader in MetLife Stadium. �e players are o� on Monday and the team will resume practice on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.

*Training camp attendance: 1,303 on Tuesday and 1,779 today.

*MSG Network is hosting “Giants Training Camp Live” on Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. “Giants Training Camp Live” returns Tuesday, Wednesday and �ursday at 6 p.m. live, and re-peated at 7:30 and 11 p.m.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Columbus, Indiana is home to approximately 45,000 people, perhaps none more popular right now than Stevie Brown.

Brown, a former star at Columbus East High School, was always well-received when he re-turned there as a University of Michigan student or a�er his �rst two NFL seasons. But this year the folks in his hometown really opened their arms wide to Brown. �ey expressed their pride a�er a breakout pro season in which he started 11 games and intercepted eight passes for a Giants-record 307 return yards.

“It was a good reception,” Brown said today at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “I’m from a small town, so they love me anyway, being from there. But this year everybody was like, ‘Man, that’s Stevie, that’s Stevie, did you see him on T.V. this year? He was doing this, he was doing that.’ Even people I hadn’t seen in a while, they would still hit me up and tell me that they were proud of me. It was di�erent.”

Brown also visits Ann Arbor whenever he gets a chance. �e previous two years, he was a fringe player trying to establish himself. Now he’s a starter on a Super Bowl contender, a change in status that did not go unnoticed.

“We had a little victors’ night and we were talk-ing about the best safeties to come through Michigan,” Brown said. “A bunch of them were there talking; I was just trying to go to the bath-room and they grabbed me and were like, ‘Ste-vie, shouldn’t you be in this conversation?’ I said, ‘Hold on, hold on.’ It’s a good brotherhood to be a part of. I love being a Wolverine, anybody who knows me, I tell everybody the Wolverines are the best school ever. It’s great.

“�ere have been a lot of great players to come through there and to even have your name men-tioned with some of them is an honor.”

A year ago at this time, Brown was an unknown commodity to Giants fans. He had spent single seasons with Oakland and Indianapolis and played in just eight games for the Colts in 2011 before going on injured reserve with a quad inju-ry. �e Giants signed him primarily for his special

teams prowess and when training camp began he was behind Antrel Rolle and Kenny Phillips on the depth chart.

By the end of the season, Brown was one of the Giants’ most valuable defensive players. He played in every game and his eight picks tied for second in the NFL and were the most by a Giant since Willie Williams had 10 in 1968.

His 307 interception return yards were 151 more than anyone else in the league had and broke the former Giants’ single-season record of 251, set by Hall of Famer Emlen Tunnell in 1949 and matched by Dick Lynch in 1963. Brown had �ve interception returns of more than 40 yards, the highest total by an NFL player since Ed Reed, then with Baltimore, had �ve in 2004.

�is summer, Brown is lined up next to Rolle and listed as the starting free safety on the depth chart. Just as he found his reception in Columbus and Ann Arbor di�erent in the o�season, Brown said training camp has a di�erent feel because for the �rst time he’s an established starter.

“�ere’s de�nitely a di�erence,” Brown said. “Last year, I was trying to make sure I was on every sin-gle special team, make sure I was on the defense, and make sure I was doing everything I needed to do to prove to the coaches that I should be here. �is year, it’s still about trying to prove myself, but at the same time I’m trying to master everything and be in my second year in the defense. I’m try-ing not to have the same little mistakes that I had last year. I want to build o� of everything and just keep being a leader out there.”

Brown said he worked hard in the o�season to improve several facets of his game.

“I’m trying to get better at man-to-man tech-niques, the running game, blocking, etcetera,” he said. “I’m just trying to build up all the other areas of my game so I can be everywhere.”

So a�er his impressive Giants debut season, what can he do for an encore?

“Just to do better than last year,” Brown said. “I want to remain a starter and get better in every-thing that I do.”

If that happens, they just might throw a parade for Brown next year in Columbus.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Wide receiver Ha-keem Nicks did not practice today a�er the Gi-ants were o� yesterday. But coach Tom Cough-lin said Nicks’ groin injury is a “day-to-day type thing” and doused speculation it is more serious than initially thought.

“I don’t think so,” Coughlin said a�er the work-out in the �eld house at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “�ey just want to quiet it down, make sure that he heals before he goes back out and continues to maybe make it worse.”

Coughlin was asked if he’s getting impatient with Nicks, the stellar wide receiver who has been lim-ited in camp a�er he was slowed most of last year with foot and knee injuries.

“No,” Coughlin said. “Certainly, I want to see him on the �eld and he wants to be on the �eld. It’s frustrating, but I’ve got to learn to control myself when it comes to that as well and just realize that you know what, he’s trying like heck to get out there and he knows he needs to practice and work at it and he came in excited about being able to go and then he had this little groin injury, which I hope is not going to set him back for very long, but obviously they’re taking all the necessary pre-cautions.”

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride met with reporters today and was asked about the frustra-tion resulting from Nicks’ missing practice.

“I think the frustration is across the board and it starts with Hakeem,” Gilbride said. “He is very frustrated. He is very frustrated that he can’t prac-tice. He and I talk about it, he understands it, he needs to practice in order to be ready to play during the season, to be ready to beat the defend-ers that he’s playing against. As coaches, there’s always frustration when there are guys who you want to help your team and they can’t practice. But it starts with Hakeem, he is frustrated that he can’t get out there.”

Nicks and the Giants are looking forward to him being back out there.

*Second-year tight end Adrien Robinson contin-ued his �ne camp with a couple of nice grabs.

“I think he’s making steady progress,” Coughlin said. “Today I thought he practiced well, made some plays, and more importantly, from an as-signment standpoint he did well, so, we look for-ward to having him continue that way because we also see Larry Donnell making a couple plays. So with those two big, young tight ends, they certainly do give us �exibility provided they can continue to improve.”

*First-round dra� choice Justin Pugh took some �rst-team snaps at right tackle.

“We’d like to be able to do that,” Coughlin said. “Basically, the �rst couple of groups are being in-terchanged every once and awhile, so you’ll see that.”

*Starting cornerbacks Prince Amukamara and Corey Webster each intercepted Eli Manning passes that were intended for Victor Cruz…Lar-on Scott had his second pick in as many practices, jumping in front of Ramses Barden to intercept a Ryan Nassib pass at the goal line…Nassib and Kevin Hardy twice hooked up for long comple-tions.

*Defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins was absent to-day because of his grandmother’s death. Shaun Rogers worked with the starters in his place.

*Four NFL o�cials worked practice today, in-cluding referee Clete Blakeman.

*Coughlin said he will be part of the Giants con-tingent �ying to Canton, Ohio on Saturday for Bill Parcells’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“I’ll leave a�er practice,” Coughlin said. “Coach-es will take over the evening meetings and then we’re going to go for the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant to Giant and then we’ll travel back.” �is is the �rst time Coughlin will attend the induction ceremony.

*�e Giants today replaced one UMass receiver with another – and neither transaction involved Victor Cruz, also a former Minuteman.

�ree-year veteran Jeremy Horne, who was cart-ed o� the �eld in practice on Tuesday, was waived injured. He was replaced by Julian Talley, who was in the Giants’ 2012 training camp before his

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release on Aug. 27.

Talley, 6-1, 190, most recently played for the Pittsburgh Power in the Arena Football League. He caught 74 passes in 10 games.

*Bobby Crespino, a tight end who played for the Giants from 1964-68, passed away on July 29 at Emory University hospital in Atlanta following a lengthy illness. He was 75.

Crespino, who starred at Ole Miss, was selected in the �rst round of the 1961 NFL Dra� (10th overall) by the Cleveland Browns and in the sixth round of the AFL Dra� by the Oakland Raiders. He played three seasons (1961--63) for the Browns before joining the Giants. Crespino played in 107 NFL games and caught 58 passes for 741 yards and nine touchdowns. He served as the Giants’ player representative to the NFL Players Association before retiring following the 1968 season.

Linebacker spots up for grabs at NY Giants training camp

Spencer Paysinger, Mark Herzlich and Riv-ers have served as �rst-team linebackers since the spring, and they were all listed as starters on the �rst uno�cial depth chart of camp last week. But all three players know that the depth chart could change at a mo-ment’s notice.

Veteran Dan Connor, who’s �nally playing in a 4-3 system a�er being miscast as a 3-4 inside backer, 2011 Giants sixth-rounder Jacquian Williams, and Aaron Curry, the fourth overall pick in the 2009 dra� by the Seahawks, will all challenge for playing time, and they’ve all had their moments in camp.

“(Coaches) told us nothing is set in stone, everybody has to work,” said Paysinger. “�ey say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day, that we dictate how the depth chart goes.”

“I feel like the guy (at middle linebacker,) I do,” added Herzlich. “But I don’t believe I’m necessarily the guy yet. �ere’s a lot of camp le�.”

�at leaves plenty of time for any of the team’s linebackers to make an impression, perhaps as a starter, perhaps in a di�er-ent role. �e Giants must still �gure out a third-down nickel combination of backers — Paysinger and Williams could share the �eld here — and there will be other exotic personnel blends, too.

It’s a di�erent linebacker group, said Her-zlich, and come the regular season, that will be a strength.

“All the guys have some experience,” he said. “�at makes us kind of more versatile. We feel like it’s a great opportunity.

“It’s a great time to step up.”

By Ebenezer SamuelNew York Daily NewsAug. 4, 2013

There’s something di�erent about the Giants linebacking corps this year, and Keith Rivers can sense it. He

feels it on the practice �eld and in meeting rooms, even when he and the other Giants linebackers are up late at the hotel, noses buried in their playbooks.“It’s really, really competitive out here,” Riv-ers said. “Everybody’s working their butts o�. Whenever you’re out there, you’re al-ways competing every year. But this year, it’s even moreso.”

�at’s because this year, every single Giants linebacker believes he has a chance to be a starter in a new-look linebacking corps. �ere are no reputations to be considered, no veterans assured of starting jobs, no egos to massage. Instead, the nine hungry line-backers in training camp have waged a spir-ited battle for three starting spots.

“�ere’s competition all along the board,” said linebackers coach Jim Herrmann. “To me, that’s really good. If they’re all getting better, we’re going to get better.

“It will be fun watching them jell as a unit because there is going to be some new com-ponents out there. �ere’s guys that le�, so it will be a new look.”

If all works well, the new look will make more impact plays. Last year’s regular start-ers — veterans Chase Blackburn, Michael Boley and Mathias Kiwanuka — were well-respected in the locker room, and Black-burn’s work ethic and knowledge of the game remain legendary. But on the �eld, that trio hardly stood out, combining for just six sacks, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

So Boley and Blackburn departed in the o�-season, and Kiwanuka, a natural defensive end, has moved back down to the defensive line. And in their place are players who all have something to prove.

Tom Coughlin’s last hurrah? At 66, NY Giants coach could be heading into final season

And his days are as long as ever. Reese arrives at the Gi-ants’ facility around 8 a.m. and Coughlin’s car is always already there. Guard Chris Snee, who is also Coughlin’s son-in-law, says he and other players usually roll in be-fore 6 a.m. and Coughlin beats them, too.

“I’ve beaten other coaches here, sure,” Snee says. “But not that guy.”

“And he’s always going full bore,” Reese adds. “Every-body’s dragging a little bit and he’s on point. He’s got a lot of energy, man. He’s got some special stu�.”

How special? Reese sees it most during the o�season when the Giants are preparing for the dra�, and he says Coughlin spends as much time studying �lm and read-ing reports as some of the team’s scouts. �e players say they see it every day in his enthusiasm in meetings and on the �eld.

�e best example, of course, came on Christmas Eve in 2011 when Coughlin was coaching the Giants to a win over the Jets and Jets linebacker Aaron Maybin sent Gi-ants running back D.J. Ware �ying into the coach with a late hit near the sidelines. Coughlin, then age 65, got right back up, continued coaching, walked o� the �eld and even walked into a team meeting the next morn-ing. He refused to address his injury with reporters. He wouldn’t let his players see how much it hurt.

It turns out, according several people familiar with the injury, the hit nearly tore his le� hamstring completely o� his bone.“I was at dinner with him that night — at Christmas Eve dinner — and he ate standing up,” Snee says. “It con-�rmed what everybody thought — that he’s a tough man. It’s still painful to look at when I see clips of it.

“He was in a good mood, though.”

Coughlin has been in a relatively good mood since 2007 when, a�er famously surviving the tumultuous 2006 season, he eased up on his players and �nally won his �rst Super Bowl as a head coach. He was 61 then and had reached the pinnacle of his career. But he wanted more, and four years later he did it again.

�e days a�er Super Bowl XLVI in early 2012 marked the �rst time Reese says he thought Coughlin might’ve had enough. He was 65 then, with two rings and a Hall of Fame-caliber resume. Reese admits wondering what his coach was going to do.

“I thought about it a little bit,” Reese says. “I thought maybe he might be ready to tap out at some point. But he really doesn’t even want to talk about it. I think he’s probably thinking ‘Man, what will I do?’

“I’m sure he’ll enjoy retirement when the time comes, but right now he’s so focused on what we’re trying to do and what our goals are, it’s really not a subject he really wants to address.”

And so the Giants don’t. In a business where planning for the future is so important, both Reese and Mara insist


It was the middle of the spring, just a few months a�er the 44th season of his coaching life, and Tom Coughlin was spending yet another late night at the

o�ce, watching �lm, reading scouting reports and mak-ing plans for another season. It was dark outside and the building was mostly empty, but Jerry Reese needed a few minutes of his time.

But when Reese went down the hall to his 66-year-old coach’s corner o�ce and knocked on the door, nobody answered. �en someone told him “Are you looking for Tom? Look out on the �eld.”

So he did, and when the Giants general manager walked out the back door and onto the cluster of practice �elds, there was Coughlin, one year past the traditional retire-ment age, running sprints up and down the 100-yard �eld. In the dark.

“I was looking at him like, ‘�ere’s something wrong with this guy,’” Reese says. “You asked me if he’s showing signs of slowing down? �at’s not a sign of slowing down.”

A few months later, in the opening days of training camp, one month shy of his 67th birthday, Coughlin was out on the �eld again doing the thing that he loves most. He gave his wife, Judy, a kiss then smiled wide and spent a few precious moments with his grandkids. �en, with practice over, he went right back to work.

At a time in life when most people would be spending all of their time with their spouse and their grandkids, Coughlin is still hard at work in an overly demanding profession, showing no outward signs that retirement is near. �ere has been plenty of league-wide speculation that Coughlin’s 18th season as an NFL head coach, his 10th with the Giants, could �nally be his last.

�ose that believe that, though, haven’t seen Coughlin at work and they don’t understand his uncommon de-sire. He has overseen one of the most successful eras in franchise history. He has won two of the last six Super Bowls. “His legacy,” as Giants co-owner John Mara says, “is secure.”

Just don’t try telling that to him.

“Most guys who’ve won a couple of Super Bowls, that’s a pretty good resume,” Reese says. “But his thinking is, ‘You know, a lot of guys have won two Super Bowls. Let’s win three. Let’s win four.’ �at’s literally how he thinks.”

“He’d be the only coach in franchise history to win three Super Bowls,” Mara says. “I’m sure that’s a point of mo-tivation for him.”

It’s not as if Coughlin needs any extra motivation in the twilight of his career. He says his motivation is simple: A love of the game and the competition. �at’s what makes all the early mornings and late nights worth it, he says, even a�er four decades of the same routine.

they really have no idea how much longer Coughlin will oc-cupy his o�ce, and neither of them wants to ask. �ey may wonder what kind of coach they’d have to hire to replace him, and both men insist they have a “short list” ready. But when Mara sees Coughlin in action he sees a man who’s healthy, determined and “has the same energy level he had when he was an assistant here in the 1990s.”

“So I’m sure he doesn’t contemplate (retirement),” Mara says. “Neither do we.”

When will he contemplate it? �at’s something Coughlin’s players have wondered, too. Back in the spring, Giants cornerback Terrell �omas set o� alarms when he said he thought Coughlin was going to retire a�er last season, then added, “But I think he has one more in him.” Some of �om-as’ teammates also think this might be Coughlin’s �nale.

Others think the end is still a long ways away.

“�e �re that he comes in with every day, he loves this game, he loves everything about it,” Snee says. “He loves the prepa-ration. He loves watching teams come together and jell. He just loves being around this game.

“So if you were to ask me, I’d say he’ll be in this building longer than I will.”

Coughlin, not surprisingly, remains coy about his plans. During his brief book tour in the spring, his answers to the retirement question were unrevealing and almost always the same: “I’m healthy and my wife is healthy and I’m still as excited as I’ve ever been about the challenge in front of us,” he said. “We do this one year at a time. �at’s what I’ve always done.”

Coughlin’s contract runs through the end of the 2014 sea-son, and that could be a natural end point for his career. �e Giants have a long-standing policy of not letting their head coach go into the �nal year of a contract as a “lame duck,” so whether or not they extend the deal a�er this season could be a hint at Coughlin’s future plans.

For now, though, Coughlin’s focus is on the immediate fu-ture, however long it turns out to be. He’s already one of the oldest coaches in NFL history and since he turns 67 later this month, he’s �ve years shy of the oldest — George Halas and Marv Levy, who coached until age 72. Could Coughlin stick around that long? No one thinks that’s impossible.

�at’s because he has ceded nothing to age.

“I think that he’s at the age (where) a�er the season, wheth-er we win a Super Bowl or not, (retirement) is something that’ll be in consideration for him and his family,” Reese says. “But as of today, that’s not even a subject to even bring up with him.”

“In fact Jerry and I talk every day,” Mara adds, “and we have not had one conversation about having to deal with who the next head coach will be. Not one.

“I assume sometime, hopefully many years from now, he’ll let me know when he wants to (retire). But it’s something we’re not focusing on.”Adds Reese: “Tom is here as long as he wants to be, as far as I’m concerned.”

WHO’S NEXT?Somewhere in the back of his mind, maybe even on a piece of paper in his desk, John Mara acknowledges he has a “short list” of potential head coaches just in case Tom Coughlin knocks on his door next spring and announces that he’s done. He has had a list for years and it’s ever-changing. It likely will change sev-eral times again.

A list is just a list, Mara says, not a sign that he’s think-ing about the end of the Coughlin Era. “�at’s not something that’s occupied one minute of my time,” he insists. But the reality of Coughlin’s age — he’ll be 67 on Aug. 31 — is that the end is probably near.

So who’s on the list? Well, in the last 30 years Dan Reeves was the only head coach the Giants hired who wasn’t previously a Giants assistant, so it’s a good bet the list has a few familiar names. It probably has some big names, too.

�e short list could look something like this:

Bill CowherSome think he’ll never coach again. Others think he’s waiting for the Giants job to open. Regardless, he’s a natural �t since he thrived during a 15-year career as the head coach of the Steelers that included one Super Bowl title. His toughness and r é sum é would command instant respect.

Mike SullivanHe may be the most likely of the former Giants as-sistants to eventually replace his old boss. Once the Giants’ WRs and QBs coach for eight years, he is now the OC in T.B. and is widely regarded as a future head coach. He also has a military background, something the Giants love, and he swears by the Coughlin way of running things.

Steve SpagnuoloWas once thought to be Coughlin’s heir, but the shine is o� the former Giants defensive coordinator because of a failed stint as head coach of the Rams (2009-11) and a very rough year as the Saints defen-sive coordinator (2012). �e Giants’ defensive play-ers loved him, though, and he’d be a popular choice among the fans.

Perry FewellAt the moment, it’s an absurd notion since the Gi-ants defense ranked 31st last year, but a lot of things can change quickly in the NFL. He has interim head coaching experience (Bu�alo, 2009), great respect in the coaching community and was interviewed by four teams for head coaching jobs in 2011.

Nick SabanWhat’s that? He’d never leave Alabama? Right, just like he’d never leave LSU until the Dolphins called in 2005. And just like he wasn’t going to leave Miami for Alabama. He’s not a former Giant assistant, but the Giants were reportedly negotiating a contract with him in 1997 before they hired Jim Fassel. Yeah, his �rst foray into the NFL was a total disaster, but so was buddy Bill Belichick’s.

Giants rookie Damontre Moore motivated by doubts

�ll the sack void le� by Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller at Texas A&M with 21 sacks the past two years.

“I get to play the game I love at the high-est level of competition and it’s great going out there and competing day in and day out,’’ Moore said. “My teammates constantly are getting better with the good looks I give them, and also in the same token, they’re helping me out by making me better overall. It’s a great experience.”

Moore has the ability, athleticism and expe-rience to play either defensive end or line-backer. It’s possible the Giants use Moore similar to the way they used Kiwanuka in the past, rotating him at di�erent positions.

“�ey’re both the same to me,” Moore said. “It doesn’t matter. It’s about the quickest way I can get on the �eld and the quickest way I can help the team out really. … A lot of the vets have been helpful, always giving me good criticism.”

One critique of Moore’s play has been he’s simply a pass rusher. He admits he wants to be an “every-down player” but trusts Coughlin and his sta� to make the right decisions that best �t a defense which sur-rendered 21.5 points per game last season — tied for 20th.

“�ere’s really no pressure on me,” Moore said. “I trust the coaching sta� and the scheme that we’re running. I trust what they’re telling me to do, and I trust that they’re right.”

By JJ Conrad�e RecordAug. 4, 2013

�ey called him the “Joker” at Texas A&M, but Giants rookie Damontre Moore isn’t kidding around.

�e third-round pick looks to be on the fast track toward playing a signi�cant role in Big Blue’s defense this season, and has been im-pressive thus far in training camp, according to the coaching sta�.

�e versatile 6-foot-5, 250-pound hybrid defensive end/linebacker already is listed as a second-string defensive end behind start-ers Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka, cou-pled opposite fourth-year DE Adrian Tracy.

“He’s a young man that’s gotten our atten-tion,” coach Tom Coughlin said of Moore before practice Saturday, “and we’re excited about watching his progress.”

Moore, 20, entered camp with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, a�er sliding further than expected in the dra� for a variety of reasons.

Projected early on as a possible late �rst-round pick, Moore’s 40-time (4.9) at the NFL Scouting Combine, character issues a�er a 2011 arrest for marijuana possession, and a less-than-ideal Pro Day performance all factored into his fall from the �rst — and second — rounds.

“Everybody is entitled to their opinion,” Moore said, humbly. “But that doesn’t mean they’re always right. I just let my game do the talking and we’ll see what happens.”

Considering the uncertainty surrounding Jason Pierre-Paul’s back, the departure of Osi Umenyiora to Atlanta, and Tuck com-ing o� the worst statistical year of his career since his rookie season, the opportunity is there for Moore to make an immediate im-pact.

“�is has been a good experience and I’m just having fun,” said Moore, who helped

Cullen Jenkins hoping to get back on top with Gi-ants

do some di�erent things, which in turn will allow us to do di�erent things with some of our other guys,” Nunn said.

�e Giants gave a glimpse of what those di�erent things might be at a practice early last week when they used Jenkins at defensive end as part of a jumbo defensive package they will use against the run. �e line featured Jenkins and either Math-ias Kiwanuka or Justin Tuck at ends along with Shaun Rogers and Linval Joseph at tackle. Jenkins blew up at least two running plays from that posi-tion in the team drills.

“He is a very explosive guy, talented guy, has ma-tured a lot,” Nunn said. “He’s a di�erent guy than he was when he came to Green Bay. He’s a guy who has gotten better and better as time has gone on. �e passion he plays with and the toughness he brings, he’s another guy who plays tough. On Sundays he’s a tough guy. We need that in the room.”

Raised outside of Detroit by a single father who took custody of the boys when Cullen was 10 years old, the Jenkins brothers had no choice but to be tough. Darome Jenkins, a former col-lege football player at Eastern Michigan, juggled a number of odd jobs while going back to college to get his teaching degree.

“�ere were times we had to go to the community center for a shower because we didn’t have water, and we ate a lot out of those government-subsi-dized welfare cans, but the one thing we always had was my father,” Kris said. “Our father made it a point in his life, no matter what struggle he went through, that he was going to be there for us. And I think that helped give us both con�dence when we went through hard times.”

Cullen has the con�dence that he can �nish his career on a high note, which is why he chose to play with the Giants a�er spending the last two seasons on a disappointing and troubled Phila-delphia team. Jenkins ranks fourth among NFL defensive tackles with 21 sacks since 2009, but last season in Philadelphia was a tough one as he reg-istered only four sacks and 51 tackles.

He said his No. 1 goal is to get back to the Super Bowl with the Giants.

Said Jenkins, “It would mean a whole lot, espe-cially with all the bouncing around I’ve done. I think about it a lot.’’

By Barbara BarkerNewsdayAug. 4, 2013

“You can say you don’t pay attention, but you hear it,” said Cullen Jenkins, 32, the Giants’ new defensive tackle.

“Once you hit 30, everyone starts talking about how you’re getting older and missing a step. I see it as a challenge. My whole career, my whole life, has been about proving people wrong.”

Few players have traveled as far as Jenkins has in his journey to the Giants’ defensive line. During the o�season, the team made the 6-2, 305-pound linemen their biggest free-agent splurge when they signed him to a three-year, $8-million con-tract in the hopes of fortifying a run defense that ranked 25th in the league last season.

�ose are some pretty he�y expectations and cash for a player who 10 years ago doubted he ever would play a down of professional football.

In the fall of 2003, Jenkins was out of football, living with his mother-in-law and working for a landscaping company in Ypsilanti, Mich., to sup-port his wife and two children.

At the same time his older brother, former Jets lineman Kris Jenkins, was having a breakout year in the trenches for the Carolina Panthers, Cullen was digging actual trenches in the frozen Michi-gan dirt a�er having been cut by the Green Bay Packers on the �nal day of training camp.

“He had pretty much given up,” Kris, a television analyst for SNY last season, said in a phone inter-view last week. “I didn’t �nd this out until later, but I was the reason Cullen gave it another shot. He saw me make it to the Pro Bowl and said, ‘I can do this if Kris can.’ He refused to be denied.”

Cullen went o� to play for NFL Europe in the spring of 2004, and in the fall of that year, he earned a roster spot with the Packers. �is time he was in the right place at the right time. He blossomed into a starter and eventually became a defensive mainstay on a team that regularly went to the postseason and won Super Bowl XLV in the 2010-11 season.

Giants defensive line coach Robert Nunn coached Jenkins for three seasons in Green Bay and is im-pressed with his toughness and his versatility.

“I think he can go inside and outside and we can

For Giants secondary, communication is the key

Pass breakups and interceptions have been the norm. Sound technique and an intense focus are the unit’s battle cry.

“�e guys have been going out there and attack-ing the ball,” strong safety Antrel Rolle said. “Just the intensity alone in our defensive backs, it seems like night and day.”

�ird-year cornerback Prince Amukamara, who says he wants to be among the league’s elite, is healthy. Veteran cornerback Corey Webster was �ashing his old form before su�ering a groin in-jury on �ursday.

Brown, who has replaced Phillips as the starter at free safety, continues to trend upward. Merritt raves about his increased range. Rolle has been solid.

Cornerback Aaron Ross, in his second stint with the Giants, is having a sensational camp. He’s working as the nickel. Second-year pro Jayron Hosley has a year of experience.

�e wild card could be cornerback Terrell �om-as, who is on the physically unable to perform list as he recovers from the third knee surgery of his career. He was a two-year starter before knee in-juries cost him the past two seasons. He should return sooner rather than later.

“I think we have a good, solid group,” secondary/cornerback coach Pete Giunta said. “If we com-municate well together, we’ll be great.”

In a major philosophical shi�, Giunta said he’ll have le� and right cornerbacks instead of match-ing Webster against the opponents’ top receiver. Webster, in his ninth season, will play le� corner-back. Amukamara will hold down the right side.

“(Webster) was constantly challenged and maybe we can alleviate a little bit of that pressure this year,” Giunta said.

An improved pass rush should help as well. �e Giants’ sack total fell from 48 in 2011 to 33 last season.

“I would never ever put the blame on the defen-sive line,” Rolle said. “We all understand it all ties together but we (the secondary) have to take full responsibility for what happens on the back end.”

By Dave Hutchinson�e Star-LedgerAug. 4, 2013

Last season, Giants secondary/safeties coach Dave Merritt knew what was coming at his guys each week. His friends on opposing

coaching sta�s gave him the league-wide scouting report on how to dissect his unit.

Yet, Merritt and the Giants defensive coaches had no answer. �ey were unable to hatch a game plan to mask the team’s glaring weakness — corner-back — or provide enough help.

�e position was decimated by injuries. �e rein-forcements were young and inexperienced. It was a recipe for disaster.

“We all know that the ball went down the �eld and outside (last season),” Merritt said. “�ey (oppo-nents) kept it away from the post safety. I talked to a couple of my buddies who coached on other squads — it’s a big fraternity — and they said, ‘Yeah, we’re going to keep it out of the middle of the �eld, away from Kenny Phillips and Stevie Brown.’ “

When the �nal whistle blew, the Giants secondary ranked among the league’s worse.

�e unit �nished the season ranked 28th in pass defense, allowing 254.2 yards per game. It gave up 60 passes of 20 yards or more, fourth-highest in the NFL, and a league-high 29 passes of at least 30 yards. �e 13 passes of 40 yards or more it yielded were the second-most in the NFL.

Busted assignments, miscommunications and an inability to make plays were to blame for the myr-iad of big plays the Giants allowed. Injuries led to a revolving door in the secondary. �e result was players unaccustomed to playing together found themselves on the �eld at critical moments.

“Most of the time it was a lack of communication,” said Brown, one of the few bright spots in the sec-ondary, �nishing with eight interceptions, tied for second-most in the NFL. “If there was a motion or something, we didn’t communicate it correctly or one person was saying one thing and meaning another thing.

“�ere were a lot of things that happened to us out there. Now in camp, the linebackers and defensive backs, we’re all making sure we’re all speaking Gi-ants language, we’re all on the same page.”

It shows. �e secondary, minus Phillips who signed with Philadelphia, has been perhaps the most impressive unit in training camp thus far.

Giants veteran Diehl ready to tackle any challenge and stay in starting lineup

Diehl started every game his �rst seven seasons and missed a practice about as o�en as Cough-lin oversleeps. Counting the postseason, Diehl’s starting string reached 127 consecutive games.

“�at’s a good thing to be in our business,’’ Coughlin said. “Be there every day, be reliable, be dependable, and know what you’ve got. It’s still a huge factor in our profession. It really is.’’

Diehl, in 2010, missed games (four) for the �rst time in his career, with hamstring and hip injuries. Last season, he missed three games with a knee injury that severely limited his mobility when he did play, an injury that eventually required sur-gery. In order to stay on the roster, Diehl had to accept a he�y pay cut, slashing nearly $3.5 mil-lion, leaving him with a 2013 salary of $1 million.

Clearly, he was at a crossroads. Diehl re-sculpted his body and now he’s carrying only 305 pounds on his 6-foot-5 frame, down, he says, 10 or 11 pounds from a year ago. He says it’s the lightest he has been since the 2004 season.

“Or maybe sixth grade,’’ Diehl joked. “Or birth.’’

Diehl said he also dropped 3-4 percent in his body fat by eschewing the food groups usually associ-ated with big, bulky o�ensive linemen needing to maintain he�.

“I ... cut out bread and pasta, the nasty stu� that usually you have to eat as an o�ensive lineman to keep the weight,’’ Diehl said. “Just eating clean, conditioning-wise I pushed myself to the limit coming o� the knee surgery. I have no regrets what I did this o�season.’’

Coughlin described Diehl’s physique as “slim and trim’’ and said he hopes the tackle did not overdo it.

“We may want him a little bit heavier,’’ Coughlin said.

Diehl said he’s just right and primed for yet an-other battle.

“I’ve never been more ready to play football,’’ Diehl said. “Challenge me, throw what you want at me, I could care less. I know what I’m capable of and I know what I’m going to do.’’


“In order to get me o� the football �eld you’re going to have to shoot me,’’ he said yesterday.

Diehl has been an unhittable target for more than a decade with the Giants as he enters his 11th season, making him the longest-tenured player on the team. He has been on the scene longer than Eli Manning and Chris Snee, who are enter-ing their 10th seasons. Heck, back when he was dra�ed, in the ��h round in 2003, Ernie Accorsi was the general manager and Jim Fassel was the head coach.

.No one exhibits that sort of staying power with-out more than a little stubbornness. Diehl has never lost a summer training camp battle, as for 10 years running he has emerged as a starter on the o�ensive line. So he must be forgiven at the age of 32 for not buying into a widely held belief he’s on the downside of his career and will be overtaken by rookie �rst-round pick Justin Pugh for the starting right tackle job.

“I’ve heard that since I was 5 years old. ... I [couldn’t] care less,’’ Diehl said with no small mea-sure of de�ance in his voice. “I’m a ��h-round dra� pick who’s started as long as I have, been in the league for 11 years. You hear that stu� all the time. I love haters, keep bringing it. I don’t care.’’

Diehl entered camp No. 1 on the depth chart at right tackle, but Pugh already has taken some reps with the starters. What appeared to be an uphill battle for Diehl tilted heavily in his favor when Pugh sustained a concussion on �ursday that �gures to keep him out a few weeks. Coach Tom Coughlin yesterday said Pugh had di�culty getting through a meeting before the concussion was diagnosed.

“It’s never good when you have a teammate go down, especially a guy who’s going to be a critical piece to our o�ense, a guy who can play numer-ous positions, that’s challenging me for the start-ing spot at right tackle,’’ Diehl said.

A huge part of why Diehl has thrived is he’s a living, breathing enactment of the Woody Allen maxim: “Eighty percent of success is just show-ing up.’’

Giants think TE Adrien Robinson can become big catch

not an easy thing for him,” Coughlin said. “But he did.”

In recent years, players have become much more educated about concussions and aware of their symptoms and dangers, but Cough-lin said Pugh’s injury was one that would not have gone unchecked in any era.

“�at was proper, that’s the thing that he should have done,” he said of Pugh’s decision to report his symptoms.

Giant steps

Coughlin said WR Hakeem Nicks (groin) still is on track to return to practice Tuesday. CB Corey Webster (groin) missed a second day of practice, but Coughlin said he is doing better . . . LB Mark Herzlich made a diving interception in a two-minute drill near the end of practice, picking o� a pass thrown by Ryan Nassib that was tipped. CB Laron Scott also intercepted Nassib in the hurry-up drill . . . Coughlin le� the team a�er practice to �y to Canton for Bill Parcells’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “We do throw this ‘great’ word around in common usage today much, much too o�en,” Coughlin said before he le�, “but Bill Parcells is a great football coach.”

By Tom RockNewsdayAug. 4, 2013

Giants NFL dra� history database Adrien Robinson never caught more than 12 passes in any season in col-

lege and caught fewer than 40 in his high school career. But the Giants see a lot of po-tential in the 6-4, 264-pound second-year tight end -- so much so that they think he could be a big part of their passing attack. “We want to get Adrien on the �eld,” tight ends coach Mike Pope said Saturday. “He’s a terri�c target and runs well.”

Robinson was dra�ed in the fourth round in 2012 but spent most of his rookie season on the bench. He was active for two games and did not have any receptions. “It was a little frustrating, but I understood the reasons why it happened,” he said. “I talked to coach Pope every week. He told me just try to learn something every day and there’s something to watch for, and that’s what I did, and in the big picture, I think it helped me out a lot.”

Robinson has been running with the second team behind starter Brandon Myers thus far, and he’s been making some impressive catches. He’s still raw -- o�ensive coordina-tor Kevin Gilbride chewed him out this past week for a sloppy release in a drill -- but all of his numbers tilt toward a player who can make an impact.

“Here are two guys that can jump like ga-zelles,” Pope said of Robinson and another raw tight end with tantalizing size, Larry Donnell (6-6, 269). “So if the ball goes up, I’m going to take the bet that one of them has got a chance to get it . . . I think they can be very e�ective in the scoring zone.”

Pugh did proper thing

Tom Coughlin provided further insight into the concussion su�ered by rookie Justin Pugh in practice on �ursday.

“He didn’t feel well when he got inside, and coming to the [post-practice] meeting was

Giants rushing to shut down run games

�e Giants used a second-round pick to grab Hankins from Ohio State, and handed Jenkins a three-year contract to sign him away from rival Philadelphia. But the return of the 6-foot-4, 350-pound Rogers may be the biggest boost. in stu�ng the run.

A�er Rogers signed in April 2012, the Gi-ants announced he would miss the entire season with a blood clot in his le� calf. An encouraging medical report gave them what coach Tom Coughlin had called “a ray of hope” Rogers could return, but the veteran was put on season-ending injured reserve on Aug. 31.

“It’s a little more frustrating than knowing your outcome from the jump. It’s like dan-gling the carrot and then taking it away. But that’s just the situation we were in,’’ said Rogers, who re-signed on Feb. 7. “It’s a good feeling to be back. I just thank them for hav-ing me back and given me an opportunity, a re-do.’’

Now Rogers has a second chance to make a �rst impression. A�er having to watch the Giants’ defense gashed repeatedly last year, unable to do what he does best — plug gaps and engulf ball carriers — this year he hopes will be di�erent.

“�ey welcomed me back with open arms and I was elated to be a part of this team and try to make an impression,’’ Rogers said. “As a person, as a competitor you feel like you could contribute, could help a situation.’’

By Brian LewisNew York PostAug. 4, 2013

The Giants have prided themselves on defense since before most of their current players were born, but last

year’s run defense fell apart, turning sieve-like in a manner not be�tting Big Blue. �e linemen most responsible for plugging those leaks admit the coaches have made getting back to stu�ng the run priority No. 1.

“Everything starts with stopping the run,’’ defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins said. “Even getting to the pass, playing the pass, getting sacks and all that stu�, you have to stop the run �rst. �at’s the biggest point of empha-sis.’’

Jenkins, veteran Shaun Rogers and rookie Johnathan Hankins represent a 75-percent turnover at defensive tackle from last year’s roster. Considering how wretched the Gi-ants’ 2012 run defense was, that’s hardly a surprise.

“Defense as a whole has been picking up where the guys le� o� in the Super Bowl year,” said Rogers, whose season-ending blood clot last year played a huge role in the Giants’ woes against the run. “Stopping the run is most de�nitely a point of emphasis, because you’ve got to stop the run to get to the pass.’’

Last season, with Chris Canty starting alongside Joseph and Rogers not playing a single down, Big Blue got gouged for 4.6 yards per carry, ��h-worst in the entire NFL. �e 129.1 yards per game they surren-dered on the ground was the eighth-highest in the league, numbers as unacceptable as they are un-Giantlike.

“It has been the main point since the start, stopping that run, when we got big Shaun, Linval [Joseph], Mike [Patterson], [Frank] Okam in the middle,” Hankins said. “We’ve got the tools to stop the run, and that’s de�-nitely one of our No. 1 goals,” Hankins said. “�ey dra�ed me to stop the run.’’

Rookie QB Nassib impressing Giants

NFL’s radical changes to the Pro Bowl that were announced Wednesday.

Instead of NFC vs. AFC, the rosters will now be determined by a “fantasy dra�” captained by Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice. �e game also will no longer include kicko�s, among many alterations.


* Coughlin said he will not have to miss any practice time this weekend to accompany the Giants’ o�cial contingent to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Bill Parcells in Canton, Ohio.

“I’ll leave a�er practice, and [assistant] coaches will take over the evening meet-ings,” Coughlin said. “We’re going to go to the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant-to-Giant, then we’ll travel back.”

* Jenkins was excused from practice because of the death of his grandmother.

By Bart HubbuchNew York PostAug. 3, 2013



�e Syracuse product has looked so good, in fact, he already is being listed ahead of veteran Curtis Painter as the No. 3 behind Eli Manning and backup David Carr on the �rst “uno�cial” depth chart released by the team �ursday.


�rowing inside when rain forced the Gi-ants to move to their practice bubble, Nassib �ashed that big arm on a pair of throws to free-agent wideout Kevin Hardy �ursday that each covered more than 40 yards in the air.

* �e uno�cial depth chart released by the Giants contained few surprises.Ex-Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins is listed ahead of veteranShaun Rogers at right tackle, withLinval Joseph the starter at le� tackle in front of rookieJohnathan Hankins.

�e early nod at linebacker, meanwhile, went to veteran Keith Rivers on the strong side, Mark Herzlich in the middle andSpen-cer Paysinger ahead ofJacquian Williams on the weak side.

On o�ense, David Diehl is listed ahead of late-signing rookieJustin Pugh at right tack-le, though that could change over the com-ing weeks as the �rst-rounder from Syracuse becomes more comfortable with the system.

Pugh, in fact, received a handful of snaps with the �rst-team o�ense.

* Victor Cruz gave a thumbs down to the

Beatty healthy, happy to be back

By Mike MazzeoESPNNewYork.comAug. 3, 2013

Will Beatty is happy to be a Giant.

“Yes, it’s good to come back for a ��h season,” Beatty said �ursday. “I’m glad I’m here. �is is the team I know. ... It’s that �t, you’re home.”

�e long-term security he gained in the o�-season certainly didn’t hurt.

Beatty, 28, re-signed with the Giants in Feb-ruary for �ve years and $38.75 million -- in-cluding $19 million guaranteed.

“You don’t have to worry about going some-place else. Getting all that out of the way is key for me,” Beatty said.

�e team’s starting le� tackle is healthy now, and looking forward to a big year.

“I mean, last year in camp, I got injured, so it was like I wasn’t really at camp,” said Beatty, who su�ered from back issues last summer. “I missed all the preseason games. So there was a lot that was up in the air.

“But this entire o�season, I’ve been good. Coming into camp this year, I’ve still been good. So we’re working on that, staying good, no setback, no injuries. So we’re still watching it and making sure that I’m not just, ‘Oh, everything’s good, let’s relax here.’”

Beatty, who has made 26 career starts at le� tackle, was called for 11 penalties last season -- eight of them holding penalties.

“�at was a negative highlight for me last season,” Beatty said. “Some close games, [if I didn’t commit] some penalties, maybe it could’ve turned the tides. So it’s still get-ting better with my footwork, getting better under pressure and making sure that you’re cleaning it up

Giants’ Eli Manning sets sights on playing home-field Super Bowl

“It’s frustrating and disappointing the way we played down the stretch,” Manning says.

But such teams play with virtually no margin for error. �e Giants were also 9-7 in their failed 2012 campaign.

“We’ve got to be more consistent than last year because 9-7 isn’t going to get us in the playo�s,” says Manning. “We have to win 11, 12 games.

“Let’s get home �eld (advantage). We’re capable of play-ing at that caliber.”

His return to the form he showed in 2011, when he passed for 29 TDs and a career-best 4,933 yards, depends on his targets. No. 1 receiver Hakeem Nicks was banged up in 2012 a�er a dominant 2011 postseason perfor-mance. Cruz, fresh o� signing his �ve-year, $43-million extension must continue to be a mismatch in the slot. Randle, last year’s second-round pick, needs to show he’s ready to reprise the role since-departed Mario Manning-ham �lled in 2011.

“I’m trying to get back to 2011, being better on my deep-ball throws,” Manning says. “I feel great about our receiv-ers.

“Hopefully, we can get back to our explosive passing at-tack.”

Nicks, who battled foot and ankle issues last season, is in a contract year.

“Yeah, Hakeem wants to have a big year, get back to two years ago when he was that dominant receiver,” Manning says. “Last year, he tried to play hurt. But he was not that same specimen.”

Manning doesn’t talk about winning Super Bowls with Peyton, but they will meet up in the latest “Manning Bowl” on Sept. 15 when the Giants host the Denver Broncos.

“If Peyton can beat the Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins, that would be good for us,” Eli says, wishing Denver suc-cess against the rest of the NFC East this season while hoping his Giants can make hay and help out the Broncos by sweeping their remaining games against AFC West teams.

“We’re going to try and help each other out, do whatever we can to support each other,” Manning says in regard to the schedule.

By Jim Corbett USA TodayAug. 3, 2013

On his morning commute from Hoboken, N.J., to New York Giants headquarters, Eli Manning passes the place he’s motivated to be Feb. 2,

2014: MetLife Stadium, his home �eld and site of Super Bowl XLVIII.

Manning is the 32-year-old face of his �agship franchise, and the two-time Super Bowl MVP radiates his team’s resolve for the upcoming season. A�er what he called “a frustrating” meltdown last year when the Giants lost �ve of their �nal eight games to miss the playo�s, Manning is driven to lead them to their ��h Super Bowl victory.

“Right now, I have two Super Bowls. I want to get three. �en, I’ll go from there,” Manning told USA TODAY Sports on Friday. “Every day, I see that stadium and feel that we are a championship-caliber team. �ere’s a sense of urgency this year focused on, ‘Hey, that Super Bowl championship is the goal.’

“Let’s practice, prepare, do everything the way it needs to be done, be more consistent so we make sure we’re giving ourselves that possibility.”

Peyton Manning’s kid brother is no longer that aw-shucks, slump-shouldered quarterback. Eli’s 6-4, 218-pound frame is honed from o�season weight train-ing. �e ball jumped from his strong right arm on a 35-yard sideline strike to second-year receiver Rueben Randle in the highlight of Friday’s practice.

Manning’s still-boyish face has a few lines. He’s got two rings, yes, but the Giants have also failed to reach the playo�s in three of the past four seasons.

“I’m young and old,” he grins. “�is season is about play-ing at my highest level, getting this team ready and — hopefully — having a chance to get everybody on this team a Super Bowl championship.”

Giants receiver Victor Cruz says Eli has become Peyton-esque and will likely play more up-tempo at times.

“Eli is demanding perfection,” says Cruz. “He’s putting pressure on his receivers to perform at our highest level each and every time, from the practice �eld to the meet-ing room, even when we’re watching �lm.”

Manning agreed with team president and CEO John Mara, who said he was “embarrassed” by his team’s 2012 �ameout a�er a 6-2 start.

Giants’ Adrian Tracy thinking big

said. “He’s worked very hard, and it looks like his con�dence level is way up there because he’s got his hand on the ground. I know he’s enjoying it. It’s going to bene�t all of us.”

MERRITT ON HILL: Safeties coach David Merritt harbors mixed feelings on Will Hill, whom the NFL suspended for failing drug tests for marijuana.

“As far as disappointed, I let Will know I’m always proud of him and I’ll always be his fan,” Merritt said. “I try not to use that word around him. He hasn’t heard it from me, that I’m disappointed in him. Internally inside, yes. Do we want the four-game suspension, no. But he’s going to come back and be ready to go.”

INJURY REPORT: Coughlin said corner-back Corey Webster is taking it easy with a groin strain, and rookie right tackle Justin Pugh has a concussion a�er taking a shot in the head �ursday and waking up Friday morning with a headache. Coughlin said Pugh will be out until he passes the NFL’s concussion tests.

BRIEFS: �e Giants practiced in full pads for the �rst time this preseason. �ey drilled in 9-on-7s for portions of the a�ernoon ... Eli Manning’s passing looked strong, while Ryan Nassib struggled to hit his targets. �e rookie nearly threw two consecutive picks ... Rookie defensive tackle Johnathan Han-kins lit up running back Da’Rel Scott in the back�eld for what may have been the camp’s hardest hit so far. Both players emerged from the tackle �ne.

By Dan Norton�e RecordAug. 3, 2013

With the departure of Osi Umeny-iora from New York and the un-certainty of Jason Pierre-Paul’s

health, defensive end Adrian Tracy has plenty of room to add his legacy to the Gi-ants’ 2013 defensive line.

Tracy saw the �eld for the �rst time last season, playing in every game, primarily on special teams. He accumulated 12 tackles, including a sack and a forced fumble.

“So far, I feel like I’ve been doing very well [in practice],” Tracy said. “I’m my harshest critic, so when I’m watching �lm, of course I’m going to be harder on myself than I am when I’m giving advice to other players. I’ve got positive feedback from the coaches and I look to build on that.”

Physically, he said he’s prepared to take on more reps.

“As you get into training camp, it’s kind of easy to just take a few bursts and call it a day,” Tracy said. “But you’ve got to train your body to be ready for the preseason and of course the regular season.”

KIWANUKA RETURNS TO ROOTS: Mathias Kiwanuka has split much of his Gi-ants career between defensive lineman and linebacker. �is season, he’ll settle back into the line.

Dra�ed out of Boston College as a lineman in 2006, Kiwanuka said it will be easier hav-ing just one position.

“It’s de�nitely easier because you’re not wor-ried about what you’re missing in the other meeting room,” he said.

Coach Tom Coughlin added that he can see Kiwanuka is happy with his more de�ned role.

“Just the way he carries himself,” Coughlin

Giants DT Cullen Jenkins ‘surprised’ by ex-team-mate Riley Cooper’s racial slurBy Dave Hutchinson �e Star-LedgerAug. 2, 2013

New Giants defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins played in Philadelphia the past two seasons. He considered Ri-

ley Cooper a friend.

Jenkins, who is black, insists he still does but admits to being taken aback by the ra-cial slur Cooper uttered at a Kenny Chesney concert in June.

“I was real surprised when I saw it,” said Jenkins, who signed with the Giants this o�-season. “I’ve know Riley for my two years there. We talked quite a bit. We joked around a lot. We were friends there. He was always real cool with me.

“He made some unfortunate comments. I know he wishes he could have them back. Everybody makes mistakes.”

Asked if the situation could divide a team, Jenkins, in his 11th season said, “Depends on the mindset of the team. If you have guys who understand that it was just a mistake, you can get past it pretty easily. If you turn it into a problem, especially with the media. �ey’ll keep it going.”

Jenkins was asked how he would handle the situation if he were still in Philadelphia.

“We were friends,” he said. “We’d still be friends a�erwards. He made an unfortunate mistake. He apologized. You forgive him and you move on.”

Giants’ Nicks says he’s protecting himself from him-self

“Me and Eli, we’re always going to be on the same page,” Nicks said. “All the time, wheth-er it’s going to be in meetings or out on the �eld. Just watching him, too, just watching him play. �at actually helps me a lot, too, because I get to see what he’s looking at. His progressions and stu� like that. �at helped me when I do get back out on the �eld.”

Nicks said he similarly observes and builds rapport with Cruz and the Giants’ backup wideouts, such as Rueben Randle.

“[Cruz] has de�nitely stepped up and been a great slot receiver in this o�ense, so we just have to keep playing hand in hand, con-tribute to the o�ense the best way possible,” Nicks said.

“[Randle] is able to go out there and make a name for himself, which he showed �ashes of last year, so I don’t have doubts about him coming out and making plays.”

Last year, Nicks played in 13 games. He caught for just 692 yards and three touch-downs — both major declines from his pre-vious season totals.

He’ll look to bounce back in 2013, but his priority is to make sure he has that oppor-tunity. �e list of season-ending injuries is already �lling up, with producers such as Philadelphia wideout Jeremy Maclin and Baltimore tight end Dennis Pitta among the casualties.

“Hats o� to those guys,” Nicks said. “�ose guys are great athletes and I’m sorry that had to happen to them, especially at a criti-cal moment in their careers. But that’s not something I really think about. Prayers go out to them and hopefully they bounce back from it, but I’m not really thinking about it. In football, anything can go any day, so ev-ery time you step on the �eld, you’re at risk.”

By Dan Norton�e RecordAug. 3, 2013

In the Giants’ �rst practice in full pads this preseason, wide receiver Hakeem Nicks idled on the sidelines in his jersey

and shorts. It’s not where he wanted to be, but he agreed it’s where he should be.

“I’ve got to protect myself from myself, with me being so competitive,” Nicks said.

Nicks is recovering from groin tightness, but said he should be back in action within the next day or two.

�e North Carolina product assured his in-jury is mild, and he’d be playing football if this were Week One of the regular season. But given his knee and foot problems last year, Nicks thought it best to take it easy this early in training camp.

“I wouldn’t even categorize [the groin tight-ness] as an injury,” Nicks said. “I think it’s just being smart.”

So instead, Nicks’ counterpart, Victor Cruz, showcased at the position in front of a large crowd of Giants fans. �e prolonged “Cruz” cheers took precedent over the few fans who expressed concern to Nicks from behind the fence. He o�ered a thumbs up in acknowl-edgement.

“�at’s just some people on the outside look-ing in,” Nicks said. “�ey really don’t under-stand. Hopefully they understand now that coming o� a season like last year, just want to be cautious about it, making sure I’m able to perform when it’s really time and when it really counts.”

Nicks regularly updates coach Tom Cough-lin and the training sta� on his condition. He said he values their opinions as much as his own.

In his downtime, he also intently watches quarterback Eli Manning operate so he can jump right back into the mix.

Giants’ Ross Hungry to Keep Career Going Where It Started

the league in pass defense (254 yards per game), 26th in completion percentage (63.9) and tied for 31st in yards per attempt (8.1). �e Giants are hoping for progression from the younger Amuka-mara and Hosley and a bounce-back season from Corey Webster, who struggled in 2012. Pressure from Ross could help on those fronts.

Ross said returning to the system he learned in, the one that he feels most comfortable with, has made him feel like he never le�.

“It feels like I haven’t missed a beat,” Ross said.

NICKS SITS OUT AGAIN Hakeem Nicks sat out of practice again �ursday with a groin injury, and Coach Tom Coughlin said it continued to be frustrating not having him on the �eld.

“He came in excited about being able to go, and then he had this little groin injury,” Coughlin said. “I hope it’s not going to set him back for very long, but obviously they’re taking all necessary precau-tions.”

�e wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride was a little more vocal about his displeasure with Nicks’s absence.

“I think the frustration is across the board, start-ing with Hakeem,” Gilbride said. “He needs to practice in order to be ready to play during the season, to be ready to beat the defenders that he’s playing against.”

COOPER NOT A TARGET Philadelphia Eagles receiver Riley Cooper’s racial slur against African-Americans, caught on camera at a country music concert recently, did not seem to spark much out-rage from the Giants. Rolle said he had not heard what Cooper said until a reporter told him.

“I really don’t care, man,” Rolle said. “I’ll let the Eagles organization deal with that.”

Victor Cruz simply called the situation “unfortu-nate.”

“It’s always surprising when you hear that,” Cruz said. “�ere’s no place for that type of language, and it’s just unfortunate that it had to happen.”

�ere did not seem to be much credence to the notion that the Giants might target Cooper be-cause of what he said when they face the Eagles.

“We look at every receiver as the same to us,” Ross said. “If he said it or didn’t say it, I’ll go in his face the same way.”

By Zach SchonbrunNew York TimesAug. 2, 2013

If Aaron Ross needs assurance about his stand-ing in the Giants franchise, he has only to glance at the Super Bowl banners hanging in

the team’s indoor practice facility. Both bear his name.

�ey are helpful reminders of Ross’s once-gilded role in the secondary before he signed a three-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars in March 2012, and before the Jaguars cut him less than a year later.

Now Ross is back, feeling a little shaken by the close call with his football mortality and a little hungrier to keep his career going where it be-gan. “To come back home and see how much the coaches love you and the players missed you,” Ross said, “it just brings a smile to your face.”

When the Giants released their �rst uno�cial depth chart of training camp on �ursday, Ross was listed behind cornerback Prince Amukamara, a former �rst-round dra� pick whom Ross helped during Amukamara’s rookie season in 2011. Ross is battling for playing time with Jayron Hosley, a second-year corner. �e spots might get even tighter if Terrell �omas returns from a serious knee injury.

But Ross has been something like a homecoming king at training camp, joking with reporters and teammates, cheerful and clearly happy to be back in blue.

“Being here for �ve years, it felt like home,” Ross said. “I’ve got two Super Bowl rings here. A great brotherhood formed. When I went to Jackson-ville, it was like starting all over.”

Ross said he sorely missed the winning mental-ity that runs inherently through the Giants’ locker room while the Jaguars su�ered through a 2-14 season. He drew criticism recently for telling NFL Network that his stint in Jacksonville was like a “nice paid vacation,” referring apparently to the absence of pressure to perform there, unlike in New York.

But Ross has a di�erent mind-set, with a one-year deal in hand and no playing time guaranteed. His teammates have already noticed a change.

“He seems like he’s a di�erent person,” safety An-trel Rolle said. “He seems like an Aaron Ross that has something to prove.”

Ross steps back into a secondary that was 28th in

Relaxed Mathias Kiwanuka enjoys staying at one positionBy Conor Orr�e Star-LedgerAug. 3, 2013

Mathias Kiwanuka was always wor-ried that, while in the linebackers meeting room, he was missing

something important with the defensive lineman and Vice versa.

But with this o�season’s announcement that, for the �rst time since his second season, he would only have to worry about being a de-fensive lineman, Kiwanuka felt some of that burden fall away.

“It’s de�nitely easier because you’re not wor-rying about what you’re missing in the other meeting room and what’s being said and try-ing to track coaches down, in their o� time, to get all the rest of the information,” Kiwa-nuka said. “Whatever this team asks me to do, I’m going to do it. As long as we get some wins out of this, I’m good for it.”

Coming into his ninth season, Kiwanuka said he’s back at the position he was born to play.

A�er an eight-sack season back in 2008, Ki-wanuka has �uctuated between three and four sacks per season.

�at number, though, can absolutely change now that he’s situated on the right side at de-fensive end, not intending to go anywhere any time soon.

“I think it will have a huge e�ect,” he said. “I mean … sitting in one room, you can focus on one job and one task. I feel like it puts you in a much better competitive advantage to watch �lm, to study, to work on your own technique.”

Giants left tackle Will Beatty is healthy and hungry


Giants le� tackle Will Beatty was a player with a sore back and an un-certain future last summer as he en-

tered the �nal year of his contract.

Today, he’s �nancially secure for life and entrenched as the Giants starting le� tackle with a �ve-year, $38.75 million contract.

“I mean, last year in camp, I got injured, so it was like I wasn’t really at camp” he said today. “I missed all the preseason games. So there was a lot that was up in the air and ‘how is he doing?’

“But this entire o�-season, I’ve been good. Coming into camp this year, I’ve still been good. So we’re working on that, staying good, no setback, no injuries. So we’re still watching it and making sure that I’m not just, Oh, everything’s good, let’s relax here.’”

At 28, Beatty is the anchor of an aging Gi-ants o�ensive line. �e Giants addressed the o�ensive line in the dra�, selecting right tackle Justin Pugh in the �rst round (19th overall) and he and Beatty �gure to be main-stays for years to come.

“Yes, it’s good to come back for a ��h sea-son,” he said. “I’m glad I’m here. �is is the team I know. It’s that �t, you’re home.”

Beatty said that while job one is protect-ing quarterback Eli Manning, the o�ensive line wants to establish the run so the o�ense won’t be so depend on Hakeem Nicks, Vic-tor Cruz and the running game.

“Coach Tom Coughlin) wants a running game, so we have to step that up and get our running backs out there and keep them go-ing, trying to make the running game a go-to instead of using Cruz and Nicks.

“But as the O-line, we want to make than an easy decision at whatever they (the coaches) choose.”

Giants’ Victor Cruz vows to improve in 2013

humbles you a little bit. I want to be able to negate that and be as perfect as possible.”

Tom Coughlin praised Cruz’s work ethic in training camp, admitting he was still “knocking some rust o� ” earlier this week.

“It’s about getting the work,” Cruz said. “See-ing the ball into your hands and that’s the only way to get better at it – seeing live ac-tion, seeing the ball coming through tra�c and getting your hands on it and bringing it all the way in. Some of it is �lm tendencies. Some of it is timing. Some of it is where I would stop short where I need to keep going on the run, where Eli might have expected me to keep going and I get a hand on it.

“Certain little things like that – most of it is just timing, not focusing at times on the football as it comes all the way into my hands. Some is me trying to make a move before I do catch the football — catching the ball �rst, then making the move, especially understanding that I have more time than I think I do when I catch the football.”

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride be-lieves Cruz is getting there.

“�e recognition of the coverages, and then physically knocking o� the rust, in terms of his acceleration in and out of breaks, his body position when he’s coming in and out of breaks,” Gilbride said. “�ose things need to be worked with a defender against you in order to have a great feel for it. �ose are the little things that come with practicing and preparation.”

With Cruz working his way back and Ha-keem Nicks limited with groin tightness – Coughlin called the latter “day to day” a�er he was held out of practice — Rueben Randle has stepped up and impressed with spectacular play so far in camp.

“It’s his time,” Cruz said of Randle. “We’re all going to play that way together and it’s going to be our time soon.”

By Art Stapleton�e RecordAug. 2, 2013

Victor Cruz has his new �ve-year contract, and while he is not count-ing the $48 million that ultimately

should come from it, the �nancial security gained is undeniable.

�e purchase of a new North Jersey home for his family is being �nalized.

A childhood dream to own a Ferrari won’t be realized until a�er training camp, at the earliest, although there will be one in his ga-rage before too long.

Yet fear not Giants fans: �e Paterson native is promising not to drop the ball on you.

�at is what remains as the primary focus for Cruz in his quest to get ready for the regular season, having practiced for just �ve days with the team since December.

Scoring and moving the chains and danc-ing the salsa in the end zone is great, but the most signi�cant part of Cruz’s game he wants to improve comes down to the most basic of skills for a wide receiver.

It’s also the biggest knock against him: drop-ping too many Eli Manning passes.

Cruz uno�cially led the Giants in drops last season with nine, including three in the sea-son-opening loss against the Cowboys. He also dropped a potential touchdown against the Bengals.

Over the last two seasons, Cruz has 2,628 receiving yards — ��h-most in the NFL. He leads the NFL in touchdown catches as a slot receiver in that span with 15.

“It’s all good to have catches and touch-downs and yardage – everybody loves that,” Cruz told �e Record before practice �urs-day. “�en you get that one tweet that says, ‘But you led the league in drops.’ �at’s al-ways one that brings you back home and

Nassib impressing Giants

Pugh, in fact, received a handful of snaps with the �rst-team o�ense.

* Victor Cruz gave a thumbs down to the NFL’s radical changes to the Pro Bowl that were announced Wednesday.

Instead of NFC vs. AFC, the rosters will now be determined by a “fantasy dra�” captained by Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice. �e game also will no longer include kicko�s, among many alterations.


* Coughlin said he will not have to miss any practice time this weekend to accompany the Giants’ o�cial contingent to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Bill Parcells in Canton, Ohio.

“I’ll leave a�er practice, and [assistant] coaches will take over the evening meet-ings,” Coughlin said. “We’re going to go to the ceremony to honor Bill and be there for him as Giant-to-Giant, then we’ll travel back.”

* Jenkins was excused from practice because of the death of his grandmother




�e Syracuse product has looked so good, in fact, he already is being listed ahead of veteran Curtis Painter as the No. 3 behind Eli Manning and backup David Carr on the �rst “uno�cial” depth chart released by the team �ursday.


New York Giants quarterback Ryan Nassib looks to throw during NFL football camp in East Rutherford, NJ.�rowing inside when rain forced the Giants to move to their prac-tice bubble, Nassib �ashed that big arm on a pair of throws to free-agent wideout Kevin Hardy �ursday that each covered more than 40 yards in the air.

* �e uno�cial depth chart released by the Giants contained few surprises.

Ex-Eagles defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins is listed ahead of veteran Shaun Rogers at right tackle, with Linval Joseph the starter at le� tackle in front of rookie Johnathan Hankins.

�e early nod at linebacker, meanwhile, went to veteran Keith Rivers on the strong side, Mark Herzlich in the middle and Spen-cer Paysinger ahead of Jacquian Williams on the weak side.

On o�ense, David Diehl is listed ahead of late-signing rookie Justin Pugh at right tack-le, though that could change over the com-ing weeks as the �rst-rounder from Syracuse becomes more comfortable with the system.

Giants rookie DT Johnathan Hankins is shaping up

going to pick it up real well.”

Hankins has been playing le� defensive tackle alongside fellow dra� pick Damontre Moore.

“It’s been a good thing,” he said. “When-ever I don’t know something, whenever he doesn’t know something, we can work hand-in-hand (to �gure it out). �at’s pretty good to have someone you know (beside you) who came in with you.”

By Dave Hutchinson �e Star-LedgerAug. 2, 2013

Rookie defensive tackle Johnathan Han-kins is the Giants’ version of the incredible shrinking man. And the smaller he gets, the bigger he plays.

Hankins, who reported to Ohio State at 350 pounds as a freshman, played at 330 pounds as a sophomore. Last season, he played at 325 pounds, earning second-team All-American and All Big-Ten honors, anchor-ing a Buckeyes’ run defense that ranked 14th nationally and second in the Big Ten against the run.

Last Friday, Hankins, the Giants’ second-round pick (49th overall), reported to train-ing camp at 318 pounds, two pounds below his assigned weight. Already, he has the coaching sta� marveling at his ability.

“He has really surprised me coming in,” Giants defensive line coach Robert Nunn said. “I thought he did an outstanding job between when he started until now with his body. He’s worked, he’s trimmed up, he’s got-ten stronger.

“If he continues to do that I think he’s an-other young player that’s going to contribute to us. He really has looked good.”

Hankins, who is working with the second-team, feels he’s ready to contribute this season, despite a logjam at defensive tackle that includes Linval Joseph, Cullen Jenkins, Mike Patterson and veteran Shaun Rogers.

“I’ve been getting hold of the playbook and going out there and playing and not think-ing so much and it’s working for me,” said Hankins, who hopes to drop another two or three pounds. “It (the game) is starting to slow down.

“Just getting the feel and the temp of the game. Just getting comfortable. Wednesday (the �rst day in shoulder pads) was one of the best days. I got the feel of it. I feel I’m

NY Giants fullback Henry Hynoski carted Hynoski was scheduled to have an MRI on the injury.

By Mike Vaccaro New York PostJune 10, 2008

This was early on the Morning A�er, maybe eight hours since the Giants had �oated out of University of Phoe-

nix Stadium with one of the most improb-able victories in the history of pro football stu�ed in their back pockets.

�e Giants were milling about the lobby of their hotel, the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Ariz., where fans who’d been up all night basking and celebrating the Super Bowl victory mingled with players eager to get back for the parade that awaited them all.

“Michael!” one of the fans squealed, getting the attention of Michael Strahan, the Giants’ peerless defensive end. “One more year, Mi-chael! One more year!”

“Wow,” Strahan said, smiling, shaking his head. “I’m not even out of the hotel yet and they want an answer. �ey need more than a couple of hours to get that out of me.”

It took a couple of months, but the conclu-sion Strahan reached yesterday, as he related to Foxsports.com, was one that is impossible to argue with.

“It’s time,” Strahan said. “I’m done.”

So Strahan leaves in a way in which we al-ways want our sporting icons to go, covered in glory rather than gauze, our lasting im-age one of resplendence rather than regret. No limping a�er quarterbacks. He leaves a champion, and right in the photo alongside Lawrence Taylor, Sam Hu� and Harry Car-son as the greatest Giants to ever line up on the defensive side of the ball.

Which is another promise he made back in February, back at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass.

“Trust me,” he said. “When I do leave, there will be gas le� in the tank.”

Good for Strahan, whose frequent forays into me-�rst, locker-room lawyerdom were always surpassed by his genius on the �eld, whose bouts with prickliness were well doc-umented and who last summer did his best to expose the myth that training camp is an essential part of the NFL experience.

You’d better be an extraordinary talent if you’re going to set your own agenda, as Stra-han so o�en did - and he was. You’d better deliver when it counts most if you’re going to lend a mocking wink to ages-old stan-dards of football decorum - and he did.

It cannot be a coincidence that from 2004-2006, the Giants were 23-10 with Strahan in the lineup and 2-13 in the 15 games he missed with injury. Nor can it be dismissed that in his �nal season, Strahan played in ev-ery game, and the Giants went 14-6, playo�s included.

His teammates knew. In one of the more telling gestures of their entire champion-ship season, they voted Strahan a captain about �ve minutes a�er he returned from his training camp exile, a move that puzzled some outside the locker room and outraged others and barely fazed the men on the in-side.

“For him to wear that letter ‘C’ on his chest,” defensive end Justin Tuck said in January, “it’s almost redundant. If you spend 15 min-utes around here you know who the leader of this unit is.”

Strahan arrived as a rookie in the dying hours of LT’s reign, su�ered through some dreadful Dan Reeves years and some surreal Jim Fassel years and some downright hostile times under Tom Coughlin, but was the one always chasing the quarterback, and �nding him 1411/2 times in 216 games.

Coughlin: Receiver’s constant health woes ‘frustrat-ing’

stant injury battles. �e former No. 1 pick was hampered all last year by ankle and foot woes.

Wide receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride echoed Coughlin’s frustration, adding he couldn’t remember the last time Nicks was totally healthy for a practice.

“He needs to practice,” Gilbride said yester-day. “He and I talk about it all the time, and he knows it. He understands that in order for him to be ready to produce the way that he wants to produce and the way that we need him to produce, he needs to practice to get ready for that.”

Nicks’ groin problems so far in camp have created an opportunity for second-year pro Rueben Randle, who has made the most of it with a strong �rst week.

Cruz also has a chance to assume an even more prominent role a�er back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons and a lucrative new con-tract, but he said yesterday he and the rest of the’ receiving corps still defer to Nicks.

Perhaps wanting to help his friend going into a contract year, Cruz told the NFL Net-work this week he considers Nicks to be Big Blue’s clear-cut No. 1 receiver.

Cruz stood by, then expanded on that state-ment yesterday, describing Nicks as “our leader” among all the Giants’ receivers.

“I think he’s the No. 1 guy,” Cruz said. “He was dra�ed here, he’s a �rst-round pick, he’s been here longer than I have and he’s been the big-play guy for God knows how long now. He’s just our leader, man.”


Hakeem Nicks is going to make the club, of course. But his time in the tub is starting to aggravate the Gi-

ants.

Nicks sat out practice entirely yesterday because of a nagging groin injury, prompt-ing coach Tom Coughlin to label his No. 1 receiver’s inability to stay healthy so far in training camp “frustrating.”

“Certainly, I want to see him on the �eld, and he wants to be on the �eld,” Coughlin said a�er the two-hour workout. “It’s frus-trating, but I’ve got to learn to control myself when it comes to that, as well, and just real-ize that — you know what? — he’s trying like heck to get out there.”

Nicks, who skipped the voluntary part of the Giants’ o�season program in part be-cause of what he said was concern about po-tential injuries, has been limited throughout the �rst week of camp by the groin strain.

Yesterday Nicks spent time on the sideline stationary bike before observing the rest of the practice on the �eld with the coaches.

His absence led to concern the problem is getting worse, but Coughlin described it as a “little” injury and said the wideout’s avail-ability remains day-to-day.

“[�e Giants’ trainers] just want to quiet it down and make sure that it heals before he goes back out and maybe makes it worse,” Coughlin said.

�e Giants moved practice indoors because of the rain, and quarterback Eli Manning struggled without the bene�t of Nicks as a primary target. Manning threw two inter-ceptions on passes intended for Victor Cruz in 11-on-11 drills.

Coughlin wasn’t the only Giants coach to express a bit of impatience at Nicks’ con-

Wilson eager to make leap this season

gest lesson I learned.”

It was a painful lesson.

“It’s a lesson you know, but like it happens in the game, so ... but you want to do everything you can do to prevent it and show the coaches that you’re doing everything that you can to prevent it.”

When you play with Eli Manning, you don’t play until you prove you can pick up the blitz. And Wilson said he has improved in that area, among others.

“A more polished running back,” he said of what Giants fans will see from him this year. “I was a rookie last year. I’m not a rookie now, so it should be a big improvement on the way I approach the game.”

Some say he has a chance to be the most exciting, dy-namic runner the Giants have had in a long time.

“If you look at the history of the running backs that have come through this organization, for them to say that, it’s a lot to live up to,” Wilson said. “And not just the history of the running backs, but actually the one we had last year [Bradshaw] was very good. And then we got not just me on the team now, Andre Brown is a dynamic run-ning back.

“I like winning games, so when I’m working out, I’m not just thinking about my success, I’m thinking about help-ing the team have success.”

He’s not one to call himself dynamic or electric.

“I’ll let other people tell me what they think about my game,” Wilson said. “I know I work hard, so I do have con�dence in my game.”

Wilson, who wants to return kicko�s again, will not re-veal any personal goals for the season.

“I haven’t set a number on my goal just so I can go out there each game and be productive, that’s the main thing,” he said. “I normally set numbers, but I decided to keep those to myself and just go out there and play football.”

�ere is nothing like breaking a long one with MetLife Stadium roaring you on.

“It’s kind of like realizing all your hard work and dedica-tion is kind of like paying o�. It’s the moment you wait for, so when I’m running down the sideline, that’s mostly what’s going through my mind — not really,” he said with a smile.

“�at’s a political answer,” he said with a laugh. “I’m just excited to score a touchdown.”

Flip Wilson.

By Steve SerbyNew York PostAug. 2, 2013

David Wilson is a 210-pound meteor ready to �ash across NFL skies now that Ahmad Bradshaw is no longer in his way.

General manager Jerry Reese did back�ips in the Giants war room when Wilson still was on the board at the end of the �rst round of the 2012 dra�, and Wilson would love nothing better than to be Flip Wilson again this season.

“When I score a touchdown, I get excited, so ...

“If I don’t do it again, it will be tough to let it go,” Wilson told �e Post. “I think a majority of fans enjoy it a lot more than the ones that don’t.”

Will you be doing back�ips this year?

“We’ll see,” he said with a chuckle.

You haven’t been told not to, have you?

“I’ve been told not to,” he said with a smile.

Wilson was given that reminder by the coaching sta� at the start of training camp. It was suggested to him if he did a back�ip in the end zone, he might have to avoid Coach Coughlin on the sidelines.

“I think at the end of the

day he’ll just be happy I scored

a touchdown and I’m healthy and I’m ready to run an-other play,” Wilson said with another smile.

Reese swears the Giants had Wilson rated ahead of Doug Martin, who enjoyed a banner rookie season (1,454 rush-ing yards, 11 touchdowns) with Tampa Bay. Wilson (71-358, four touchdowns last season) said he believes he can have similar success.

“I look at [Martin] and I get motivated,” he said. “When you look at other running backs — not just him, other running backs in the NFL, Adrian Peterson and even go-ing back to LaDainian Tomlinson, Clinton Portis, Doug Martin, Trent Richardson — I mean, all these guys hav-ing success, it gets you motivated, so you can’t wait till your opportunity comes and hopefully you can have the same success.”

Wilson found himself in Coughlin’s doghouse for a short while a�er a Week 1 fumble. So when you ask him the biggest lesson

he learned last year, he says: “I learned a lot of lessons.”

Such as?

“Don’t fumble,” he said with a laugh. “�at was the big-

Giants have mixed reactions to Riley Cooper’s ra-cial slur

er,” Paysinger said. “If you give those words power, that means the other side is winning. Somebody can come up to me and call me that word, but if I show him anger, then that means he got the best of me, so I think we should stop giving that word power.”

Even inside the team, Cooper’s apology was accepted by his teammates but the act was not necessarily forgotten.

“I forgive him. We’ve been friends for a long time,” Eagles running back LeSean McCoy said �ursday in Philadelphia. “But in a situation like this, you really �nd out about someone. Just on a friendship level, I can’t really respect someone like that.”

�e Eagles �ned Cooper an undisclosed amount of money, but coach Chip Kelly said the team didn’t contemplate releasing him. �e Eagles also said Cooper will be enrolled in sensitivity training and that he needs to “re�ect” on his comments.

Because the Eagles �ned him, the NFL will not levy any additional punishment against Cooper. At least not formally. Opposing players might have their own justice system in place when the games begin in Septem-ber.

“Somebody is going to be mad and perpetu-ate the negativity,’’ Cowboys safety Will Al-len said. “I don’t think that’s something we should do, but I am sure it will happen.”

But the Giants, who face the Eagles in Weeks 5 and 8, said they will not participate in such actions. Cornerback Aaron Ross said he will treat Cooper the same as DeSean Jackson when the Giants play the Eagles. Rolle had essentially the same take.

“You never try to go out and hurt an op-ponent, but I can’t speak for other people,” Rolle said. “When I go against and I see Ri-ley Cooper, I’m going to treat him just like I treat any other opponent -- never let him catch the ball. �at’s what I aim for. Am I going to have any personal vendetta against him? No, absolutely not.”

By Tom Rock NewsdayAug. 2, 2013

Giants NFL dra� history database Gi-ants safety Antrel Rolle had not seen the infamous video of Eagles wide

receiver Riley Cooper in which he uses ra-cial slurs at a Kenny Chesney concert. So it was described to him.

“Oh, so he used the N-word?” Rolle said with a chuckle. “Oh. I don’t care about that. It is what it is . . . It doesn’t bother me at all.”

Rolle may let those remarks slide, and many of the Eagles seem to have forgiven Cooper. But while they say that NFL stands for “Not For Long” in terms of job security, that’s not the case when it comes to players holding grudges.

Cooper’s teammates may accept his apology, but will there be opposing players who will be much less benevolent on the �eld this season and carry the memory of those re-marks with them?

“I’d be lying if I said it wouldn’t,” Giants line-backer Spencer Paysinger said. “But for the most part, I hope a player doesn’t try to go a�er him just because he said that.”

Defensive end Adrian Tracy thinks there are players who will have Cooper’s words in mind as they size up number 14 on the Eagles. “I’m sure there will be,” he said.

Will Tracy?

“I don’t know,” he said. “I love the nature of football because I feel like all of your aggres-sions, no matter what the emotions are, you can get out in a positive manner and not be arrested for it. People play with anger all the time and this is an outlet for them to do so. If people are angry and within the con�nes of the rules express their anger . . . It’s just friendly competition.”

Paysinger said he won’t let Cooper’s com-ments a�ect him.

“In my opinion, saying that word or words close to that, you can’t give those words pow-

What Brown can do for Blue

“I actually thought that,” Brown said. “I’m like, ‘�is is just a precursor of things to come.’ But in the Pro Bowl, it actually makes a lot of sense.”

Yeah, “multimillion dollar franchise wide receivers” handling kicko�s is whacky. About as whacky as a fan-friendly segment in Brown’s former Seattle TV show — “Can You Kick It?”

“People kicking trash cans to food to loaves of bread to footballs.” Brown said. “It was a lot of fun.”

Stu�y he’s not, yet he’s all about business. And the business of kicking for the Giants became easier through his relationship with his holder, punter Steve Weatherford.

“I’ve trained with Josh Brown for four years in the o�season … so I’ve got an existing re-lationship with him as far as how he wants the ball held, his training routine, person-ality,” Weatherford said. “I knew he was a hard-working guy that would �t in well with Zak [DeOssie, long snapper], and I with his willingness to prepare. He’s a high-character, come- early, stay-late guy. It’s been a joy.”

Brown said he feels the same toward Weath-erford and DeOssie.

“You’ve got [three] veterans working to-gether that want to be great and want to be on all the time,” Brown said. “To have three guys living like that, this has been a seamless transition.”

By Fred KerberNew York PostAug. 2, 2013

Today is a game day for Giants’ kicker Josh Brown. But then so was yesterday. And to-morrow. And the day a�er that. It is a way of thinking drilled into the 11-year veteran during his time with coach Mike Holmgren in Seattle.

“Coach Holmgren told me that every single day of practice is a game and we can’t a�ord misses,” said Brown, 34. “Coming out with that mentality, it’s a game day today. So the night before, we’ve got to rest. We’ve got to eat right. We’ve got to do the right thing.”

Since signing with the Giants in March, Brown has seen nothing con�icting with that view. Actually, he has seen things he had not seen during some of his time in Seattle, St. Louis and last season for four games with Cincinnati.

“Speaking from experience and comparably speaking to other places that I’ve been with-out mentioning those places,” Brown said, “the level of professionalism here should be league wide, but it is not.”

Brown, whose career �eld-goal accuracy is 81.3 percent, knows he is following a fan favorite, Lawrence Tynes, who twice kicked overtime �eld goals that sent the Giants to Super Bowls. Tynes has landed with the Buccaneers.

“He did some great things for the organiza-tion,” said Brown, who was with Seattle in its loss to Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XL. “But you have to stick to the old saying of, ‘con-trol what you can control.’ I cannot control the fans’ image of Lawrence Tynes. My job is to do my job and instill that trust in the fans as well.”

As long as kickers have jobs. Brown laughed about the Pro Bowl wrinkle eliminating kicko�s. Are they putting kickers out of jobs?

Giants looking for Randle to complement Nicks, Cruz

He also has a rare ability to leap and get the ball at its highest point.

Each a�ernoon, Randle has done something to endear himself to the coaching sta�. Tuesday, he ran past cornerback Aaron Ross in a 7-on-7 drill to haul in a long pass from Manning. In the team period he skied over the reach of Corey Webster for a leaping grab. If you didn’t know any better, Randle looks like the top receiver on the team.

“He’s made tremendous strides, his focus is on a whole new level, he’s playing very, very well right now,’’ Cruz said. “He just looks comfortable, he understands what’s expect-ed of him, he understands what he has to do, and he’s out there executing. It’s really good to see.”

Coughlin said he has noticed Randle (listed at 6-foot-2 and 208 pounds) has come in leaner. �ere’s no doubt Randle has come in hungrier. He endured typical �rst-year growing pains and, at times, did not appear to be busting it on a regular basis.

Randle said his coaches did not harp on his e�ort, but he heard the talk and made an ad-justment.

“I just take what the coaches are giving o� to me, if they’re not saying anything about it I don’t feel like I’m doing anything wrong,’’ Randle said. “So [the criticism] kind of caught me by surprise. It made me work harder, I have to say that, because I didn’t want to give anybody any reason to talk about me that way. I tried to build on it and leave it on the past.’’

Early in camp, Randle is getting �rst crack as the punt returner, a spot he averaged 7.2 yards on 15 returns as a rookie. He is re-markably sure-handed but is not the proto-type smaller, quicker punt returner. Cough-lin, however, favors ball security over �ash.

Randle said he is eager to leave his rookie season in the past. He played in all 16 games and came away with 19 receptions for 298 yards and three touchdowns. In his only


Get all three of them out there, healthy, running free and easy, two split wide, another in the slot, Eli Man-

ning taking the snap and scanning the �eld as he would a menu, choosing from an ap-petizing feast consisting of Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle.

�e Giants will take their chances with that scenario, week a�er week, as long as Randle holds up his end and hits the accelerator on his development.“It can be great,’’ Randle told �e Post. “It’s going to be hard for defenses to deal with. We all out there healthy, playing up to our capabilities I can’t see any team really stop-ping us.’’

�at’s the plan. Randle is one of the young, talented players the Giants are counting on this season. He is just 22 years old, the same age as running back David Wilson, and both high dra� picks (Wilson �rst round, Randle second round) had �ashes as rookies but also plenty of struggles.

Wilson is set to step into Ahmad Bradshaw’s vacated starting role. Randle doesn’t have to make such a quantum leap, but he certainly appears ready for ascension, as a�er nearly a week of camp he has been a breakout star.

“He seems to be more serious, more intent,’’ coach Tom Coughiln said. “He had a lot to learn in that �rst year, and it looks like some of the messages are getting through.’’

Nicks, slowed by a strained groin in camp and also coming o� knee surgery, must prove he can get his body in good working order to once again join Cruz in a receiving tandem that was dominant during the run to Super Bowl XLVI. Randle has all the skills to crash the party and become a No. 3 target as e�ective as Mario Manningham was, per-haps even more so. Randle does not possess Manningham’s speed and zigzag ability, but he is bigger and could be more consistent.

Giants LB Mark Herzlich says he can command the defenseBy Conor Orr�e Star-LedgerAug. 1, 2013

Mark Herzlich said being a starting linebacker in the NFL is a dream 25 years in the making.

For the moment, he is running with the �rst-string alongside Spencer Paysinger and Keith Rivers and in each practice, he’s work-ing to make his presence felt in the huddle.

If he is to win the competition, a large part of his responsibility will be taking command of a unit that includes Pro Bowler Justin Tuck, and tenured veterans like Mathias Kiwanu-ka, Corey Webster and Antrel Rolle.

According to Herzlich, so far, so good.

“Yeah I think that,” he said. “You can tell people will look to me for a call, for a ques-tion and that is really my thing, if I can an-swer everyone’s question about what they are supposed to be doing each play, then I know I know the defense well and everybody will have con�dence when they line up.”

With the entire unit in �ux -- the Mike, Sam and Will are technically all up for grabs -- Herzlich said that winning the competition will come down to sustaining smart play throughout camp.

He knows Dan Connor can make plays and command a huddle. And he’s aware of what might happen if he allows himself to slip be-hind.

“I think they want consistency,” Herzlich said. “I know that is something Coach Coughlin talks a lot about is consistency. And that is consistent play mentally, consis-tent play physically and a leadership role. I know that we have had great leadership at the linebacker position in the past and we have been a little bit inconsistent so I hope to take over that leadership role and play with a consistency that gives a con�dence in the coaches and the players.”

Former Giant CB Sam Madison is trying his hand at coaching

you trying to get himself better. But now, he’s on the side watching, and he can critique, can be very critical and I use the construc-tive criticism to ultimately make my game better.”

Madison currently works for the Dolphins on shows broadcast on their website.


Even as a part-time coach, one can see the swagger in the gait of former Dolphins and Giants cornerback Sam

Madison that made him a four-time Pro Bowler and all-time trash talker.

Madison never met a wide receiver he couldn’t cover and now he’s trying to impart that knowledge and con�dence to others. Participating in the league’s Bill Walsh mi-nority internship coaching program, he’ll spend three weeks as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Giants at the start of training camp.

“Sam wants to coach,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “For us, I think it’s a win-win situation. We can help him in regard to giv-ing him a chance to coach and be with us and for people to observe that he’s a good coaching at this level.

“Sam is god medicine. Sam was liked as a player when he was here with us. He was working and coaching and did a nice job in that capacity. He did a good job with all the young corners then and the guys seem to re-spond and like that fact that he’s here now.”

Madison, who started on the Giants Super Bowl XLII team, played the �nal three sea-sons of his 12-year career with the Giants. He spend the �rst nine with the Dolphins.

“You want to get the experience and have the opportunity to show the coaches that you do know what you’re talking about,” Madison said.

One player who doesn’t need convincing is cornerback Corey Webster, who was a sec-ond-year pro when Madison signed with the Giants in 2006.

“What is it, in�nity times in�nity?” asked Webster, laughing. “To have him back, you know not on the �eld, he can see everything now. It’s harder when he’s on the �eld with

Tyler Sash trying to get to Pro Bowl level

John Pollard, STATS general manager, said �ve teams have already reached out to ask about installing their cameras during a prac-tice — a period in which the NFL does not prevent their usage.

Unlike the NBA, the NFL does not give in-dividual teams the option to decide whether the technology is appropriate for them. It is all or nothing. For now, it is nothing, a�er the camera tracking program came in front of the league’s competition committee in 2010 but did not pass. �is past season, they had tracking cameras in several stadiums, but only on an experimental basis.

“John would like the league to put that stu� in,” said Tony Khan, the senior vice presi-dent of football technology and analytics for the Jacksonville Jaguars. “I would like the league to put that stu� in.”

“Hopefully, leaguewide, they integrate either SportVU or a comparable product or a bet-ter thing if there is one.”

SCOUTING IN THE LEAD

�ere already is a technological movement afoot. Teams are looking for new ways to streamline their scouting process or cap management. To make their work easier, simpler, faster, better.

In March, SAP — a multinational analyt-ics and business so�ware provider — an-nounced a partnership with the 49ers. �ey had built a scouting application for the Nin-ers, at the club’s behest, allowing scouts to �le their reports electronically, create a uni-versal system for the front o�ce and make reports available at a click. To do so, the Niners allowed SAP programmers to spend hundreds of hours with the front o�ce, question their needs and shadow them.

�en they built a system individualized for them. At the Sloan Conference, they mar-keted the archetype to any interested NFL teams and allowed them to buy the service and have it modi�ed for their needs.

Pollard noted that 49ers general manager Trent Baalke has been working for years to stay ahead of the curve. Pollard knows what that drive looks like. He made his entrance into the league with the Saints, hired away from Microso�, and developed a similar system for New Orleans.

By Tom Rock�e Star-LedgerMay 29, 2013

For two years, Lambeau Field acted as a laboratory for what is possible in understanding the National Football

League. During the 2009 and 2010 seasons, 20 cameras set up around the Green Bay Packers’ hallowed stadium were used to test the next phase of analyzing football.

Using optical recognition technology, the cameras tracked each player as he �ew around the �eld, collecting information and quantifying what has long been a cliché thrown around the league.

�e tracking cameras had �gured out game speed. It was capable of placing a number to the tiny marginal di�erences in speed barely picked up by eye. It could put a time span on a running back’s burst from the snap to the line of scrimmage, or a linebacker’s rec-ognition of a run play to the moment he swarmed to the play.

Using the same technology that has made SportVU a revelation in the NBA, STATS — a longtime game statistics provider to the NFL — is ready to bring these cameras to the football �eld.

By tracking the X, Y and Z coordinates, every object on the �eld can be quanti�ed. Where advanced analytics have already gained a foothold in the league, its merger with scouting and game action may be the next step in its evolution.

SportsVU is being used by 15 teams in the NBA, according to reports, and there is a clamor for the NFL to join in.

�ere is a dichotomy between organizations that want to use and implement the technol-ogy available, and the league o�ce that is unwilling. �e NFL does not even let teams use computers in the coaches’ box during games — perhaps at the risk of one team gaining a competitive advantage.

Paraag Marathe, the 49ers’ chief operating o�cer, called it an “anti-technology rule.”

“�at’s a little bit 1940s still,” he said at the MIT Sloan Sports Conference in March.

But while being governed by a technophobic league, some are waiting for the next step.

Jacquian Williams wants to be Giants’ rock on de-fenseBy Tom RockNewsdayAug. 1, 2013

At �rst Jacquian Williams gave the usual sound bite about just trying to make the team, but when he was

called on it, he fessed up. Is that really what his goal is this training camp?

“To be honest, no, it’s not,” Williams said.

�e third-year linebacker has his sights set higher than being one of 53. He wants to be Number One out of 53. A defensive leader. �e every-down linebacker who stays in against runs, passes, options, pistols and whatever an o�ense can throw at the Giants.

“I heard a quote, [that] Ray Lewis said, ‘What team takes out the general?’ “ Williams said. “My goal is to be the guy that we can count on, the guy that you count on you never take him out. I don’t want to come out. I want to be the guy they need, the guy they call on, the guy they can trust. �at’s the goal. With respect to all the other linebackers, I’ll do whatever I have to do to be that guy.”

Williams led the Giants in special teams tackles as a rookie, but last year he missed six games with an injury to his PCL. He’s been playing with the second unit so far in training camp, although he took a few snaps with the starters on Monday and was in with the �rst team in the nickel package. Giant steps

Despite a lackluster season in 2012 and a $3-million pay cut this o�season, CB Co-rey Webster believes he can rebound. “I still think I’m one of the best,” Webster said. “I think I’m a great cornerback.” . . . �ird-year LB Mark Herzlich sco�ed at the idea of his path to a starting job being the culmination of a three-year journey. “It’s been 25 years in the making,” he said . . . A�er a day o� from practice Wednesday, the Giants are sched-uled to work in full pads �ursday.

Justin Tuck out to prove critics wrong after two dis-appointing seasons with NY Giants

physical shape. He seems to be in a great frame of mind. �e injuries were a factor on him last year, (so) I think if he can keep himself clean with injury, I am totally con�-dent that Justin will be a big contributor for us and be a very e�ective defensive lineman for us.”

�e Giants desperately need that to hap-pen, too, because the rotation of defensive ends isn’t what it used to be. �ey lost Osi Umenyiora to free agency this o�season and now Jason Pierre-Paul is recovering from back surgery he had in June. �at leaves Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka, who returns to the line from linebacker, along with the untested Adrian Tracy and rookie Damon-tre Moore.

Especially until Pierre-Paul returns, Tuck — about whom Nunn said “wasn’t as bad as everybody thought he was (last year), but he wasn’t as good as he usually is either” — is the unquestioned leader of the defensive line. “I know our D-linemen are going to look to see ‘How is Justin doing), what pace is he practicing at,’ ” Tuck said. “I know that’s important for our leadership guys that we expect to have big years out of, to come out and set the tone.”

Tuck has no doubts that’s exactly what he’ll do. He insists he has not been defeated by two years of injuries and he feels as good as he’s felt in his entire career. He hasn’t been mentally worn down by his struggles, ei-ther, and he seems as upbeat as he’s been in a while.

And while the critics may have questions about what Tuck still has le�, he doesn’t care. Tuck doesn’t question that at all.

“No, I don’t,” he said. “I’m my biggest critic. �ere’s nothing you guys can write or say that I probably haven’t thought or found ways to try to already correct. So I know where I am personally and I know what I’m still capable of doing.”


He’s done, washed up and too beaten up by injuries. �ose are some of the things Justin Tuck read about him-

self this o�season. �ere’s more: He’s also old and on the decline, and surely is entering his �nal season with the Giants.

Most players would hate to read stu� like that, but Tuck says, keep it coming.“�e one thing I don’t need is motivation, but I’ve found a lot of that this o�season,” Tuck said when Giants training camp opened. “For all you ignorant writers out there, thank you.”

Tuck, 30, is coming o� a second straight dis-appointing and injury-�lled season. It was just three years ago, in 2010, when he was still a pass-rushing force and �nished with 11.5 sacks. But he’s had just nine in the last two seasons combined, including only four last season.�at’s why the vultures are circling, as Tuck knew they would be. And the truth is he doesn’t really blame them.

“�at’s why you don’t see me upset about them,” Tuck said. “You guys have a job to do and you do it very well. Like I told you, I’m my �rst critic. I understand where I am in my career and what I’ve done. And the things that I still want to do. But again, me looking back at the past is not going to help me move forward. �at’s what I’m going to do. I’m moving forward.”

Wherever the extra motivation came from, Tuck seems to be moving forward in style, with a rejuvenated body and energy level. His coaches and teammates have raved about the o�season he’s had, both for the shape he’s in and for his attitude a�er two years when he seemed so down.

“Justin has probably had his best o�season since I’ve been with him, going into my fourth year with Justin,” said defensive line coach Robert Nunn. “I think he’s in the best

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