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What we learned from New York Giants’ 31-28 win over Arizona Cardinals

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Giants quarterback Daniel Jones was under siege again in the first half of Sunday’s game. He was 9-of-16 for just 62 yards, was sacked twice, and was charged with another interception that was not his fault.

Down, 20-0, at halftime head coach Brian Daboll challenged his team, asking them ‘are we gonna fight or what?’

They fought. Jones took the Giants on his back and led them on five straight scoring drives in the second half — four touchdowns and the winning field goal with 19 seconds left.

Jones finished the game completing 26 of 37 passes for 321 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 103.5. He also rushed for 59 yards on nine carries and another score.

Asked what they did differently in the second half, Jones provided his typical low-key explanation.

“Just getting back to simple execution, and trusting it, seeing it, and ripping it. We had some opportunities to make plays in the first half. We didn’t do it and I knew that it’d be there. I just had to execute, give our guys a chance to make those plays and we did it and built off of it going forward,” he said.

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Studs and duds from Giants' blowout Week 1 loss vs. Cowboys

The New York Giants opened the 2023 regular season with an absolute stinker on Sunday night, falling to the Dallas Cowboys, 40-0, in their worst Week 1 loss in franchise history.

Not only was it an all-time franchise mark in futility, it was one of the worst statistical performances (in some aspects) in the NFL’s long lifespan.

Here’s a look at some studs and quite a few duds from the humiliating beatdown at MetLife Stadium.

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‘Glad he’s on our team’

The New York Giants surprised their fans this offseason when they brought back one of their favorite players — veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard.

The 30-year-old former second-round pick out of Oklahoma has been one of the Giants’ best offensive weapons the past decade, serving as a solid No. 2 and No. 3 wideout.

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But in recent years, Shepard has been plagued by a spate of serious injuries such as concussions, a torn Achilles, and a torn ACL that have limited him to just 10  games since 2020. He hasn’t played a full season since 2018.

That aside, general manager Joe Schoen — who admitted that Shepard was one of his favorite players earlier this year — decided to bring Shepard back and did it with a one-year, bargain-basement deal worth $1.317 million.

Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll love Shepard’s dedication, work ethic and attitude. With a young receiving corps in-house, he’s the perfect elder statesman to lead the group.

“Shep is an emotional guy,” Daboll said on Friday. “I think a lot of people feed off of him. He brings positive energy. He’s been here a long time. Glad he’s on our team.”

An example of what Shepard brings is illustrated by him lockering next to rookie sensation Jalin Hyatt to help him acclimate to NFL life. On the other side of Hyatt is quarterback Daniel Jones.

Shepard has also looked a whole lot like his old self, moving well in his routes and still has the ability to separate and has always been one of the top wideouts when it comes to reeling in passes within his catch radius.

Shepard is a living embodiment of the term “Once a Giant. Always a Giant.”

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Ex-New York Giant Kyle Rudolph offers high praise of QB Daniel Jones

Despite receiving mixed reviews five years into his career, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has the full support of his current teammates and former teammates alike.

Jones, of course, had his best season as a pro last year since entering the league in 2019 and had arguably his best game in his playoff debut against the Minnesota Vikings.

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We have seen plenty of praise from his current teammates, but it’s even more telling when one of Jones’ former teammates shows support and confidence in his continued progression.

Former Giants tight end Kyle Rudolph was a guest on FanDuel TV’s Up & Adams with Kay Adams this week and had high praise for his ex-quarterback.

“I think you expect the guy who takes another step forward off of what he showed last year,” Rudolph said. “You look at DJ and the circumstances that he was placed in his first three years — that organization did everything possible to screw him up. You draft the kid sixth overall, many people believe he was over-drafted, but they saw a skillset. And I say this all the time, and I think people started to see it a little bit last year, no one wants to give him the credit for being this kind of freak athlete because he’s a nerdy kid from Duke and he just doesn’t have that about him.”

Much like Eli Manning before him, Jones has never been the rah-rah type of leader who steals national headlines.

“People don’t want to give him that credit because it’s not his nature, it’s not his personality. But he’s as talented and I said this when I got to New York, he’s as talented if not more talented than any quarterback I played with at that point,” Rudolph said. “And now you’re starting to see his skill set shine through under an offensive-minded head coach in Brian Daboll, who is putting him in situations.

“You know, I was with (Mike) Kafka as a backup quarterback in Minnesota and now seeing him as an offensive coordinator, and the things that he’s implementing there… These guys, we keep talking to the quarterbacks and the quarterback position. If you don’t put them in a situation to be successful and surround them with guys up front to protect them and playmakers around them, they’re not gonna have success, especially early in their career.”

The Giants and general manager Joe Schoen set out to do exactly that this offseason.

“I think that’s the best trait about him is he has a similar personality (to) Eli Manning to where all of that media in New York City and all of the outside perspective won’t bother him,” Rudolph said. “Whether it’s through a great season and a playoff win like last year or when the New York Giants have adversity like they will at some point this year. That adversity is not gonna bother him. He’s going to show up to work every day and give you everything he has to go out and help his team win and that’s all he really cares about.

“I think that’s ultimately why you see Eli go on in, win a couple of Super Bowls, and win a couple of Super Bowl MVPs. Because he never really worried about anything else. It was just about going and playing ball and giving his guys around him a chance to have success, and that’s what DJ does.”

Rudolph signed with the Giants in 2021 and was expected to be a red zone threat for Big Blue. His tenure lasted just one year as he was released the following offseason.

Despite his story stint in blue, he saw firsthand everything Jones brings to the table.

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Battle at guard has been settled

The New York Giants offensive line is one on the rise with an All-Pro left tackle in Andrew Thomas, another up-and-coming one on the right side in Evan Neal, and a promising center in John-Michael Schmitz.

What has Giants fans concerned are the two guard positions. Right guard is spoken for by veteran Mark Glowinski, but he had a rollercoaster of a year in 2022, struggling at times in pass protection.

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This summer, the Giants had a rotation at left guard with Ben Bredeson, Joshua Ezuedu, and others such as Shane Lemieux.

On Friday, head coach Brian Daboll said the position has been ‘settled.’

When asked to elaborate on the decision, Daboll would not disclose any details.

“We’ll just get out there and be ready to play and the guys that will be out there will be ready to go,” he told reporters.

It wouldn’t be surprising to see the revolving door still in effect the entire season. Bredeson has been starting in practices and in the preseason but the others have gotten plenty of reps, too. At one point, the Giants had Glowinski playing out of position.

I guess we’ll find out like the rest of the world come Sunday night who the guards will be.

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Rookie Tre Hawkins has ‘earned his role’

Headed into the offseason, the New York Giants needed to improve at the cornerback position. Accordingly, they spent their first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft on Maryland corner Deonte Banks to pair up with Adoree’ Jackson.

However, throughout the preseason, it was sixth-round pick Tre Hawkins who emerged at the position and the Giants suddenly had some much-needed depth at cornerback.

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That depth paved way to an interesting scenario as Hawkins earned a starting job.

“Tre has had a good camp. I think he’s improved since he’s been here. He’s got the right mindset,” Davboll told reporters on Monday. “It’s early in his career, very early in his career, but he works hard, he understands our defense and he will have his challenges throughout the year, but he’s done a good job with what we are looking for in terms of his intelligence, his dependability and he’s earned his role relative to what we are going to ask him to do.

“I think again just credit goes to (general manager) Joe (Schoen) and the scouting staff. We brought him for a 30 visit, got to meet with him there. There is a long process relative to the evaluation part of it and then once you get here, it really doesn’t matter how you get here. Free agency, late pick, UDFA, high pick, it’s all what you do when you are here. He’s earned what he’s got.”

Hawkins has improved throughout the offseason — something Daboll hopes continues into the regular season:

“I’d just say each and every day there’s an evaluation throughout camp from OTAs all the way through of basically how you perform on the field when you have an opportunity to perform. I think, again, he’s improved. Are you going to say he’s there? No. He’s a young player that has earned his role. He’s going to continue to work hard to try to get better. He has the right mindset. That’s what we hope for all of our players,” Daboll said.

By now, most fans are associating Hawkins with Kadarius Toney. The Giants, of course, used the picks they received from the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for Toney on Darren Waller (trade) and Hawkins (6th round).

Last season, the Giants were left short-handed when top cornerback Adoree’ Jackson was out due to injury.

In addition to depth, Hawkins’ emergence hopes to allow the coaching staff flexibility to move Jackson around and lean on him inside, especially ahead of the Week 1 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.

“Well, I’d say Adoree’ — last year we played a lot of different coverages and games where we matched and he played inside, he played outside, so he has position flexibility,” Daboll said. “We’ll try to use him the best way we can.

“Again, they have a very good player that plays both inside and outside with CeeDee (Lamb), but they have some other skill players that are going to be challenging — really their entire package. All their skill guys from their backs, to their receivers, to their tight ends. All of our guys are going to have to be ready to go with the assignments that we ask them to do.”

Hawkins should provide Big Blue with speed and depth at the cornerback position. Given the talent of some of the receiving corps the Giants will have to play this season, depth and flexibility can only help.

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Boogie Basham grateful for bond with New York Giants GM Joe Schoen

The New York Giants traded a 2025 sixth-round draft pick to the Buffalo Bills this week in exchange for defensive end Carlos “Boogie” Basham Jr. and a 2025 seventh-round selection.

The trade was unexpected to many, but not so to the principals involved. Basham and Giants general manager Joe Schoen have a relationship that goes back to before the 2021 NFL draft when Schoen was the assistant general manager of the Bills and Basham was a draft prospect out of Wake Forest.

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“He’s the reason I got drafted in Buffalo in the first place,” Basham said of Schoen at his introductory press conference on Wednesday. “To come in here, he wanted me here, so that’s like a little bond we got right there for sure.”

The Bills selected Basham in the second round of the draft that year, 61st overall.

“(Schoen was) one of the first scouts that contacted me, talked to me in the process and he was like, ‘I really want you in Buffalo.’ I knew it was going to happen eventually, just had that bond with him before he left Buffalo,” Basham said.

Now, Basham and Schoen are reunited. The addition of Basham is another step in Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll’s quest to mold the team’s roster according to the vision.

Basham is excited to play for Daboll, who was the Bills’ offensive coordinator when Basham arrived in Buffalo in 2021.

“He always had that mindset that he wanted to be a head coach, even when he was an offensive coordinator,” Basham said of Daboll. “Just a matter of time. I’m thankful that I get the opportunity to play for him. He’s crazy, you know he’s got his little sayings here and there, I’m already used to it, but it’s a great opportunity.”

Basham was a defensive end in Buffalo in a 4-3 alignment. His role will be slightly different in coordinator Wink Martindale’s 3-4 based scheme.

“We’ve got to get him out here and see what he can do,” Daboll said on Wednesday. “He ran a different system, a 4-3 system at Buffalo with his hand in the ground, defensive end. But he’s 275 pounds. He’s a thick body. We’ll ask him to do the same stuff that all of our outside backers do.”

Basham said he’s ready for whatever role the Giants have in store for him.

“For me, it’s going out there for my family, playing for these guys. They don’t really know me yet, but I am definitely a team player, ready to give all I’ve got,” Basham said.

Basham said Martindale had little to say to him this far about his role, except that is will be as a stand-up outside linebacker.

“Just physical, knock back, that’s all they need me to do. The rest of it will come,” Basham said.

He revealed that he has played some outside backer in the past and said it was something he could transition to full-time.

“You’re standing up, so you are a little higher so sometimes you just have to adjust your body a little bit,” he said.

Many will be wondering why the Bills gave up on the promising pass rush specialist so soon. Basham knows he has no control over that. Ha can only look forward.

“I would say just it is what it is, it’s part of the business. No hatred towards them at all. Thankful for the opportunity, but now it’s just all about the Giants. I’m here and ready to play ball,” he said.

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New York Giants’ Bryce Ford-Wheaton out for season with torn ACL

The New York Giants saw eight players go down with an injury on Saturday night against the New York Jets and only one returned.

Of the other seven, rookie wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton suffered the most significant injury.

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Meeting with reporters during a Zoom call on Saturday, Giants head coach revealed that Ford-Wheaton had suffered a torn ACL and was placed on injured reserve (IR). He will miss the remainder of the season.

Although Ford-Wheaton was a bit inconsistent as a receiver, he had excelled on special teams. Specifically, he was making his mark as a gunner and had drawn unprompted praise from Daboll, special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey and general manager Joe Schoen in recent weeks.

“The obvious with Bryce is just size, speed. He’s 6-foot-4, he’s 225 pounds, or 230, whatever he is, and runs 4.40,” Giants special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey told reporters on Wednesday.

“Those measurables are pretty special. Whenever you can get — and with him, he’s a very mature rookie. He goes about his business very professionally, he comes into meetings, he works his tail off, he’s attentive, and he wants to learn. So, when you have those qualities — smart, tough, dependable — and just those physical attributes, he has a really, really big upside, I think.”

Ford-Wheaton was on the fringe for a 53-man roster spot but appeared to have earned his way in. With him now out for the season, the Giants can carry another receive or one less body at the position.

Meanwhile, Daboll said defensive linemen D.J. Davidson and A’Shawn Robinson did not play against the Jets because they weren’t medically ready.

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Giants report card: How we graded Big Blue in Week 3 preseason loss

The New York Giants closed out their 2023 preseason schedule with a 32-24 loss to the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday night.

Here’s how we graded the Giants on the game by unit.

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Giants’ Brian Daboll happy to add ‘explosive, athletic’ Isaiah Simmons

On Thursday, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen pulled off an unexpected trade, acquiring Isaiah Simmons from the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

The addition of Simmons gives Wink Martindale another versatile player to work with, although early reports suggest the veteran will work specifically at linebacker.

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Whatever Simmons’ role ends up being, head coach Brian Daboll is happy to have him.

“He could do a lot of different things. Explosive, athletic. That’s why he was picked where he was picked,” Daboll told reporters. “Again, we’ll get him here and see how he looks and start teaching him our stuff, but excited to have him.

“We thought there’s some upside there. Again, we’ll put him in, we’ll ask him to do probably quite a bit of things just to see what he takes to. A guy that’s, again, athletic, explosive, has good size. I’ve seen him do some multiple things”

Simmons has underwhelmed in Arizona, largely due to the constant system changes and out-of-position use. With the Giants, he’ll find some stability under Martindale and in a system that seems more fine-tuned for his athletic gifts.

One added benefit for Simmons is the familiar faces he’ll see when he arrives in East Rutherford.

“He’s got some familiarity with some of our players. (Dexter Lawrence), worked out with Saquon (Barkley) out there in Arizona, worked out with Isaiah Hodgins. So, good to have him in. We’ll get him going and try to get him up to speed,” Daboll added.

Simmons has roughly two weeks to get the playbook down before the Giants open the regular season against the Dallas Cowboys.

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