The Giants signed veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson earlier this week and head coach Brian Daboll appears thrilled to have him.
“Had a good workout. Has been a productive player for a while. We’ve had good conversations. Ended up choosing to come here. Happy to have him,” Daboll said on Friday. “We’ll throw him out there and see how he does.”
Robinson’s contract details were revealed on Saturday and were as expected.
Contract details on Giants WR Allen Robinson, per source: 1 year, $1.3M with $25K guaranteed. It’s a VSB deal, so the cap hit is $1.1M.
Robinson got a $25K signing bonus. He will also earn a $75K bonus if he’s active for any game this season.
The New York Giants opened their annual rookie minicamp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Friday. It was the first time the media got to see the team’s 2024 draft class in their new environment.
The first-time interviews are usually awkward and little is ever revealed as the youngsters are in awe of their new surroundings and are still finding their way around.
Second-round pick Tyler Nubin, a highly-touted safety out of Minnesota, had to pinch himself. He was finally in the NFL and had landed with one of the league’s flagship franchises.
“Yeah, 100 percent,” Nubin told reporters when asked if yesterday was a big day for him. “Almost shed a tear when I saw my helmet and my locker. It’s just awesome. Just being able to be out here, play the game I love, again, especially for this great, storied organization, I couldn’t thank this organization enough.”
By admission, Nubin is not very familiar with the City of New York, which he vows to explore. He was asked about what sights he was looking forward to seeing.
“Honestly, everything,” he said. “I’ve never really explored the city like that before. Played Spider-Man (the video game) for all my life, so I kind of know where some stuff is at swinging through the city. But seeing it in real life is going to be cooler for sure.”
Nubin’s New York experience is about to go from fantasy to reality very quickly in the next few months. The Giants are relying on him to fill the hole left by the departure of Xavier McKinney in free agency.
McKinney played every defensive snap in 2023. Nubin is ready for the challenge.
“You’re getting a dog, man. You are getting somebody that’s not going to stop until — honestly just never going to stop really. I love the game too much. I feel like whatever I have to do to be successful on the field I’m going to do and sacrifice for this team, this city, and I’m going to love doing it,” he said.
The New York Giants selected Kentucky defensive back Andru “Dru” Phillips in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft in an ongoing effort to beef up their secondary.
The Giants plan on deploying the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Phillips in several roles. They entered the draft in need of a physical outside corner. Phillips is certainly physical enough, but he may not fill the bill on the outside.
“Every defense is specifically unique,” Philips told reporters on the first day of the Giants’ rookie minicamp on Friday. “So, this one, some different techniques to what I do down at nickel. Just got to pick up on it. The faster I get it, the easier it’s coming. I’m just in the playbook trying to study and make sure I get everything right.”
But when push comes to shove, Phillips says he favors playing in packages.
“I can play both, but preferably the nickel position,” he said. “When I went to Kentucky, I always wanted to play nickel the whole time. I didn’t really get an opportunity until my junior year. Once I got the opportunity I kind of like — I embodied it. I felt like it’s who I was. That’s what I did best, so I went all in on it. It carried over here, so I’m out here playing nickel now.”
Phillips added that there is “so much going on at that nickel.”
“I like being in control a lot of times. You get to communicate more. You’re involved in the run game as well as the pass game. A lot of times on certain down distances you know that ball is coming to you. I’m trying just to make as many plays as possible,” he said.
The Giants could very well stick with Phillips in the slot and at nickel and move another one of their young defensive backs such as Cor’Dale Flott or Tre Hawkins III to the outside.
One thing is for sure: The Giants are getting a gamer — a physical player — in Phillips.
“I take a lot of pride in it. It’s probably one of the top things about who I am,” Phillips said of his physical style. “I know I’m (not) the 6’4” corner, but you’ve got to make up for it in some ways. I’ve always known that. It was one thing I never shied away from my whole life.
“I was that one kid, I was going — as a little kid I was just a daredevil. I just want to go do whatever… It just comes from who I am as a person. I don’t want to shy away from anything and that’s from anybody or any circumstance. It’s kind of just second nature.”
New York Giants rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers, the sixth overall selection in the 2024 NFL draft, recently revealed that he and former LSU teammate, Jayden Daniels, had a $10,000 running bet on who would be this year’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Daniels, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, was Nabers’ quarterback at LSU and the second overall selection in the draft by the Washington Commanders.
On Friday, at the Giants’ rookie minicamp, Nabers told reporters that the bet was off.
The bet was canceled after Nabers and Daniels realized they might be bumping up against the league’s policies on gambling.
“I’m educated now that I got here about sports betting and gambling,” Nabers said. “We’re calling the bet off. There is no bet now. It was just another brother pushing another brother to try to get to success. That’s all it was.”
The competition is far from over, though. Nabers and Daniels will face off twice this season. That is on the back burner for the moment. Nabers has bigger fish to fry, such as learning the playbook and fitting in with his new team.
“For right now, it’s just learning the playbook, interacting with my teammates, interacting with the rookies here. You know, trying to learn how to be a Giant, following the instructions or rules they have here. It’s just being a pro at the end of the day,” he said.
There weren’t many notable non-rookie tryouts for the Giants with the exception of one: Edge rusher Myjai Sanders.
A third-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in the 2022 NFL draft, Sanders spent last season with the Houston Texans after being waived off of injured reserve (IR) by the Cards in October.
In 20 career games (four starts), Sanders has recorded 30 tackles (21 solo, four for a loss), one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, three passes defensed, seven QB hits and 3.0 sacks.
Nabers (6-0, 200 lbs.) earned unanimous All-America honors in 2023, when he led the nation with 120.7 receiving yards per contest. He also led the FBS in plays of 20-plus yards (34) and 30-plus yards (17). He finished No. 1 in the SEC in receptions (89) and receiving yards (1,569) and ranked No. 2 in the league in receiving touchdowns (14).
Nabers capped his LSU career as the school’s all-time leader in receptions (189) and receiving yards (3,003). He is one of only two players in LSU history to top the 3,000-yard mark in receiving yards, joining Josh Reed (3,001 yards from 1999-2001). He ranks No. 7 in LSU history in receiving touchdowns with 21 and led the SEC in receptions in back-to-back years. Nabers capped his career with at least one reception in 37 consecutive games.
The signing came right before the Giants began their rookie minicamp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center on Friday morning.
The New York Giants officially announced the hiring of team legend Chris Snee on Friday. He joins the personnel department as a senior scout.
“I’m super excited about it,” Snee said. “I’m a Giant, and I always have been, despite having worn Jaguars clothes for four years when I scouted down there. Everyone knows my heart has always been here. This is where I feel like I belong and where I want to be, and I’m going to come in and work my tail off.”
Snee previously spent four seasons working for his father-in-law and retired Giants head coach, Tom Coughlin, with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2017-2020.
“By the final year, it evolved into defensive line as well, which is kind of the natural progression,” Snee said. “I’m sure every scout will tell you they have their positions that they’re stronger at evaluating, but I definitely would like to be able to evaluate all positions and learn. Never been a guy to come in and think I know everything because I don’t. I’m in there and I want to continue to listen to those who have done it for years, which is what I did in Jacksonville. I kind of listened to those vets down there. That’s what I’ll do in this case, too. Just continue to learn the world of scouting.”
After his time with the Jags, Snee spent two seasons serving as an analyst with Boston College. Now he’s back where it all began.
“It came about by me sending a text,” Snee said. “It was one of those where I met with him a few years ago, and I had some things personally that I wanted to see through, so I couldn’t give the amount of time that was required. And then I took the job at B.C. I didn’t want to be there for a few months and leave, so I stayed there for a couple of years and tried to help up there. I think it was March, early March, I sent Joe a text and it kind of went from there.”
Following his retirement, Snee took a break from the game of football but that was short-lived. You can take the man out of football but you can’t take football out of the man.
“It’s been a progression for me,” he said. “The first year I didn’t watch at all. I didn’t watch one game. That was even when Tom was still the coach. I went to a game later that first year. It was just hard for me. And then I’d watch a little, and then it was more and more. The last couple years, I’ve watched as many games as my schedule would allow. If I wasn’t driving to Boston or somewhere else, or coaching (his children’s youth teams), I was watching the game for sure and paying attention. Always rooting for them, but I didn’t watch because I wanted to keep playing. It was just hard to walk away.
“I retired when I was 32. I thought I would be able to kind of survive without the game. Some guys can, but I can’t. I wanted to focus on my family, which I’ve done, but they’re older now and I’ve coached them through their years of youth sports. It probably cost me job opportunities, but I wouldn’t go back and change a thing. Those years you can’t get back. People approached me from the finance world and real estate, and it just boiled down to, do I want to learn something new, or do I want to stay in the game that I love? I love football. I love everything about it. So, even in my years where I wasn’t with an organization, I was still on the field in town coaching the kids or helping out with high school.”
In addition to announcing the Snee hire, the Giants also announced the promotion of two in the personnel department.
Nick La Testa, who was a pro scout, is now the assistant director of pro scouting. Charles Tisch, a football operations assistant, is now the manager, football administration.
New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen has been busy this offseason filling his team’s most glaring needs in preparation for the 2024 season.
But not all of the team’s needs have been addressed. There’s always work to be done.
ESPN’s Aaron Schatz recently listed each team’s biggest remaining roster holes now that the draft and the bulk of free agency are over. For the Giants, he sees their biggest hole at the tight end position.
This is another team with questions at running back even after adding free agent Devin Singletary, but we’ll go with tight end as the team’s largest hole. That assumes that Darren Waller will retire, which is up in the air. If Waller leaves, the Giants will go back to starting Daniel Bellinger, who caught just 30 passes as a rookie in 2022 and then 25 more last season. The G-Men spent a fourth-round pick on Theo Johnson out of Penn State to back up Bellinger and/or Waller. They also have veteran blocking tight end Chris Manhertz and former Eagles backup Jack Stoll. For a team coming off a 6-11 season, New York has a surprisingly hole-free starting lineup — as long as you don’t want to have a complicated debate about the quarterback position.
Schatz is not buying into the narrative that Johnson is going to contribute more than expected as a rookie. He also makes no mention of Lawrence Cager, a player who continues to find his way on the field for the Giants.
Darren Waller is almost certain to retire as he is still mulling his future as the team goes through their offseason training program. Daniel Bellinger has never been given a primary role as a receiver and it’s anyone’s guess how he’ll handle an expanded role in his third season.
The New York Giants have already shown that they are looking for offensive weapons this offseason, as evidenced by their actions in free agency and the 2024 NFL draft. But they aren’t done yet.
The Giants are still adding bodies to the roster and on Thursday, signed veteran wide receiver Allen Robinson, who was cut from the Pittsburgh Steelers in a cost-cutting move in March.
Robinson was drafted in 2014 by the Jacksonville Jaguars where he spent four years. After that, he was with the Chicago Bears for four years, the Los Angeles Rams for a year, and the Pittsburgh Steelers for a year.
Robinson has three seasons with over 1,000 yards receiving, but his veteran knowledge on the field will be helpful for the youth the Giants are bringing in.
Over his 10-year career, Robinson has recorded 562 receptions for 7,028 yards and 43 touchdowns. He has just two fumbles, losing only one of them.
Right now, Robinson will have to earn his spot on this team. The Giants will use him to help mentor the young talent they are bringing in and the young talent they already have.
Whether Robinson earns a spot on the final 53-man roster remains to be seen, but his experience and knowledge of the game will go a long way toward solidifying the Giants’ offensive skill positions.
The New York Giants are widely regarded as having conducted a successful draft in late April.
General manager Joe Schoen made six picks and addressed multiple areas of need, most notably selecting a true No. 1 wide receiver with Malik Nabers in Round 1. But he’s drawn praise for several other picks as well.
Running back Tyrone Tracy has been the focus of much hype and tight end Theo Johnson has also warranted some attention.
Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus recently broke down his best picks from each round and honed in on cornerback Andru Phillips in Round 3 as a steal.
PICK 70. NEW YORK GIANTS: CB ANDRU PHILLIPS, KENTUCKY
The Giants drafted Deonte Banks in the first round of last year’s draft and now add more youth to that group early in the third round this year. His career-best 23 defensive stops led all SEC cornerbacks in 2023, and his 72.9 PFF coverage grade was also the best mark of his career.
The issue facing Phillips and the Giants is the uncertainty of where he’ll play. Schoen left the door open for him to play outside but also suggested moving him inside and allowing Cor’Dale Flott to swing out alongside Deonte Banks.
The Giants need another outside cornerback capable of locking down opposing wide receivers and if Phillips can become that player, Schoen did find himself a steal in Round 3.
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