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Giants Notes and Quotes

by John Fennelly on May 10th, 2010 at 6:23 am

Feagles, Fewell, Chad Jones and more…..

There is a hole in the schedule right now. The rookie mini-camps are behind us and the full-team mini-camps are still more than a month away.

The next time the team officially gathers at Timex is May 18th for the first spring OTA.

Until then, we will try to keep everyone up to date as best we can.   Here are some quotes you may have missed over the past week or so………..

“I would ask that the leaders in that locker room step up and decide to take control of their own team and get the New York Giants back to the Super Bowl. It takes leadership inside that locker room and the younger guys, which this team is being made up of, have got to understand and listen to the older players. Those older players have to teach these young guys how it is done and not be afraid if (the younger players) don’t like you.” - Jeff Feagles in his retirement speech on what he would ask of the teammates he is leaving behind.

“This is the first time in my life (focusing solely on football). I’ve been doing two sports all year round, mostly baseball, all my life. So this is going to be a big turning point in my life.  I’ve never done a full spring of football and I’ve never done a full summer.  The only thing I’ve done is a full fall season, because I was traveling with summer baseball. In the spring it was baseball season, so I had a pretty busy schedule. In the fall I was strictly football, but in the spring and in the summer, baseball took over.” - Chad Jones, the Giants’ third-round draft pick, who was also drafted by the Houston Astros back in 2007, but never signed.

“As long as they run and hit. I had London Fletcher. London Fletcher was pretty good for us. As long as they can run and hit and intercept the football, I have no biases.” - DC Perry Fewell when asked if 4th round draft choice Phillip Dillard was too small to play MLB in his new defense.

“Yeah, it is going to be a process with the catching the snap, modeling the ball, getting a good leg swing on it. The big thing for these young guys will be to hang the distance. We don’t want a 55-yard punt with 4.1 hang. That is very tough to cover. So we will get the hang, the distance consistent and then we will start working direction when it is the appropriate time.” – Special Teams coach Tom Quinn on his new punters, Jy Bond and Matt Dodge.

“I think what we have gotten is – Richie will be insulted when I say this – but he reminds me of a Seubert. He has that kind of tenacity; that kind of attitude. He will be feisty, he will be aggressive.” – OC Kevin Gilbride on 5th round selection Mitch Petrus, the only offensive player taken by the Giants in the draft this year.


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  • igs

    Big Blue View ran an interesting blurb about the Giants and the LB position development issues on saturday:

    http://www.bigblueview.com/2010/5/8/1464211/why-are-the-giants-unable-to

    I especially agreed with this person’s comments on the issue:

    “I’d say its because the Giants don’t really care about them

    they havent invested in the position in ages. How do you expect your linebacking group to be good when they are a bunch of 4th and 5th rounders? LB is an easy position to project – if you’re good in college, chances are you will be good in the NFL”

    And I found another Micah Johnson fan:

    “I know

    Chase Blackburn, Danny Clark, and Antonio Pierce. Hopefully in 2009 its Michael Boley, Micah Johnson, and Clint Sintim.

    My favorite LB is Clint Sintim though. I’m not high on Boley, Wilk, or Kehl. Phillip Dillard hasn’t grown on me yet, I prefer Micah Johnson.

    Don’t worry though, we have talented linebackers that are hungry to step up and play at a high level. The age of mediocrity for LBs may be over.”

    But I disagree with this guy about Boley. I think Boley is an excellent LB. But check out this article. Its short but people’s responses are really interesting.

  • http://www.profootballnyc.com John Fennelly

    He’s right about one thing. They have not invested that much at the LB position. You get what you pay for in life and its beginning to show.

    They want someone to emerge in the middle, but we won’t see that happen until training camp – or even beyond.

    Boley is a good player, you’re right. He will have a good season.

    Sintim is not really a LB in my eyes. Many thought he would translate into a DE once he got to the pros. That could still happen, BTW. Adrian Tracy is a kid they may at that position in the future.

  • igs

    John,

    “He’s right about one thing. They have not invested that much at the LB position. You get what you pay for in life and its beginning to show.”

    I think ultimately, all my moaning and groaning is about this very issue. I think if the Giants made a nice move at LB, particularly MLB and it went south I could appreciate that situation more than if they continue to hope someone will emerge from a squad of special teams players and 3-4 miscasts. I remember when they made a move for Lavar Arrington. That didn’t work out in the long run but it showed that the LB position was a priority. If only for his placement on the field the MLB is the key cog in the 4-3 defense. Why would you make a big move at safety where it’s much easier to compensate for lack of star power than at MLB where its hard to find a blue chip, complete player?

    Something to think about:

    I was talking to a friend about the Giants and he suggested that the Mara’s and Reese may be preparing to give the job to Bill Cowher. While this idea is a bit conspiracy theory-ish, it isn’t completely implausible. That’s because the Giants have aquired a few guys that are more suited for 3-4 – Dillard, lee, Umenyora and Tracy. If the Giants had a NT they could do it today.

    Now think about this. You could say the Giants took a risk on drafting Sintim, a college DE, to play strong side. And that may still pan out but it looks gray. (I still have faith.) But why would they then turn around and draft Tracy and commit the same experiment? Coughlin is an old boy. it’s not completely implausible.

  • http://www.profootballnyc.com John Fennelly

    No one really knows what the plan is. The Giants don’t even know. Look at all the players they have that can play multiple positions. They will throw it all against the wall and get it sorted out.

    They are still “in the meeting” stage according to Fewell, so anything is possible here.

    I wouldn’t totally discount the Cowher thing, Linval Joseph can play NT. He said he could if asked.

  • igs

    “No one really knows what the plan is. The Giants don’t even know. Look at all the players they have that can play multiple positions. They will throw it all against the wall and get it sorted out.”

    I gotta say, I’m more of a fan of a team having a plan. In general I feel like the teams that consistently make it deep into the playoffs have a plan. Like when’s the last time you felt like the Steelers didn’t have a plan? or the Colts? I’m not saying that Reese doesn’t know what he’s doing, but I thing there just needs to be a better rhyme and reason to some of these moves.

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