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New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen was not biting on Wednesday on the idea of putting expectations on the 2025 Giants, or comparing the current roster to the previous three he constructed as the team’s GM.
He was, though, happy to talk about the veteran leadership dotted across the team’s “evolving” 53-man landscape.
“One of the things that Dabs [Brian Daboll] and I tried to do early on and it’s just hard, it takes time, is we talk about leadership in every room,” Schoen said. “We’ve finally been able to add leadership in every room, and we feel good about the team leadership.
“I think that’s showed throughout the spring in training camp, the leadership, some of the veterans that we have, some of our own that have grown into leaders.
“I would say that’s one of the bigger differences that I’ve felt throughout this offseason.”
Schoen name-dropped a number of players, some new to the roster and others who have been with the team for a while, as adding to the leadership.
“Even a guy like Brian Burns, from last year to this year, the jump he’s made, and he’s been a tremendous leader this offseason,” Schoen said. “some of the off-season acquisitions that we brought in, Russ [Wilson] and Jameis [Winston] and Roy Robertson-Harris and [Jevon] Holland and Paulson [Adebo], true pros, true pros that have the DNA that we look for and covet. Again, the camaraderie, guys that love ball, guys that hold each other accountable, staying after, doing the extra.
I really like where they are right now, the way they’re approaching the season, and just the true aspect of the team feel that we have.“
Schoen also mentioned players like Bobby Okereke, Greg Van Roten, Jon Runyan and Devin Singletary as veteran leaders.
“The more of those guys you can have that are going to do things the right way and are unselfish and true pros, that can be contagious for some of the young players, and it can elevate everybody,” he said.
Schoen said only “we’ll see” in terms of what type of team the Giants would be.
“We like the roster. We like the chemistry. We like the leadership,” Schoen said. “Now we’ve got to go out and do it on Sundays.
“We had a good training camp. We had a good spring. Now we’re two weeks away. We have to go out and do it. Do I like the team? Yes. I like the chemistry. I feel like we’ve been executing. We’ve had good practice. The guys have done a good job through camp. It’s been really good competition, and now it’s time to go out and do it.”
The hope from the Giants fan base that quarterback Tommy DeVito would land on the team’s practice squad after losing his 53-man roster spot was dashed on Wednesday when he was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots.
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