Big Blue View
The New York Giants traveled to Florham Park, N.J., for their first of two joint practices against the New York Jets on Tuesday.
The Giants were short-handed at wide receiver with Malik Nabers, Jalin Hyatt and Da’Quan Felton not practicing, along with running back Cam Skattebo and guard Evan Neal.
The absence of three receivers led to first-team reps for both Beaux Collins and Montrell Washington. The Giants and Jets first squared off in practice after individual drills and stretches; their first drill against each other was seven-on-seven.
This drill ran simultaneously with the trench one-on-ones. Unlike the 11-on-11 drills, the Giants offense successfully moved the football during this period.
Russell Wilson started the drive by connecting with Theo Johnson on a quick pivot route underneath. He then connected with Collins twice in the first session; one of the passes was a beautiful 18-yard corner strike that was placed well over the top of a trailing defender. He finished his first session with an out route to Wan’Dale Robinson. Wilson went 4 of 4 before Jaxson Dart took the field.
Dart went 3 of 3, with connections to Jermaine Terry II on a stick route, Montrell Washington on an intermediate horizontal crosser, and Dante ‘Turbo’ Miller on a flare to the flat. Jameis Winston received a few snaps before Wilson returned to the field.
Wilson went 2 of 4 on his second seven-on-seven session. He started by hitting Johnson in the flat and then found Greg Dulcich on an OTB route (Over the Ball). Wilson then attempted a deep one-on-one shot to Lil’Jordan Humphrey that was not secured. The pass was high and adequate, but it was a tough play to make. He then delivered a very nice pass over the middle to Robinson, but the limited catch radius of the smaller receiver made securing the pass difficult; it fell to the deck.
Dart then went 3 for 3 on his second session: he found Zach Pascal for a short gain on an in route, connected with Dulcich on a stick to his right, and then another quick in route to Dalen Cambre. Tommy DeVito earned two plays and went two-for-two with an out to Terry and short comeback for a few yards to Cambre.
While all this was going on, the Hog Mollies were battling closer to my vantage point. I tried to write down as many notes as possible, but I was more interested in the seven-on-sevens. Here are my notes from the one-on-ones.
Below are observations of the Giants’ offensive line against the Jets’ defensive line. The Giants’ offensive line held up well, generally speaking.
