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New York Giants’ running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. reminded people around the NFL of an important fact against the Green Bay Packers. He reminded people that while the Giants are missing Malik Nabers and Cam Skattebo, they’re not completely out of offensive weapons.
After all, Tracy was a 1,000-yard player himself last year, despite not being a significant part of the offense until Week 5.
And he echoed his 2024 performance against the Packers. Last year he averaged 4.4 yards per carry and 7.5 yards per reception. Against the Packers, Tracy averaged 4.6 yards per carry and an impressive 12.8 yards per catch on 19 carries and 4 receptions.
Tracy noted on Tuesday that interim head coach Mike Kafka stressed energy in the team’s practices leading up to the game.
“That was kind of one of his [Mike Kafka’s] things going into the week was just playing, leaving no doubt and just playing with a lot of energy,” Tracy said. “We had some of the practice players on the sideline and the way we practiced this week was, or last week, was a little more energized and that’s just based off of Kaf and how he wanted things ran in practice. It carried over to the game. And I think it was very evident just by the energy, offense, defense, special teams that everyone had.”
It was a fine performance, and almost enough to come up with an underdog victory. But even so, Tracy is less concerned with his individual numbers as he is with how he’s contributing to the team.
“I mean, it’s very simple for me. I’m a team player,” he said. I want whoever’s out there, whether it’s me, Motor [Devin Singletary], Skatt [Cam Skattebo], EG [Eric Gray], Turbo [Dante Miller], like whoever it is, like I want them to do good. I really don’t care to have all the touches, all the touchdowns. That’s not really my MO. I’m just a big dude that, whoever’s in the RB room, if you’re out there on the football field, you’re producing, whether again I don’t care what your name is.
“I’m just trying to go out there for my team in a good situation,” he added. “And at the end of the day, numbers look better when you have Ws on your side. So, when I can help my team win, that’s when numbers will matter. Because if you really think about it, like I think I had like 88 yards, something like that. Eighty-eight yards looks really good when you have a W to sit back on. Or 50 yards really looks good when you have a W to sit back on. But when you have 150 yards, but you lost the game, like, yeah, you had a good individual performance, but you’re still coming home with an L and you’re feeling sorry the next day. So, I would much rather have a W than any individual stat.”
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