New york city Giants fans can breathe a sigh of relief. The Giants defense, currently reeling from injuries to security Xavier McKinney and linebacker David Mayo, got great news on Sunday when linebacker Blake Martinez returned to practice.
” Hes completely recovered, hes prepared to go,” stated head coach Joe Judge. “It was great to have him back out there with us.”
Checked in the offseason to quarterback the defense, Martinez missed practice on Thursday and was held out of Fridays Blue-White Scrimmage. Coach Joe Judge had actually said he was “not excessively concerned” about Martinez, and now the veteran linebacker is back to work. Media on hand stated the only proof of anything with Martinez was a thin wrap listed below his best knee.
Other injury notes:
Cornerback Darnay Holmes, who had a “lower body injury” in Fridays scrimmage, was back at practice. Spencer Pulley, who remained a few practices recently, was also back on the field. Rookies Rysen John and Jaquarius Landrews were on the side.
Reviewing the Blue-White Scrimmage
” We understood that going in as a coaching staff. We understood what we were looking for. I came out very encouraged.”
Judge said players had “good energy and juice” on Friday and that “it felt like a game.” His main issue, considering the lack of spring practice, the reduced training school and the absence of preseason play is game readiness.
The Giants have just 3 more practices and one 90-minute Blue-White Scrimmage before they need to set their preliminary 53-man roster. Judge said Sunday that the Giants as a company invested roughly 6 hours on Saturday, a day off for players, talking about the roster.
Judge was asked about the beginning offensive only netting a basket in 5 drives.
” I believed they did an excellent task stringing some drives together,” Judge said. “Theres a great deal of constraints we placed on the group in how we had to play the game and the pace of the half. That gets rid of a great deal of what you can do on both sides of the ball.
Obviously theres some things to remedy and clean up up,” Judge stated. To be truthful, our people have practiced extremely hard, theyve done everything theyve been asked to.
” At this point theres a great deal of things that can take place. Theres a lot of men who have left strong impressions,” Judge said. “We desire to make sure we benefit from our staying time to provide everyone a fair shot to make sure we do not supervise somebodys ability and make an assumption too quick.”
Roster building
Offensive line play
Judge had numerous interesting things to state about the play of the offending line throughout the skirmish. Here are a few of them:
” I thought Nick Gates did an excellent job in the middle commanding the calls and getting everyone on the very same page. I thought he played with a lot of durability.”
” I believed the deals with did a decent task and there were other times our defense was able to blend some various appearances and produce pressure.”
” I believed [Will] Hernandez and [Kevin] Zeitler did an excellent task playing physical. That appeared with Shane Lemieux. I was pleased with how Matt Peart and Eric Smith played on the edges.”
” Tyler Haycraft had a large load the other night, did a decent job in there handling it. Specifically with the mental and the changeups our defense offered him with different appearances. Thats always an essential thing for the center position, to be the wise guy who guides everybody on the very same page.”
Signed in the offseason to quarterback the defense, Martinez missed practice on Thursday and was held out of Fridays Blue-White Scrimmage. Coach Joe Judge had actually stated he was “not overly concerned” about Martinez, and now the veteran linebacker is back to work. Clearly theres some things to clean and fix up,” Judge stated.” I thought they did a good job stringing some drives together,” Judge stated. Theres a lot of people who have actually left strong impressions,” Judge stated.
