The New York Giants participated in a joint follow with their MetLife Stadium co-tenants, the New York Jets, out in Florham Park on Wednesday.
The Jets appeared to get the higher of play, particularly in drills that featured their two former Rookies of the 12 months — cornerback Sauce Gardner and broad receiver Garrett Wilson.
Joint follow over. In a nutshell: No fights. Jets win. #Jets
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To be honest, the Giants received their pictures in too, however as follow ended, Gardner waved the Giants off the sphere in a taunting style. Giants rookie broad receiver Malik Nabers, who had a vital drop within the two-minute drills, appeared to concede that his crew had been overwhelmed.
“I imply, they will try this. They received on the day,” Nabers informed reporters. “Their protection got here out right here and executed nicely. We beat ourselves right this moment. So, it’s about actually going again into our playbook, going again into making an attempt to be us, looking for this crew that we making an attempt to search for. It’s going again to the preparation.
“I had too many drops. I had lots of catches that might have been made on the sphere. You recognize, in order that was about me.”
Gardner is a real professional and gave Nabers his due in an interview after follow.
“He’s good. He’s very sudden in terms of getting out and in of his breaks. I do know this would possibly sound form of bizarre, however he jogs my memory of an LSU receiver, slightly Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson,” Gardner mentioned. “I’m not going to check him to anyone as a result of on the finish of the day he’s Malik, however these are two guys he jogs my memory of slightly bit. He’s going to be a very good participant.”
It’s solely follow and Saturday night time’s sport is prone to be a contest between second and third-string gamers. It’s apparent the Jets are going to be a troublesome out this yr so long as quarterback Aaron Rodgers stays upright.
The Giants? Properly, they’re nonetheless very a lot a piece in progress. They know they’ve plenty of issues to kind out earlier than subsequent Tuesday’s closing roster cuts.
