The Giants.com crew members give their takeaways from rookie minicamp.

John Schmeelk: There is only so much you can take away from rookie minicamp. As John Harbaugh said, "it's a rehearsal type of a camp. It's called fast rehearsal when you do the team period, so we're going to go fast. We're going to try to execute fast. We're going to try to be on point with great technique. We're going to rehearse. We're going to kind of do the dance, so to speak, of football. We're not actually competing against one another You don't see violent, physical type of battles out there. It was more kind of competing against yourself and you're learning to execute the play."

On the field, both Arvell Reese and Francis "Sisi" Mauigoa looked the part in terms of frame and athleticism, matching what they consistently showed in college. It's difficult to see from just watching practice how they handled the mental part of the game, but Harbaugh was impressed by Reese.

"Picks things up really quick," Harbaugh said of the No. 5 overall pick. "Very serious minded. Very diligent about the assignments. I don't think he's got one assignment wrong throughout the two days, which is great to see."

Mauigoa is beginning his move to guard in the NFL, but he seemed to already be comfortable at his new position.

"I don't have that much space to work with," Mauigoa said. "Playing at tackle, you have all the space, where a guard everything happens so fast. It's not something I really need to work on, it's something that I need to get used to. I know a lot over there with (Univ. of Miami offensive line coach) Coach (Alex) Mirabal teaching us jump set and everything, some stuff will work on the NFL level and some won't. It's a lot of tools in the belt."

It was an encouraging way for both rookies to start their NFL careers.

Dan Salomone: We have a good old-fashioned kicker competition on our hands, and undrafted rookie Dominic Zvada is part of it. The former Michigan All-American and 2024 Big Ten Kicker of the Year showed his leg strength in windy conditions on Friday at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.

"Really talented," said Harbaugh, who earned his stripes in the NFL as a special teams coordinator. "He's big, tall, rangy kind of guy. Big for a kicker, you would say, and really strong leg. More than anything, it's the consistency. He has a vertical swing pattern, we call it. He does a nice job of getting downfield through the kick. Because of that, he tends to kick a ball straight consistently. If you do that, you probably have a chance. It's like your drive, right? When you hit it straight down the middle consistently, you have a good round."

The Giants have a new kicking battery this year. Over the offseason, they signed kicker Jason Sanders and punter/holder Jordan Stout, who have been first-team All-Pros in their careers. They also added two long snappers in Super Bowl LV champion Zach Triner and undrafted rookie Ben Mann, who is the grandson of Chuck Mercein, a fullback drafted by the Giants in 1965.

The only returnee is Ben Sauls, who made all eight of his field goal attempts and seven extra points in the final three games of last season.

"It's going to be a competition, for sure, right out of the gate," Harbaugh said. "It's already started. You saw Zvada. That was his first iteration of that competition. We're coming next week. We'll be kicking field goals. We go to OTAs, we'll kick field goals I think every other practice, but we may be kicking them every practice because we have three guys to kick. We'll just see how it shakes out."

Over the course of Harbaugh's 18 seasons in Baltimore, the Ravens were No. 1 in the NFL in field goal percentage (86.9), makes (552), and attempts (635). It will be a major part of the formula for the new-look Giants.

Matt Citak: The excitement both John Harbaugh and Joe Schoen expressed after the draft went beyond securing two of the top players on their board in the first round. As we saw in the second episode of Giants Life that was released Monday morning, the head coach and general manager were also ecstatic to land cornerback Colton Hood and wide receiver Malachi Fields on Day 2. We saw a glimpse of why at rookie minicamp.

Hood had just four total takeaways across his three collegiate seasons, but it didn't take long for him to make an impact in one of his first NFL practices. The 21-year-old corner made a play on the ball during two-minute drill, taking it the other way for a touchdown. While it was only one practice, Hood seemed to already make a strong impression on his head coach.

"Hood, loved him in press," Harbaugh told the media after Saturday's practice. "He was at press corner. He was playing press out there with the other corners. He looked really good. You saw him make a couple of plays. How about the interception in two minute? That was a nice play. He was good. He was good and diligent the whole time."

The Giants made only one trade in the 2026 draft, sending a fourth-round pick, a fifth-round pick and next year's fourth-round pick in order to move into the third round (No. 74) to select Fields. The wide receiver out of Notre Dame earned a reputation of catching everything thrown in his direction, and over his first weekend of NFL practices, the 6-foot-4 wideout did more of the same.

"Malachi, a bunch of plays," said Harbaugh. "Did you see him on the slants today? He made every catch yesterday. Made one high catch over the top of the corner one time. Happy with all those guys."

If Hood and Fields can get acclimated to the NFL quickly, they have an opportunity to earn playing time right away. They both made good first impressions at rookie minicamp, but the real test will come next week when they take the field with the rest of the roster for OTAs. If they can continue to impress over the next month while going up against the veterans, it would leave the coaching staff with a lot to think about when the team breaks for the summer.