With minicamp now in the rearview mirror, the Giants are officially done with practices until the start of training camp next month.
It was a productive few months for the Giants. Since the team hired a new head coach, their voluntary offseason workout program began on April 4, two weeks before clubs with returning coaches began their offseason programs. Between the workout program, the voluntary minicamp, OTA workouts and the mandatory minicamp, the Giants have had most of the team in the building for a while now. This gave Brian Daboll and his coaching staff a great opportunity to begin laying the foundation for the football program they want to build.
Daboll recently sat down with Bob Papa on the 'Giants Huddle: Front Office Edition' podcast – presented by Fordham University - to discuss a variety of topics, including how he thought his first offseason program as head coach went.
"I think we've made a lot of progress from where we started," said Daboll. "When you're coming into a new place and you're starting out the way you want to do things, it takes a lot of work and a lot of people in the organization have their hands in it. And I think the people in our building have done a fantastic job from the coaching staff to the scouting staff, to the administrators, the staff have really done a good job of buying in on how we want to do things. And then ultimately, it falls on the players and these guys have been tremendous the last four months or three months, whatever it's been of putting the time and the effort and the energy to improve each day."
The Giants' roster has gone through quite a big transformation this offseason.
Over 40 players currently on the 90-man roster were not with the team last year, which includes free agents, the 11-man draft class and undrafted free agents.
While these players come from all over, Daboll made it clear that both he and general manager Joe Schoen looked for players with particularly high football IQs.
"We place a high premium on bringing in intelligent players," the head coach exclaimed. "I think we've done a good job with that in terms of the free agents that we brought in. And then, the draft process, that's one of our number one things. Between Joe and his staff and the coaches, we really put a lot of work into bringing in our type of people, which one of the things we're looking for, smart players. From the day we started to where we're at, I think they've done a really good job of picking up the information and continuing to grow in that regard."
One player in particular that the Giants hope will benefit from the arrival of Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka is quarterback Daniel Jones.
Jones threw for 24 touchdowns in just 12 starts as a rookie. While his completion percentage over the last two seasons has improved from the 61.9 percent he recorded in his first season, in addition to his turnover rate, his touchdown numbers have dropped.
Daboll hopes that an offense more focused around Jones' strengths will lead to success for the young quarterback.
"I think that's important to get input from the quarterback in terms of what he feels comfortable with, while at the same time, showing him some new things that maybe can help him," said Daboll. "At the end of the day, the offense is obviously going to go through our quarterback and there's got to be good give and take with that between the head coach, the coordinator and the quarterback. That's I'd say a pretty special relationship between the three of those guys."
View the best photos from mandatory minicamp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center.




QB Daniel Jones

WR Richie James

S Xavier McKinney (29)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Alex Bachman (81)

Brian Daboll Head Coach, Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Prince

WR Austin Proehl (87)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)

G Joshua Ezeudu (75)

S Julian Love (20)2

WR David Sills V (84)

Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Prince, Brian Daboll Head Coach

WR Austin Proehl (87)


LB Tae Crowder (48)2

Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Prince

K Graham Gano (9)

LB Jihad Ward (55)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

LB Oshane Ximines (53)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Henry Black (24)

Sam Prince

RB Saquon Barkley (26)2

WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17), WR C.J. Board (18), WR Alex Bachman (81), WR David Sills V (84), WR Richie James, WR Collin Johnson (15), WR Kenny Golladay (19)

S Dane Belton (36)

QB Daniel Jones (8), Sam Prince, DL Dexter Lawrence (97)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

DB Michael Jacquet (23)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

WR Alex Bachman (81)

WR Alex Bachman (81)

WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)

WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)

WR David Sills V (84)

S Trenton Thompson (39)

WR David Sills V (84)

S Yusuf Corker (21)

S Yusuf Corker (21)

K Graham Gano (9)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Julian Love (20)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Yusuf Corker (21)

WR Austin Proehl (87), WR Alex Bachman (81)

S Trenton Thompson (39)

S Yusuf Corker (21)

LB Cam Brown (47)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

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K Graham Gano (9)

WR Robert Foster (82)

CB Adoree' Jackson (22)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

CB Adoree' Jackson (22)

WR Richie James (80)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

RB Antonio Williams (21)

Sam Prince, Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager

RB Antonio Williams (21)

WR Robert Foster (82)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

RB Antonio Williams (21)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

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Sam Prince

CB Adoree' Jackson (22), CB Khalil Dorsey (31)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), Sam Prince

DB Cor'Dale Flott (28)

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Sam Prince

DL D.J. Davidson (98)

DL Leonard Williams (99), DL D.J. Davidson (98)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), S Xavier McKinney (29)

Sam Prince

DL Leonard Williams (99)

Sam Prince

DL David Moa (96), DL Leonard Williams (99)

Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Prince, Brian Daboll Head Coach

WR Austin Proehl (87)

RB Matt Breida (31)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

RB Jashaun Corbin (25)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Jordan Akins (88)

TE Daniel Bellinger (45)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

TE Chris Myarick (85)

FB Jeremiah Hall (27)

TE Ricky Seals-Jones (83)

RB Matt Breida (31)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Matt Breida (31)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

FB Jeremiah Hall (27)

TE Jordan Akins (88)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

FB Jeremiah Hall (27)

TE Chris Myarick (85)

WR Austin Proehl (87)

WR Travis Toivonen (13)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

RB Matt Breida (31)

RB Antonio Williams (21)

RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

RB Sandro Platzgummer (34)

Joe Schoen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sam Prince

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)
On the other side of the ball, possibly the biggest addition to the Big Blue defense was Wink Martindale.
Daboll hired Don "Wink" Martindale earlier this offseason to serve as the team's defensive coordinator, bringing some aggressive play-calling to the Giants' defense. Under Martindale, the Baltimore Ravens ranked in the top three in points allowed in three of his four seasons as DC.
"It's a tough system to coach against," Daboll stated. "When you're a play caller on the other sideline coaching against his defense, it presents a lot of challenges throughout the week. A lot of things that break some rules in terms of your assignments on offense, you have to be really sound for, or maybe game plan a little bit differently for. He's had a lot of success where he's been at Baltimore. I really didn't know Wink much, just you know him through being in the league for a while. But he did a really good job in his interview, impressive guy, and thought he was a good fit."
Since being named head coach, Daboll has made a serious effort to get to know everyone at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, not only those on the football side of the building.
"I think it's just how I was raised. I got a lot of respect for just people in general," he told Papa. "And when there's someone in the building that works in a different department than I'm working in, those people put in a lot of time and effort and energy to help the organization be as good as they can and they're really important to the success of the organization. I think having respect for everyone in the building is really critical, a critical part of being a good leader.
"I like hanging out, meeting new people, kind of like a break from schedules and organization and things like that. And you just go, let your hair down, if you will, no pun intended and get to meet some people and tell them that you appreciate their work and their effort that they're doing because it is important. I think you put time into relationships, those pay dividends."
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View photos of the New York Giants' 2022 roster as it currently stands.


OL Jack Anderson

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RB Saquon Barkley

TE Daniel Bellinger

S Dane Belton

G Ben Bredeson

RB Matt Breida

RB Gary Brightwell

LB Cam Brown

TE Lawrence Cager

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LB Carter Coughlin

LB Jarrad Davis

G Wyatt Davis

DL Justin Ellis

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CB Cor'Dale Flott

OLB Tomon Fox

K Graham Gano

OL Nick Gates

P Jamie Gillan

G Mark Glowinski

WR Kenny Golladay

WR Isaiah Hodgins

CB Darnay Holmes

CB Adoree' Jackson

WR Richie James

S Tony Jefferson

WR Marcus Johnson

QB Daniel Jones

LS Casey Kreiter

DL Dexter Lawrence

S Julian Love

CB Nick McCloud

LB Micah McFadden

S Xavier McKinney

DL Henry Mondeaux

CB Fabian Moreau

T Evan Neal

OLB Azeez Ojulari

T Matt Peart

OL Tyre Phillips

S Jason Pinnock

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QB Tyrod Taylor

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux

T Andrew Thomas

TE Nick Vannett

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