By all accounts, the Giants’ addition of out of doors linebacker Jihad Ward is already paying dividends, so far as bringing in a veteran with management traits and an enormous persona.
Ward, 28, has made a direct impression.
“He type of jumped proper into the deep finish,’’ head coach Brian Daboll mentioned. “He’s obtained a terrific persona, energetic. I like the best way he practices. He’s all the time working to the ball. I’d say he helps out. … He’s nice with guys like Kayvon [Thibodeaux] and people younger guys in his room.’’
Ward got here extremely really useful by new defensive coordinator Wink Martindale, who labored with Ward on the Ravens in 2019 and 2020.
Having Ward sharing a position-group room with the rookie Thibodeaux is a part of the team-building that Daboll and normal supervisor Joe Schoen need to see within the first yr of this new regime.
Ward sounds desperate to do his half with Thibodeaux.
“I’m on him,’’ Ward mentioned Wednesday after minicamp follow. “Be sure that he’s studied the playbook and stuff like that, as a result of I don’t need him to play gradual. I don’t need any of my guys to play gradual. That goes for all positions. However him, he’ll be prepared. He’ll positively be prepared, and I can’t wait.’’
It doesn't sound as if Daboll is a believer in establishing a management council. He didn't straight reply if he'll assemble a bunch of gamers to satisfy with him this season and mentioned he's wanting ahead to later in the summertime seeing who the gamers vote in because the group captains.
“That might be down the street on the finish of the preseason video games, so who they see as their leaders, I feel that’s extra vital, essentially than who I see,’’ Daboll mentioned.
Free agent TE Ricky Seals-Jones has not discovered his manner into many highlights this spring and has typically been on the sphere with the second- or third-team offense.
“I wouldn’t learn an excessive amount of into any of that,’’ Daboll mentioned. “I all the time inform these guys we've got a rep chart, not a depth chart proper now.
“He’s been with those, he’s been within the twos, he’s been with the threes. We’ve used completely different personnel packages. This isn’t actually an analysis sort of camp. It's extra of a educating, studying camp and transferring guys round and placing them with completely different gamers.’’
The second day of this minicamp was a lot lighter than Tuesday, with follow held at a walk-through tempo, with gamers not carrying helmets.
“Coach does a very good job of listening to the gamers, listening to the employees and understanding we’ve been grinding,’’ working again Saquon Barkley mentioned. “We’ve been going since April 4. If he felt like chopping follow down which means as gamers we’ve been doing a very good job of giving him confidence to try this.’’
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