This time final 12 months, Aaron Robinson sat on the sidelines and watched Giants coaching camp go on with out him as he handled a core muscle damage.
Coaching camp is a tough time for any participant to overlook — serving as a significant ramp-up and acclimation to the trials of NFL life. For a rookie cornerback, that rings very true.
“Not having the ability to compete was exhausting,” Robinson informed The Submit this week. “That’s why we play this recreation, to compete. And likewise taking all the things mentally, making an attempt to be taught a protection, however not having the ability to rep the protection.”
Twelve months later, with camp in full swing, issues are vastly completely different.
“I’m undoubtedly extra snug coming into 12 months 2,” mentioned Robinson, who was wholesome by November and appeared in 9 video games, making two begins.
That added consolation is essential, each for Robinson and the destiny of this 12 months’s Giants protection. Robinson is poised to start out at cornerback — flanking Adoree’ Jackson and changing James Bradberry, who was launched in Might in a cost-cutting maneuver. These are sizable sneakers to fill, contemplating Bradberry’s standing as one of many recreation’s extra productive defensive backs.
And in Wink Martindale’s pressure-heavy defensive system, regular cornerback play is crucial: With the strain turned up, the corners are sometimes left in one-on-one protection.
In flip, Robinson has spent camp making an attempt to “tune each facet” of his recreation. Up to now, he isn't glad together with his development — a sense extra a product of lofty expectations than of poor play.
“Less than my customary the place I wished it to be,” Robinson mentioned. “However that’s why we now have coaching camp. We’re nonetheless crafting, at all times discovering issues to tune up.
“You at all times need to set your targets excessive. For those who let anybody in on these targets and so they take a look at you loopy, that you simply set the suitable factor.”
Robinson’s targets revolve round constructing off that injury-shortened rookie season.
In a comparatively small pattern dimension, Robinson impressed his friends.
“He’s a man who exhibits as much as work able to compete,” third-year cornerback Darnay Holmes mentioned. “He’s at all times been a high-level [guy] since faculty.”
Added Jackson: “I preferred what I had seen from him and [have] been liking him ever since. He works exhausting. He’s a man that simply goes on the market and does what he has to do.”
In a distinguished position this season, doing simply that will probably be much more vital.
The Giants claimed security Nate Meadors off waivers from the Browns.
The undrafted Meadors performed in three video games for the 2019-2020 Vikings and can fill the roster spot created when OT Matt Gono left the group and was placed on the exempt checklist.
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