Wink Martindale had the proper biting comeback for Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick prepared to leap off his lips.
Requested Thursday about Belichick’s insinuation final week that the Giants broke some kind of unwritten NFL preseason rule by blitzing New England’s quarterbacks too usually, Martindale, the Giants’ defensive coordinator, replied, “We’re on to Cincinnati.” With out hesitation.
It was a callback to one in every of Belichick’s most infamous information conferences. Within the quick aftermath of a 41-14 loss to the Chiefs on Sept. 29, 2014, Belichick refused to reply questions concerning the sport, as an alternative saying, 5 occasions, “We’re on to Cincinnati.” The Patriots’ subsequent opponent was the Bengals.
The Giants’ subsequent preseason opponent? The Bengals, on Sunday. How completely timed, for Martindale’s sake.
The Giants despatched 21 blitzes on the Patriots, who confronted 5 of their preseason opener final 12 months. Rookie quarterback Bailey Zappe regarded misplaced and Belichick mentioned the Patriots couldn’t use play-action passes as a result of “with what the Giants have been doing, there’s numerous causes for a number of the issues that we did simply to attempt to handle the sport. So, simply go away it at that.”
Did Martindale, whose unique blitzes have made the Giants’ offense look unhealthy at occasions throughout coaching camp, break an unwritten rule?
“If it’s unwritten, I don’t know,” Martindale mentioned. “We’re on to Cincinnati.”
Sure, he mentioned it twice.
WR Kadarius Toney (leg) participated Thursday in particular person drills, however not in the course of the group intervals of follow.
Due to Toney’s regular weight-reduction plan of accidents over his 16 months with the Giants, he by no means has been in a position to maximize his expertise as a returner on particular groups. Particular groups coordinator Thomas McGaughey mentioned the window has not closed, nevertheless.
“He hasn’t executed numerous something proper now,” McGaughey mentioned. “As quickly as he will get again on the sphere, he’ll be pushed proper again into the combo. It’s only a matter of him getting healed up and get to the place he can simply perform as a soccer participant.”
RB Saquon Barkley credited Kevin Faulk — an intern on the Giants’ teaching workers by way of the Invoice Walsh Teaching Fellowship for minorities — for serving to him together with his cross safety. Faulk performed 13 seasons for the Patriots, when Giants head coach Brian Daboll was on workers, as primarily a third-down again.
“Cross-pro is an enormous focus for me,” Barkley mentioned. “Simply persevering with to get extra assured, proceed to only get extra technically sound with the method and dropping my hips, punching not catching.”
Giants nice Osi Umenyiora stopped by follow and provided tips that could the pass-rushers throughout drills. He's an enormous fan of second-year DE Azeez Ojulari’s potential.
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