{"id":316680,"date":"2026-08-08T13:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316680\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:29","slug":"giants-offense-delivers-when-john-harbaugh-cracked-in-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316680\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants offense delivers when John Harbaugh ‘cracked’ in training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 One more play! One more play!<\/p>\n

Like concert-goers pleading for an encore song, the Giants\u2019 starting offense asked head coach John Harbaugh for a shot to finish off a drive that Harbaugh was going to call off after the 12th play moved the ball to the three-yard line on a screen pass to Dante Miller. <\/p>\n

It sounded like right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor was leading the movement.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh relented, kept the second-teamers on the sideline, quarterback Jaxson Dart called a timeout and then came back on the field to throw a touchdown to Darius Slayton.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Giants head coach John Harbaugh speaks with the media during training camp at the Greenbrier on Friday, August 7, 2026, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Corey Sipkin for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted it,\u201d right guard Francis Mauigoa said. \u201cBecause Harbs was trying to save us [wear-and-tear], he didn\u2019t want goal-line stuff. That shows you how tough and what the mentality of the team is. Coach calling the 2s in. We\u2019re like, \u2018What the [heck]?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one extra play on a day when the Giants approached 100 live plays between the first-, second- and third teams?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey lobbied,\u201d Harbaugh laughed, knowing goal-line situations are scheduled as a big part of Saturday\u2019s practice script. \u201cI wanted it to be done. I cracked and gave them that last play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consider it a reward for the offense, which had its best day of camp. <\/p>\n

At least from a passing standpoint, as Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston combined to throw only four incompletions.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Giants\u2019 Francis Mauigoa (65) speaks with the media during training camp at the Greenbrier, Friday, August 7, 2026, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Corey Sipkin for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cThey executed a lot of plays there,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cOne thing you learn in those kinds of periods is you get frustrated with a play you don\u2019t make, but on offense you get two more chances.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second-team offense finished with a 14-play move-the-ball drive.<\/p>\n

The Giants waived\/injured CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse, who is dealing with an \u201congoing\u201d knee injury, according to Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

Center Breiden James was signed to Bernard-Converse\u2019s spot, The Post confirmed, as a quick response to John Michael Schmitz getting \u201chis bell rung\u201d in Friday\u2019s practice. <\/p>\n

It is unclear if he is headed to the concussion protocol.<\/p>\n

Lucas Patrick, 33, stepped in for Schmitz. <\/p>\n

But he has been on IR in each of the last two seasons and overtaxing his workload is risky.<\/p>\n

If you thought rookies were going to get a shock to the system about 2.5-hour-long NFL practices in the 90-degree heat, think again.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not really as hot as Miami,\u201d Mauigoa said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the hardest things to survive. Up here, it\u2019s pretty cool. I feel like nothing at all. So, yeah, Miami has done a great job for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Ohio State product Arvell Reese?<\/p>\n

\u201cAt O-State, it\u2019s amped up just like this,\u201d Reese said. \u201cIf not a little bit more sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 One more play! One more play! Like concert-goers pleading for an encore song,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,2683,11,10,22,319,63749],"class_list":["post-316680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-training-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}