WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 Practice No. 3 of New York Giants training camp is in the books, a two-hour workout on a hot West Virginia afternoon.<\/p>\n
Darius Alexander \u2014 The second-year defensive tackle made a spectacular play to end practice.<\/p>\n
The Giants were in a last-minute, game on the line situation with the offense already in field goal range. Quarterback Jaxson Dart tried to get the offense a little closer with a short pass over the middle. Alexander leaped, intercepted the ball, and quickly got down to the ground to seal the \u201cvictory\u201d. He and his defensive teammates celebrated wildly.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably a presence of mind kind of a play. Probably felt like the ball had to get out,\u201d said head coach John Harbaugh. That\u2019s a heck of a catch. Very athletic play. Game winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I probably liked about it the most, now that you mention it, was the fact that he caught it and got down right away. That\u2019s a game winner. He didn\u2019t put the ball at risk and then the defense wins the game. That\u2019s what you kind of want to try to do in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of you might remember Alexander doing this in college:<\/p>\n
Jalin Hyatt \u2014 During practice, I did hear Hyatt derisively called \u201cMr. July.\u201d Considering the past few seasons it is hard to argue that the barb wasn\u2019t appropriate. Hyatt, though, did have three or four catches Friday. The best was a highlight-reel leaping grab between defensive backs Nic Jones and Korie Black on a Jameis Winston throw.<\/p>\n
Ben Sauls \u2014 Friday was Sauls day to kick. He answered the 57-yard game-winning kick made Thursday by undrafted free agent placekicker Dominic Zvada with a 58-yard game winner of his own. Sauls made 6 of 8 kicks on the day, missing one kick that appeared to be from beyond 40 yards and another that was likely from beyond 50. Media was on the opposite end of the field, making judging distances difficult.<\/p>\n
Arvell Reese \u2014 The rookie linebacker made a fantastic play on Friday, using his wingspan to knock away a Dart pass that looked like it was about to be a completion to an open Odell Beckham.<\/p>\n
Dalen Cambre \u2014 If not for Alexander\u2019s interception, the second-year wide receiver\/special teamer would have gotten the nod for Play of the Day. Cambre made a fantastic adjustment on a deep ball thrown by Jameis Winston to haul the ball in against tight coverage from rookie cornerback Colton Hood.<\/p>\n
Jon Runyan \u2014 Maybe this should be more about Kayvon Thibodeaux belonging in the \u201cwinners\u201d column. Somebody, though, has to lose. Thibodeaux, aligned as a pass rushing defensive tackle, blasted past Runyan to flush Jameis Winston and create a sack for Abdul Carter.<\/p>\n
Running back Cam Skattebo, still answering questions about his failed backflip at a recent offseason event, said that backflips are off the table until he scores a touchdown in a game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll see what game time comes around,\u201d Skattebo said on Friday. \u201cBut right now, we\u2019re focused on training camp, and we\u2019ll keep the back flips off the field for now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skattebo admitted that he and Harbaugh have had some \u201crough conversations, being honest with other.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell he cares, man. You can tell he wants the best for this team,\u201d Skattebo said. \u201cHe wants what everybody wants. We all want to win. We all want to win the Super Bowl. We all want to win the championship, everything. So he wants that for us. When guys aren\u2019t doing that, he\u2019s going to make sure that we know that we\u2019re not doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skattebo acknowledged his impulsivity.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, I do some dumb things here and there, but I learned from it,\u201d Skattebo said. \u201cMy coach talked to me, told me how he felt, and I learned from it. And will I go do that back flip again? Probably not.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I mean, we live and we learn and we move on.\u201d<\/p>\n
The interception by Alexander was fantastic. The flip side of that great play, though, was that Dart threw a game-ending interception with his team already in position for the field goal it needed.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh had mixed feeling on the play by Dart.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s trying to get yards. I think we\u2019re in field goal range, so he\u2019s got to make that decision probably not to do that,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cMaybe he didn\u2019t see the defensive lineman. There\u2019s a lot of nuances to that, but of course, obviously, it\u2019s not a circumstance you want to throw an interception in. We\u2019ll break that down in the meetings tonight and look at the details of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other side of the coin is that it is training camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes back to what somebody asked me yesterday. You put the quarterback in a tough spot out here. Do you want him pushing the envelope?,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cAre you going to criticize him for throwing a pick in training camp? It\u2019s training camp. You\u2019re working through all these things.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do want him pushing the envelope. You want him competing out there. I think that\u2019s part of what this is all for.\u201d<\/p>\n
After doing individual drills and running routes on air the first two days of training camp, the Giants gave wide receiver Malik Nabers, coming back from a torn ACL, Friday off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d say it\u2019s part of the process. Just got to work through it. And every single day will be what it is,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cEvery day he\u2019s working real hard. Made a lot of progress, and that\u2019s what we decided to do today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cornerback Art Green worked on the side with trainers, but missed on-field work for a second straight day. Harbaugh said Wednesday that Green is dealing with \u201ca little muscle tightness.\u201dTight end Tanner Conner left the field late in practice with an unknown injury.<\/p>\n
Remaining Greenbrier practice schedule<\/p>\n
Saturday, August 1 \u2014 1:30-3:30 p.m. (Open to the public)Sunday, August 2 \u2014 Players\u2019 day offMonday, August 3 \u2014 1:30-3:15 p.m.Tuesday, August 4 \u2014 1:30-3:30 p.m.Wednesday, August 5 \u2014 1:30-4 p.m. (Open to the public)Thursday, August 6 \u2014 1:30-4 p.m. (Open to the public)Friday, August 7 \u2014 1:30-4 p.m. (Open to the public)Saturday, August 8 \u2014 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 Practice No. 3 of New York Giants training camp is in the books,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[25566,349,99],"class_list":["post-796645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-new-york-giants-training-camp","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}