WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 At the end of practice, head coach John Harbaugh likes to put the New York Giants in \u201cwin or lose the game\u201d situations. Tuesday\u2019s situation had the offense trailing by six points, :42 left on the clock, and the ball at roughly the opponent\u2019s 20-yard line.<\/p>\n
The offense had just gone through a difficult red zone period where the first team had three possessions from the 10-yard line or inside that. They ran 11 plays and failed to score.<\/p>\n
In this situation, on third-and-goal from the 3-yard line, Jaxson Dart waited, waited, and waited some more. He finally scrambled in for a touchdown. That led to some jawing, and to Dart throwing the ball at cornerback Greg Newsome.<\/p>\n
That resulted in a 15-yard penalty that forced Ben Sauls to kick the \u201cgame-winning\u201d field goal, which he made, from 48 yards.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh issued a controlled response when asked about the play, but was clearly not pleased.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a 15-yard penalty for taunting, so we backed up the extra point and had to do it again. Did you see that? That\u2019s how we handled it,\u201d Harbaugh said.<\/p>\n
The coach didn\u2019t say much to Dart on the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he understands that for the game-winning extra point, we don\u2019t want it to be a 50-yard extra point,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cDo you think I need to say anything in that case? Pretty clear cut, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jarrod Gray \u2014 Surprised to see the Aussie rugby star signed by the Giants through the International Pathway Program mentioned here? So, here is why I had to mention him. I looked over to a corner of the field at one point and Gray, who has little football experience, was working one-on-one with a coach, learning NFL blocking techniques. A peek through my binoculars revealed that coach to be former Giant star Chris Snee, now part of the team\u2019s front office. Any day an offensive lineman can get solo instruction from Snee makes that a winnng day.<\/p>\n
Colton Hood \u2014 The rookie cornerback made a pair of excellent plays on Wednesday. In run support, Hood stepped to a wide run to his side and stopped Eric Gray for what appeared to be a short loss. In pass defense, Hood denied Beaux Collins a touchdown on a red zone fade, ripping away a throw from Jameis Winston for an incompletion.<\/p>\n
Ben Sauls \u2014 The second-year kicker did push two kicks to the left, which was his bug-a-boo during spring practices, but he made 10 of 12 kicks overall. That\u2019s a pretty good day.<\/p>\n
Jermaine Eluemunor \u2014 The Giants did 1-on-1 pass blocking drills for the first time in this camp. Eluemunor took two reps. He guided Abdul Carter around the pocket on one rep. On his next rep, he accepted a power rush from Brian Burns and stoned him. That was a pretty good day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n