Coach Brian Daboll on Malik Nabers’ Status | New York Giants

Coach Brian Daboll on Malik Nabers’ Status | New York Giants

He’s good. He’ll practice. He’ll go or just can’t really do team reps. Yeah, he’ll practice. We’ll put him on a plan that we think is best, but he’ll be out there. What do you mean by that? We’ll put him on a plan that we think is best. Is it Is it worth at some point like he’s out of toe and this I believe was a shoulder, right? Yeah, we’ll put him we’ll put him out there and he’ll do what he can do, which he’ll be able to do stuff today. He’s he’s okay, but we’ll have a plan for at some point when you’re banged up, you know, he has a toe now. maybe has a little bit of the shoulder. Is it at some point beneficial for you guys to sort of take it easy on him moving forward just so he has time to heal these next few weeks? Maybe. That’s what I mean by plan. Yeah. We we sit down, we have a conversation, we talk about what we think is best for each individual player based on what they have, whether it’s Malik or somebody else, and then we do what we think is right for the player, whether that’s don’t practice, whether that’s do a little bit, do a little bit more the next day. Um, yeah, we have discussions like that every night and then we do what we think is best. Speaking of plans with Dex, is his limited reps due to coming back from the elbow, just managing his reps combination? Yeah, same same as Malik. It’s combination of what we think is best for for Dex to get him ready for the season. The end of the practice on Tuesday, you had the period when you threw Jackson in there and obviously we saw the good when he threw a touchdown a couple practices ago. Do you obviously you don’t want to see the mistakes, but is that what you’re looking for when you’re throwing him into that situation to see how those guys are going to adapt and adjust? And is that a learning process to move forward for the next time that you do it? Yeah, that that period was unique in and of itself. We had a period scripted 18 plays and then I called the first team defense first team offense up coordinators and then I told them to scrap that period and the headsets were down on the field and the players take control of it. So they call it no help from the coaches, no play calls, see what they can retain down in the red zone, plays they like put them in some different situations. So all the quarterbacks, the one he threw and made a nice play, you know, he called that play. Um, and then he got down and was was, you know, I actually like this thought process. He was trying to install a play almost on the four yard line there at the four. Uh, something that he wanted to try and it didn’t work out so good. Is that the one he didn’t get it in? I mean, with the uh with the delayed game or um, so he’s explaining a few few different things and but that’s good for quarterbacks to be able to do that and signal call. You never know what’s going to happen in a game. call gets put in late, something happens, you can’t the headsets are down to be able to practice a situation like that that could come up. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t, but at least we’ve practiced, we’ve talked about it, we’ve coached it, we’ve communicated through some things. And it’s also good to get a feel for, you know, what these guys what these guys call when they get an opportunity to do that. I mean, you you do stack the deck sometimes in the drill, right? You know, for the offense, for the I mean, that was probably stacked against a young quarterback. Uh, look, they had a defense had a call, too. So, but it’s good. It’s really just again teaching moments. What if it does go down in a preseason game and you’re out there like have a plan? Um and then it’s a coach’s job to make sure you’re prepared for that plan uh for these guys to be able to, you know, have a set of plays that they feel comfortable with or defensive calls or what have you. And if it doesn’t happen, great. We hope it doesn’t happen, but just try to throw a wrinkle at them at the end of practice, particularly when you’re tired and it was it was that hot. Um, so the play he designed have worked. Uh, I don’t I don’t know. We couldn’t get it off. So, but I I like this thought process. He’s uh puts a lot of effort into it, a lot of work, and you know, he’s growing each day. Was holding Well, it looked like Scataboo didn’t do many team reps. Was that just off of a full load the day before? And yeah, same same as Jordan asked. you know, we just had a he’s part of the plan for him to, you know, pull back on him a little bit and um again, we’ll do what we think is best during this training camp time to make sure guys are ready. Out the most about Cam so far since he’s been here and, you know, kind of fitting him into your back field, into your into your offense. It’s early. Uh he’s, you know, he’s got a good feel for the running game, how to press the blocks to set him up. He’s got good vision. He has good hands. He’s demonstrated that he’s able to catch the football. Things that we saw on tape at Arizona State again early. Um so, but he’s he’s doing a nice job. What do you think is that next step for for Drew Phillips in training camp number two, year number two, just and what have you maybe seen from him this summer that that’s different from the version that ended last year? Well, he’s made a big jump from year one to year two. Just the overall communication in that area in particular. Um, I think he’s got a lot of confidence right now. He’s a good football player. He’s he’s got a lot of physical traits that help him play that spot that he plays. It’s, you know, it’s the nickel position and you’re part defensive back and at times part linebacker. He’s tough, but I would say his his communication and his process of how he does things, uh, he’s taken a he’s taken a good step and we need him to. He’s a good football player for us. And I think the addition of, you know, Holland back there along with Nuben and the communication between those three guys who, you know, you have to communicate a lot in those three positions, but he’s done a nice job with that improving that area of his game. Ryan, have you seen anything um this summer yet that would lead you to believe that you will be able to generate more explosive plays on offense, which I know is a big goal? Yeah, certainly a goal. We’re working at it. Um you talk about it all you want. You got to go out there and do it. I mean, is there anything that you see so far that says, “Okay, this should be more beneficial.” You know, we should be able to do this more now than we have in the past. Yeah, you’re always trying to generate explosive plays. So, again, you can generate them a variety of ways. We’re working on in every way we can to create some explosive because it’s a huge indicator of of wins and losses both on the offensive side and then preventing them on the defensive side. Where are you at with Juan Dale and Jaylen Hyde? Are we going to see them, you know, get back into team drills today? Yep. You’ll see him. And uh DJ Davidson looked like he grabbed his hamstring. Yeah. So So you So not not as much injury related. DJ has a personal thing that I’ll keep private for him that he’s he won’t be here today. GVR won’t be here today either. Maybe here and tomorrow. He’s going through um the birth of his second child. So we’ll see where that goes. You know how that goes for those of us that have children. What do you see from uh Montreal Washington? Guy seems to command made a couple nice plays in that in that one-on-one. Um, you know, two good balls by Jackson, two good catches by him. He’s learning the system, you know, new to the system, but he’s got some quickness and he’s done a nice job when we’ve asked him to do. Is DJ okay healthwise when he comes back? Yeah, all the guys are working. They’re working to to get back as quick as they can. We’ll see where he is when he gets back. How big of an opportunity is this for Evan if GVR’s not here? you going to give him the majority of the the reps the right guard? Yeah, Caramel will caramel will rotate those guys in and and he’ll get a you know he’ll get a a good chunk of them. Um but every day is important for every player. Um and he’s he’s progressed each day playing a a new position so he’ll have some more opportunities. He seemed to be in a really good headsp space when we spoke to him the other day. I mean have you seen that too kind of a new found or renewed confidence within him? Yeah, he’s he’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. He’s come in in shape. He looks good. He’s moving well. I think he’s gaining confidence each day with the things that he has to do to perform at a high level playing inside. And I think he’s, you know, he’s right where we need him to be. Continue to grow. Coach, I know it’s early. Two more. Two more. I know it’s early. Who has been the most pleasant surprise for you so far at camp? Yeah, we’re we’re just we’re trying to have good practices, everybody. So, um, evaluation and stuff, we’ll continue to do that as camp rolls along and preseason games will be important for that. What have you guys seen? What have you guys seen of Bo Collins so far? Young, professional. That’s the first thing. Handles his business the right way. And I’m talking about outside the building, too. All the things that that you’re trying to teach young players to do. Take care of your body, eat right, do all those things. And then he’s smart. He’s he’s picked up our system really well and he’s shown toughness and I talked about this after the draft. We kind of placed a high premium on bringing in guys that that had some toughness to him and I’d say he fits right in with those young guys that we’ve picked. You know, he’s got good size, he’s got speed, he’s got the ability to change direction for a bigger man. He’s going to have to, you know, special teams will be important too for him and he’ll have some opportunities there. and we’ve thrown him in with a variety of groups, the first team, the second team, the third team, and played him at some different spots. He’s, you know, he’s progressing. He’s an interesting guy to coach because of his size and his speed, but his intelligence and his toughness, too. So, I’m excited to see him continuing to grow, but you know, he’s he’s done well for himself here. The teammate his teammates seemed pretty fired up in some of the run periods when he was coming off the field. Did he do a I mean what what we saw was reality on tape that he was actually Yeah, he went in and threw his body around and you want receivers that are willing to do that and go in and block force. You need that in the running game and you need secondary players that are willing to get off blocks and and force. You talk about the big guys which set the tone for for a game, offensive line, defensive lineman, playing physical, controlling the line of scrimmage, but the smaller skilled guys, you want toughness out of them as well. And that’s important both for, you know, the receivers on the perimeter to do those things and then the secondary to come up and fill and tackle big running backs. You know, if they’re force responsibility is supposed to be there, they got they got to do it. So, the physical nature of our football team, that’s going to be an important element as we continue through camp is these perimeter players, skill guys, call it, to continue to show their toughness and grit.

Head Coach Brian Daboll speaks to the media before practice Thursday at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. Presented by Ford.

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