{"id":244439,"date":"2025-07-29T04:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244439\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T04:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:22:15","slug":"giants-offense-wins-the-day-in-first-padded-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/244439\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants offense wins the day in first padded practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is usually commonplace for the defense to be ahead of the offense in the first week of training camp and for the action to slow down and swing further toward the defense once players are in shoulder pads. <\/p>\n

That was the case early in Monday\u2019s first padded practice, but the tide turned and there were encouraging signs for the offensive line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The final period focused on the running game, with the offense charged with running out the clock \u2014 a first down wins the game. <\/p>\n

There were strong runs by Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary and rookie Cam Skattebo<\/a> as the first- and second-team offense succeeded despite the defense knowing running plays were coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good day for the offense,\u2019\u2019 right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always good to finish the day like that. It\u2019s a competitive period. Whoever wins that drill basically wins the day, and so the offense got to win today. I\u2019m sure the defense is going to come fired up tomorrow and try to win the day, too.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giants quarterback Jameis Winston #19, running with the ball during practice. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

There were no fisticuffs on Day 1 in pads. In one-on-one drills featuring the offensive and defensive lines, LT James Hudson, subbing for Andrew Thomas (still on injured reserve) tried stopping Kayvon Thibodeaux by smacking down on him with his right arm. <\/p>\n

It took defensive line coach Andre Patterson to cool things down to prevent further escalation, as Thibodeaux was steamed. <\/p>\n

Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux #5, without his helmet on, gets into a scuffle, during practice. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

Hudson, signed to be a backup swing tackle, has been an irritant in camp.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, he\u2019s an intense dude,\u2019\u2019 Eluemunor said. \u201cSometimes you got to pull him back in because he\u2019ll just dive off the edge of the boat. You say, \u2018No, don\u2019t do that.\u2019 \u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

OLB Brian Burns admitted \u201cit was a bit of a shock, bit of a scare\u2019\u2019 when he was blindsided Friday by WR Wan\u2019Dale Robinson as the two players collided.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giants linebacker Brian Burns #0, wearing what appears to be a spider man visor, going up against New York Giants guard Jermaine Eluemunor #72, during practice. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you hit somebody that fast and you don\u2019t see it coming, it\u2019s like you just want to make sure everything\u2019s working,\u2019\u2019 Burns said. \u201cThat\u2019s why you lay on the ground for a minute, take a breath, try to see what\u2019s really hurting. Other than that, once we got up and walked in, I was in a lot of pain, but after we got the scans and everything, it was all good.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Giants addressed an unexpected vacancy on their special teams with the re-signing of Gunner Olszewski. <\/p>\n

An opening was created when Bryce Ford-Wheaton went down Sunday with a season-ending ruptured Achilles<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Olszewski missed the entire 2024 season when he suffered a groin injury warming up for the opener. He had a 94-yard punt return for a touchdown for the Giants in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coach Brian Daboll clearly felt for Ford-Wheaton.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, my heart aches for that man,\u2019\u2019 Daboll said. \u201cHe\u2019s done everything he could do to get back. He\u2019s a very good special teams player for us and was having a good camp from working back from his injury. He\u2019s just laying there on the ground and you just can\u2019t help but. \u2026 That\u2019s the tough part of this business \u2014 probably one of the worst is seeing these guys go down that have put so much time and effort and energy into getting back and we\u2019ll certainly miss him.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is usually commonplace for the defense to be ahead of the offense in the first week of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,27096,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9,8896],"class_list":{"0":"post-244439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-jermaine-eluemenor","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-training-camp"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114934615142668871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}