{"id":255652,"date":"2025-08-02T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/255652\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:09:10","slug":"brian-daboll-has-giants-players-run-sprints-after-sloppy-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/255652\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Daboll has Giants players run sprints after sloppy practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday\u2019s good Giants<\/a> news was that Malik Nabers<\/a> practiced \u2014 despite hurting his shoulder on Tuesday \u2014 and made the play of the day.<\/p>\n

Nabers left his feet to snag a deep Russell Wilson pass up the right sideline with corner Cor\u2019Dale Flott in coverage, after drawing a pass interference flag on Flott earlier in the route.<\/p>\n

The problem with the sixth practice of training camp<\/a>, however, is that flags were raining down on the grass all morning.<\/p>\n

Brian Daboll\u2019s team committed eight penalties: four false starts on the offensive line, two offsides on the defense, Flott\u2019s pass interference and a delay of game on Jaxson Dart\u2019s second-string unit.<\/p>\n

So Daboll took the rare step to make his entire team run four sprints<\/a> between the goal line and the 10-yard line at the end.<\/p>\n

There were still encouraging moments on Thursday.<\/p>\n

On top of Nabers\u2019 big catch, the rookie Dart delivered a nice completion downfield to Montrell Washington. Wilson hit Wan\u2019Dale Robinson for a short slant that went for six on a misdirection play that fooled the defense.<\/p>\n

Burns recorded a sack of Wilson on a rollout. And free agent signings Paulson Adebo and Jevon Holland forced Wilson incompletions on the goal line to help the first-team defense force a turnover on downs.<\/p>\n

The sloppiness escalated throughout practice, though, including Art Green\u2019s dropped interception of Jameis Winston and an apparent defensive line substitution issue prior to another snap, with tackle Roy Robertson-Harris running onto the field late.<\/p>\n

Then the Giants\u2019 backups committed four penalties in the span of 12 plays: the Dart delay of game, an Elijah Garcia offsides, a Dyontae Johnson offsides and a Stone Forsythe false start.<\/p>\n

Daboll\u2019s Giants consistently have demonstrated subpar-to-mediocre discipline in his first three seasons.<\/p>\n

The Giants tied for the ninth-most flags (122) thrown against them in 2022, tied for 10th with 123 flags thrown in 2023, and ranked 11th last year with 134 flags thrown, according to NFLPenalties.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So after Winston hit receiver Lil\u2019Jordan Humphrey for the final completion of the day, Daboll blew the whistle, called the team down to the goal line and had them run in between the staccato blows of his whistle.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t run them ragged, but his urgency was evident. In real games, as Daboll knows, those penalties and mistakes often rob the Giants of chances to make the difference-making plays they\u2019re hoping to unlock in 2025.<\/p>\n

KEEPING AN EYE ON CARTER\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was a play on Thursday Giants edge rusher Abdul Carter was slow to get up and appeared to hobble briefly and look at his right foot. He quickly resumed playing his normal reps and looked no worse for wear, so he might have just gotten stepped on.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s noteworthy to point out, since doctors identified a stress reaction<\/a> in his right foot at the NFL Combine in late February.<\/p>\n

Carter was advised not to have surgery on his foot. The Giants weren\u2019t concerned when they took him with the No. 3 overall pick in April. And Carter has looked like an exciting, explosive potential difference-maker through the spring and into the early summer.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s worth documenting, because Carter is an important piece. The Giants need him healthy.<\/p>\n

THREE D-LINEMEN MISS PRACTICE<\/p>\n

Defensive tackles D.J. Davidson, Elijah Chatman and Jordon Riley all missed Thursday\u2019s practice. Daboll said Davidson was gone because of a \u201cpersonal thing,\u201d although Davidson had gotten injured in Tuesday\u2019s practice. And the team had no update on Chatman\u2019s and Riley\u2019s absences. \u2026 Rookie running back Cam Skattebo missed a second straight practice, despite Wednesday\u2019s off day, and did light jogging on the side. So he hasn\u2019t practiced since a heavy workload with the starters on Monday. \u2026 Right guard Greg Van Roten\u2019s wife is giving birth to the couple\u2019s second child, so the veteran missed Thursday\u2019s practice and might be out on Friday, too. That meant even more first-team reps for Evan Neal at that position. \u2026 Safety Tyler Nubin practiced after getting his ribs checked on Tuesday. So did corner Tre Hawkins, who had basically missed the past two practices. \u2026 Dexter Lawrence saw an uptick in his reps after taking none on Tuesday and a limited amount on Monday. \u2026 Reserve corner Korie Black might have injured something in his foot or leg, because he was the only player who didn\u2019t run sprints. He looked to be walking gingerly. \u2026 Wide receiver Jalin Hyatt returned in a limited capacity after missing four consecutive practices and caught a pass early in 11-on-11 from Wilson. Robinson also was back in the fold after taking Dane Belton\u2019s knee to his leg earlier in the week. \u2026 Left tackle Andrew Thomas was seen doing steady ramp-up rehab work outside for the second straight practice as he prepares to return from a long Lisfranc recovery.<\/p>\n

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