{"id":338899,"date":"2025-09-03T17:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/338899\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:39:11","slug":"takeaways-from-coach-brian-daboll-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/338899\/","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways from Coach Brian Daboll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcf0 It is a &#8220;normal&#8221; in-season Wednesday for the Giants. They will practice in full pads and &#8220;everybody will be out there.&#8221; The first official injury report will be released later this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Left tackle Andrew Thomas, who spent the summer rehabbing, is &#8220;improving&#8221; each day. Tight end Theo Johnson is &#8220;good to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Asked about the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giants.com\/news\/depth-chart-roster-week-1-nfl-2025-commanders-russell-wilson-jaxson-dart-jameis-winston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">unofficial depth chart<\/a>, Daboll said &#8220;all three quarterbacks are going to be ready to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Washington&#8217;s Jayden Daniels is a &#8220;very challenging quarterback to defend in all areas.&#8221; He&#8217;s able to make plays with his feet on designed runs, zone reads, counter reads, and the RPO game, which he is &#8220;exceptional at.&#8221; His downfield passing is &#8220;excellent&#8221; and he keeps plays alive with his eyes downfield. Daniels is a big reason why they won so many games and came from behind in a lot of them.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Daniels also has a &#8220;great cast around him.&#8221; Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury &#8220;does a great job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 On Russell Wilson&#8217;s deep passing, Daboll said the quarterback has a good feel for the &#8220;arc and pace&#8221; on the football relative to guys running downfield. He knows where to put it away from defenders. &#8220;He&#8217;s done it for quite some time. Obviously that&#8217;s a part of his game, but there&#8217;s a lot of other areas of his game that he does well too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Assistant head coach\/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has done &#8220;a great job&#8221; this preseason while calling plays and handling the staff. Daboll has &#8220;a lot of confidence&#8221; in him. &#8220;I&#8217;m very pleased with the offensive staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Asked about having packages for multiple quarterbacks, Daboll said every situation and year is different. &#8220;We&#8217;ll see how it goes. \u2026 We&#8217;ll do what we think is best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Like all rookies, Daboll just expects outside linebacker Abdul Carter to do his job. That&#8217;s what he has done since he&#8217;s been here. There is a &#8220;wave of emotions&#8221; leading up to a player&#8217;s NFL debut, but you have to control each day from walk-through to practice and meetings. And then do it the next day. &#8220;It&#8217;s still football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 On the hype surrounding the defensive front: &#8220;We haven&#8217;t played a game yet.&#8221; They have worked hard and done everything they&#8217;ve been asked to do. It&#8217;s not about what everybody thinks now; it&#8217;s what they do during a game.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Second-year wide receiver Malik Nabers has &#8220;really bonded&#8221; with Wilson, not just on the field but also off it. He has seen how a professional has done it for that many years in the league. They communicate well and work after practice.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Daboll likes the &#8220;mix&#8221; of veterans in the quarterback room with rookie Jaxson Dart. The first-round pick can &#8220;emulate&#8221; how Wilson and Jameis Winston operate in terms of meeting on off-days, getting players together and throwing extra. He gets to see this is the way it should look.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Daboll will pop his head in the quarterback room and Nabers will be sitting in there with other receivers like Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton. &#8220;That communication process is really important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Nabers is unique in how he sees the game through a quarterback&#8217;s eyes, which is what Daboll wants for his skill players. Sometimes receivers or tight ends will just see their side, but quarterbacks see everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf0 It is a &#8220;normal&#8221; in-season Wednesday for the Giants. 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