Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI think he\u2019s adjusting really well. He looks good,\u201d Harbaugh said of Dart. \u201cI love his competitiveness. He wants to be perfect every play. It\u2019s a work in progress all the time. It\u2019s still fairly early. But the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started the team meeting off with [the song] \u2018September\u2019 by Earth, Wind & Fire,\u201d he continued. \u201cSeptember is right around the corner. So that\u2019s what we\u2019re preparing for.\u201d<\/p>\n
One qualifier to the offense\u2019s performance, of course, is that the playcalling will look a lot different when these become full contact practices.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Matt Nagy intend to run the ball. If they do that well and often, it should create more favorable looks and opportunities in the passing game.<\/p>\n
All the same, it\u2019d be nice to see Dart carve up the Giants\u2019 secondary. A lot of this season\u2019s promise hinges on whether the QB takes the next step.<\/p>\n
SKATTEBO DOES A BIT MORE<\/p>\n
Cam Skattebo did the most on-field work on Monday since breaking his right leg and ankle in late October of his rookie season.<\/p>\n
Skattebo took handoffs with the running backs, then ran well to catch a wheel route on air from Dart during individual drills, then he caught some more passes as the Giants\u2019 players built up their work to full team periods.<\/p>\n
Skattebo went inside with a strength coach halfway through practice and ended his day, returning to the sideline to cheer on his teammates during the 11-on-11 periods. But it looked like another step toward him hopefully being ready for the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n
PLENTY OF VISITORS<\/p>\n
Former Bills head coach Sean McDermott walked onto the sideline at Monday\u2019s Giants minicamp practice alongside Joe Schoen, a former colleague with the Buffalo Bills, and watched practice as a visitor. McDermott also worked in Philadelphia when Harbaugh was with the Eagles \u2026 Owner John Mara, who is battling cancer, came out to the field to watch the session. Harbaugh had Giants legends and Pro Football Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson speak to the Giants\u2019 players after practice.<\/p>\n
NO KNICKS TIX YET<\/p>\n
Harbaugh was asked Monday if he ended up getting a ticket to Game 3 of the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t gotten any tickets yet. Tough ticket to get, man,\u201d Harbaugh said smiling. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of celebrities, quote, unquote. Come on, really? In New York City? Let\u2019s rank it out. Right? Let\u2019s rank it out, man.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not expecting a phone call,\u201d he added. \u201cI will be watching on TV. I like that team. I just think they play as a team. I\u2019m going to show the guys the video \u2026 about what the players are saying about why they\u2019re where they\u2019re at. You saw the video probably. It\u2019s just a great mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
TRY IT OUT<\/p>\n
The Giants had three players open minicamp with them on a tryout basis: former Saints\/Titans linebacker Anfernee Orji, journeyman defensive tackle Marlon Davidson and undrafted rookie fullback\/defensive tackle Grant Finley. Finley, who played at Missouri Western, was a tryout at Giants rookie minicamp in early May and now is getting a second look with the full team in mid-June.<\/p>\n
GET YOUR KICKS<\/p>\n
Rookie Dominic Zvada seems to have a leg up in the Giants\u2019 kicking competition. Zvada, a right-footed kicker out of Michigan, went a perfect 8-for-8 at Monday\u2019s first minicamp practice in his first work with the media present. Lefty kicker Ben Sauls made only 4-of-8, continuing his struggles from spring OTAs.<\/p>\n
The Giants cut veteran Jason Sanders prior to minicamp, leaving only Zvada and Sauls on the roster. Sauls, a 2025 Pittsburgh Steelers undrafted free agent, appeared in three games for the Giants last season. He made all eight of his field goals and all eight of his extra points. But unless he steadies his nerves, this looks like Zvada\u2019s job to lose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaxson Dart extended a play, rolled left and threw up a deep jump ball down the left side…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,13,1917,56,2321,2469,6],"class_list":["post-914442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116721529887557892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914442","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=914442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}