MAY 28, 2025 NEW YORK GIANTS OTA PRACTICE REPORT…
The Giants held their second voluntary organized team activity (OTA) practice on Wednesday, and first one open to the media. No live contact is permitted during OTAs, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are allowed.
The eight remaining OTA practices will be held on May 30, June 2-3, June 5, June 9-10, and June 12-13. A mandatory mini-camp will also be held June 17-19.
INJURIES AND ABSENTEES…
WR Malik Nabers (toe), RB Tyrone Tracy (illness), LT Andrew Thomas (foot), DT Darius Alexander (unknown), and S Anthony Johnson (shoulder) did not practice.
“Malik will be out here today, but he won’t be participating,” said Head Coach Brian Daboll. “We’re being mindful of his toe that he’s had. Nothing serious, but we’re being smart with him in terms of the rehab part of it… He didn’t (have a procedure)… He’s had it for a while, back in college, too, so just trying to be smart.”
LG Jon Runyan (ankle) and DT Dexter Lawrence (elbow) were limited to individual drills.
PRACTICE NOTES…
Some snippets from various media sources:
- Players were in helmets, light pads, and shorts.
- It appeared that Offensive Coordinator Mike Kafka was calling the offensive plays.
- In red-zone, 7-on-7 drills, QB Russell Wilson was 1-of-4, with one drop by TE Theo Johnson and a touchdown to RB Eric Gray. Providing good pass defense in this series was CB Deonte Banks, ILB Micah McFadden, and S Jevon Holland.
- In the same drills, QB Jameis Winston was picked off by S Dane Belton after it was bobbled by WR Zach Pascal, which would have been returned for a touchdown. Winston was 1-of-3.
- In the same drills, QB Jaxson Dart was 1-of-3 with a touchdown to WR Antwane Wells. QB Tommy DeVito threw a touchdown on his one attempt to WR Jordan Bly.
- The starting offensive line was LT James Hudson, LG Aaron Stinnie, OC John Michael Schmitz, RG Greg Van Roten, and RT Jermaine Eluemunor.
- The second-team offensive line was LT Josh Ezeudu, LG Evan Neal, OC Austin Schlottmann, RG Jake Kubas, and RB Marcus Mbow.
- The starting wideouts were Darius Slayton, Jalin Hyatt, and Wan’Dale Robinson.
- Devin Singletary started at running back.
- The starting defensive tackles were Roy Robertson-Harris, Rakeem Nunez-Roches, and Elijah Chatman.
- The starting outside linebackers were Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux.
- The starting corners were Tae Banks, Paulson Adebo, and Andru Phillips; the starting safeties were Tyler Nubin and Jevon Holland.
- In 11-on-11, red-zone drills, Russell Wilson was 5-of-7 with three touchdowns. Wilson threw a touchdown pass to WR Darius Slayton on a perfectly-placed fade over CB Andru Phillips.
- In the same drills, Jameis Winston was 5-of-10 with four touchdowns, including to wideouts Darius Slayton, Jalin Hyatt, and Montrell Washington as well as tight end Greg Dulcich.
- In the same drills, Jaxson Dart was 2-of-3. His first throw was with the starting offense and was a rollout touchdown pass to a leaping WR Jalin Hyatt at the back of the end zone over OLB Bobby Okereke. He threw another touchdown to RB Dante Miller and ran for two more, but he was also picked off by ILB Micah McFadden on the last play of practice (possible pick-6).
- In the same drills, Tommy DeVito was 2-of-3 with two touchdown passes, both to WR Jordan Bly.
- Abdul Carter played both ILB and OLB during the same 11-on-11 goal-line series.
- While three of Jaxson Dart’s 14 reps were with the starters, all of Russell Wilson’s 15 reps were with the first unit. Jameis Winston’s 15 reps came with the second unit. Tommy DeVito only received four reps.
- OLB Brian Burns chased down a quarterback for a “sack.”
- S Dane Belton made a tackle for a loss on a quarterback run.
HEAD COACH BRIAN DABOLL…
The transcript and video of Brian Daboll’s press conference on Wednesday are available in The Corner Forum and on YouTube.
THE PLAYERS SPEAK…
Transcripts and video clips of the media sessions with the following players are available in The Corner Forum and on YouTube:
