NY Giants Training Camp Notes: Week 1
If you want see what the media is saying about our boys in blue while they are at Training Camp up in Albany then take a look below:
Newsday
- Tom Rock of Newsday stated that Kevin Boss is making the most of taking Jeremy Shockey’s place. Boss caught just about every pass that came his way during the first week of training camp, and he’s working on his blocking.
- The first fight of training camp took place yesterday. It was between Rich Seubert and Danny Clark, but he said that it, “was more a dance while holding on to each other’s face mask than a brawl.”
- MIA from practice: S Kenny Phillips did not participate in either practice with a sore hamstring, Plaxico Burress (ankle), Amani Toomer (leg), and Mario Manningham (quadricep).
- Players worth Noting: WR Domenik Hixon had another outstanding practice in the morning, though it came at the expense of CB Corey Webster, who covered Hixon most of the session … Undrafted rookie S Nehemiah Warrick had a second straight practice with an interception in the morning, playing with the second unit in place of Phillips.
New York Daily News
- Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News says Sinorice Moss is as disappointed as anyone by the way his first two NFL seasons have gone. He suffered a few injuries, but he’s not ready to give up on himself yet. And neither are the Giants.
New York Post
- According Paul Schwartz of the New York Post, “Tom Coughlin gave permission for [Dave] Tollefson to go home to be with his wife, Megan, for the birth of the couple’s first child, a son they plan on naming Tucker. Megan is due on Aug. 15, but will be induced to accommodate Dave’s football schedule. A day or two later, Tollefson will return to camp and hopes to continue his development at defensive end.
The Star-Ledger
- Dave Tollefson cherishes each moment he is on the field.
- Mike Garafolo compiled some notes about Giants training camp.
- Tom Coughlin is still going to be kind and gentle in 2008.
- Mike Garafolo assembled an in-depth 8/1 evening practice report worth checking out.
Sports Illustrated
- Ben Reiter, a writer at Sports Illustrated, recently provided a Giants camp rundown at SI.com. In Reiters “Three Observations”, he writes this of the secondary:
- I spent several moments observing what I assumed to be the Giants’ linebacking corps huddled up next to the practice field — until I realized the group was actually the team’s secondary. These guys are monsters (only cornerback Sam Madison is under 6 feet), but the most physically impressive of them all is safety Kenny Phillips, the team’s first-round pick out of Miami.
The good news is that everything mentioned about Big Blue is positive. That’s not the norm so enjoy it while it lasts. As mentioned above, Dave Tollefson’s wife is expected to give birth on August 15 so we wish them a healthy child.
While Jerry Reese went to the pro day at LSU, two Giants scouts were check out players at Rutgers. The Draft is about a month away now. I’m always so impatient about it because I want to know what type of talent will be on the Giants the following season. When you pick 32nd, so many things can happen which makes it almost unpredictable. However, it’s worth picking 32nd because they are the reigning Champions.
Following up on the Saints interest in Jeremy Shockey, 
In addition to signing Asante Samuel, the Eagles also signed DE Chris Clemons from the Raiders to a 5-year contract. The Eagles have been quite busy and they are even interested in going after Randy Moss…so are the Cowboys. So the influx of talent in the NFC East will make it even harder to repeat. The Cowboys also have been busy, but the Redskins and the Giants have not. We will have to keep a close eye on the NFL Draft because that’s the route the G-MEN are going to take.
