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Giants play Madden during team meetings

bigblue5611 : 10/20/2022 12:36 pm
Found this interesting. Only quick, two minute drills and randomly selecting one player from offense and one player from defense to go head to head (Giants D vs Giants O). Behind a paywall (The Athletic) but including a snippet below.

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Competitions included weight-room challenges, like timed pull-up and plate holds, and conditioning tests, including a stationary bike race to burn a target number of calories as a team. There were also dodgeball, tug-of-war and obstacle course competitions.

“Obviously, your competitive side is going to come out in football, but if you’re a competitive person, it’s going to come out in pickleball, wall ball — it doesn’t matter what you’re doing,” wide receiver Darius Slayton said. “I think bringing it out of people in fun ways helps you be able to carry it over so it’s not just football, football, football all the time.”

The “Giant Games” had an added benefit of incentivizing players to show up for the voluntary offseason program because members of the winning team didn’t need to complete the conditioning test before the start of training camp and were awarded prime parking spots at the facility.


Roster was divided into 8 teams of 8, captains were veterans and selected others, including coaches to be part of their teams, different event each week.
The entire  
Giantophile : 10/20/2022 12:47 pm : link
Article on the athletic is worth a read. The takeaway is that daboll has these guys competing EVERYWHERE. Ping pong, spike ball, having starters call plays in practice vs each other. And the players are loving it. Good stuff.
Just realized I forgot the link...  
bigblue5611 : 10/20/2022 12:53 pm : link
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Haha  
BigBlueShock : 10/20/2022 1:19 pm : link
It’s a good thing the Giants have gotten off to a strong start. Can you imagine the old curmudgeon types on BBI if they read this and the team was struggling? Their freakin heads would explode because Daboll has them playing games instead of burying their heads in the playbook 24/7.

I guess it’s still in play when the Giants lose a game or two though…
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Johnny5 : 10/20/2022 2:07 pm : link
In comment 15872732 BigBlueShock said:
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It’s a good thing the Giants have gotten off to a strong start. Can you imagine the old curmudgeon types on BBI if they read this and the team was struggling? Their freakin heads would explode because Daboll has them playing games instead of burying their heads in the playbook 24/7.

I guess it’s still in play when the Giants lose a game or two though…

It's inevitable... lol
Cool piece, nice find  
Ten Ton Hammer : 10/20/2022 2:08 pm : link
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Excellent use of psychology  
Festina Lente : 10/21/2022 11:22 am : link
To enhance work ethic and team bonding
Targeted calories on an assault bike is no joke  
j_rud : 10/21/2022 11:33 am : link
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The thread title is a little deceiving.  
Klaatu : 10/21/2022 1:19 pm : link
It makes it sound like the players are playing games during meetings instead of paying attention, which is certainly not the case.

As for "old curmudgeons," thanks to us, youngsters still wet behind the ears can feel free to sell wolf tickets on message boards. The kiddies should show more respect to their elders.
RE: The thread title is a little deceiving.  
BigBlueShock : 10/21/2022 1:32 pm : link
In comment 15874135 Klaatu said:
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It makes it sound like the players are playing games during meetings instead of paying attention, which is certainly not the case.

As for "old curmudgeons," thanks to us, youngsters still wet behind the ears can feel free to sell wolf tickets on message boards. The kiddies should show more respect to their elders.

I’m likely older than you are, or not far from you so your “kiddie” jokes were a huge swing and a miss. But apparently you admittedly fall in the “curmudgeon” group. Not sure why you’d take pride in that, it’s certainly not complimentary but too each their own my friend!
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Klaatu : 10/21/2022 1:36 pm : link
In comment 15874157 BigBlueShock said:
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In comment 15874135 Klaatu said:


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It makes it sound like the players are playing games during meetings instead of paying attention, which is certainly not the case.

As for "old curmudgeons," thanks to us, youngsters still wet behind the ears can feel free to sell wolf tickets on message boards. The kiddies should show more respect to their elders.


I’m likely older than you are, or not far from you so your “kiddie” jokes were a huge swing and a miss. But apparently you admittedly fall in the “curmudgeon” group. Not sure why you’d take pride in that, it’s certainly not complimentary but too each their own my friend!


You certainly don't act older. You remind me of the punk blowhards I used to routinely throw out of nightclubs. Always loud, always talking tough, but folding like cheap suits in crunch time.
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BigBlueShock : 10/21/2022 1:43 pm : link
In comment 15874160 Klaatu said:
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In comment 15874157 BigBlueShock said:


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In comment 15874135 Klaatu said:


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It makes it sound like the players are playing games during meetings instead of paying attention, which is certainly not the case.

As for "old curmudgeons," thanks to us, youngsters still wet behind the ears can feel free to sell wolf tickets on message boards. The kiddies should show more respect to their elders.


I’m likely older than you are, or not far from you so your “kiddie” jokes were a huge swing and a miss. But apparently you admittedly fall in the “curmudgeon” group. Not sure why you’d take pride in that, it’s certainly not complimentary but too each their own my friend!



You certainly don't act older. You remind me of the punk blowhards I used to routinely throw out of nightclubs. Always loud, always talking tough, but folding like cheap suits in crunch time.

Haha! You were a bouncer 40 years ago? You must be a bad ass! Fucking clown show. It’s hysterical that your sorry ass got so butt hurt about “old curmudgeon” when no one even referenced you. I’m guessing you didn’t have a clue what it even meant so you just assumed it meant all old people.
LOL!  
Klaatu : 10/21/2022 1:48 pm : link
Exactly the kind of response I'd expect from a punk blowhard. The internet must be a Godsend to people like you.
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