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Transcript: QB Eli Manning

Eric from BBI : Admin : 5/23/2016 2:43 pm
QB Eli Manning

May 23, 2016

Q: How was it going after Eli Apple?

A: No. That wasn’t the intention. That’s just the way sometimes what the plays and coverages are and going through my progressions. I’m not trying to go at a certain guy. Right now it’s just day one of OTA’s. We’re not going after matchups and picking on guys. We’re just working on the basics and going through your progressions.

Q: What did you think of him?

A: A lot of it is just going back and looking at the film. For the most part, I don’t even know who is at corner and you don’t know who you’re looking at. You’re not looking on the defensive side and seeing where certain guys are lined up. You’re going through progressions. I didn’t know where he was going to be lined up. I’ll go back to the film and maybe check it out. I’m more worried about the offensive side and how we’re doing.

Q: As good as Odell Beckham Jr. has been the first two years, what kind of growth have you seen from him so far this offseason?

A: It’s just good to have him in that third season and having him healthy and going to all of the OTA’s and just be able to go and move him around in different spots. We did that a little bit. You kind of have a controlled set of plays just because you don’t want to overload him and make sure what he does, he does it well, and then you can expand him in that and put him in different spots with matchups. I think now he can handle all of that. We put him in different routes and make sure he’s doing them correctly. I think there’s an understanding of the offense, of how things are supposed to go and the timing of things. I think that third year he should start really picking up on that.

Q: What does Sterling Shepard bring to the receiver group that maybe you didn’t have before?

A: We’re still figuring some things out with Sterling just because it’s the first day going against the defense. It’s one thing to throw routes versus air and it’s a whole new ballgame when you throw a defense out there. You’ve got press, you’ve got different coverages, different techniques that you’ve got to beat. It’s good to go back and look at them and see where he can improve, see where we can just get on the same page. I thought he’s done a good job of picking things up. You can see he’s caught on. He’s caught everything that’s been thrown at him these last couple of weeks on the field, so that’s always a good start for a receiver if he can catch the football and he can definitely do that.

Q: When Shepard was drafted, did you get some film and watch what he could do?

A: I haven’t. Just tried to see some highlights here and there, but I haven’t gone and watched film. He has a lot of natural ability catching the football and running and athletic. He can stop very quickly. All of those things are good and now it’s just learning the offense, playing fast and being confident in what we’re doing.

Q: How difficult is it to be patient with Victor Cruz?

A: It’s not hard. You just understand we’ve got to get him healthy. We’ve got to make sure that everybody is being smart and everybody is understanding that he’s had several injuries and surgeries and a tough past. Just make sure you’re being smart with his workload and we’ve got to make sure we get him to training camp. When the doctors and everybody say he’s cleared and ready to go or if he can do this and certain things, then it’s a good thing.

Q: How is Geremy Davis progressing?

A: Geremy is a bright guy. He knows the offense very well. He studies hard. He’s really in tune with what his assignments are. He’s got great size. He’s one of our bigger receivers. You can move him around and put him in different spots. He’s going to be really keyed into what his assignment is, so that’s always helpful. Hopefully he can step up and get on a roll and make some plays for us come game time.

Q: What were your first impressions of Ben McAdoo as the head coach out there today?

A: He seemed good. He was fired up. Things didn’t go as planned, but I thought we had a fast practice, kept the tempo going and he seemed to have a good first day. There’s always going to be mistakes and everything, but I thought the energy and the level of focus and everything was good.

Q: Does anything change for you in your relationship with him now that he’s head coach?

A: Probably a little bit of changes. He’s not in every meeting that we’re having, but he’s in there a decent amount of time and Coach Sullivan can handle a lot of things. He’s in there enough where if I have questions on plays that are coming in or certain checks or different things I want to do, he can still go through them. But Coach Sullivan is handling more of the offensive meeting than what it was last year.

Q: How is it to have Coach Frank Cignetti in there as the new quarterbacks coach?

A: It’s been good. Every coach has a little different technique or style, but I think he likes us to be accountable and know our reads and be able to talk through it and be very precise. He’s been in this system before, so he has the familiarity with it. We’re just trying to make sure we’re talking the exact same language. There’s always new little things that we put all together, but he’s been very thorough in everything and it’s been good so far.
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