Wednesday Reading

Giants

Traina Inside Football: Summer School: Preseason physical, PUP designation, and more
https://www.bigblueview.com/platform/amp/2018/6/26/17468712/summer-school-preseason-physical-pup-designation-and-more

Traina Inside Football: WFAN radio personality and Giants beat reporter Paul Dottino joins Patricia Traina to discuss the Giants spring practices and to preview the summer. Dottino also reveals his annual sleeper pick to watch in training camp. (Audio)
https://insidefootball.com/locked-on-giants-talking-giants-with-wfans-paul-dottino/

Dunleavy NJ.com: 15 bold predictions for Giants in 2018 | Expectations of Odell Beckham, Alec Ogletree, Damon Harrison, Nate Solder, more
https://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2018/06/15_bold_predictions_for_giants_in_2018_expectation.html

QB

Lauterbach Newsday: Giants backup QB Davis Webb on Saquon Barkley: ‘He’s a freak
https://www.newsday.com/amp/sports/football/giants/davis-webb-giants-1.19446038

WR

Pflum BBV: Can Odell Beckham Jr. return to his record-setting ways?
https://www.bigblueview.com/2018/6/26/17501588/2018-ny-giants-odell-beckham-jr-records-pat-shurmur-saquon-barkley-news-rumors

TE

Salomone Giants.com: 2018 Position Preview: Tight Ends
https://www.giants.com/news/2018-position-preview-tight-ends

NFL

Frank Schwab (@YahooSchwab)
6/26/18, 12:11 PM
BTW, when researching all these previews, one big takeaway - I don't remember the NFL ever being this good top to bottom. There are simply not many BAD teams. And a lot of really good teams - just look at the NFC. Amazingly competitive league right now.

Breech CBS Sports: 2018 NFL schedule rankings, NFC East: Cowboys have it rough, but Giants have it worse
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2018-nfl-schedule-rankings-nfc-east-cowboys-have-it-rough-but-giants-have-it-worse/amp/

Jones SI.com: NFC South Offseason Report Cards: Bucs, Saints Boost Defense; Falcons Brace for Negotiations with Julio Jones
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/06/26/nfc-south-offseason-report-card-grades-falcons-panthers-saints-buccaneers

Tanier B/R: NFL vs. Millennials: Football Struggles to Bridge the Generation Gap
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2782233-nfl-vs-millennials-football-struggles-to-bridge-the-generation-gap.amp.html

Kelly The Ringer: For These Nine NFL Players, 2018 Is a Now-or-Never Year
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/6/26/17504678/now-or-never-breakout-nfl-players

ARIZONA
McManaman AZ Central: The hunger game: Cardinals' Chandler Jones has hearty appetite for QBs, for getting better
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2018/06/26/arizona-cardinals-chandler-jones-steve-wilks-aaron-donald/731278002/

ATLANTA
Jones SI.com: In his Fourth Season with the Falcons, Grady Jarrett Insists It’s Only the Beginning
http://amp.si.com/nfl/2018/06/26/grady-jarrett-atlanta-falcons-contract

Ledbetter AJC: Can Oliver challenge Alford for starting spot
https://www.ajc.com/blog/atlanta-falcons/cover-can-oliver-challenge-alford-for-starting-spot/drvRRp3JDZIKAkdmSP82cL/

BALTIMORE
Baltimore Sun: Which team asked Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson to work out at wide receiver at NFL combine?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bs-sp-ravens-lamar-jackson-wide-receiver-0626-story.html

Mink Ravens.com: Ravens Rookie Receivers Showed Their Playmaking Potential
https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-rookie-receivers-showed-their-playmaking-potential

CAROLINA
Person Charlotte Observer: Has Cam Newton changed? Panthers QBs coach returns to Charlotte to find he has
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article213798924.html

Rodrigue Charlotte Observer: Cam Newton's workouts with Steelers WR Antonio Brown offer clues to how he's feeling
http://amp.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article213856239.html

CINCINNATI
Schwab Yahoo Sports: 2018 NFL Preview: Amazingly enough, Marvin Lewis is back for the Bengals
https://sports.yahoo.com/2018-nfl-preview-amazingly-enough-marvin-lewis-back-bengals-125540057.html

DALLAS
Davison Fort Worth Star Telegram: Predicting the Cowboys' 53-man roster
http://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article213795949.html

DENVER
Mackey 9News Denver: HE WAS THE BRONCOS' LAST DRAFT PICK, BUT DON'T COUNT HIM OUT
https://www.9news.com/amp/article?section=sports& subsection=nfl& topic=denver-broncos& headline=he-was-the-broncos-last-draft-pick-but-dont-count-him-out& contentId=73-567904749

DETROIT
Birkett Detroit Free Press: Detroit Lions 2018 most important: No. 18 Quandre Diggs valued playmaker
https://amp.freep.com/amp/729259002

Gaines Detroit Free Press: Might Detroit Lions Ameer Abdullah be best served as kick returner?
https://amp.freep.com/amp/735340002

GREEN BAY
Wilde Journal Times: Packers: Veteran WR Cobb taking nothing for granted this season
https://journaltimes.com/sports/football/packers-veteran-wr-cobb-taking-nothing-for-granted-this-season/article_7f01b9b6-f224-5fa2-b09e-cb49fcdc2c3b.html

Hodkiewicz Packers.com: Vince Biegel no longer playing catch-up
https://www.packers.com/news/vince-biegel-no-longer-playing-catch-up

HOUSTON
Wilson Houston Chronicle: Texans happy to have Romeo Crennel back in familiar role
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/texans/article/Texans-happy-to-have-Romeo-Crennel-back-in-13028162.php

Wilson Houston Chronicle: Arian Foster on Texans QB Deshaun Watson: 'Obviously, a special player
https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/amp/Arian-Foster-on-Texans-QB-Deshaun-Watson-13027042.php

INDIANAPOLIS
Walker Colts.com: The ‘Slauson Effect’ Is Already Being Felt Along The Colts’ Offensive Line
https://www.colts.com/news/the-slauson-effect-is-already-being-felt-along-the-colts-offensive-line

JACKSONVILLE
Kaye WTLV Jacksonville: TAKING STOCK OF THE JAGUARS' 2017 DRAFT CLASS ENTERING SECOND TRAINING CAMP
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/sports/nfl/jacksonville-jaguars/taking-stock-of-the-jaguars-2017-draft-class-entering-second-training-camp/77-567742597

Reid Florida Times Union: Ramsey doesn't think 49ers QB Garoppolo is worthy of Top 100 ranking
http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/20180626/ramsey-doesnt-think-49ers-qb-garoppolo-is-worthy-of-top-100-ranking

LOS ANGELES RAMS
Sessler NFL.com: Rams exec: Aaron Donald contract talks have been 'great'
https://amp.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000938597/article/rams-exec-talks-with-aaron-donald-have-been-great?

MIAMI
Kelly Sun Sentinel: A verdict on Ryan Tannehill is overdue
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-kelly-column-20180626-story.html

Habib Palm Beach Post: Big bucks, big decision, big year for Miami Dolphins RT Ja’Wuan James
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/06/26/big-bucks-big-decision-big-year-for-miami-dolphins-rt-jawuan-james/

MINNESOTA
Rand Minn Star Tribune: Vikings' Barr on contract extension: 'It's not my decision; it's on them'
http://m.startribune.com/vikings-barr-on-contract-extension-its-not-my-decision-its-on-them/486567881/

NEW ORLEANS
Triplett ESPN NO: Saints wide receiver 'Can't Guard Mike' keeps living up to name
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-orleans-saints/post/_/id/30173/saints-cant-guard-mike-keeps-living-up-to-his-name

OAKLAND
Bair NBC Bay Area: After His World Got 'flipped Upside Down,' Ryan Switzer Ecstatic About Opportunity With Raiders
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/csn/raiders/After_his_world_got__flipped_upside_down___Ryan_Switzer_ecstatic_about_opportunity_with_Raiders-486597601.html

PHILADELPHIA
Berman Phil.com: Eagles make a change to training camp schedule
http://www.philly.com/philly/newsletters/eagles/eagles-early-birds-newsletter-training-camp-carson-wentz-20180626.html

Fierro Allentown Morning Call: Make or break season ahead for Eagles DE Steven Means
http://www.mcall.com/sports/football/eagles/mc-spt-eagles-steven-means-20180626-story.html

SEATTLE
John Clayton ESPN Seattle: Sacks will be important for Seahawks, but how will they get them?
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/476842/clayton-sacks-will-important-for-the-seahawks-but-how-will-they-get-them/amp/

TENNESSEE
Wyatt Titans.com: Rookie RB Akrum Wadley Aims to Stand Out for Titans in Training Camp
https://www.titansonline.com/news/rookie-rb-akrum-wadley-aims-to-stand-out-for-titans-in-training-camp

Glennon Titans.com: Second-Year Jump?
https://www.titansonline.com/news/second-year-jump

WASHINGTON
Cohen Redskins.com: Chad Grimm Impacting Change In Redskins' Outside Linebackers
https://www.redskins.com/news/chad-grimm-impacting-change-in-redskins-outside-linebackers

Draft

CB
Eric Galko (@OptimumScouting)
6/26/18, 9:05 AM
Unsure if it's been reported: Western Michigan CB Sam Beal, a member of the 2018 NFL Supplemental Draft, is having his Pro Day on Thursday.

Adonis Alexander had 28 teams in attendance, and I expect the same for Beal. Talented, more NFL-ready than Alexander.

History

Florio PFT: Jeff Hostetler once beaned Bill Belichick

“My rookie year, I am a rookie quarterback with three other veterans on the roster,” Hostetler told the Three Guys Before The Game podcast on Monday. “I’ve got Bill Parcells as a head coach, who did not want to draft me, and so I wasn’t one of his guys. I had Ron Erhardt as a quarterback coach, who had been in the league forever. His offense is still being run by [the] Patriots, by the Steelers. It’s probably the best offense that I’ve ever been involved with as far as being consistent, verbiage, all those things. And so I’m involved with all these guys that are all veterans, and I’m thinking, ‘This is a tough situation for me to come into.’ And so I’m scared, basically. I’m thinking, ‘If I make a mistake these guys aren’t going to have any patience with me.’
“Well, I would run a little bit of the seven-on-seven for the defense. And Belichick would always have these cards out and he would show us what he wants us to do. And then he would turn where the center would be, he would turn and he would watch his defense. And so we were running all these crossing routes . . . and so all of a sudden, we’re running these crossing routes, and he stands right there where the center is. I drop back, and it’s a two-yard crossing route. And I drill it to the guy.
“Well, all of a sudden, Bill’s head is right in the way. It hits him in the head. His papers fly everywhere. The ball flies everywhere. Everybody stops and it’s like, everything just went quiet. It’s like, ‘Uh-oh.’ And then he starts ripping into me and yelling at me and grabbing his papers. After that was over with, I had almost every defensive player come up to me and say, ‘Hey, great job, Hoss. Great job.’ And it was like, I was accepted. . . . Belichick hated me after that, but my only response to him was, ‘Well, don’t stand there.’”

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/06/26/jeff-hostetler-once-beaned-bill-belichick/

LeGere PFW: Lawrence Taylor — Team for the Ages
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2018/06/25/lawrence-taylor-team-for-the-ages/altbb5w/

Gosselin Talk of Fame: TOFN “5 GAMES” PODCAST: QB JAMES HARRIS REVISITS HIS HISTORICAL FIRST NFL START IN 1969
http://www.talkoffamenetwork.com/tofn-5-games-podcast-qb-james-harris-revisits-his-historical-first-nfl-start-in-1969/

Giants Birthdays 6-27

Willie Young LT/DT UDFA-Grambling 1966 NYG 1966-1975 6-27-1943

1970 Profile: Willie Young
Offensive Tackle
No. 69
Grambling
"Nobody gets less attention than an offensive tackle - until some defensive end plows by him and plows under the quarterback. For four pro seasons, Willie Young, the Giants' unsung left tackle, has defended his quarterback with muscular tenacity.
Young had it tough when he became a pro. He had played offensive guard at Grambling, but was placed at defensive tackle by the Giants. When he proved too short for that position- he's only six feet tall and most defensive linemen are much taller- the Giants turned him into an offensive tackle (and a good one). Young weights 265 pounds which gives him the appearance of a fire hydrant, but he is far from immobile. The coaches like to talk about his quick feet.
Young was signed as a free agent in '66 on he recommendation of assistant coach Em Tunnell."