Ed Valentine

New York Giants news for Monday Good morning and happy Memorial Day, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View How far are the Giants from having a championship defense? Did Giants have one of the NFL’s worst offseasons? ESPN writer thinks so Big Blue View mailbag: Saquon Barkley, draft, salary cap, more Other Giant observations Mike Kafka on the addition of Darren Waller Mike Kafka joins the "Giants Huddle: Front Office Edition" podcast to discuss integrating new players into the offensive schemeFull podcast : https://t.co/4gRec37uJGSubscribe : https://t.co/CZlvN5IqMd...

Photo by Rich Schultz/ Bill Barnwell trashes Giants for buying into their own hype and not making enough changes Only three NFL teams have had worse offseasons than the “run it back” New York Giants, according to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell, who recently ranked the team’s offseason 29th in the 32-team league. [ESPN+] Barnwell writes, in part: The organization appears to have bought into its own hype. An unexpected trip to the postseason and a road victory once they got there was a pleasant surprise for the Giants, who had been treating 2023 as a year to get their...

The mail’s here! Memorial Day Weekend is here. Before you head off to enjoy the unofficial beginning of summer, let’s open the Big Blue View Mailbag and answer some New York Giants questions. Jerry Panza asks: Ed, your article on Saquon of 5/15 answered lots of questions out here in Giantsland, I have one I’d like to know in the general sense of the yearly dance of franchise tag to player contract . Is the franchise tag guaranteed money? Honestly I love Saquon and his is a totally a different story but it’s getting as to feel as exhausting as the KT situation last...

Taylor Swift | Photo by Scott Eisen/TAS23/ for TAS Rights Management The Swift jokes are already flying around the comments, so let’s have some fun In honor of Taylor Swift’s three-day run at Metlife Stadium and football being pretty much a blank space over the Memorial Day Weekend, I thought I would highlight some of the hilarity from the comment section in Thursday’s OTA takeaways section. There is this: Followed by this string of replies: I’m sure I probably missed some. Go ahead. It’s Friday afternoon at the unofficial...

David Sills (left) and Chris Myarick of the Giants go through a drill early in Thursday’s OTA. Sills left with an apparent injury late in practice. | Photo by Rich Schultz/ Media gets its first glimpse of the 2023 Giants EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Thursday was, figuratively, Darren Waller Day for the New York Giants. The team’s new tight end was the featured attraction for media, which was in attendance for the first time during OTAs, and on the field. Head coach Brian Daboll and Mike Kafka must have felt like feeding the media beast. Thursday’s first play, with...

Photo by David Berding/ Thursday is a media access day, so what will we learn? The New York Giants entered Phase 3 of their offseason program, the OTAs, this week. On Thursday, media has access to watch practice and speak to head coach Brian Daboll and select players. So, what are some of the storylines or things we hope to learn from the couple of hours around the Giants during the day? Red jerseys? Quarterbacks always wear red non-contact jerseys during NFL practices. So, too, do rehabbing players or those being held back due to some type of injury. A year ago, there...

Photo by Stephen Maturen/ Giants’ defensive coordinator explains jubilant reaction when team drafted the Maryland cornerback New York Giants fans remember Wink Martindale’s reaction when general manager Joe Schoen traded up to select cornerback Deonte Banks at No. 24 in the 2023 NFL Draft. Martindale almost broke Schoen in half. Wink Martindale’s reaction to the #Giants drafting CB Deonte Banks: #NFLDraft #TogetherBlue pic.twitter.com/ZbmQrf9cg4— JD SportsTalk (@JDSportsTalkNY) April 28, 2023 Why was the Giants’ defensive coordinator so pumped up by the...

Photo by Michael Hickey/ Team has now completed signing its entire rookie class New York Giants second-round pick John Michael Schmitz has signed his rookie contract, meaning that all seven of the team’s draft picks are now signed. Fresh ink for Schmitz ✍️ : https://t.co/tcgxwYiWWb pic.twitter.com/yERgteJ13U— New York Giants (@Giants) May 23, 2023 Schmitz’ four-year deal is slotted at $6.373 million with a signing bonus of $1.635 million. His 2023 cap hit will be $1.158 million. Photos on the team’s official website show that Schmitz was in attendance...

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Giants have two games that could be subject to the new flex rule Despite a staunch objection from New York Giants co-owner John Mara, the NFL bowed at the knee of Amazon Prime on Monday and voted to allow flexing of late-season Thursday Night Football games. Mara had previously called the idea of flexing Sunday games to Thursday “abusive” to fans. To appease Amazon, which will stream the Thursday games, the NFL will do it, anyway. Mara told media on Monday that he was “disappointed, but certainly not surprised” by the...

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Giants are only No. 23 in PFF’s offseason roster rankings Have the New York Giants closed the talent gap on the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs and other top-tier NFL teams during this offseason? Pro Football Focus does not appear to believe so. The Eagles are No. 1 in PFF’s recently-released roster rankings. The Giants? PFF has them at No. 23, which means PFF believes they are near the bottom quarter of the league in talent. Here is how PFF sees it: Biggest strength in 2023: Rushing Attack Head coach Brian Daboll leaned on...

Daniel Jones during OTAs in 2022. | Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Giants take to the field for Phase 3 of offseason program this week The New York Giants begin Phase 3 of their offseason program, commonly known as OTAs, on Monday. This is the first time we will see 2023 draft picks and undrafted free agents mixed in with veteran players during on-field practice sessions. It will also mark the first time we veteran acquisitions like Darren Waller, Parris Campbell, Bobby Okereke and Bobby McCain on the field with the Giants, provided those...

New York Giants news for Monday Good morning, New York Giants fans! From Big Blue View Giants’ UDFA Troy Brown faces steep uphill battle to make roster Cam Brown’s Giants tenure has been inconspicuous thus far Gary Brightwell’s Giants roster spot is up in the air Big Blue View mailbag: Saquon Barkley, Jalin Hyatt, NFL schedule, more questions Will Matt Breida’s role change in 2023 after running back draft pick? Other Giants observations Best Cornerbacks in the NFL 2023: Sauce Gardner Tops the List, Jalen Ramsey and Stephon Gilmore Battle Atop Rankings | Pro Football...

Ryan Cowden in 2022. | George Walker IV-USA TODAY Sports GM Joe Schoen adds a trusted former colleague to the staff In another move to bolster the New York Giants front office, general manager Joe Schoen is reportedly adding former Tennessee Titans executive Ryan Cowden to the Giants’ decision-making team. Cowden was with the Tennessee Titans from 2016 until being passed over for the Titans’ general manager job that went to Ran Carthon after the 2022 season. Cowden had served as director of player personnel, then vice president of player personnel and finished last...

The mail’s here! We might be in the throes of the offseason, but the questions about the New York Giants never stop coming to the Big Blue View Mailbag. Let’s open it up and see what pops out this week. Gino Phillips asks: The NFL clearly has to juggle a million factors in creating their schedule each year. The one thing that I think should be built into one of their constraints is having two division foes playing each other twice in a three-week period (as do the Giants and Eagles this year). It is unfair to either of the teams if they are dealing with key injuries, as...

Photo by Justin Casterline/ We learn that the Giants had John Michael Schmitz and Jalin Hyatt targeted at No. 57, and ended up with both The latest edition of “Giants Life: The Process,” which you can watch in full on the New York Giants YouTube channel, provides fascinating and insightful information about the Giants’ process in the 2023 NFL Draft. Here is a snippet of the action that happened in Round 1: Inside the #Giants Draft Room: A great insight on how teams conduct a trade process.The Giants talked with the #Chargers, #Vikings, #Ravens and finally...