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00:00The Giants were in pads for the second time in two days.

00:06But obviously, everyone's talking about one thing out of camp, Giants wide receiver.

00:10Malik Nabors left practice, what looks to be a left shoulder injury.

00:14I'm Brandon London, here's Paul Schwartz, a long time Giants beat writer for the post.

00:19Paul, I mean, just let's go straight into this,

00:21because obviously, it's making the headlines, everyone's talking about it.

00:25I didn't get that great of an angle, but kind of tell us what you saw,

00:29and then we'll kind of go into details.

00:31I think it was on a blocking play and he came off the field,

00:33walked off the field with a head trainer, Ronnie Barnes.

00:37I'm told it is a shoulder.

00:39I'm told it's nothing people are overly concerned about.

00:43So I don't think it's going to be anything significant.

00:45Okay, no needs to go full Justin Fields on this one.

00:48But when we talk about Malik Nabors and what he brings to this offense,

00:53dynamic, explosive player going into his second season,

00:57how did the offense look to you after?

01:00And I'm going to set you up a little bit more and give a little bit of context.

01:03Wondell Robinson and Jalen Hyatt looked like they both had that days.

01:07Darius Slayton was kind of the only starter from last year that was practicing,

01:13and he had himself a day.

01:14Well, don't forget, Wondell Robinson and Jalen Hyatt are both nursing injuries.

01:19You know what I mean?

01:20You know, Wondell got run into by Brian Burns last week,

01:24and Hyatt has a little hamstring.

01:26So they're being held out.

01:27I will say Malik Nabors looked great.

01:30I mean, he's looked, I mean, you know, you're an expert on this, right?

01:33I mean, you know, something, look, we know he's a really good player,

01:35and he's in his second camp.

01:37I think he's like, he's looked better, right?

01:39He's looked more polished, maybe stronger.

01:42So he's looked great.

01:43I mean, you know, you can talk about Abdul Carter on defense looking great.

01:46But, you know, when you look at Nabors, you watch them, you say, okay,

01:48that's the best player.

01:50So without him, without Wondell, yeah, Darius Slayton made a few nice plays.

01:55And then it's a bunch of young guys who were trying to learn and figure it out.

01:57So it doesn't look quite as good.

01:59You know what I mean?

02:00Now, they did a lot of running today and things like that.

02:02But, you know, just like the offensive line is built around Andrew Thomas,

02:06this offense really that has some weapons is built around Malik Nabors.

02:10There's no question.

02:11And everything I've seen so far this summer makes me think that, yes,

02:16he was a terrific rookie, and there's a lot more on the plate for him.

02:20It's almost like when he gets back, just give him the plays he needs

02:23and shut him down.

02:24It's almost like don't put him out there for team run.

02:26You know what?

02:27When he makes a good play, I always say to myself, okay, that's enough.

02:32That's enough.

02:33You know what I mean?

02:33That's enough.

02:34Give him a couple of plays today, a couple of plays tomorrow.

02:36Have a day off tomorrow, a couple of plays Thursday, bing, bang.

02:39Get him off, bubble wrap him.

02:40We'll see you against the Commanders.

02:42Now, you know that's not the deal.

02:44Your father's a coach and you were a player, so you know that's not the deal.

02:47And I know that's not the deal.

02:49But still, you know, you hear all these dispatches around the league.

02:52This guy's out.

02:53This guy's out.

02:54And I think I know they're working hard.

02:56It's hot.

02:59Just don't give him too much, okay?

03:00He doesn't have to hit the ground running 100% and be the absolute best.

03:05Brian Dabo would never say that, but I know I'm just very conservative.

03:09When I see a guy go off the field, I'm like, all right, let's see him in a few weeks.

03:12Yeah, because he's earned it.

03:13You talk about a guy that was rehabbing the toe, so he didn't have OTAs and he didn't

03:17have minicamp, but he showed up to training camp, business as usual.

03:22So what else do you need to see from this kid at this point?

03:25As long as he's getting with a wide receivers coach, Mike Groh, and Russell Wilson getting

03:31into the playbook, and what Tom Coughlin used to say, no and no, you know, Russ is a guy

03:37that when they sit together at lunch or maybe he goes over, hangs out with Young Future and

03:42Sierra, they talk a lot of football, kid doesn't need that much more work.

03:47So I'm like, yes, let's bubble wrap him, and it's kind of what the Giants did that

03:51approached my 07 year with Plaxico Burris, who had the ankle injury.

03:55I took a lot of reps for him.

03:57When Amani Toomer took a vet day, I took a lot of reps for them, and that benefited me,

04:02the young guy.

04:03I was a little upset with the young guys today because I felt like they missed out on the

04:06opportunity with guys being down with injuries.

04:10There was a little, you know, guys a little, the communication was off with the Russell Wilson

04:14and the Jameis Winston.

04:16If you're going to, if you're Bo Collins or you're one of those guys, you get the opportunity

04:19to go in there with Russell Wilson.

04:22You got to, you got to make sure you, you, you overcompensate per se when it comes to knowing

04:29where you're supposed to be in your spot and making that play.

04:32But again, these are guys that are fighting for possibly that last receiver spot and

04:36practice squad rosters.

04:37But again, at the end of the day, I think Darius Slayton kind of showed why the Giants

04:42like him enough to resign him to that deal, make some big plays out there.

04:46And one thing about him, he looks better as a route runner.

04:48Well, you know, I mean, that's why you want to see the cream rise to the top, right?

04:52See, this guy, young guy, this guy, this guy's out, this guy's out.

04:54Oh, Slayton just makes the catch, you know what I mean?

04:57That's what they do, you know what I mean?

04:59But I like the running game so far.

05:00I like Cam Scadaboo a lot.

05:01I like Tyrone Tracy a lot.

05:03I thought the offensive line certainly yesterday and I think today looks pretty good again in

05:09run blocking.

05:10You know, you know, I kind of like Evan Neal playing guard.

05:12I kind of like him.

05:13He's a massive guy.

05:13Whoa, can you say that again?

05:15I kind of like him playing guard.

05:17I really do.

05:17Now, you know, let Michael Parsons be breathing down his neck or something like that.

05:24I know.

05:25I get it.

05:25But he's a big dude.

05:28He's a huge dude and if he just keeps his man in front of him, he has a chance.

05:34He has a chance because he's so massive.

05:36Jermaine Illuminor the other day was saying, you know, Jermaine Illuminor is not a small guy

05:39and Jermaine Illuminor was saying, he's just so big.

05:42His hands are like twice as big as mine.

05:44You know, when you look at Evan Neal, you don't say that guy's a bust.

05:48You say, I don't like the way he played, but I see why they took him, you know, high in

05:53the draft because look at that guy.

05:55So maybe he gets a second life at guard.

05:58You know, a week and a half at the training camp, I would say I'm pleasantly surprised

06:02by what I think of him so far at guard, but there's a lot more to go.

06:05We're going to end that there.

06:07I love it.

06:07But you know what?

06:08Tyrone Tracy kind of gave him some compliments as well.

06:11Almost cursed when he talked about how Evan Neal has been mauling guys.

06:14And you know, we've had, we've heard Brian Dable and other guys talk about making that

06:18switch from the outside to inside.

06:20And I asked him like, what exactly, what exactly do you changes from being from the outside

06:25and the inside?

06:26Things happen faster because he says he's got the three technique nose right there in front

06:30of him than a wide five technique.

06:33So that makes sense.

06:34But if there's anyone that needs the maul or get up on someone right away, it's Evan

06:41Neal.

06:41So that guard, would you say that there is now a competition for that guard position?

06:47Yeah, I think there is.

06:47You know, they know what Greg Van Roten is.

06:49He's 35 years old.

06:50He did not miss one snap last year.

06:52He is a glue guy.

06:54They love his leadership.

06:55You know, Evan Neal does not give you that.

06:57You know, Evan Neal's not a leader per se.

06:59You know, he's a, he's quiet.

07:01He does his job.

07:02He's a massively powerful guy.

07:04But if he, you know, miss a twist or miss a stunt or he and John Michael Schmitz look

07:08at each other and say, I thought you had him.

07:10I thought I had him.

07:11You know, that's no good.

07:12That gets Russ killed, you know, you know, in the interior.

07:15So, um, Greg Van Roten doesn't make those mistakes, you know, per se.

07:20Now he doesn't have the power and explosion and youth that Evan Neal does.

07:24So Evan Neal's going to have to take that job from him.

07:26I don't know if he will, but I'm encouraged.

07:28That's all.

07:28Look, he's not going to win or lose the job in a week.

07:31And a half, I'm encouraged because, you know, everyone inside the Giants have told me the

07:35one thing they liked in the spring when he lined up inside, his size showed up that you can't,

07:42it's hard to just run around him because he's so big, you know what I mean?

07:46And as he answered your question, you know, maybe the lack of, you know, setting his guy

07:53up and using his arms, you know, that was a struggle for him.

07:55Lack of space, lack of space, maybe the lack of space.

07:58Look, now he's going to have to get his assignments down.

08:00But if he does, he doesn't have to be a hundred percent clean.

08:04He's so big and so powerful.

08:06He just can't let, he just can't whiff.

08:08Yeah, yeah.

08:09Get a body on him, get a body.

08:10Just get something on him and it's going to be hard to get around him.

08:13And then Russ has got to get rid of the ball.

08:14So, um, that's all, you know, encourages the best thing I can say.

08:18And that's better than saying, I don't think he's any good.

08:21Well, the Giants are off tomorrow and then they come back on Thursday.

08:24That's great and encouraging for Malik neighbors.

08:26It gives him a day to kind of rest that shoulder up.

08:28We'll see how he kind of responds and what their plan of attack is going to be

08:34for him going forward without through the rest of training camp.

08:37But thanks for watching your Blue Rush post practice report.

08:44We'll see you next time.

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