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Linebacker Darius Muasau feels like “the puzzle is complete” on defense

2025-08-04T16:11:38-04:00

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Darius Muasau is looking to raise the bar in Year 2

Few expected much when the New York Giants selected linebacker Darius Muasau out of UCLA with the 183rd pick of the 2024 NFL Draft.

After all, he’s undersized and not terribly athletic. As a late round pick, the realistic expectations were for a core special teams player. And Muasau did indeed become a significant contributor on special teams, with 248 snaps played over the course of the season. But what was unexpected was him starting his rookie year by picking off Sam Darnold in Week 1, then stepping in to pick up the slack when starting linebacker Bobby Okereke went down with a back injury later in the year.

Muasau proved to be more than just a special teams player. He’s was a solid linebacker as a rookie, which he could owe in part to an uncommon route to the NFL. Muasau played for UCLA but he hails from Hawaii, where he started playing football at the age of six.

“It’s very physical,” he said, describing football growing up in Hawaii. “I would say that’s the one word to describe football in Hawaii. All we do is – a lot of us just run the rock so everyone just runs the ball. So, I went to Mililani High School and we were very pass oriented. My teammate was Dillon Gabriel, the quarterback for the Browns right now. I also played running back at the time so that was very unique in my journey, playing running back all the way up until like senior year. That’s when I made the transfer to linebacker. It was very hard mouth, just run-the-rock physical, contact every play.”

Though he has a tough, physical background, Muasau acknowledges that he doesn’t have the raw athleticism of his peers. He weighs in at 6-foot, 230 pounds, with 31 ¹⁄₂ inch arms and a 4.7-second 40-yard dash. Despite lacking anything like prototypical measurables, Muasau filled in admirably in his seven starts as a rookie. To that end, he credits his instincts.

“I’m not the biggest, I’m not the fastest, I’m not the strongest, but when I get out there, I feel like that’s what makes me unique is just my instincts,” he said. “That’s why I’m able to play at this level and I feel like that’s what made me unique, that’s why I got to the NFL, I feel, is just my instincts.”

“It’s just from hours and hours of studying film, playing football since I was like six years old,” he added.

He also understands that his game has to be played between the ears to get the absolute most of the traits he does have, as well as studying other linebackers for every possible edge.

“I think it’s also just me acknowledging that I’m not the biggest, I’m not the fastest but just learning how to use my strengths and applying it out there on the field,” he said. “So yeah, just a lot of studying film, learning certain techniques that are used not only from my teammates but other guys, other linebackers in the league, so just being able to study that and taking the good things from their games, taking the bad things, learning from that, learning from their mistakes and just applying it to my game.”

Overall, Muasau believes that he’s competing for a starting job, but also understands that the defense is getting pretty crowded.

“I think that’s the way you got to attack it every day, is every day I’m competing for a starting job,” he said. “Although I might not be starting, I might be special teams – any way that I can contribute to the team. That’s really what I’m all about.”

“Year two, I just feel building off of what we had last year, as a team and defensively, this is year two going into Coach Shane’s [Bowen] defense and I feel like we added a lot of pieces this offseason and I feel like the puzzle is complete right now,” he said. “It’s just a matter of us putting it together, going out there and executing on Sundays.”

It’ll be up to Shane Bowen to figure out how to put all the pieces together, but he certainly has a full box of Legos with which to build his defense.

“I mean, now we got – I’d say we got the best D-line in the NFL right now,” Muasau said, “so just letting those guys go out and go out on third down, try to manage first and second down, get our opponent to third-and-long and let our front go out there and eat. Now we got three premier edge rushers going out there and we got Dexter [Lawrence], we got Roy [Robertson-Harris], Darius Alexander, just a bunch of guys that can go out there and just rush the passer so really looking forward to that. I honestly look forward to watching that every day. I go out there and I’m watching one-on-ones and I’m just amazed at some things that they do every time. It’s crazy, watching Abdul go out there and pull out some crazy spin move or something that you never expected, but yeah man, it’s awesome.”

Muasau was a sixth round pick a year ago, and it’s a mark of just how good that draft class was that they all contributed. From Malik Nabers at sixth overall to Muasau at 183rd overall, all of the Giants’ 2024 rookies flashed when they were on the field.

“I think last year, we really set the standard as far as what we can go out and contribute,” he said. “We have a bunch of dawgs in our draft class. We got Malik, we got Tyrone [Tracy Jr.], we got (safety Tyler Nubin) Nub, we got (cornerback) Dru Phillips. I think the camaraderie that we bring is unmatched. We always get together – our rookie class from last year. Every time we had away games, home games, we would always get together, go out to dinners, just chop it up on how the team is doing.”

The Giants hope this year’s draft class can exceed the standard set by their 2024 class. These young players are the future of the franchise, a fact that even the veteran leaders in the locker room acknowledge.

“A lot of the vets, you got (defensive lineman Dexter) Dex (Lawrence), you got (outside linebacker Brian) Burns, they’re always coming up to the rookies from last year,” Muasau said. “They’re like, ‘Aye, you guys are the future of this program. You guys are really the future of this whole organization. You got to put the team on your back at times because everything is coming down to what you guys put on tape, how you guys carry yourself around the building. The staff is always looking at you guys. Whenever your number is called, you got to be able to step up.’ So, I feel like that’s what a lot of the guys drafted last year in our draft class really did and they put out a good showing and we’re really just trying to build off of that coming into this year.”

“We got a good rookie class this year,” he added, “with Abdul, we got Darius Alexander, we got guys on defense – on both sides of the ball, even Jaxson Dart, so just really looking to build off of that and set a higher bar for our standard.”

Fantasy Football ‘25: New York Giants Fantasy Preview

2025-08-04T16:00:00-04:00

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A look at what Big Blue offers fantasy football managers this season

August is here at last, and the NFL preseason has kicked off! If you haven’t started prepping for your drafts in season-long redraft fantasy leagues, it’s time to get going. You can check out all of my preliminary preseason rankings and tiers, and other draft prep articles, at this link. I’ll have a lot more content for you as the month rolls along.

Big Blue View covers all things NY Giants. So today I’m going to focus on one team and one team only. That’s right, it’s time for my annual New York Football Giants fantasy preview!

Let’s start with a little game. See if you can guess what these numbers represent: 31, 31, 15, 30, 31. Give up? That’s the Giants’ ranking in points scored since 2020. Their ranking in total offense are similar for those five seasons, and last season the Giants were one of only four teams to average less than 300 yards of offense per game. Ugh.

Big Blue has featured one of the NFL’s most anemic offenses for half a decade, and while that prolonged malaise hasn’t completely doomed the Giants’ players from a fantasy perspective, it hasn’t helped. The Giants have been an offense to (mostly) avoid for fantasy for most of the 2020s. They head into this season with the same Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator as last year, and are projected to have as many as 10 returning starters on offense. The one notable change is at quarterback, plus some offensive line re-shuffling. Will it make a difference? Let’s take a look.

The big bright spot last season was sensational rookie receiver Malik Nabers, who quickly established himself as a high-end option at his position, and gives the team a true playmaker to build around. But he and the rest of the offense were plagued by inconsistent play from the offensive line and more importantly, sub-par performance from several different starters at the quarterback position. The QB room has been overhauled almost entirely and now features veterans Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, and rookie Jaxson Dart. It’s an upgrade overall, but will it be enough to tip the scales for the entire offense? We’ll see soon enough.

I’ll go position-by-position for today’s exercise. All rankings shown are for Half-Point PPR, are on a Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) basis, and exclude the final week of the season. Preseason draft rankings represent Expert Consensus Rankings (ECR) as of August 3.

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Danger-Russ is on his fourth team in five seasons

Quarterback

Wilson is expected to open the season as the starter, but at some point he’s likely to give way to the rookie Dart. Wilson has been a steady mid-range fantasy QB2 for the last few seasons and his veteran presence should provide some professionalism and stability, but not a ton of upside. Winston would bring more upside, but with it more volatility. A full season of him under center could mean 130 catches, 1,700 yards, and double-digit TDs for Nabers. Just saying…

In one-QB leagues none of the Giants quarterbacks is worth drafting, even as a backup. That’s partly because the position is so deep with strong options, but also, the uncertainty surrounding how many games each Giants’ QB will start pushes the value down. In Superflex/2QB leagues, Wilson is at best a lower-end QB2 but more likely a third quarterback. Wilson’s current ECR is QB30. Dart and Winston can live on the Waiver Wire as they await their potential turns. Winston is always a fun roller-coaster ride when he does get in. It’s hard to know what to expect if/when Dart gets his chance.

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Tyrone Tracy earned the starting role with fine play as a rookie

Running Back

The Giants’ backfield is one of the harder ones to handicap, as there are multiple backs in the mix with no clear alpha, as of now. 2024 fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy was a very pleasant surprise as a rookie. He outplayed Devin Singletary and ran for almost 900 yards as a rookie, which was second only to Bucky Irving. Tracy was fantasy-relevant for a good chunk of the season and with a (hopefully) better O-line and quarterback room in 2025, the Giants’ running game should have some value this season and especially if the team can stay competitive and have balanced game scripts in the second halves of more games.

The complicating factor for Tracy is the addition of Cam Skattebo, who the Giants took in the fourth round of the 2025 draft. Camp reports on Skattebo have been promising (but do keep an eye on the hamstring injury he recently suffered), and he showed a three-down skillset at Arizona State where he had more than 1,700 rushing yards to go along with 45 catches for 605 receiving yards in 2024. With Singletary also in the mix, it’s hard to project how the opportunities will be divvied up, and how that might change as the season goes on. Right now Tracy has an ECR of RB31 while Skattebo is at RB36, and when you see teammates with draft rankings that close together it usually reflects uncertainty from the rankers. The good news is that both backs are ranked outside the Top-85 players, meaning you should be able to get them somewhere in the Round 8-9 range. Either or both could be good values at that price.

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Nabers and Robinson combined for 310 targets in 2025

Wide Receiver

For better or worse, the Giants haven’t had many true studs for fantasy in the last 25 years. I’m not talking about very good fantasy assets – I’m talking about first round picks, and/or players who are in the very top tier at their position. Odell Beckham, Jr. got there for a few years in the mid-2010s, as did Saquon Barkley a half-dozen or so years later. But that’s it.

Enter Nabers. The former L.S.U. star is coming off the kind of standout rookie campaign that immediately propelled Beckham and Barkley to fantasy stardom. He was targeted 170 times in 2024, which was second only to Ja’Marr Chase’s 175. But Nabers missed two games with a concussion and his 11.3 targets per game led the NFL. More stats to turn your head: He also led the NFL with a 34.9% team target share, and was third in the NFL with a 36.6% team target share in the red zone. You just don’t see rookies do that, but it became clear by Week 2 that he’s a special player who gets open all over the field, can make contested catches, and demands that kind of usage. Nabers turned that insane target volume into a 109-1,204-7 stat line and finished his rookie year tied with Mike Evans as the WR7. Right now his ECR is WR5, and overall player 8, meaning he’s a middle-to-back-of-the-first round pick for 2025. I have him ranked as the WR4.

The Giants should have steadier quarterback play in 2025 (at least to start the season), and hopefully that will translate to more sustained drives and scoring chances, which should benefit Nabers. The team also has the hardest schedule in the NFL, and that could also benefit Nabers if they’re chasing points week after week. His efficiency wasn’t all that great last season, but some of that can be blamed on the carousel of shaky QBs that Big Blue rolled out. There’s more meat on the bone to be had, and the arrow on Nabers is pointing up in year two.

Nabers wasn’t the only receiver on the Giants who was busy. After two injury-plagues seasons to start his career, shifty Wan’Dale Robinson caught 93 balls on 140 targets in 2024, tied with D.J. Moore for 10^th among wide receivers in total targets. He’s more attractive in Full point PPR than in Half, but either way, he should continue to win from the slot and is a useful piece for depth. You’ll be able to get him with a pick late in drafts (current ECR = WR67, player 167 overall).

Deep threats Darius Slayton and Jalin Hyatt will mostly go undrafted in standard-sized leagues, which makes them Waiver Wire players to start the season. Barring something unexpected or injuries to the receivers ahead of them, they likely won’t have much value in 2025.

Tight End

Like Tracy and Nabers, presumptive starter Theo Johnson is part of the Giants’ excellent 2024 draft class. He was taken in the fourth round and like most players at his position, he wasn’t a big part of the passing offense as a rookie. Part of that was due to injury, as he only suited up for 12 games. He should improve on his meager pass-catching totals from 2024 (29-331-1 on 43 targets), but it’s hard to know how big his role will be. The Giants haven’t had a fantasy-relevant tight end since Evan Engram left the team. Could Johnson step up in a big way? It’s not probable, but it’s certainly possible, and the 6-foot-6, 250-pounder did score seven TDs in his final season at Penn State. He’s one of a large number of “deep sleeper” tight ends for 2025. His current ECR is TE35 (and he’s barely inside the Top-300 overall), meaning he’s going undrafted. Keep him on your Waiver Wire watch list.

Kicker

Graham Gano is a solid veteran kicker, but he’s not on a team with a potent offense and he kicks outdoors. There are at least 15 better choices with more weekly upside. He’s also a Waiver Wire guy.

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Memo to NFL QBs: The Giants are coming for you

Defense/Special Teams

While the Giants only won three games last season, their D/ST ranked 21st in fantasy points. Not great, and it wasn’t a unit that got started much in fantasy. But that’s not terrible either. The Giants’ defense should be better this season, and more to the point, their pass rush should be among the league’s most ferocious with the addition of third overall pick Abdul Carter, who many experts considered the best player in the draft. The Giants leaned into a strength with the selection of Carter, as they recorded 45 sacks last season, tied for eighth most in the NFL. If they can stay close in more games, and put teams in obvious passing situations more frequently, their pass rush should get home more than that in 2025. Don’t be surprised if the Giants’ pass rush is able to generate a decent number of turnovers. I think the Giants’ D/ST has a legitimate shot to finish as a Top-12 unit this season. I’m not recommending that you draft them to be your starting unit, but definitely keep an eye on them.

That’s a wrap. The bottom line is that the team will probably be a bottom-third, lower-scoring offense once again, but it should show some improvement across the board, and be less of a fantasy wasteland this year.

Montrell Washington making plays in long-shot bid for spot on Giants’ 53-man roster

2025-08-04T15:15:23-04:00

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“A play a day will keep the coaches away.”

This New York Giants training camp is not Montrell Washington’s first rodeo as a bubble player trying to prove he belongs on an NFL roster.

A fifth-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 2022, Washington caught four passes but the Broncos released him at the end of the 2023 preseason. He spent most of the last two seasons on and off the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs, appearing in six games without catching a pass.

The 26-year-old has learned one important lesson from his three previous training camps:

“A play a day will keep the coaches away.”

Meaning, of course, keep making plays and no one will come to your locker to tell you the coach wants to see you ... oh, and bring your playbook.

Washington has been making plenty of plays in recent practices. So many noticeable ones, in fact, that the volume of media requests — including one from Big Blue View — to speak with him on Monday led the Giants’ public relations staff to put Washington on the podium in front of everyone.

Washington’s favorite play of camp? The one-handed grab he made Monday morning on a sideline throw by Jaxson Dart, which featured Washington leaping above a defensive back to make the catch.

“It was crazy, it just happened, I can’t lie to you,” Washington said. “It’s just like an instinct, glad I brought it in.

“I’m just trying to make a play just to get on the team, to be honest with you. That’s just really it, I’m just trying to make plays every day. A play a day, my motto, a play a day, keep the coaches away. So, I’m trying to make as many plays as I can.”

In a crowded wide receiver room, it isn’t clear that the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Washington can keep the coaches away forever. One thing that is clear, though, is that he has gotten their attention.

With Darius Slayton and rookie Beaux Collins sidelined for the last couple of practices, Washington has been receiving a modicum of first-team reps.

Those first-team opportunities are nice, but Washington is simply focused on taking advantage of his opportunity regardless of what group it is with.

“I’m just trying to make a play, kind of a next man up role. We don’t like when guys go down, but I’m just trying to be there to show the guys I’m available, I’m locked in,” Washington said. “I can be that guy to make a play for you guys when y’all need me to, not saying I’ll be able to be a starter or anything like that, but when y’all need me, I’m available and I’m ready.

“If I’m in with the third team, fourth team, first team, whatever team I’m in on, a play a day will keep the coaches away. Don’t matter what it is, and I just go by that, to be honest with you. I’m just trying to make plays with anybody I can, to be honest, just so coaches can see.”

Washington was also a prolific kickoff and punt returner as a college player at Samford. Perhaps that skill might help him stick around, even if it just as a member of the practice squad.

“That’s another way for me to kind of make the team,” Washington said. “We got good receivers, great receivers. Like I said, yeah, I’m making plays, but at the end of the day, you still got to do what you got to do, and I’m a returner as well. So hopefully I can make plays returning as well for my team.”

Washington played with Giants quarterback Russell Wilson during the 2022 season in Denver. Thinking back to their time with the Broncos made Washington think of an opportunity wasted.

“I’m just trying to make sure and show him that I’ve changed from my rookie year to now,” Washington said. “I’m locked in and I’m ready for whatever opportunity comes my way.

“To be honest with you, when I came into the league, I had a whole different mindset. It was just different, I can be honest with you. I came in kind of young-minded, I wasn’t studying enough, wasn’t really taking advantage of my opportunities, I feel like, personally. And now, going over the years, being with Denver, first year, leaving there, somebody took my job, I left, went somewhere different, was able to play a little bit there, didn’t get to what I wanted, but played enough. But now, I see what it takes now, I feel like, and I’m ready. I’m ready to attack each day like it’s my last. I want to be that starter, I want to be that guy to make the play, which I know I can, you know what I mean? So, I’m just trying to do whatever I can to be out there on Sundays with the 53.”

So far, what Washington has done has been pretty good.

Giants training camp: What we learned on Day 10

2025-08-04T13:59:09-04:00

Russell Wilson at WWE SummerSlam on Sunday. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images

Russell Wilson’s value, Gunner Olszewski’s big day, Montrell Washington, Jaxson Dart, roster moves, more

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants held their 10th practice of training camp on Monday at Quest Diagnostics Training Center. This one was in shells.

Here are some of the things we learned.

Injury updates

The Giants are depleted enough at running back that they are reportedly adding journeyman running Jonathan Ward.

Cam Skattebo is apparently dealing with a hamstring injury and undrafted free agent Rushawn Baker has a knee injury. The Giants had only three backs — Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary and Dante Miller — on the field Monday.

Ward will at least help the Giants practice this week, and then get through Saturday’s preseason game against the Buffalo Bills without having to overextend Tracy or Singletary.

More injury notes:

Wide receivers Darius Slayton and Beaux Collins, tight end Thomas Fidone (concussion), edge defender Chauncey Golston, cornerback Cor’Dale Flott and cornerback Korie Black did not practice.

Congrats to GVR

Greg Van Roten was back to practice after the birth of his daughter, Anna. As he had previously, Van Roten split time with Evan Neal at right guard with the first team.

Your daily Dart

Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart continued to work with the second team, something he has done regularly during the past few practices.

Unofficially, I had Dart 6 of 11 with a red zone touchdown pass to wide receiver Zach Pascal.

If I am going to quibble with anything Dart is doing right now, my concern would be how long he holds the ball in the pocket sometimes before deciding to either throw the ball or get out of there.

Apparently, I have swag

I didn’t know that was possible, considering that I turn 65 in nine days. Head coach Brian Daboll, though, informed me that is indeed the case.

That came about when I asked Daboll a question on Monday morning. Here is the shocking exchange:

Q: You talked a lot about adding toughness to the roster, but along with that, you seem to have added a lot of guys with what you might call personality, or swag, or attitude. Does one go with the other, or was that intentional as well?

DABOLL: “Well, we look for good football players, first and foremost. And I’d say we place a high premium on toughness, both physical and mental. Something we talked a lot about in the offseason, I think we’ve added that. In terms of the swag, I think everybody, you got your own swag, Ed. Those guys got their swag. I think probably everybody defines swag a little bit differently here. But I do like the pieces that we’ve added, the personalities. But I like their instincts as football players, competitiveness and their overall toughness.”

Quote of the day

— Wide receiver Montrell Washington on his uphill fight to make the 53-man roster

Play of the day

The aforementioned Washington, who has been impressive in recent practices, had a leaping one-handed grab over a defensive back on a pass from Dart during 7-on-7 drills.

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Washington was a fifth-round pick by the Denver Broncos in the 2022 NFL Draft. He caught four passes for Denver in 15 games that year. Washington played in seven games over the past two seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs without a reception

The Gunner Olszewski drive

After landing on Injured Reserve last season due to a groin injury, the former Giants return man did not have an NFL job until last week when Bryce Ford-Wheaton was placed on IR.

Olszewski had a drive to remember at the end of Monday’s practice.

In a full-field “move the ball” situation with Jameis Winston at quarterback, Olszewski caught all four passes thrown to him.

There was a shot down the seam for about 20 yards that he caught in traffic, a quick out, a slant in traffic and a diving catch for an 11-yard touchdown on another slant.

Not bad for a guy who has 15 receptions in 65 career regular-season games.

Dominant defensive period

During an 11-on-11 session that last eight plays, Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux had sacks, Russell Wilson was flushed into the arms of Thibodeaux for what probably would have been a third sack, and Wilson misfired on a pass aross the middle for Wan’Dale Robinson that was intercepted by safety Javon Holland.

Russell Wilson’s value

Here is Daboll discussing what Wilson, entering his 14th season, brings to the Giants:

“I’m glad Russ is here for a number of reasons. He’s provided leadership to our football team in various ways, not just in the quarterback room, but meeting extra with the entire offense, how he communicates with defensive players, the experience that he’s had throughout his career. And he’s been productive and made good decisions at that position here in our offense. He understands it, I think he’s performed at a high level. We need him to continue to do that.”

Quick hits

It’s too easy for Malik Nabers pic.twitter.com/CeHmWKH17M
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 4, 2025

Malik Nabers keeps on doing Malik Nabers things. Interestingly, like in the play above, he did a number of them on Monday while aligned in the slot vs. Dru Phillips.
James Hudson, who has been the starting left tackle all spring and summer with Andrew Thomas still on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, took a handful of second-team reps at right tackle. He did not get to ease in, going up against Abdul Carter for those reps.
There was only one pre-snap penalty on Monday. Defensive tackle Cory Durden jumped offside on a snap in the red zone. He was quickly replaced.
There is no more training camp fan access, with the exception of next week’s joint practice vs. the New York Jets. The Giants will only hold a walk-through on Tuesday and there will be no media viewing.

Giants training camp 2025: Live updates from Day 10

2025-08-04T11:47:31-04:00

Your training camp practice open thread

The New York Giants will hold their second-to-last open practice of 2025 training camp on Monday morning. After Monday, the only open practice at Quest Diagnostics Training Center will be next week’s joint practice with the New York Jets.

Follow along for updates, and please come back after practice for all the news and analysis you need.

Injury updates

Not an injury, in fact the opposite. Greg Van Roten will return to practice after welcoming a baby girl. Congratulations to the Van Roten family!

#Giants Daboll - van roten had another baby girl...he will practice today....brings intelligence, instincts, communication and leadership
— GiantsWFAN (@giantswfan) August 4, 2025

#Giants Daboll - slayton and collins will be limited today...no other changes
— GiantsWFAN (@giantswfan) August 4, 2025

Players not spotted at practice: RB Cam Skattebo (hamstring), RB Rushawn Baker (knee), DL Jordon Riley (?), LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (?) and LB Ty Summers (?).

Players on the side: WR Darius Slayton (?), WR Beaux Collins (?), TE Thomas Fidone (concussion), OLB Chauncey…
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 4, 2025

Live updates

Gunner Olszewski might have just had the best practice drive I’ve ever seen. Made a leaping full extension catch up the seam for a big gain from Jameis Winston. Then had two short catches before another fully-extended diving touchdown catch on a missile from Winston in the red…
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 4, 2025

Gunner Olszewski! pic.twitter.com/XFMgbvgxSI
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 4, 2025

Another acrobatic catch by Malik Nabers! pic.twitter.com/8lFoTg5pQs
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 4, 2025

Russell Wilson just threw his sixth interception of camp, which is an incredibly low number given the quarterback performance we’ve seen here the past few years.

Jevon Holland got him for a Pick 6 on this one on a pass intended for Wan’Dale Robinson. Interestingly enough, five…
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 4, 2025

Russ intercepted by Jevon Holland, intended for Wan’Dale Robinson pic.twitter.com/h0TATd9zfb
— Jared Schwartz (@jschwartz115) August 4, 2025

#Giants interception and LONG return by Jevon Holland pic.twitter.com/f3djc8o89S
— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 4, 2025

Russ -> Nabers. Been so much of that throughout camp pic.twitter.com/KXJVXdGeLl
— Jared Schwartz (@jschwartz115) August 4, 2025

#Giants Jaxson Dart TD to veteran Zach Pascal pic.twitter.com/GPefWtSutQ
— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) August 4, 2025

Russ -> Hyatt pic.twitter.com/sb0wQCUL0A
— Jared Schwartz (@jschwartz115) August 4, 2025

Jaxson Dart TD pass to Zach Pascal pic.twitter.com/dCcJm1MjGI
— Jared Schwartz (@jschwartz115) August 4, 2025

Malik Nabers practicing normally so far anyway, beat Dru Phillips for a deep completion already https://t.co/F9qzYgZuby
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) August 4, 2025

#Giants RB Tyrone Tracy coming right into your living room pic.twitter.com/sLgNdtbnnj
— Emory Hunt (@FBallGameplan) August 4, 2025

It’s too easy for Malik Nabers pic.twitter.com/CeHmWKH17M
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 4, 2025

Malik Nabers. Unguardable. pic.twitter.com/tPrTG0w6Ay
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 4, 2025

Montrell Washington with the highlight play of 7 on 7, a leaping one-hand grab of a pass from Jaxson Dart. #NYGiants
— Ed Valentine (@edvalentine.bsky.social) 2025-08-04T14:44:36.303Z

Montrell Washington from Jaxson Dart pic.twitter.com/9vw7vlINgf
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 4, 2025

Deep ball from Russell Wilson in walkthroughs to Malik Nabers pic.twitter.com/jHihtcUPC7
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 4, 2025

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Wednesday, Aug. 13 (Jets Joint Practice)

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Roster news: Giants expected to sign RB Jonathan Ward with Cam Skattebo injured

2025-08-04T11:44:28-04:00

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The Giants will move to fill out their depth chart

The New York Giants are expected to sign a running back, per head coach Brian Daboll.

Update

Dan Duggan of The Athletic is reporting that the Giants are expected to sign veteran running back Jonathan Ward following Monday’s practice.

The Giants are signing RB Jonathan Ward after this morning’s workout, per source. Has 22 carries in five seasons. Was with the Steelers last season.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 4, 2025

Ward, 27, weighs in at 6-foot and roughly 202 pounds and was originally signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent out of Central Michigan following the 2020 NFL Draft. He’s appeared in 46 games over his career with the Cardinals, Tennessee Titans (2023), and Pittsburgh Steelers (2024). Ward has primarily been a special teams player throughout his career, playing about half the possible special teams snaps in every game in which he’s been active.

The Giants suddenly find themselves shorthanded at the position with Eric Gray on the PUP list and rookie Cam Skattebo suffering a setback with his hamstring injury last week. Fellow rookie Rushawn Baker also remains sidelined with a knee injury.

Daboll said that the team is hosting tryouts on Monday and expect to sign a back after those conclude. He also clarified that the outlook for Skattebo is optimistic. The rookie had an MRI over the weekend and tests came back clean.

However, hamstring injuries are notoriously tricky and even relatively mild ones can take time to fully resolve. For now, the Giants have just Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary, and Dante Miller as their only healthy backs.

Stay with Big Blue View for more news and updates on the situation as we get them.

Nic Jones tormenting — and teaching — New York Giants’ rookie QB Jaxson Dart

2025-08-04T09:00:00-04:00

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Cornerback is doing his best to make the team, and to help the quarterback of the future at the same time

Nic Jones knows he’s not in Kansas City anymore.

A 2023 seventh-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs, Jones was part of teams that went to the Super Bowl — winning one — in his two seasons there. Now that he is a trying to continue his career with the New York Giants, a team that has gone 9-25 the past two seasons, he understands the difference.

“I really feel like the difference here more so is like that bubbling excitement. Like KC, not to say like they aren’t excited, but it’s real structured, studious. The standard’s already been set for who they are,” Jones said.

“Over here, you have that hunger, that excitement every day because we’re chasing that standard. We’re trying to establish an identity for this defense and this team, and I think that’s something that just gets you going every day, knowing that people are doubting you, there’s questions still about you, as opposed to KC. They kind of just assume we’re the best team, whatever.

“But over here, we take that with a chip on our shoulder every day. They don’t see us that way, but we see us that way.”

Jones played in 10 games for Kansas City in two seasons, nine of those in 2023. He spent most of last season on the Chiefs’ practice squad.

The Chiefs did not bring him back after last season, and Jones signed with the Giants. He is competing for a spot as a reserve cornerback.

“I’m mainly really just grateful for every opportunity. Like being a MAC kid, under-recruited out of high school, got hurt in college, had to play my way to get here, seventh-round pick,” Jones said. “It’s kind of like doing the same process all over again. Seventh round pick is you can almost think of being undervalued in a way because nobody sees themselves as a seventh-round pick. Obviously, I see myself as a lot more.

“So honestly, even now, just taking a chance on myself, you know, a free agent, 23, a young defense that’s looking for pieces, that’s looking for hungry guys, contributors. I feel like this fits me being here.”

Jones spent the early portion of training camp tormenting rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart. He took Dart’s first 11-on-11 pass of camp to the house with a pick six. He has knocked down a couple of Dart passes, and blitzed to sack the rookie on at least two occasions.

The two have become, for lack of a better way to put it, frenemies.

“It’s competitive. I think he enjoys it because he likes a good challenge,” Jones said. “His locker’s like two seats down from mine, and we just back and forth talk ball, like all day. It’s definitely fun to compete with him because he’s super-talented.”

Jones has no issue sharing information with Dart when he is able to make a play against him.

“We’re all moving in the same direction. At the end of the day, there isn’t really an us versus us,” Jones said. “He’s likely the future, and he’s young, and he’s taking everything in. He’s a sponge, so anything I can do to help him, I’m sure it helps us in the long run.”

What did Jones tell Dart after his red zone pick six on the first day of camp?

“See me seeing him,” Jones said. “If you can see me and my eyes are right on you, odds are there’s nothing I can’t see.

“You can move me. There’s a lot of ways you can manipulate me, but I’ve got a bead on you.

“Especially in the low red, everything is moving so fast. Odds are I’m going to go with the first thing you show me. And if you’re staring one way a little hard, I’m ready to go.”

Jones said he has noticed improvement from Dart since training camp began.

“Really just the decision-making,” Jones said. “We’re up to practice eight or nine now, and every day his processing gets faster. Because the talent was always there. I think that was the easiest part of his game, his arm doing a lot of work.

And now you see his mind doing a little more work day by day. Whether it’s, you know, it’s cadence. I don’t time the blitzes as well. When it’s him getting his hard count together, seeing pressure, making his checks. He feels more in control.

“You can tell by the day he gets more confident.”

So, the 23-year-old Jones has helped himself, and the team’s rookie quarterback, so far in camp.

“I think it’s about consistency. Nobody’s ever made a team off a hot week,” Jones said. “So I always think about just what can I do to build off the previous day, the mistakes I made the day before. Don’t repeat them the next day. What did I do good the day before? Can I capitalize on that the next day?

“But I feel good every day just coming in, giving myself the best chance to make contributions to this defense.”

Can you guess this Giants nine-year NFL pro in today’s in-5 trivia game?

2025-08-04T07:00:00-04:00

Think you can figure out which Giants player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

We’re back for another day of the Big Blue View in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form.

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The goal of the game is to guess the correct Giants player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

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