Practice Notes
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- August
- 15
Before the practice, the Giants placed Darcy Johnson, a shoo-in to be either the second or third tight end on the squad, on season-ending IR after an MRI revealed a partially torn right anterior cruciate ligament. Perhaps revealing a confidence in both Kevin Boss and Michael Matthews, they declined to sign a tight end to replace Johnson.
They also waived/injured DE Dek Bake (back) and CB Travonti Johnson (quad), and waived OL Chris Patrick. They signed OL Dan Parrish, OL Myniya Smith, and DT Manuel Wright.
For all those who clamored that the Giants give up a draft pick in the supplemental draft for Nebraska’s Patrick, just goes to show why few people bid on these guys in the first place. The Giants’ move sort of justifies why the kid had no bidders in July.
As for the new pickups, you may be familiar with Smith. He was on the practice squad two years ago. Wright, 6-6, 329, had been with Miami, and earned a reputation for weight and emotional problems. He’s the guy former Dolphins coach Nick Saban reduced to tears during practice.
Parrish was most recently with Jacksonville.
Also, CB Corey Webster had to sit out because of a tight hip-flexor. TE Kevin Boss (shoulder) returned to individual drills only, and WR Plaxico Burress (ankle) tried to return by didn’t make it past warmups. DT Charrod Taylor sat with a toe injury, but should return tomorrow.
Jared Lorenzen had one of his better practices. He hit both Anthony Mix and Marco Thomas in the deep middle, right in stride, as the receivers fried up seventh-round safety Michael Johnson. Later in the practice, Lorenzen dropped a great ball between Johnson and LB Tyson Smith to allow Thomas to make a clean catch.
He and Eli Manning might have had more completions, too, had the receivers been more sure-handed as a group. But there were too many drops. One of the worst came at the end of practice when second-round WR Steve Smith dropped a wide open Lorenzen pass in the back of the end zone.
Amani Toomer had a nice grab past first-round corner Aaron Ross off a Manning throw.
S Will Demps intercepted Derrick Ward’s ugly option pass, and Adrian Awasom once again took apart second-string tackle Guy Whimper for a sack on Manning.
Jeremy Shockey ended practice with a leaping touchdown grab off Manning, and then jubilantly threw the ball into the crowd sitting on the hill behind the end zone.
Ciao for now.
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