📰 It is a “normal” in-season Wednesday for the Giants. They will practice in full pads and “everybody will be out there.” The first official injury report will be released later this afternoon.
📰 Left tackle Andrew Thomas, who spent the summer rehabbing, is “improving” each day and was listed as limited on the first injury report of the week. Tight end Theo Johnson is “good to go.”
📰 Asked about the unofficial depth chart, Daboll said “all three quarterbacks are going to be ready to play.”
📰 Washington’s Jayden Daniels is a “very challenging quarterback to defend in all areas.” He’s able to make plays with his feet on designed runs, zone reads, counter reads, and the RPO game, which he is “exceptional at.” His downfield passing is “excellent” and he keeps plays alive with his eyes downfield. Daniels is a big reason why they won so many games and came from behind in a lot of them.
📰 Daniels also has a “great cast around him.” Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury “does a great job.”
📰 On Russell Wilson’s deep passing, Daboll said the quarterback has a good feel for the “arc and pace” on the football relative to guys running downfield. He knows where to put it away from defenders. “He’s done it for quite some time. Obviously that’s a part of his game, but there’s a lot of other areas of his game that he does well too.”
📰 Assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has done “a great job” this preseason while calling plays and handling the staff. Daboll has “a lot of confidence” in him. “I’m very pleased with the offensive staff.”
📰 Asked about having packages for multiple quarterbacks, Daboll said every situation and year is different. “We’ll see how it goes. … We’ll do what we think is best.”
📰 Like all rookies, Daboll just expects outside linebacker Abdul Carter to do his job. That’s what he has done since he’s been here. There is a “wave of emotions” leading up to a player’s NFL debut, but you have to control each day from walk-through to practice and meetings. And then do it the next day. “It’s still football.”
📰 On the hype surrounding the defensive front: “We haven’t played a game yet.” They have worked hard and done everything they’ve been asked to do. It’s not about what everybody thinks now; it’s what they do during a game.
📰 Second-year wide receiver Malik Nabers has “really bonded” with Wilson, not just on the field but also off it. He has seen how a professional has done it for that many years in the league. They communicate well and work after practice.
📰 Daboll likes the “mix” of veterans in the quarterback room with rookie Jaxson Dart. The first-round pick can “emulate” how Wilson and Jameis Winston operate in terms of meeting on off-days, getting players together and throwing extra. He gets to see this is the way it should look.
📰 Daboll will pop his head in the quarterback room and Nabers will be sitting in there with other receivers like Wan’Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton. “That communication process is really important.”
📰 Nabers is unique in how he sees the game through a quarterback’s eyes, which is what Daboll wants for his skill players. Sometimes receivers or tight ends will just see their side, but quarterbacks see everything.
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