Feb 152024
 
Mike Adams, New York Giants (July 2022)

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MORE COACHING STAFF TWEAKS FOR GIANTS…
The Giants have shifted Mike Adams from assistant special teams coach to assistant secondary coach. After serving as a coaching intern with the Giants in the summer of 2022, Adams formally joined joined the Giants coaching staff last offseason. In 2021, he served as assistant defensive backs coach for the Chicago Bears. Adams will work with Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach Jerome Henderson and Safeties Coach Mike Treier. Adams received interest from the Washington Commanders for their defensive backs coach vacancy this offseason.

The Giants have also given Drew Wilson a new title. He is now the assistant director of strength and conditioning. From 2021-2023, Wilson was the assistant strength and conditioning coach. He will work with Executive Director of Player Performance Aaron Wellman, Director of Strength and Conditioning Frank Piraino, Director of Performance/Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Sam Coad, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Mark Loecher, and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Steven Tatekawa.

RAIDERS PURSUED JESSIE ARMSTEAD…
According to media reports, the Las Vegas Raiders and their head coach Antonio Pierce were interested in hiring Jessie Armstead away from the Giants, but Armstead has chosen to remain with the team. Armstead was hired by the Giants in 2008 as a special assistant and consultant. His job titled eventually changed to special assistant to the general manager. Apparently, Armstead would have held a similar role with the Raiders. Both Pierce (2005-2009) and Armstead (1993-2001) played linebacker for the Giants.

Mar 082021
 
Levine Toilolo, New York Giants (September 14, 2020)

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NEW YORK GIANTS CREATE NEW SENIOR PERSONNEL POSITION…
The New York Giants have announced that they have hired Kyle O’Brien to fill the team’s newly created position of senior personnel executive. O’Brien has spent the last five years with the Detroit Lions, first as the team’s director of player personnel (2016) and then vice president of player personnel (2017-2020). O’Brien also served as the director of college scouting for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013-2015), a national scout for the Kansas City Chiefs (2012), area scout for the New England Patriots (2002, 2006-2009), pro personnel scout for the Patriots (2004-2005), and national scout for the Patriots (2010-2011). He also interned with the Patriots (2000) and New York Jets (1999) in their respective personnel departments.

GIANTS HIRE NEW ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH…
The New York Giants have announced that they have hired Drew Wilson to fill the team’s assistant strength and conditioning coach vacancy. Wilson replaces Thomas Stallworth, who left the Giants this offseason to become the strength and conditioning coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Craig Fitzgerald remains the Giants’ director of strength and performance.

Wilson had previously served as the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Colorado (2016-2020), University of Maryland (2011-2015), and University of Connecticut (2006-2010). Before that he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the University of Kansas (2005-2006) and Florida State University (2004).

GIANTS RE-STRUCTURE CONTRACT OF LEVINE TOILOLO …
The NFL Network is reporting that the Giants have re-structured the contract of tight end Levine Toilolo, who was scheduled to make $2.925 in base salary in 2021. No details on the new contract are yet available.

The team’s third tight end in 2020, Toilolo played in all 16 games with two starts (27 percent of all offensive snaps). He finished with just five catches for 46 yards.

The 6’8”, 268-pound Toilolo was originally drafted in the 4th round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He has spent time with the Falcons (2013-2017), Detroit Lions (2018), and San Francisco 49ers (2019). The Giants signed Toilolo as an unrestricted free agent from the 49ers in March 2020. In eight NFL seasons, Toilolo has played in 124 regular-season games with 69 starts.