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AUGUST 6, 2014 NEW YORK GIANTS TRAINING CAMP REPORT…
It was the Marcus ‘Soup’ Harris show at Giants’ training camp on Wednesday. The wide receiver caught pass, after pass after pass. He was roughly two receptions away from hearing ‘Soup’ bellow down from the crowd in attendance.

In all seriousness, though, the second-year pro is having a very nice camp. Below you will find the complete practice report from Aug. 6.

Mike Patterson (93) and Kelcy Quarles (97) – Photo by Connor Hughes

THE WALKING WOUNDED…
A couple new faces were added to the injury report and sat out today. Geoff Schwartz (knee) and Jerrel Jernigan (knee) did not practice. Trindon Holliday remains out with a hamstring, along with Odell Beckham Jr. and Xavier Grimble. Mike Patterson sat out with his shoulder injury, Robert Ayers Jr. returned. Peyton Hillis did not practice with his sprained ankle.

During practice, Kelcy Quarles was carted off the field with what the team later called a “sprained ankle.” He will get x-rays tomorrow. David Wilson took in practice from the sidelines.

SPECIAL TEAMS…
This section is going to be a little shorter than usual. When Quarles went down, the Giants practiced the majority of their kick return and field goal unit on the far side of the field and it was difficult to tell exactly what was happening.

• With David Wilson and Trindon Holliday out, the following worked as kick returners: Quintin Demps, Michael Cox, Marcus Harris, Preston Parker. Cox got a lot of looks as a returner.

• From what I gathered, the kicker who kicked went 4-for-4. Because McManus kicked yesterday, it was probably Josh Brown. Again, don’t quote me.

INDIVIDUAL/ONE-ON-ONE…
Not too much happened between the individual portion of practice and the one-on-one section, thus, we’re combining it into one. Aside from working through individuals, the Giants’ ran a 9-on-7 running drill (defensive line/linebackers vs offensive line/backs) as the quarterbacks, wide receivers and defensive backs did a one-on-one coverage drill.

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  It really is painful watching Andre Williams try to catch the ball. He’s attempting to use his hands more, but I guess instincts kicks in, and instead he does this half hands/half body grab. It’s ugly looking. He tried to go all hands on a swing route with no defense and the ball sailed right through. It’s a work in progress with the rookie.

• Little trend that started here and continued throughout practice: Every single time the offense stepped on the field, it was Adrien Robinson at tight end and Andre Williams at running back. Also, with Geoff Schwartz and Jerrel Jernigan out, Weston Richburg and Marcus Harris stepped in.

• In one-on-one’s, Rueben Randle beat Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on a come-back, back-shoulder throw about 10 yards down the field from Manning. Rodgers-Cromartie had good coverage, but it was a perfect pass from Manning. Good timing between the two.

• Travis Harvey  made a really nice toe-tapping grab on the sideline. BBI’s instagram account got the video. Be sure to give it a follow, too

• Right around the time when Kelcy Quarles went down (it was during the defenses portion of this practice) Jayron Hosley intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown. Didn’t see the quarterback, but it was Hosley’s first interception of camp.

QUARTERBACK NET DRILL…
The Giants used to do this drill with Kevin Gilbride all the time in Albany. The offensive coaches set up three bags laying on the ground and a giant net with three holes and three different colored circles set up above the holes. The quarterbacks then need to move in and out of the bags, the coach calls a color and the quarterback needs to throw the ball into the corresponding net hole color.

• By my count, Curtis Painter won. Score read as follows: Painter– 3, Eli Manning– 2, Ryan Nassib-2.

TWO-MINUTE DRILL…
Giants first team-oriented drill was again the hurry-up, two-minute drill. This was the first time Marcus Harris really began to shine. While the offense started strong, things went south down pretty quick.

• On four of the Giants first five plays, Marcus Harris hauled in three receptions. There was one on a corner route to the outside, one on a post and one toe-tapping grab on the sideline off a tipped ball. He continues to shine.

• Ugly screen pass from Eli Manning. Threw it, bounced of Henry Hynoski’s butt and into the hands of Cullen Jenkins. Just as a foreshadowing, I had four interceptions tallied for the defense today.

• Manning didn’t have his best practice. He overshot an open Victor Cruz on a play that could have been a touchdown. Then, near the goal line, Eli bounced one to Cruz. He did hit Rueben Randle for a touchdown later in practice. More on that below.

• Chandler Fenner, who the Giants signed on Friday, had a pretty nice practice. He had perfect coverage on Rueben Randle on a fade route from Manning. Then, later in practice, he intercepted Curtis Painter.

SEVEN-ON-SEVEN…
I’m beginning to pick something up on Larry Donnell: Every time he catches the ball, he falls down. He’s perfected it in a sense, making it look graceful at times. But seriously, every time he catches…he falls. Here’s your highlights from seven-on-seven’s.

• As I said above, Larry Donnell made a nice catch on a drag…then fell down. I had him with two falls today.
• Really, really nice coverage by the Giants starting unit. When working in seven-on-seven, after a few seconds the quarterback almost always finds someone to at least check the ball down to. On this particular play, Manning had to throw it away.

• There was a lot of praise thrown Corey Washington’s way after his 73-yard touchdown on Sunday. With that being said, he’s still on the roster bubble and can’t afford drops in camp. He got past Ross Weaver and Curtis Painter hit him perfectly in stride. The issue? Washington dropped the ball.

ELEVEN-ON-ELEVEN…
It’s still a little difficult to tell the difference between the 11-on-11 and two-minute drill the Giants go with first, partially because of the pace the offense is run at. From what I gather, 11-on-11 always starts with the starters versus the starters.

• Mathias Kiwanuka continues to have a very nice training camp. On a run to Rashad Jennings, Kiwanuka beat Justin Pugh off the line and practically took the handoff.

• While it wasn’t his best day, Eli Manning threw a beautiful deep touchdown pass to Rueben Randle down the right sideline. On a roll out, Manning threw it deep to Randle who had gained a few steps on Jayron Hosley.

• The offense, by my count, had two “Delay of Game” penalties.

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  Devon Kennard came storming in from the linebacker position and got past Henry Hynoski to make the ‘tackle’ in the backfield. The miss by Hynoski caught the eye of Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin, who began yelling. A few plays later, Hynoski rocked Spencer Adkins. Coughlin again was yelling with a slightly different tone that time.

• Will Beatty continues to be limited. He’ll play a few series, then get a few off. The first play I saw Charles Brown come in was the first time I saw Jason Pierre Paul get to the quarterback. Big burst off the line.

• In training camp, whenever the running back gets a handoff, he normally runs to the endzone. After he gets past the safeties, the defense just lets him go. Kendal Gaskins, who took this route, was jogging to the end zone when Nat Berhe came running in from behind and punched the ball out.

• Chandler Fenner picked off his first pass on one from Curtis Painter. He jumped the route. Nice day for Fenner at practice.

• Prince Amukamara and John Conner got into a little bit of a yelling and shouting match. Didn’t escalate past that, though.

SECOND-TEAM HURRY UP DRILL…
The Giants’ ran a second-team versus second-team, two-minute drill with running clock to end practice. Nassib got his team down the field and into field goal range, but couldn’t get the final spike off in time as the clock expired. I guess that means the defense won practice. Oh, the last play the offense ran before the spike was a pass to Donnell. He fell down in bounds after grabbing it.

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AUGUST 1, 2014 NEW YORK GIANTS TRAINING CAMP REPORT…
The Giants practiced for the final time before facing the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in the annual Hall of Fame Game. As a result, Friday’s practice was a bit lighter than usual.

The team practiced in just shells, ran through an individual portion, some 11-on-11 and concluded with the ‘cards.’ The end of practice was unable to be seen as the Giants moved inside because of lightning in the area.

Below you will find the complete practice report for Friday, August 1. Also, remember to check out Big Blue Interactive on instagram for video clips and photos from practice.

Please note: We asked you for a player to spotlight in practice today. Because of the type of practice the Giants ran, it was not well suited for a player spotlight. When the team regroups following its game versus the Bills, we will have a spotlight on Weston Richburg.

SETTING THE STAGE…
Many of the walking wounded remained out. While John Jerry (knee) returned, Xavier Grimble (hamstring), Bennett Jackson (ankle), Odell Beckham Jr. (hamstring), Trindon Holliday (hamstring), Spencer Paysinger (concussion), David Wilson (neck), Will Beatty (headache), Mike Patterson (shoulder) and Robert Ayers (ankle) were sidelined. Beatty stretched with the team, but didn’t participate in the team portion. This is most likely because Charles Brown will be starting the HOF game.

Trindon Holliday (15) sat out practice – Photo by Connor Hughes

SPECIAL TEAMS…
The Giants ran through a walk through of the special teams following their team stretch. It was the punt team’s day for work.

• With Trindon Holliday sidelined, it was Jayron Hosley, Preston Parker, Victor Cruz, Odell Beckham Jr. (just catching), Rueben Randle and Jerrel Jernigan getting reps as returner.

• While practicing field goals, Zak DeOssie lost control of a snap and bounced it back to Steve Weatherford. Weatherford then picked it up and ran around the outside looking to throw. The issue? No one ran with him and the coach blew the whistle. Credit Weatherford, though, he got out there pretty quick.

• The field goal attempt was ignored and Brown was allowed to practice four more. He went 4-for-4. The kicking competition remains tied as both Brandon McManus and Brown have missed two kicks each since training camp started.

TWO-MINUTE DRILL…
The offense continues to look much better in the two-minute drill, probably because it’s how the offense runs the majority of the time. Rueben Randle spoke to the media today and said that the Ben McAdoo offense can go to the hurry up “whenever he wants.”

• With Will Beatty out, Charles Brown played left tackle. Also, Johnathan Hankins took all reps with the first-team defense in Mike Patterson’s place.

• Ryan Nassib had a pretty decent showing today, but he did miss two throws that would have completed a perfect practice. The fourth-round pick overshot both Mario Manningham and Preston Parker on deep balls down the field. Both receivers had a step.

• While no one had pads on, Nassib made one of his best plays of camp. The quarterback dropped back in the pocket and went through his first couple of reads. As the pocket began to collapse on him, he took two steps up and rolled out to his right, extending the play. As he was rolling out, Marcus Harris rolled with him across the field. Nassib located Harris and hit him in stride as the receiver took it into the endzone.

• Eli Manning tried to hit Rueben Randle on a shallow post, but Trumaine McBride undercut the pass and intercepted it. Manning just located that ball poorly. Manning responded well, though. He came back and hit Jerrel Jernigan and Marcus Harris for back-to-back touchdowns.

• On a play-action roll out, John Conner displayed some pretty nice hands. Nassib led him perfectly in front of his body and Conner reached out and caught it in stride. He’s said he can catch the ball and move, now he’s showing it.

• Corey Washington has quietly put together a very nice camp as well. The receiver made another nice play down the field on a deep ball from Curtis Painter.

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THE CARDS…
Let’s explain a bit about what ‘the cards’ mean. Essentially, this is the same routine the Giants do their final practice before any game. The defense lines up on one side, the offense on another. An assistant coach then stands in front of both and holds up a card that has the play drawn on it. The offense then calls said play, the defenses calls their play, and then they run the plays.  It is a bit anticlimactic and the drill is run at about three-quarters speed.

• Adrian Robinson had a pretty nice showing. He caught two passes deep down the seam from Curtis Painter.

• Very, very interesting formation displayed by the Giants: The Read Option. Ryan Nassib has some mobility and he displayed it. Once he kept it, once he didn’t. The play would never be run with Eli Manning in the game, but Nassib could have some success with it.

• Back-to-back nice throws from Ryan Nassib. The first he hit Jerrel Jernigan deep down the field and the second Preston Parker on an in route.

• Another player who seems to be improving daily, Mario Manningham, made an impressive catch. With Jayron Hosley all over him, Manningham extended his hands well to catch the pass and then brought it in to his body as Hosley tried to fight it away.

• Another Marcus Harris sighting. This time, the receiver ran a double-move from the slot and managed to pull in a pass thrown well behind him. Harris had to stop his momentum and reach behind to make the grab. He lost balance and fell, but held on to the ball.

THE RED ZONE…
After a bit of the cards, the Giants worked on their red zone drill. Working through the first, second and third teams, the Giants started around the 20-yard line and worked their way in in an attempt to score.

• Cooper Taylor made a pretty impressive bat down on a pass from Nassib. See the video below:

• Eli Manning came back and hit Victor Cruz for a touchdown from about five yards out.

• Another display of Ryan Nassib’s mobility. The quarterback took a designed quarterback draw in from ten yards out. It’s not a talked about part of his game, but Nassib can run. Not unlike David Carr.

• On the final play of practice that the media saw, Travis Harvey made a nice catch in the back corner of the endzone on a fade route from Curtis Painter. After this, the lightning forced the players inside and the media were unable to watch. During this time, we were told Charles James II intercepted another pass. Including OTA, mini-camp and training camp, James has a team-high four interceptions.

The Giants will travel to Canton on Saturday and be in attendance for Michael Strahan’s Hall of Fame speech. The team will then play the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in the annual Hall of Fame game scheduled for 8:00 pm (EST).

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JULY 31, 2014 NEW YORK GIANTS TRAINING CAMP REPORT…
Few players on the Giants’ present 90-man roster have been under the microscope as much as quarterback Ryan Nassib.

Last year’s fourth-round pick has had his play dissected, criticized, analyzed and torn apart by nearly every member of the New York media. The fact Nassib has struggled in camp’s early goings haven’t made those reviews very welcoming.

But Thursday afternoon, the day after the Giants gave players the day off, Nassib looked like, well, an NFL quarterback. The 24 year old was accurate, calm, posed and collected. He displayed his arm strength and put excellent zip on the ball. By all accounts, it was Nassib’s best practice of camp.

Below you will find the complete practice report. Wanna check out some of the best sites and sounds from camp? Visit BBI on Instagram.

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SETTING THE STAGE…
The injury bug still continues to bite the Giants a bit hard. Rueben Randle and Ross weaver returned, but Odell Beckham Jr., Xavier Grimble, Trindon Holliday and Travis Howard remained sideline. Joining the two were Mike Patterson (shoulder), John Jerry (knee), Spencer Paysinger (concussion), and David Wilson (neck). During practice, Bennett Jackson (ankle), Will Beatty (illness) and Robert Ayers (ankle) all left at different points in time. After practice, Coughlin didn’t have much to say and did not know the extent to any injured players. although Jackson will undergo x-rays.

One positive, David Wilson rescued a bird that flew onto the field and put it over the fence. That was, until the bird flew back. Jon Beason was also seen running and jogging on the sideline.

SPECIAL TEAMS…
It was the kick off/kick return teams day to practice in the special teams portion of practice. It was interesting as well to see who got the return reps with Holliday and Wilson sidelined.

• Marcus Harris and Michael Cox seemed to be the beneficiaries of the injuries to Wilson and Holliday. Both received extra looks as kick returners with Quintin Demps and Jerrel Jernigan. Preston Parker got a few looks, too.

• It was Brandon McManus’ day to kick. He went 3-for-4 which officially ties him with Josh Brown at two missed field goals this camp

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TWO MINUTE DRILL…
The Giants’ offense strung together their second consecutive impressive offensive showing at training camp. Both Eli Manning and Ryan Nassib seemed to have control of the offense moving up-and-down the field.

• Something a little different that hasn’t been show too much in camp, the Giants started the two-minute drill with both starting units going at it. Normally, the No. 1 offense will start it off against the No. 2 defense.

• The starting offensive line is really beginning to come together nicely. For the second practice in a row, Manning dropped back and had all day to throw before checking it down.

• A player who isn’t getting a lot of attention but is quietly putting together a very nice camp is Peyton Hillis. One run in particular Hillis began to stretch it to the outside before planting his foot and cutting up field between the right tackle and right guard. He had a lot of running room and showed very good vision.

• Catching the ball is still a work in progress with Andre Williams. Manning checked down to the rookie, but the ball bounced off his hands and floated dangerously in the air. Walter Thurmond made a diving attempt to come up with the interception but it bounced an inch too far away.

• Ryan Nassib made the throw of camp. The quarterback dropped back and threw one deep down the field to Kendal Gaskins who was tightly covered on a wheel route by Devon Kennard. Nassib threaded the needle perfectly and dropped the ball right into the hands of Gaskins. There was nothing Kennard could do. Picture perfect throw.

• Another tight end sighting from another who continues to have a quietly good camp. Daniel Fells caught a touchdown down the seam from Manning. Eli came back the next play and hit Rueben Randle for a touchdown on a fade route.

ONE-ON-ONE…
Not too much excitement went down in the “one-on-one” portion of practice for the Giants. Most of the patterns run by the receivers were underneath routes or slants, nothing to write home about.

• On a deep pass, Preston Parker beat Prince Amukamara on a double move. After catching the touchdown from Manning, the two players had a nice chuckle as Prince knew he got beat.

• Bennett Jackson matched up with Corey Washington on a deep route. When the pass was thrown, the two players got their feet tangled together and hit the ground hard. Washington returned, but Jackson was surrounded by four trainers and helped up. He waved off a cart and walked back to the locker room.

TEAM SPECIFIC…
Shortly after the one-on-one, the Giants split their offense and defense into two separate sections of the field. Both teams ran goal-line packages with the backups acting as the opposite team.

• Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie looks to be everything New York wanted and more when they signed the ex-Denver Bronco this offseason. On the goal line, Cromartie undercut a route thrown by a positional coach, reached across his body with one hand and palmed an interception. The things Rodgers-Cromartie does without a second guess may be the most impressive part of his game. He makes the difficult things look very easy.

• On offense, Eli Manning ran a play fake and rolled out of the pocket. He then looked up and tossed one to the corner of the endzone. His intended target? Backup offensive lineman Mark Asper. Interesting little variation.

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PLAYER SPOTLIGHT…
Something we started on Tuesday’s practice, we asked you, the fans, a specific player you wanted spotlighted and observed during the individual portion of practice. After Will Beatty won round one, it was Damontre Moore who pulled away in round two.

• The first thing that jumps out about Damontre Moore is how quick his feet are. The defensive line was running a drill in which each player had to maneuver in and around bags laying on the ground, then field a fumbled bouncing ball. Moore’s footwork was impressive, quickly working his way in and out of the bags with ease.
• The one area of concern, and it could simply be because it was a drill and not much effort was put in, was one where the linemen had to smack a tackling dummy out of the way as if they were getting around an offensive lineman. Moore didn’t have much power behind his punch. Again, it was a simple drill.
• The offensive and defensive lines came together for a little one-on-one with each other. Essentially, the defender had to try to get past the blocker. The blocker had to try to keep the player in front of him. Moore made quick work of James Brewer, quickly getting around with a swim move.

11-ON-11…
The offense continued to look good in the 11-on-11 drill, but the defense worked its way into a pretty nice showing as well. A couple interceptions, a few touchdown passes and more names that continued to jump out.

• Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie displayed his ball skills perfectly playing a deep pass from Eli Manning to Marcus Harris. Rodgers-Cromartie waited for the ball to reach its highest point, then attacked, batting it away. He made zero contact with Harris in the process.

• The progress of Mario Manningham continues to get better day in, and day out. The former Super Bowl hero made his finest catch of camp when he beat Trumaine McBride on a flag, then reached up with one hand and tipped the ball to himself. Manningham then got control of the ball and tip-toed to get both feet in bounds. It was vintage Super Mario.

• Julian Talley made an impressive play on an under thrown pass from Curtis Painter. With Ross Weaver draped all over him, Talley came back to the ball and tipped it up and to himself on a comeback route. Nice concentration shown by Talley.

• Devon Kennard made a few pops in practice (see below), but John Conner got one in on him, too. On a stretch play, Kennard came up into the hole trying to make the tackle. Conner proceeded to connect with Kennard and seal him out of the play allowing the back to continue down the field.

• Another impressive play from the Giants’ offensive line. The defense brought a heavy blitz, looked like three extra bodies, and the line picked up every one. Manning had time to scan the field and then find Victor Cruz deep on a crossing route.

• Jordan Stanton had an interception on a tipped ball from Curtis Painter. The ball was batted around about 10 times in a game of hot potato before Stanton got a hold of it. It wasn’t a pretty play.

• Antrel Rolle got a couple breathers as Cooper Taylor got some reps with the first team. Taylor’s another one that has had a pretty good camp and impressed.

• Mario Manningham sighting again, this time on a crossing route to beat Walter Thurmond. Ryan Nassib tried to go back to the same play a few reps later and stared Manningham down. The result? Charles James II jumped the route for an interception.

• Ryan Nassib responded, though, hitting Larry Donnell for a touchdown down in the red zone. The tight end made a leaping grab in the back of the end zone. Eli Manning then checked in and found Rueben Randle in the same location.

• Practice ended on an impressive play from Jacquian Williams, who also had a nice practice. Manning dropped back and looked right; Williams jumped up and batted the ball in the air. As it was coming down, Jameel McClain ran underneath and intercepted it. It was off to the races after that.

The Giants will have a practice tomorrow 1:20-3:30pm before traveling to Canton for Sunday’s preseason game versus the Bills on Saturday.

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JULY 29, 2014 NEW YORK GIANTS TRAINING CAMP REPORT…
Shortly after a practice earlier this week, Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin summed up the team’s offensive progression in one quick and simple, but incredibly effective, cliche.

“Two steps forward,” Coughlin said, “one step back.”

At Tuesday’s practice, the final one before receiving a day off on Wednesday, nothing could prove more true.

The offense moved up-and-down the field, Larry Donnell caught a pair of touchdowns and the line opened holes and kept defenders off of Manning’s back. Then came the step back. Running back David Wilson and his surgically-repaired neck walked off the field with a trainer. Coughlin confirmed after practice it was a ‘burner.’

While the team awaits additional news on Wilson, BigBlueInteractive.com has your complete practice report.

Rueben Randle did not practice today – Photo by Connor Hughes

SETTING THE STAGE…
A few more players missed practice than the usual amount. Travis Howard, Trindon Holliday, Rueben Randle,Ross Weaver and Everett Dawkins all watched from the side. Odell Beckham Jr. fielded punts and caught balls from the jugs machine. Coughlin spoke after practice and said Randle had a hamstring issue and Holliday a knee. It didn’t sound serious.

SPECIAL TEAMS…
As always, the Giants opened up their practice with special teams. Yesterday the team practiced kickoff coverage and kick returns, today it was punt coverage and punt returns.

• With Rueben Randle and Trindon Holliday sidelined, it was Odell Beckham Jr. (just catching), David Wilson, Jerrel Jernigan and Victor Cruz fielding punts. Not the best day for Jernigan, he muffed two. Charles James II got a few looks, too.
• Not terribly sure the team would run it in a game, but Quintin Demps got two fake direct snaps sent his way. He took both around the edge. One to the right, one to the left.
• Brandon McManus did a bit of punting his junior and senior year at Temple and he took a few snaps for the Giants’ today. Most of it was just to spell Steve Weatherford as the team practiced coverage drills.

• Another Marcus Harris sighting. This time, the wideout ran down as a gunner and downed the ball inside the 5-yard line.

• By my count, I had Josh Brown going 4-for-4 in practice today. McManus will get a chance to kick on Thursday.

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT…
I am trying something a little new today as we asked you, the fans, a particular player you wanted to have spotlighted during the individual portion of practice. By a slim margin, Will Beatty pulled away from Jason Pierre-Paul. (I checked just before walking out to observe practice).

Originally when camp started, reporters were allowed to walk all over the field. That seems to have changed as we’re now positioned in one spot on one field for most of the day. The offense walked to the other side of the field as we were stationed with the defense. Either way, I did my best to observe Beatty. He’s easy to find with his uniform.

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  If Beatty still feels pain in his leg, he hides it well. The Giants’ left tackle ran a drill where they were required to dead sprint after the running back got a handoff. Beatty moved very well. No sign of a limp on him.

• Working with a teammate holding a bag, Beatty’s speed in extending his arms is really something to watch. That initial punch given to the bag creates quite the collision and actually knocked his bag-holder back a half step.

• The first couple of steps Beatty takes are also pretty impressive. He has very, very quick feet for a guy of his size and can take three steps in the space some would take one.

• In a drill where the linemen were required to get to the second level, Beatty beat nearly all linemen getting to the linebackers. He really isn’t your traditional big, blubbery lineman. The guy has some speed and is very athletic.

TWO MINUTE DRILL…
As is the case every practice, the Giants run two sets of “11-on-11” where the offense goes up against the defense. Coughlin will vary what teams match up with each other. Either way, you’ll find highlights from both portions here, including the ‘Play of Practice.’ Overall, it was a pretty good showing from the offense. Much, much better than yesterday.

• The first-team offense saw a few new faces getting the initial snaps. Adrien Robinson was the first tight end and Andre Williams was the first running back. Also, with Rueben Randle out, Mario Manningham filled in opposite Jerrel Jernigan with Victor Cruz in the slot.

• Little bit of a different pattern, Peyton Hillis ran an out-route about 10 yards down the field and Eli Manning hit him.

• Another variation of the ‘NASCAR’ package for the Giants. Robert Ayers and Mathias Kiwanuka (roaming/stand up) manned the outside with Cullen Jenkins and Jason Pierre-Paul in the middle.

• Larry Donnell had his best practice of the summer by my count. The highlight? This one-handed grab on a fade route from Eli. Out of pure luck, I got it on tape. Going forward, BBI is going to try to shoot some more video and have it linked up with our Instagram account (@BigBlueInteractive). Be sure to give it a follow. (Side note: Thank you to Inside Football intern Emily Iannaconi for the help posting this).

• John Conner had one of the bigger hits of camp, smacking Kerry Wynn (via Newsday’s Tom Rock. I was still trying to find a way to share the Donnell video). Also, Eric Herman had his first pancake of camp as he got Kelcy Quarles pretty good.

• Really, really nice blocking by the offensive line on an Eli Manning pass attempt. Manning had about seven seconds to throw and a perfectly-developed pocket. The issue? No one was open. Manning eventually rolled out and hit Donnell in the flat.

• In Rueben Randle’s absence, Jerrel Jernigan had another nice practice. He beat Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie twice on in-routes.

• John Jerry got some work with the first team at guard for Brandon Mosley. Mosley took the majority of snaps, but I saw Jerry get a few.

• Maybe he was offsides, maybe he wasn’t, but Jason Pierre-Paul got an incredible jump on an Eli Manning pass. Would-be sack for JPP there as long as no flags were thrown.

• A few fans had asked about trickery, so here you go. For the first time since I remember Jeremy Shockey attempting a pass versus the Philadelphia Eagles, someone other than the quarterback threw the ball. Ryan Nassib tossed it to Peyton Hillis, who then pulled up and lofted one down the field in the direction of Larry Donnell. The halfback pass fell incomplete, but was still fun to see. Looks like offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo does have a few tricks up his sleeve.

• Kellen Davis caught a touchdown from Curtis Painter, but Painter’s success was short lived. On his next pass, he was pick-sixed by Trumaine McBride. McBride was escorted to the endzone by Prince Amukamara, Walter Thurmond III and Stevie Brown. Interesting, Peyton Hillis ran with McBride to all the way to the endzone. Nice hustle from the running back.

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SEVEN-ON-SEVEN…
Not much going on here. Few catches, few deflections. It was tough to see as the Giants created a wall blocking a lot portion of our view. Here are the highlights:

• Larry Donnell caught his second touchdown of the practice when he found himself wide open on a corner route. Tom Coughlin has talked extensively about wanting someone, anyone, to step up at the position. Looks like Donnell has heard his call.

• Another tight end flashed, Adrien Robinson. On an out-route, Robinson lunged forward and made a nice hands grab beating Jayron Hosley.

• David Wilson, the last play I saw him in before he walked off the field, fumbled on a swing route. From what I saw, Wilson looked to catch the ball and then attempt to tip-toe down the sideline. As he reached forward for more yards, he just basically dropped the ball. Some said they saw Spencer Adkins punch it out, but I saw him drop it. Either way, it was a fumble.

• Eli Manning hit Mario Manningham for a touchdown on a slant route. Manningham has looked good these last two days.

• Another flash from Marcus Harris. He beat Prince Amukamara for a touchdown on an out-route near the goal line.

RANDOM OBSERVATION…
Charles James II really is a character. After practice, the defensive backs all huddled around doing a chant as James danced away in the middle of them all. The group concluded with a “DB’s” bellow before all simultaneously sliding out.

The Giants will have off tomorrow before returning to practice again on Thursday and Friday. The team plays its first preseason game on Sunday.