{"id":34078,"date":"2022-06-02T20:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-ota-takeaways-saquon-barkley-kayvon-thibodeaux-more\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T20:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:45:20","slug":"giants-ota-takeaways-saquon-barkley-kayvon-thibodeaux-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-ota-takeaways-saquon-barkley-kayvon-thibodeaux-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants OTA takeaways: Saquon Barkley, Kayvon Thibodeaux, more"},"content":{"rendered":"
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The New York Giants held a brief practice on Thursday as they rolled toward the end of the OTA portion of their offseason.<\/p>\n
Let’s get to some of the takeaways.<\/p>\n
Rookie edge defender Kayvon Thibodeaux, the Giants’ No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, remained in a red jersey on Thursday. Coach Brian Daboll was non-committal about when Thibodeaux might return, saying only that \u201cI’m not expecting him to be out of a red jersey today. <\/p>\n
Thibodeaux was running and doing agility drills with a trainer during the early portion of practice. He appeared to be moving pretty well.<\/p>\n
Thomas did some drills early in practice, but did not work during any of the team periods. Third-round pick Joshua Ezeudu filled in at left tackle.<\/p>\n
Non-quarterbacks in red jerseys included:<\/p>\n
Thibodeaux, Kadarius Toney, Sterling Shepard, Matt Peart, Andrew Thomas, Blake Martinez, Collin Johnson, Michael Jacquet and Rodarius Williams. Nick Gates, rehabbing from his gruesome fractured leg, did not come out to the practice field.<\/p>\n
One thing has become apparent throughout the practices media has been able to watch. The Giants are intending to spread the field, often with running backs aligned as wide receivers or with other interesting twists to their formations. They have been using a heavy dose of RPO or play action with the ball coming out of the quarterback’s hands quickly.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the noteworthy plays:<\/p>\n
Daboll was once again at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night to watch the New York Rangers, who defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, 6-2, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said before, this team is a fun team to watch,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cIt’s an unbelievable atmosphere, great people. Eastern Conference Finals, doesn’t get better than this. “<\/p>\n
Daboll said the Rangers “just keep coming back, so … Kind of get attached to them.”<\/p>\n
Daboll had GM Joe Schoen with him Wednesday. He said Giants’ assistant coaches have been taking turns going to games, as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do the third grade thing, put your name on a piece of paper, throw it in a hat, pick it out, whoever gets it gets to go,\u201d Daboll joked.<\/p>\n
Shane Lemieux, a fifth-round pick by the Giants in 2020, has been working as the team’s starting left guard this spring after missing all but 17 snaps last year with a partially torn patellar tendon.<\/p>\n
A couple of weeks ago, offensive line coach Bobby Johnson – who held that job the past few years with the Buffalo Bills – said Lemieux is a player he liked during the draft process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI liked Shane when he was coming out of Oregon,\u201d Johnson said. “I had a very high grade on him and I really wanted the opportunity to coach him.<\/p>\n
Daboll on Thursday indicated a similar feeling about Lemieux.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe liked him where I came from (Buffalo) coming out in the draft,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cHe’s a tough, smart, dependable guy, he plays with a nasty edge which you need up front.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s done a really nice job here. He’s smart. He’s what I thought he was when we evaluated him. “<\/p>\n
Lemieux said last season’s injury was his first.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love to practice, I love to get better,\u201d Lemieux said. “I was trying to do everything I could to get out there (on the field).”<\/p>\n
Lemieux is no longer wearing a red jersey and said he was \u201citching to get it off. I didn’t want the persona. I didn’t want to be in that jersey and I did everything I could to get out of it. “<\/p>\n