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Jul 11 A search warrant shows evidence that New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar paid off their alleged victims of an armed robbery.
DeAndre Baker's lawyer disputes allegations: Witness wasn't paid off. DeAndre Baker did not pay off any witnesses and a new warrant that surfaced on Friday will help exonerate him, one of the attorneys for the Giants cornerback told The Post.

Jul 10 Giants' Nate Solder, B.J. Hill and Wayne Gallman must step it up. One down season is cause for alarm and two of them, coming in successive years, is enough to grease the skids for an ouster. Add in the presence of a new coaching staff and the urgency to impress now, not later, increases exponentially.

Jul 8 Co-owner John Mara has made it clear that Dave Gettleman is on thin ice. Mara wants to see progress now. He is sick and tired of losing. Here's what the Giants' general manager must accomplish to finish rebuild - and keep his job.

Jul 7 In 2019, the Giants made edge rusher Oshane Ximines the first NFL draft pick in Old Dominion football history. After passing on edge rushers in the first two and a half rounds, a position seen as one of the Giants' greatest needs, general manager Dave Gettleman took a chance on the Queens, New York native, with the 95th overall selection, a pick acquired from the Cleveland Browns in the Odell Beckham Jr trade.

Jul 3 Safety Xavier McKinney prides himself on being comfortable in any situation. Wow, 2020 is putting that to the test. McKinney and the Giants wrapped up the virtual off-season program two weeks ago, setting the stage for training camp as the first opportunity the team will see each other in person this year. The Alabama product said it will be a challenge, at first, just because the team has not been on the field together yet. But he believes everyone prepared the best they could.

Jul 2 NFL to cut preseason schedule in half. What does that mean for annual NY Giants-Jets game? Currently the Giants and Jets are scheduled to play each other on Aug. 13 in what would be the opener for both teams. That matchup would be wiped out if the NFL does not alter its existing schedule.

Jul 2 NFL to cut preseason schedule in half. What does that mean for annual NY Giants-Jets game? Currently the Giants and Jets are scheduled to play each other on Aug. 13 in what would be the opener for both teams. That matchup would be wiped out if the NFL does not alter its existing schedule.

Jun 28 Giants gifting Andrew Thomas left tackle job would be mistake. Make him earn it. By all means, provide Andrew Thomas immediate access to compete for a starting job as a rookie. Anything short of Thomas lining up with the first team for the Giants on opening day will be a disappointment for the first-round pick. Just make sure he embarks on his NFL career at right tackle, even though he was selected to be the left tackle of the future.

Jun 25 16 early Giants predictions for 2020: Dave Gettleman's fate (and trades), Xavier McKinney's award, Daniel Jones for 4,000 yards.

Jun 22 Giants give season ticket holders choice whether to keep tickets in 2020 due to coronavirus | How PSL owners will be impacted.

Former Giants
Eli Manning - Giants President and CEO John Mara told the media that Manning's No. 10 jersey number would be retired into the franchise's Ring of Honor. The Giants won't be the only ones retiring the legend's number. Ole Miss Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter announced on Monday that Manning will have his No. 10 uniform number retired during the Auburn football game on September 19.

Former Giants
David Tyree is no longer with the New York Giants organization as director of player development. It's a role he's held since 2014, after spending most of his playing career with the team. Tyree will currently concentrate his time and efforts on a Clean Juice shop he's been opening in Morristown, New Jersey. The move came after the Giants completely restructured their player engagement area this offseason.

Jun 21 On Father's Day, Giants' Joe Judge remembers his late dad. This is the third Father's Day Giants coach Joe Judge will spend without his dad, named Joseph at birth and called "Joskie" by almost everyone. Those closest to their parents feel the loss, every day, and especially at times like this.

Jun 17 Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas was arrested and jailed for misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license, according to a California Highway Patrol incident report. Alcohol impairment is believed to be a factor in the crash.

Jun 16 If the Giants are to have any chance whatsoever at a playoff berth this season, they must get off to a fast start and come out with a winning record against their NFC East division opponents. But if NFL.com analyst Adam Rank's forecast comes anywhere close to fruition, it looks like the Giants are headed for another disappointing year.

Jun 14 Special Report - So what's new in Giants Land? Not too much, to be honest. The team has finished with its virtual meetings, missed the entire off-season workout program, all Organized Team Activities (OTAs) and will not hold any minicamps. Next up, we are told, will be formal training camps at a date yet to be determined. As per NFL mandate, all camps must be held at team facilities, not at an outside location.
According to many reports, all clubs will start camp on the same day; there is a strong possibility that teams will circle July 28 on the calendar. There have also been reports that the preseason will be cut to two games to give teams more time to prepare after missing the entire offseason Could a shortened preseason become the new normal in future years?

Jun 13 Daniel Jones needs to find balance in his play to take off in 2020. Time will tell if Jones becomes a quality NFL quarterback, but the foundation for him to be a long term starter for the Giants is there. Jones has big shoes to fill as he officially becomes the face of the Giants' franchise - his rookie year should leave Giants fans feeling hopeful that he can competently step into that role.

Jun 11 Daniel Jones should give offense a boost with aggressiveness downfield. Jones has a long way to go before reaching the heights of Manning's career as a two-time Super Bowl champion. However, if Jones maintains his aggressiveness, improves on his disappointing 29.6 completion percentage on passes thrown more than 20 yards downfield, while playing behind an improved offensive line, the Giants' offense could be in for a quick turnaround in 2020.

Jun 9 The New York Giants remain a long way from NFC East contention, but their offseason moves suggest that tides could turn. ason Garrett, the former Cowboys head coach who became the Giants' offensive coordinator in January, will likely carry with him many of the Cowboys' ideologies to East Rutherford.

Jun 6 The Giants have vastly improved their roster this off-season after addressing several holes on the team throughout free agency and the draft. However, one area they did not address was the wide receiver position. Instead of devoting premium free agency money and/or a draft pick, they instead signed three undrafted free agents to compete with some returning players who were on the practice squad last year.

Jun 4 Giants bigwigs among limited attendees at reopened facility. It had to start somewhere, and for the Giants, opening up their practice and training facility on Wednesday was that start.

Jun 2 As the Giants try to mold Daniel Jones into one of the NFL's top quarterbacks, expect more than a couple of pages to be ripped from the playbook the Dallas Cowboys used to develop Dak Prescott.

May 28 The Giants will be a better-coached team in 2020 than they were the past two years. This statement, at the present time, must be filed away as opinion, although a sampling of interested observers inside and outside the Giants facility are in agreement this will turn out to be a truism.

May 27 Giants move closer to returning on limited basis. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced Tuesday morning that professional sports teams in the state may return to training and even competition "if their leagues choose to move in that direction."

May 24 Special Report - Well, Giants Nation, one of the more progressive "sports books" in Vegas came out with the early point spreads for all games on the schedule this season, so I thought it might be fun to dive in and see where it feels that the "experts" are not giving the Giants enough credit, and in other cases, where they may have given them too much respect.
I realize very few E-GIANTS readers actually bet the games, so consider this a metaphorical exercise just to assess how these games stack up competitively on the schedule, at least as far as the wagering authorities are concerned. Without further ado, here are the lines, and the direction I am leaning vs. the point spread given.

May 23 It's hard to predict how things will unfold for a rookie head coach like the Giants' Joe Judge. But Judge has a good shot of winning his first game in 2020, at home against the Steelers on a Monday night, Sept. 14.

May 20 Whatever went down last week at the Miramar, Fla., house party happened in another room, and DeAndre Baker barely caught a glimpse of it. Why? Because he was playing "Madden." This is the latest defense of the Giants cornerback accused of serious crimes that, if found guilty, could detonate his NFL career.

May 19 Dave Gettleman did his part in revamping Giants' offensive line. The pursuit of the goal, oft-stated by general manager Dave Gettleman, reached a fever pitch after the Giants took offensive linemen with three of their first five picks in the 2020 NFL Draft. This, Gettleman said, hopefully solved the problems in this area "once and for all."

May 18 DeAndre Baker's the victim of a 'shakedown,' says Giant cornerback's attorney Attorney Patrick G. Patel. For now, Baker is out on $200,000 bond and temporarily staying at Patel's house in Florida. Eventually, Patel said, they will petition the court to transfer his bond to New Jersey so Baker can rejoin the Giants.
There have been plenty of twists and turns in the case of DeAndre Baker. The prosecutor found it "suspect" that the witnesses recanted within 36 hours of their original statements. Ultimately, the judge heard enough to deem Baker and Quinton Dunbar eligible for bond, against the prosecution's wishes.

May 17 In the wake of DeAndre Baker's arrest on four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, much has been made about "red flags" surfacing regarding Baker prior to the 2019 NFL Draft.

May 16 Late Friday night, Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker had yet to turn himself in to Miramar Police in Florida, even after his attorney issued a statement via Instagram proclaiming his clients' innocence. The 22-year-old had a warrant issued for his arrest on Thursday with charges including four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault.

Cornerback was a huge need for the Giants when the offseason began, which is why the biggest chunk of free-agency spending went to James Bradberry to start opposite Baker. Here is a look at the top available options.

May 15 Arrest warrants have been issued in South Florida for New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar in connection to an armed robbery investigation.
If convicted, how long could Baker go behind bars? What exactly happened in the alleged crime? What does it mean for his NFL future? Here are nine things to know about the incident and what could come next.

May 14 There are naysayers who do not believe in Daniel Jones the way Joe Judge and the Giants believe in him, and not because of his toughness and mobility and poise and makeup and how accurately he throws the football. It is almost entirely because of how careless he was with the football since taking the football from Eli Manning. He fumbled 18 times - 12 passing, six rushing. He lost 11 fumbles.
If things were right, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones would be in New Jersey right now. He'd have already spent weeks over at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center with his teammates, working out, getting ready for the season. Instead of throwing to Darius Slayton and Evan Engram, he's tossing the ball around with some local college kids and old high school friends.

May 13 No one can say for certain when the Giants will debut their new schemes on the practice field, let alone in games. Until then, fans - and opponents - will have to wait. Joe Judge, however, just provided the best glimpse yet as to what anybody can expect.

May 12 The Giants have begun the process of scouting potential training camp sites outside of their team facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, should it be their only option this summer.

May 11 Giants' defense shows implementation of the Patriots Way. A plan does not have to be inventive to be effective. Some teams - few, but some - are able to line up and win on defense simply by relying on players' talents and skills - their guys beating the other guys more often than not. The 2020 Giants are not going to be one of those teams.

While the three drafts overseen by Gettleman would be judged by most metrics as a success, having netted at least 10 starting-caliber players, the impact made by those players has yet to yield the dominance the organization would have hoped.

May 9 The four biggest influences on Daniel Jones as a rookie all could be gone from the Giants when his second season begins. That new reality was created by recent tinkering with the Giants' backup quarterback depth chart. It holds even if Colt McCoy's grasp on the No. 2 job remains unaffected.

The Giants finished the 2019 season having played one of the easiest schedules in the NFL. Their 0.473 strength of schedule was tied for the second-easiest among all NFL teams, but they face a beast of a schedule in 2020.

May 8 Special Report - Finally, despite the pandemic and predictions that the NFL schedule would be shortened, delayed, cancelled or otherwise tinkered with, we know when the Giants will play their 2020 opponents. We already knew who they would be facing the day the 2019 season came to an end, but this puts an official stamp of finality on it. Assuming, of course, there is a season ... partial or delayed or cancelled.

Two Monday night home games - the season-opener against Pittsburgh and another vs. Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - and a visit by the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers highlight the Giants' 2020 regular-season schedule.

May 7 He speaks to his teammates through a computer screen, but Daniel Jones is developing as a leader on the Giants in this unprecedented offseason. The Giants are conducting their offseason virtually because of the social distancing rules mandated by the coronavirus pandemic.

May 6 The Giants added another quarterback to their stable of backups behind Daniel Jones on Tuesday. For offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, it's a familiar face, too: former Dallas Cowboys backup Cooper Rush.

Former Giants
Odell Beckham Jr. foresees one of his best seasons: 'This is my time'. Beckham underwent surgery Jan. 21 to address a hip and groin injury that slowed him throughout one of his worst seasons last year.

May 5 Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch sent a letter to season ticket holders Monday notifying them that the next payments in their respective plans were being deferred until July 1, 2020 given the "current landscape" and economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

 May 3 The NFL's 2020 scheduled is expected to be released late next week. But we already know the home and road opponents for each team. Just not the order and dates of the games. (And that doesn't matter as much as the actual opponents anyway.) Here's early game-by-game picks for the Giants, as head coach Joe Judge makes his debut and quarterback Daniel Jones enters Year 2.

May 1 The Giants are in their second week of virtual coach-player meetings, the first opportunity Joe Judge has had to talk Xs and Os with players. Judge has been impressed with how players studied playbooks and film received this month. "The thing that has flashed out so far is there a lot of guys working hard and demonstrating that they know the material," he said.

Apr 30 The Giants announced they have picked up the fifth-year options on the rookie contracts of tight end Evan Engram and safety Jabrill Peppers, virtually ensuring they will be with the team through the 2021 season.

APR 29 The Giants did not select a center during the 2020 NFL Draft, but that doesn't mean the organization didn't come out of last weekend with a long-term solution to the position of need, capable of wreaking havoc inside.
If Shane Lemieux is able to show he can handle himself at center, he could be in line for a starting role, perhaps immediately. That is getting ahead of the situation, of course, but it is not far-fetched.

APR 28 The New York Giants elected to place a rare unrestricted free-agent tender on outside linebacker Markus Golden. The "May 5" tender still allows Golden to negotiate a deal with other teams. The Giants would not receive any compensation if he signed elsewhere, but Golden would count toward the 2021 compensatory pick formula if he signed with another team.

The inside story of how the Giants landed Andrew Thomas, the most coveted tackle in the NFL Draft. At least eight teams had Thomas ranked as their top offensive tackle, NJ Advance Media learned in recent weeks, so the Giants believed they had to grab him with the fourth pick.

APR 27 The numbers on the field by the Giants offensive line --119 quarterback hits, which was the third-most allowed by any offensive line last year--certainly didn't come close to reflecting the hefty financial investment the Giants made in the unit. The Giants' offensive line was their highest-paid unit in 2019, a trend that continued into the 2020 offseason.
Did Dave Gettleman fully fix the Giants offensive line during the 2020 NFL Draft? This is the draft the Giants have been waiting for since December 0f 2017, when Dave Gettleman was hired as general manager. He vowed then to fix the offensive line. And after two years, he entered this draft vowing to fix it "once and for all."
Dave Gettleman delivered in his make-or-break Giants moment. He has given Daniel Jones the chance to flourish that Eli Manning wish he had toward the end of his Hall of Fame career. He has given Saquon Barkley more of a chance to honor his Gold Jacket Guy talent. He has given his offense a better chance to score points and keep his defense off the field.

APR 26 Giants 2020 NFL Draft Report Card: Dave Gettleman's focus on O-line was clear. Here's the report card on how Gettleman did in what might just be the most important draft of his NFL career.

Giants draft speed, defense on final day. Six of the seven players the Giants acquired on the final day of the NFL Draft play defense, but the team's primary goal went deeper than simply replenishing one unit. "The theme of the day for defense was speed," general manager Dave Gettleman said after the seven-hour marathon that was the final four rounds.

Giants' Dave Gettleman boosted offensive line in 2020 NFL Draft. The phrase has an edge to it and often sounds foreboding, or a warning: "Once and for all." For Dave Gettleman, it is a vow..

APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft Georgia LB Tae Crowder in Rd. 7.
APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft Minnesota CB Chris Williamson in Rd. 7.
APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft South Carolina LB T.J. Brunson in RD 7.
APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft Minnesota LB Carter Coughlin in RD 7.
APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft Penn State LB Cam Brown in Rd. 6.
APR 25 - UPDATE - Giants draft Oregon G Shane Lemieux in Rd. 5.
APR 25 - UPDATE - With the 110th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected UCLA cornerback Darnay Holmes.

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