The Giants are, officially, the 22nd team I’ve visited this summer. Stopped by their facility Thursday and their preseason game Friday night …
1) There’s a good deal of optimism that they got the better end of the Darren Waller trade—he was available in large part because of recent injury, and the fact that he turns 31 three days after the regular-season opener—and that’s not just because of the freakish athletic traits that made him special a few years back. The guy the Giants got is also winning because of his smarts, his savvy in being able to get separation and maybe a little extra motivation from being dumped by the Raiders. The other thing that should help is the experience coach Brian Daboll (Rob Gronkowski) and OC Mike Kafka (Travis Kelce) have deploying unique weapons at the position. Waller’s addition, tied together with those of Parris Campbell and Jalin Hyatt, has the New York coaches feeling like the offense is considerably faster than it was a year ago.
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