The New York Giants have entered the third week of their offseason workout program, and already players have noticed significant differences from the previous regime.
Following the termination of head coach Joe Judge in January, stories began to surface that suggested players and coaches were constantly walking on eggshells. But along with Judge, that overbearing dark cloud has exited East Rutherford.
Third-year safety Xavier McKinney says the mood is much lighter under new head coach Brian Daboll than it was with Judge, leaving the players to feel less uptight.
“The communication part of it, it’s not so uptight, how it was before,” McKinney told the New York Post. “You can be yourself, you can be you. When we come in here, we always come in here to work but it’s just fun, everybody being who they are and we’re having fun with it.”
Without actually saying it, McKinney implied that Daboll is much more authentic and genuine than Judge before him.
“He’s been great,” McKinney said of Daboll. “The communication has been fantastic. Him asking us, ‘What’s too much? What’s too little? What more do we need to do? What do we need to cut down on?’ Just him being transparent with us and having that line of communication always open.
“And it really is open, it’s not one of those things where he’ll tell you and then if you try to talk to him, he kinda ignores you. You can actually go and have a conversation with him, tell him what you don’t like and what you like, what we should do more. I’ve had that with him thus far and it’s been great for all of us.”
The Giants hope that with this lighter atmosphere, things will also improve on the field.
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