Wednesday’s Giants News: OTA’s
Most of the news this week has been about the OTA’s. We got to hear from the entire coaching staff, and they provided us with some foresight as they head into the 2008 season.
Offensive Coaches Speak - Michael Eisen pointed out that the Offensive Staff met with the media today. Eisen provided the entire transcript.
Transcript: Tight End Coach Mike Pope - Giants.com had a Q&A Session with Mike Pope.
Newsday:
Giants expect reluctant Shockey to attend camp - “Pope said yesterday that he expects his star pupil to be in attendance at the team’s mandatory minicamp next month and when training camp begins in Albany in late July.”
New York Daily News:
Giant coach says Jeremy Shockey’s in Super Bowl shock - “Pope, the Giants’ tight ends coach, believes that’s the primary source of Shockey’s unhappiness - that he had to watch the Giants win Super Bowl XLII because his broken leg kept him off the field.”
New York Post:
New York Times:
Giants Face Questions About Two Key Players - “Many people in the Giants’ organization have had to parry questions about the futures of Jeremy Shockey and Michael Strahan.”
The Star-Ledger:
Pope says Shockey rift fixable - Mike Pope had this to say about Jeremy Shockey at this week’s OTA:
I don’t think you can individualize this. Any player who’s a big part of the team and gets out of the roster for a period of time, it’s a terrific shock because that’s what they do. … I know he was very, very upset about not being able to finish what we collectively started. I’m sure there was a lot of disappointment.
I don’t think he’s any different than other players. Once the team gets back together and they get involved together, those things — whatever they have been — tend to become less of a factor and they eventually disappear. You start playing together, you start winning and the upside of the game is what you’re looking at, then things usually run fairly smoothly.
