Ed Valentine

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Editor and Contracted Blogger at SB Nation

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Giants mandatory minicamp, Day 1: Live updates

4 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The New York Giants open their two-day mandatory minicamp on Tuesday. It’s a gray, wet day in East Rutherford, N.J., and a busy one at the Medowlands Sports Complex with World Cup action going on across the parking lot. Practice begins at 11 a.m. Before that, offensive position coaches and head coach Brian Daboll will be available to media beginning at 10:30.
Giants’ defense called one of NFL’s ‘most interesting’ units

5 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

John Jones-Imagn Images There are high expectations in 2025 for a revamped New York Giants’ defense that, on paper, features vastly improved personnel. SB Nation, in fact, thinks the Giants’ defense is one of the league’s “most interesting” units. Joseph Acosta writes:I can assure you that it’s not opposite week, because the Giants’ defense has the bones of what could be a very good unit.
Can New York Dalen Cambre be next great special teams-first NFL player

5 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Andrew Wevers-Imagn Images Dalen Cambre is probably the biggest underdog on the New York Giants’ 90-man roster. Cambre is a 6-foot, 192-pound undrafted free agent who caught 10 passes in a five-year collegiate career with the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. How did Cambre land a chance with an NFL team with stats like that? Well, it’s because he is a tremendous special teams player, having earned first-team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus and second-team from College Football Network.
Giants minicamp preview: About those spring narratives

5 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The New York Giants end their offseason program this week with mandatory minicamp practices on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team will then be off until training camp begins in late July. This is a good time to address some of the narratives and storylines that have surrounded the Giants this spring. So, let’s do that. Quarterbacks, quarterbacks, quarterbacksThere are all sorts of quarterback angles to dive into.
Giants trivia: Your in-5 daily game, Monday edition

5 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

We’re back for another day of the Big Blue View in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form. Today’s Big Blue View in-5 gameIf you can’t see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article.
Giants news, 6/16: Darren Waller, Russell Wilson, Cam Skattebo, more

5 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

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Can Dante ‘Turbo’ Miller still find a space in the New York Giants’ backfield?

6 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Rich Barnes-Imagn Images When the New York Giants added rookie free agent running back Dante Miller to their 90-man roster during the 2024 offseason, there was a mix of excitement and curiosity. Excitement because there are not many human beings who have run 4.27 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Curiosity because Miller was a mystery. He played sparingly during a five-year college career at Columbia and South Carolina and had just one productive season.
Ex-Giant Darren Waller decided he would retire during the middle of a game

6 days ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Darren Waller made the New York Giants wait ... and wait ... and wait some more for a final decision on whether or not he would retire before the 2024 season. With speculation he was considering retiring running rampant the entire offseason, Waller did not give the team his decision to leave the NFL until early June. Waller, though, has now admitted that he knew fairly early in the 2023 season that he was done as an NFL player.
How realistic are these best, worst-case scenarios for the Giants?

1 week ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images It is only the middle of June and, despite roster upgrades and the resulting optimism the 2025 season could go in any number of good or bad directions for the New York Giants. Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports has offered best- and worst-case scenarios for the Giants. Here they are, with a couple of my brief thoughts.
Big Blue View mailbag: Defensive line, Eli Manning, Shane Bowen, more

1 week ago | bigblueview.com | Ed Valentine

Taj Siddiqi asks: I am curious to know what is going on with the development of D.J. Davidson drafted fourth round 2022 and Jordon Riley drafted 7th round 2023. Are they any where near contributing this season. Have you heard any positive comments from their coaches or saw them being prominent during mini camp/OTAs? Both seemed to have pretty decent college careers what is that holding them back in NFL? Ed says: Taj, we have not had the opportunity to speak with position coaches yet this offseason.