The New York Giants claimed wide receiver C.J. Board off of waivers from the Jacksonville Jaguars over the weekend, and it took him no time at all to make his presence felt.
During the team’s first padded practice of the year, Board stood out, hauling in impressive touchdowns catches off the arm of quarterback Colt McCoy.
Best highlight of #NYGiants individual drills today: newbie C.J. Board goes up to get the ball from Colt McCoy, making the catch over Jarren Williams pic.twitter.com/peXVfzBJ7h
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) August 17, 2020
Initial observation of a Giants practice under Joe Judge: Fast paced. Efficient. Lots of stuff going on at same time in different areas of field. Ball security is a priority. Intense. Coaches yelling and screaming non-stop. Extremely high frequency of expletives. pic.twitter.com/dMYkXB5K0j
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) August 17, 2020
As ESPN’s Jordan Raanan alludes, practice under first-year head coach Joe Judge was fast-paced and intense. In fact, it was the exact sort of “max effort” the Giants’ staff has told the players to get used to.
And it’s clear an emphasis will be placed on ball security.
Joe Judge is always teaching 📝 pic.twitter.com/tkgO07yBLK
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 17, 2020
In addition to McCoy and Board, second-year quarterback Daniel Jones and wide receiver Corey Coleman each shined on Monday.
Jones looked calm, cool and accurate throughout much of the day. He did throw one interception that would have been returned for a touchdown (Darnay Holmes), but that was only errant pass of practice.
Coleman, meanwhile, looked healthy and his routes crisp. His best catch of the day came off the arm of Jones.
Daniel Jones’ timing, touch, and accuracy are on. #Giants pic.twitter.com/OfRCl0im3v
— Matt Lombardo (@MattLombardoNFL) August 17, 2020
NJ Advance Media reports that cornerback Grant Haley did not practice on Monday after being injured on Friday. The injury is considered minor and Haley is expected back on Tuesday.
Haley was blind-sided during Friday’s practice, multiple individuals with knowledge of the situation tell NJ Advance Media, and was held out of Monday’s practice out of an abundance of caution. He could be back as early as Tuesday.
Finally, kicker Chandler Catanzaro did not get much work in on Monday as the team stayed away from kicking drills.
