9 HRS AGO - Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Third-year player is excellent on special teams, but can he find a role on defense? Cam Brown has carved out a useful special teams role for the New York Giants the past two seasons. Let’s look at whether or not he can be more than that as we continue our player-by-player profiles of the team’s 90-man roster. By the numbers Height: 6-foot-5Weight: 233Age: 24Position: LinebackerExperience: 2Contract: Year 3 of four-year, $3.493 million rookie contract | 2021 cap hit: $944,591 Career to date Brown has been a terrific special teams player for the Giants since being selected in Round 6 of the 2020 NFL Draft. He has not, though, been able to work his way into any type of regular role on defense. Last season, Brown played only 11 defensive snaps after playing 93 as a rookie. By contrast, he played 563 special teams snaps, 80 percent or more each season. Brown had nine solo special teams tackles and an assist last season. He Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Henry Black looking on from the sideline during a Packers game last season. | Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images Could Black earn a role as one of the Giants’ reserve defensive backs? Henry Black was one of four defensive backs added to the roster recently when the New York Giants shook up their 90-man roster. “Hopefully you don’t have a ton of turnover, but I think you have to continue to work guys out on off days and if you think they can improve you or at least take a look at them, then you do that,” head coach Brian Daboll said when the moves were made. Can Black emerge as a depth player on the eventual 53-man roster? Let’s learn more about him as we continue our player-by-player profiles of the 90-man roster the Giants will bring to training camp. By the numbers Height: 6-footWeight: 204Age: 25Position: Defensive backExperience: 2Contract: Not available | 2021 cap hit: Not available Career to date Undrafted after playing collegiately at Baylor, Black played 25 games with Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK Second-year receiver was one of more than a dozen Giants in non-contact jerseys at Thursday’s OTA Kadarius Toney had minor arthroscopic knee surgery during the offseason, according to a report from the Daily News. Toney was one of more than a dozen Giants wearing a red non-contact jersey during Thursday’s OTA, which was open to the media. The red jersey generally indicates that a player is not cleared for full practice participation. Toney caught passes from the JUGGS machine on Thursday and did some soft toss drills on the sideline with fellow wide receiver Sterling Shepard, who is rehabbing a torn Achilles tendon and was also in a red jersey. The Giants drafted Toney No. 20 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Toney had an injury-plagued rookie season. He dealt with a hamstring strain that sidelined him for much of training camp, missed time with COVID-19 twice, and dealt with quad, oblique, shoulder and ankle Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - The mail’s here! The New York Giants are rolling through OTAs, and training camp will be here before you know it. Let’s open up the Big Blue View Mailbag and answer some questions. Eric Ravenell asks: I’ve heard the Giants 2023 salary cap situation looks really good, with the possibility of an increase in the NFL cap, its been mentioned the Giants may have upwards of $80 million, do you have any idea what it looks like? I’m an optimist, I see the Giants putting a better product on the field this year, just not sure of the outcome, I see another top 10 pick and with some money possibly available maybe filling in some positions and being much better in 2023. Your thoughts? Ed says: Eric, the cap situation in a year does look pretty good. Not $80 million good, but good nonetheless. Over The Cap estimates the Giants to have $54.007 million with a projected cap of $225 million. There are only four teams — Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers — Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Giants offensive line coach Bobby Johnson | Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports Development of Evan Neal, Giants’ offensive line, now in hands of former Bills’ OL coach Just like there is a long line of failed New York Giants’ offensive lines, there is a long line of failed offensive line coaches. Since Pat Flaherty went out the door with Tom Coughlin after the 2015 season, Mike Solari, Hal Hunter, Marc Colombo, Dave DeGuglielmo and Rob Sale have all tried unsuccessfully to build the Giants’ offensive line into a functional unit. All failed. Some for reasons out of their control, others just because they weren’t up to the task. Now, it is Bobby Johnson’s turn to try and help the Giants build an offensive line that gives quarterback Daniel Jones and the rest of the offense an opportunity to be, at least, competent. Johnson was asked on Thursday if he feels pressure to get this right. “If you’re afraid of the job then you shouldn’t take the job.” — OL coach Bobby Johnson “No,” Johnson Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Josh Allen calling a play against the Giants in 2019 | Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Hints of Daboll’s evolution on offense when Buffalo visited MetLife to play the Giants Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills under the guidance of offensive coordinator Brian Daboll developed a reputation as a pass-first offensive juggernaut in which running the football was sometimes an afterthought. The last time we saw Allen and Daboll on the field was in the unforgettable playoff game that Buffalo lost to Kansas City 42-36 in OT. Buffalo passed 37 times in that game and ran only 24 times (11 of them by Allen himself; the RBs had only 13 carries). That emphasis on the pass is the way the NFL has been going. And if Joe Schoen is to be believed, it is the way the 2022 Giants will go too. Schoen was on the BLEAV in Giants podcast with Bob Papa and Carl Banks last week, and this is what he had to say: “…to me you’ve got to be able to pass block…set the width of the pocket…that’s a priority in Collapse