NY Giants news: Defense wins Day 2 of training camp

Good morning, New York Giants fans! Here are the stories you need to know about after Day 2 of Giants training camp. For Jaxson Dart, it’s time to flip the switch at Giants training camp | The Record WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. − The road from good to greatness for quarterbacks is often not paved w

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Good morning, New York Giants fans! Here are the stories you need to know about after Day 2 of Giants training camp.

For Jaxson Dart, it’s time to flip the switch at Giants training camp | The Record

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. − The road from good to greatness for quarterbacks is often not paved with perfection on the practice fields, and especially during the summer.

That’s something Jaxson Dart has come to appreciate, but it’s not easy. Aaron Rodgers has always encouraged young quarterbacks to take more risks in practice.

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2026 NFL season: How Ward, Dart, Shough, Sanders can improve | ESPN.com

Jaxson Dart, New York Giants Where he could get better: Consistency. Dart is an extremely frustrating watch. He has very little consistency to his process as a thrower and a pocket manager. His feet are frequently disconnected from the ground, which affects the timing of his throws and delays his reaction to pressure. His lower-body mechanics change willy-nilly, and he often looks like a kid alone on a basketball court attempting pretend buzzer-beaters, lurching to launch from odd angles for no apparent reason.

I’m confident there’s a quality starting QB somewhere in Dart’s game, but it’ll take quite a bit of development to get him there. The good news is that a steady hand is at the mast. With new head coach John Harbaugh comes a legacy of quality Ravens teams. He’ll buy Dart time to grow, as the Giants should improve in all three phases under Harbaugh’s experienced gaze. The offensive brain trust has some worrying names — Matt Nagy, Brian Callahan and Greg Roman — but all three are experienced coaches who should be able to impress upon Dart the importance of a consistent process to create predictable results. Until then, Dart is still more theory than practice.

Jaxson Dart has his missing piece of the Giants’ offensive puzzle | New York Post

The first practice of the John Harbaugh Era had ended, and there was a bare-chested Jaxson Dart tossing footballs to Malik Nabers.

The vision of the young Giants franchise quarterback having the chance to target the electric Go-To Guy he had on the field with him as a rookie for a mere 23 snaps makes Dart’s heart, and Harbaugh’s heart, and the hearts of all Giants fans, sing with joy, and allows all of them to dream, and dream big.

Even in limited capacity, Malik Nabers brings ‘aura’ as Giants open training camp | SNY.tv

Hope, rejuvenated. It had been 304 days since Nabers tore his ACL and lateral meniscus. Confidence that he would return for the start of the 2026-27 season had waned in the months since. But seeing Nabers there with his quarterback, hours after he took part in individual drills, changed that outlook.

There is now justified optimism that the two will share the field against Dallas in 46 days. “There is an aura that he has on the field that is exhilarating,” Dart said. “It’s ‘Leek.’”

Veteran DT Johnathan Hankins retires | Pro Football Talk

Veteran defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins has hung up his cleats. Hankins, 34, told Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report that he is retiring after 12 seasons. A second-round pick of the Giants, he also played for the Colts, Raiders and Cowboys. Hankins appeared in 169 career games and was among the league’s premier run-stuffing interior defensive linemen, with 433 tackles, including 44 for loss.