EAST RUTHERFORD – The Giants held their second media-open organized team activity practice on Thursday.
A few takeaways from the day…
What quarterback controversy?
Drew Lock met the media and made something abundantly clear: While he wants to start, he understands he was not brought to the Giants to start. It’s his job, Lock stressed, to help Daniel Jones out however he can. He’ll be ready if he gets a chance to play, but he’s the Giants backup quarterback.
You never want to glean too much from padless practices, but this much is clear: Lock wasn’t ever going to push Jones for the starting job. He’s a serviceable enough backup quarterback, but this isn’t like the Giants signed Gardner Minshew, Jacoby Brisett or Joe Flacco. Lock, evident by the first two practices, is not someone you can count on for anything more than a spot start or two.
The inconsistencies, inaccuracies and poor decisions that lead to the Broncos trading him and the Seahawks picking Geno Smith over him are still there. Again: He’s a fine backup quarterback. You can throw him out there a game or two and he’ll function at a backup level. But he is not a starting quarterback and in no way was he going to provide a legitimate push to Jones for the starting job.
Jones, in all seriousness, might be the biggest winner from these voluntary workouts despite not taking a single team rep. Jones’ sitting on the side gave an extended look at the alternatives. It’s clear they’re not very good.
Lock went 17-of-23 in team drills on Thursday. Three of those completions deserve an asterisk because they were obvious sacks. Several of the incompletions were wild misses.
Welcome back
All-world left tackle Andrew Thomas sat out team drills in the first media-open OTA. He returned on Thursday. Offensive linemen are generally at such a disadvantage in these padless/contact-less workouts, which leads to an inflated opinion on how rushers look. That wasn’t really the case with Thomas. He provided a…
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