Welcome to camp. Some of you don't look in as good of shape as you should be. We'll take care of that as we go along.
Q: No fines, I hope?
A: There will be. Shortly.
Q: Assume all your guys did alright in the conditioning test?
A: Their body weights were good and this test, which was simply to make sure that they had been doing what they were supposed to be doing. They looked fine.
Q: Was everybody here other than Jason Pierre-Paul?
A: Yes.
Q: Looks like you changed up the conditioning drill this year.
A: We did.
Q: Was that part of the studies that they did?
A: That and a little bit more teeth into the drill. Little more emphasis on the conditioning part of it coming back.
Q: John Mara stated that the message he wants to send to Jason Pierre-Paul is ‘come home. We miss you.' Do you echo his statement?
A: That's been the message all along, really. It's hard to believe that he couldn't get here and take care of an awful lot of issues rather than what they're doing. But, again, I've not spoken with him and very few people here have.
Q: Have you texted JPP?
A: I did. Right away, I did.
Q: Have you texted JPP recently?
A: Right away, I did.
Q: Could you right away and recently, also?
A: But I didn't do it recently, I did it right away.
Q: Is there still no response?
A: No, there is no response.
Q: Has any of this—the injury or the aftermath—soured your relationship with JPP or will he be welcomed back if he ever does choose to return?
A: Well, I hope he chooses to return. Hey, we're all concerned about the young man, first and foremost, but it is difficult to extend this concern when we feel like he should be here. But as far as souring, that's not going to sour anything. I am concerned about him as a young man and anxious to know exactly what he's dealing with, and then we will know what we're dealing with.
Q: Other than Will Beatty, do you have anyone else going on PUP?
A: I think (Ben) Edwards, the young receiver, will have to go on.
Q: Victor Cruz does not?
A: No.
Q: What kind of green light does Cruz have tomorrow?
A: I'm sure we will have to limit and build him up, but he'll be out there.
Q: How about Odell Beckham Jr. in the same respect?
A: Same idea. Yep.
Q: What is your level of expectation for his team this year?
A: I expect them to work hard. I expect them to compete like heck. Hopefully, we will remain intact and be able to put on the field the team that we have assembled right now, and then if we can get everybody to buy into the team concept, and we can progress along those lines. I feel good about today, but we take it one day at a time.
Q: Will Odell Beckham Jr. and Victor Cruz be (limited) for all of training camp or do you need to see where they are and gauge before you have a plan?
A: I hope they can practice all the time. I'm sure there may be some time when they have to have some recognition in terms of number of snaps, but that's probably going to be the way it goes anyways. We'll monitor all the players under the existing system that we have and try to get a gauge on exactly where they should be for each style of practice that we present.
Q: Walter Thurmond commented that, ‘Tom Coughlin may not be as into sport science.' What is your reaction to that?
A: I have no comment.
Q: Have you made any changes this year?
A: Sure, we have.
Q: Anything in particular?
A: You'll see.
Q: Is the recovery stretch still something that we will see or the intermissions?
A: Sure. Recovery stretch, you'll see.
Q: Were those changes hard to make given that you only have them on the field for a certain amount of minutes a day?
A: No. Again, coming from where I'm coming from, it's not a question anymore about what we used to do. It has to be what's best for the current times, and this seems the way to go.
Q: You brought in Jake Long recently for a second visit. What was your impression and where do you stand on that?
A: Well, he is obviously a player coming off of a very serious injury. He's made progress and that's where it stands
Q: Do you feel like you still need to make a move there?
A: We're going to check every player that is available that may, in any way, help our team. Will be evaluated and, if so, brought in and given a physical and worked out. For every player that comes along that we think can help us, that would be the case.
Q: Marshall Newhouse played right tackle in the spring. Do you expect to see that here and moving forward?
A: Well, sure. To start out, for sure. Then see how the progress goes on his part and the other linemen that we have assembled.