Giants News, 7/20: Odell Beckham, Training Camp Battles, More

New York Giants’ players report for training camp one week from today. Let’s see what is happening with training camp closing in.

Odell Beckham responds to pleas to meet cancer-stricken fan | New York Post

This is the side of Odell Beckham Jr. that doesn’t get enough attention

New York Giants' 5 Biggest Training Camp Battles | Bleacher Report

‘Big Blue Chat’ podcast co-host Pat Traina offers her take on the five biggest position battles of training camp.

Previewing the Eagles 2017 Schedule: New York Giants - Bleeding Green Nation

Here at Big Blue View, our series of posts on the Giants’ 2017 opponents recently concluded. Bleeding Green Nation, SB Nation’s Philadelphia Eagles web site, is now doing its version of that series for Eagles’ foes. Here is BGN’s take on the Giants:

The good news for Manning is that the Giants gave him some more weapons to work with thanks to the addition of Brandon Marshall and first-round pick Evan Engram. The bad news is that New York didn’t do much to fix their offensive line, so it remains to be seen how they expect the 36-year-old Manning to dramatically improve this season.

Some might argue the Giants are the favorites in the NFC East. The Cowboys won the division last year, yes, but New York beat them twice. Besides, Dallas looks poised to take a step back this season.

Personally, I don’t buy the Giants as some great team. Manning is declining and he’s working behind shoddy protection. New York’s defense could still be good, sure, but the team as a whole overachieved last year. Their pythagorean win total was 8.98 yet they finished with 11 wins. Like the Cowboys, I expect the Giants to not be downright terrible this season, but they should be poised to take a step back.

Giants’ Dwayne Harris Talks Odell Beckham Jr., Season Expectations « CBS New York

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“I had such respect for coach Tom Landry,” Jones said. “I was motivated to be a part of this organization, the Cowboy organization and the NFL in no small part because of coach Landry. Yet, probably no one has had more criticism . . . than what I got when I basically made the change to coach Landry and asked Jimmy Johnson to come in and be the coach. That is just in my mind an illustration of the hard decisions that sometimes you have to make doing the right thing possibly for the greater good of the team.”

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