The Giants and Jets will hold their annual preseason game in August and they’ll be spending some more time together before that matchup.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll confirmed that the teams will also hold two joint practices ahead of the game, which will be played on Saturday, August 16.
One of the practices will be held at the Giants’ facility and the other will be at Jets headquarters. The dates and other details for those sessions have not been finalized at this point.
The two teams also practiced together in 2022 and 2024, but this will be the first time that both teams host practices in the same year.
After his first practice with the Steelers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers spent 12 minutes or so with reporters. One of the most important answers Rodgers gave related to his alternatives to signing with Pittsburgh.
As Rodgers told it on Tuesday, the choice was simple.
“There was conversations with other organizations, for sure,” Rodgers said. “But, again, the rapport that fell in between me and Mike [Tomlin] made it to where, as I was going through my personal stuff, there wasn’t any other option for me. It was here or not play.”
Rodgers previously has said that he spoke to other teams. Most notably, he talked to the Vikings and the Giants. In the end, as he explains it, there was only one team he was going to play for.
Rodgers also said that he doesn’t need to keep playing for his “ego,” and that he made the decision that was “best for my soul.”
“I felt like being here with Coach T and the guys they got here and the opportunity here was the best for me, and I’m excited to be here,” Rodgers said.
Plenty of Steelers fans aren’t as excited, for now. If things go well, they will be. If nothing else, they should be excited about the very low base value of the Rodgers deal — and about the fact that, if he make his full $19.5 million, it will mean that the Steelers have won their seventh Super Bowl.
Earlier this year, a key collusion case filed by the NFL Players Association regarding certain veteran quarterback contracts resulted in a 61-page ruling. The outcome was a mixed bag for both sides. And the document continues to be hidden from view by the league and the union.
And we’ve decided to continue to push for its release.
Beyond the fact that the public has a clear interest in any and all questions regarding a sports league that millions religiously follow and state and local governments routinely subsidize, the members of the NFLPA have a right to know. The document has not been shared with them.
It also hasn’t been given to at least two of the three players who were the focal points of the case — Giants quarterback Russell Wilson and Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. (We don’t currently know whether Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson did or did not receive the document.)
It’s one thing for the league and the union to refuse to let the media see the document. It’s quite another to conceal it from the members of the union, including the members who were most directly impacted by the case.
We nevertheless will keep pushing for its release. We’ve asked both the league and the union for the document. And if the answer is no, we hope to get a semi-plausible explanation for that from both parties.
It won’t keep us from continuing to push for its release. We all have a right to see it. Especially the members of the NFLPA. Especially those who were at the heart of the case.
Veteran receiver Gabe Davis is headed to meet with another team.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Davis is traveling to New Orleans to meet with the Saints.
Davis, 26, spent last year with the Jaguars but was released in May with a failed physical designation. He tore the meniscus in his left knee last November. In 10 games in 2024, Davis caught 20 passes for 239 yards with two touchdowns.
Rapoport notes that Davis is seeking only a one-year deal, given that the Jaguars are still going to be paying the receiver after releasing him.
Davis has reportedly recently met with the Giants, 49ers, and Steelers.
Giants wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson says Russell Wilson has been everything he could ask for in a quarterback, and more.
Robinson said he got together with Wilson, fellow wide receiver Darius Slayton and tight end Theo Johnson before the offseason program started, and all of them were excited about how well Wilson is throwing the ball and running their passing drills.
“The first time we threw, me and Slay were both like, this is actually better than we expected. And so we were ecstatic about it, and couldn’t be more happy that he’s our quarterback,” Robinson said.
Robinson said Wilson has been the undisputed leader since he arrived.
“The way he just commanded, even just that little session of just the three of us, me, Slay, and Theo. It was just kinda like, we haven’t had a quarterback that’s just gonna command everything, and you know exactly what you want. So, he’s been great,” Robinson said.
Robinson didn’t say anything critical about the quarterbacks he has had throwing to him in his previous three years with the Giants, but he made clear that he thinks Wilson is an upgrade. The Giants hope that proves to be the case when the season starts.
