The New York Giants announced the signing of offensive lineman Cam Fleming on Thursday, who met with reporters on a conference call to talk about his future in East Rutherford.
One of the biggest reasons Fleming is joining the Giants after spending the last two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys has to do with the team’s new offensive line coach in Marc Colombo, who helped improve Fleming’s career.
Cam Fleming offers high praise for Marc Colombo.
Juice. Electricity. Energy."And he's a damn good coach."
Says Colombo really helped improve his technique last season in Dallas.
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) April 2, 2020
A former fourth-round pick with the New England Patriots, Fleming also has a small history with Giants new head coach Joe Judge. Though, he says he doesn’t remember a whole lot from their time together, Fleming had high praise for Colombo.
Coming over from Dallas, along with Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, Colombo was a former first-round pick and has spent the last four seasons working with the Cowboys offensive line—one of the best units in the league.
He was the assistant offensive line coach from 2016–2017 before taking over the unit for the last two seasons starting in 2018. Now running the unit for Big Blue, Fleming is excited to compete for a role where the Giants need it most.
Fleming wasn’t a regular starter for the Cowboys in 2019 but spent most of his time playing left tackle where he spent 239 of his 251 offensive line snaps, per Pro Football Focus. He allowed two sacks and 13 total pressures during the 2019 season (PFF) and will be competing for the starting right tackle position.
Fleming signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Giants this offseason.
The Giants offensive line is a unit that has to get better if the offense as a whole will make strides under Daniel Jones, and one of the incoming free agents had plenty to say about the guy leading the front line.