All players will cross-train
The Giants will leave nothing up to chance under Judge in his first year, which means players up and down the roster will cross-train.
For offensive linemen, that means learning every position from left to right.
“Everyone has to contribute and everyone has to play. One thing you hear a lot about and people get caught up in the word ‘starter.’ You can only bring so many to an active gameday list, everybody plays. It’s not really significant who the first 11 on the field are,” Judge said. “At the end of the game, everybody has a role, everybody has a very important job and everyone has to contribute.
“We are going to play all of our offensive linemen at multiple positions right and left. We are going to have a competition for every position. We are going to have multiple guys playing inside at center and outside at tackle. We are going to play all of our tackles at right and left to start camp and see who fits best where. Once we establish who should be on either side, we will go forward.
“That being said, we want to cross-train all of our players. You can’t just play right tackle or left tackle, or right corner or left corner. Based on depth and health of the team, it may require you in the middle or an entire game to play on a side you don’t normally play on. All our guys are working to switch sides and mirror their technique and play effective for a game.”