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Giants announce legend autograph dates for training camp

The New York Giants have announced the dates for autographs from franchise legends during training camp.

The New York Giants have announced their training camp schedule, along with the dates for autographs from Giants legends.

The 2023 NFL season is about to be underway but not before all 32 teams enter training camp. For New York, training camp will be from July 26th to August 5th.

These practices will all be opened to the public with the opportunity for autographs from different positional groups each day. In addition to that, at least two legends will be joining the fans for autographs each day.

On July 26th from 8:30 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, Super Bowl-winning wide receivers Mario Manningham and Hakeem Nicks will make an appearance.

On July 27th from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., members of the Super Bowl XLII-winning team, Ahmad Bradshaw and Rich Seubert, will join the fans.

On July 28th from 3:30 p.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET, Pepper Johnson, William Roberts, and David Tyree will all be signing autographs.

On July 30th from 8:30 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, Joe Morris, Roman Oben, and R.W. McQuarters will be at camp singing autographs.

On July 31st from 8:30 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, Sean Landeta and Rodney Hampton will be signing autographs.

On August 1st from 3:30 p.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET, Mario Manningham will return with Stephen Baker and Ottis Anderson.

On August 3rd from 8:30 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, Jonathan Casillas and Jay Bromley will sign autographs.

On August 4th from 8:30 a.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, Lewis Tillman and Howard Cross will sign autographs.

On August 5th from 3:30 p.m. ET to 5 p.m. ET, Ahmad Bradshaw will return with Jeff Feagles and Kareem McKenzie.

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52 days till Patriots season opener: Every player to wear No. 52 for New England

Here’s a list of every Patriots player to wear the No. 52 jersey number

The New England Patriots are officially 52 days away from opening their 2023 regular season schedule at home against the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. So we’re celebrating the upcoming season with our ongoing countdown series that names every Patriots player that has ever worn a No. 52 jersey.

There have been multiple linebackers throughout franchise history that have cemented their legacy when wearing the number. Players such as Ted Johnson and Johnny Rembert even made All-Decade teams.

The most recent player to wear the number was former Patriots linebacker Harvey Langi. Rookie offensive lineman Jake Andrews also wore it during the spring practices.

Here’s every Patriots player that has ever worn the No. 52 throughout franchise history (via Pro Football Reference):

Ex-Giant Jonathan Casillas rips Eli Apple: ‘A little brat’

Ex-New York Giants LB Jonathan Casillas recently shredded CB Eli Apple, calling him “a little brat” while also throwing shade at Ben McAdoo.

Former New York Giants linebacker Jonathan Casillas recently joined the New York Post’s “Blue Rush Podcast” with Jake Brown and Brandon London. During his appearance, Casillas was asked about some of the Giants’ darker days, including the Ben McAdoo tenure.

Although he initially attempted to bite his tongue, Casillas ultimately went off on former teammate Eli Apple and McAdoo’s handling of the “little brat.”

“He did some stuff that was very detrimental to the team,” Casillas said. “He should have been suspended earlier in the season because he was doing things over and over again in practice and in games that were like — bro what are you doing?”

Casillas noted that Apple would routinely quit on plays, both in practice and during live games. And while the veteran and other players would talk to Apple about his lack of effort, he noted that McAdoo waited entirely too long to address it.

“That was the issue with Ben McAdoo. Some things that happened early in the (2016) season he kind of let slide, and then the next year… it was too late to start disciplining people,” Casillas said.

“(Apple) was a little brat. And he was a young kid trying to play in a grown man’s league and he didn’t know what he was doing.”

Not only was Apple suspended in 2017 for conduct detrimental to the team, safety Landon Collins also publicly called him a “cancer.” That spat came on the heels of Apple refusing to work on the scout team and screaming in a coach’s face.

The Giants finally pulled the plug on Apple and his mother, Annie, who had publicly criticized John Mara and the organization, trading him to the New Orleans Saints in 2018.

Apple’s tenure in New Orleans went about as well as it had in New York. They let him walk after just one season.

Since then, Apple has spent time with the Carolina Panthers and Cincinnati Bengals, where he currently plays.

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Jonathan Casillas offers high praise for Giants’ Patrick Graham

Jonathan Casillas expects Patrick Graham to excel in his role for the New York Giants, citing his ability to connect with players.

The New York Giants made many important personnel moves this past offseason in regards to leadership. The hiring of Joe Judge as their head coach has been met with praise all across the league. So has the choice of former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator.

One move that has sailed under-the-radar has been the selection of Patrick Graham as the team’s defensive coordinator. Maybe that is because Graham’s only body of work in that role came last season when he was at the helm of the Miami Dolphins’ defense, a team that traded away many of their stars in a rebuilding effort.

But Graham is amply qualified for the position. The 41-year-old Yale defensive lineman (where he earned a degree in sociology) has been coaching football since 2002 when he was a graduate assistant at Wagner. Since, he has had a long history of success, most notably as defensive assistant under Bill Belichick in New England and also with the Giants under Ben McAdoo.

That is where Graham came in contact with linebacker Jonathan Casillas, a former Patriot and Giant, who spoke highly of Graham in a recent interview.

“I feel like Pat Graham, he’s learned so much,” Casillas told Giants.com. “He’s a guy that has been so versatile. He was a linebackers coach, a d-line coach, DB (coach) and defensive coordinator, and has kind of been all over the place. But I think that versatility has given him a lot of education in different parts of the game, and that’s going to translate over to him being a great defensive coordinator.”

Casillas went on to explain that Graham has a a way with players in addition to his sharp football mind. That is where the sociology degree comes in.

“It’s not just the x’s and o’s,” he said. “It’s identifying with the players that you have in the locker room. A lot of great coaches sometimes aren’t great player-coaches. You know, not player-friendly… It’s a little bigger than the x’s and o’s. It’s about culture and having the players’ trust and believing in you.

“I think Pat Graham has risen to that to where he’s gotten the defensive coordinator job. The players will believe in him because I feel like he’s a coach who believes in his players. Not the scheme, not that he makes all the good ideas, but the guys that he put in certain positions because of his education and everything that he’s learned. But also, his studying, his due diligence on those guys, that they’ll be put in the right place to win. That’s what the Giants needed.”

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