New York Giants’ winners and losers from offseason workouts | Sporting News

The New York Giants are officially enjoying summer break after wrapping up the offseason workouts this week with mandatory minicamp.

Though minicamp was essentially one full day of practice followed by an extremely light day before breaking for summer, there were still plenty of notes to take away from the offseason workouts as a whole.

The competitions taking place across the roster this spring will lay the foundations for the major battles set to highlight training camp and the preseason.

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With the workout program concluded, it’s time to take a look at who won and lost the offseason for the Giants:

Winners and losers from Giants’ offseason workouts

Winner: QB Daniel Jones

Even though Jones only took part in the 7-on-7 drills and won’t be promoted to full-team drills until training camp, the former No. 6 overall pick is trending in the right direction. He’s expected to be a full-go for training camp and said himself there is no doubt he’ll be ready for Week 1.

Getting back healthy from a torn ACL is the first objective. The next goal for Jones is returning to his 2022 form, which featured efficiency and fewer turnovers.

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It helps that the Giants gave Jones a true No. 1 target in wide receiver Malik Nabers. There certainly will be growing pains, but Jones hasn’t had a receiver like this since entering the NFL.

If the offensive line can hold up with more consistency, Jones could be on his way to a bounce-back campaign.

Loser: TE Daniel Bellinger

It has been somewhat of an odd offseason for Bellinger. The former fourth-round pick seemingly has a chance to take over the starting role all to himself following Darren Waller’s retirement, but there has been an odd development taking place during the spring.

Bellinger told reporters during minicamp that he hasn’t seen as many reps during team drills so that Lawrence Cager and rookie Theo Johnson can get more reps.

“I wouldn’t say rest. Just kind of like letting Theo grow and getting more mental growth to Theo and Cage and everybody to take a step as a whole tight end room instead of just myself taking all the reps,” Bellinger said.

Head coach Brian Daboll had a slightly different answer to why Bellinger was seeing limited reps.

“Yeah, something happened a few weeks ago. He’s okay. He’s probably good to go right now, but I’m being cautious with him. He’ll be fine. He’ll be good,” Daboll said.

Whatever the case may be, Bellinger is losing valuable reps amid a wide-open depth chart.

Winner: RB Tyrone Tracy Jr.

There is no doubt that the majority of work in the backfield belongs to Devin Singeltary, but he’s far from a bellcow back. There will be ample snaps and opportunities available for the backup role behind him.

That’s where Tracy comes in. The rookie fifth-round pick converted from wide receiver to running back over the final two seasons of his collegiate career. It’s helped him earn some first-team reps during team drills over second-year back Eric Gray, who is Tracy’s main competition.

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There’s a long way to go, and Tracy must prove he’s a viable pass protector. But the rookie may have the inside track to the backup job going into training camp.

Loser: WR Isaiah Hodgins

Tough Hodgins has come up with some big moments over the last two seasons, it may be difficult for him to find a role in what has turned into a crowded wide receiver room. With Nabers, Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt all ahead of him on the depth chart, Hodgins is now battling for a roster spot.

The competition in the rest of the room probably means his spot as the fifth wide receiver is safe, but it’s going to be much more of an uphill battle than it has been over the last two seasons.

Winner: CB Cor’Dale Flott

With rookie Andru Phillips kicking to the inside as the nickel defender, Flott has been working as the team’s starting boundary corner opposite Deonte Banks. He’s a major winner from the offseason workouts having run with the first-team in Shane Bowen’s defense for the majority of the spring.

There still will be some vital competition taking place between Flott, Nick McCloud and Tre Hawkins III. However, Flott seems to have the inside track as the starting cornerback entering training camp.

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