In the interest of driving up my total number of posts, I'll break all of the insights and notes from today's minicamp into individual headlines. Up first -- some thoughts from head coach Tom Coughlin.
"Back to the humility this morning," he said after watching the un-Super Bowl-caliber practice in the bubble outside Giants Stadium. "It's a humble start, a slow start."
Of course that's what he expected. The players had one meeting this morning and then spilled onto the field with all the precision of marbles in a wok (I tried to use that visual in my story for today's paper, but it was cut so now I'll use it here).
Coughlin also said he was impressed y first-round pick Kenny Phillips at safety and thought that WR Marion Manningham showed "a couple of flashes."
After practice the Giants draft picks and other players were paraded for the media. Before they arrived some from the PR staff began hanging signs on the wall showing where certain players would be standing or sitting. As soon as the sign for Mario Manningham went up, about 20 media vultures swooped in to surround the chair where the troubled receiver would soon be landing.
Yes, I was among the vultures.