T-Rock's Take: Inside the Giants

Had a nice chat with WR D.J. Hall from Alabama, one of the early stars of this camp. He said he was very disappointed in not being drafted (no one from the school was this year) and he signed with the Giants even though they appear pretty stacked at his position.

"Ain't much I can do about it now," he said of his late April weekend of despair. "I didn't really want to know (why he wasn't drafted), I just wanted to get to a team and I came here."

On signing with the Giants, he said:

"This is a perfect program to be in and plus I got along with the receivers coach (Mike Sullivan) at the Senior Bowl and I like the atmosphere."

He said there are similarities in the way Coughlin and Alabama coach Nick Saban run their teams. He also said he's received positive feedback from the staff here.

"I made a few plays, but I'm not satisfied," he said. "They tell me to keep up what I'm doing."

With Manningham sidelined -- and O.C. Kevin Gilbride hinting that there were plays drawn up for the afternoon which would have tested him as a deep threat -- Hall could take advantage of the injury and continue to make a name for himself.