The first day, Abdul Carter wore the jersey n ° 51.
Not 56. Not 11. These figures are retired for Lawrence Taylor and Phil Simms, respectively.
“I feel good,” Carter said on Friday about his new issue after his first action on the field for the giants while the Recruue Minicamp opened its doors. “I have the impression that it will have to grow on me a little, but it is fine at the moment.”
Shortly after the giants have hoarse the overall choice n ° 3 in the draft of the NFL, the Rusher Edge made questions to Taylor to wear n ° 56.
Taylor said no and urged Carter to make the whole number he was able to wear famous.
Carter wore a jersey inherited to Penn State – n ° 11 – and Simms said that he would be fine with his retirement number for Carter, who said that he would be honored to wear n ° 11. Simms was canceled by his wife and daughter, however, and 11 remains without limits.
So why 51 for Carter?
“Above what we had available,” he said. “It was a good number.”
This should not be a number permanently attributed to Carter, but he said: “It’s about ready. I’m just happy to be here while playing football. That’s all that worries me.”
This is all that head coach Brian Daboll is also worried.
“Yeah, he will wear 51,” said Daboll. “I am more concerned about the player and prove it, so it is the number in which he is, 51 years old.”
The ball carrier Cam Skattebo wore n ° 44 in his beginnings on the camp of the Giants.
He bore the No. 4 to Arizona State and did not seem delighted with the double-4 look.
“This is what I’m for the moment,” he said. “We will see – this is a temporary number. We will see what I find in the season, but we will not know until later.”
The quarter-Arrière Jaxson Dart wore n ° 2 to Ole Miss, but the Deonte Banks corner half has this jersey number. DART wore No. 6 for its first Giant action.
“Yeah, I think we will soon make a final decision here,” said Dart. “Quite honestly, I just have to look at the photos to see if I love myself in six.”
Three draft choices signed their recruit contracts: OL Marcus Mbow (fifth round), Te Thomas Fidone (seventh round) and DB Korie Black (seventh round). … The giants needed a list place, so they released Wr Lil’Jordan Humrey two months after signing the six -year -old veteran to a one -year contract by $ 1.24 million. Humphrey could be re-signed on Monday. The addition of WR Gabe Davis, cut last week by the Jaguars, remains a possibility.
The former star of Michael Strahan looked at the practice and addressed the team thereafter.
“It’s crazy to see the temple of fame here on the first day, come and watch us train, watch us have fun like recruits as he did when he was younger,” said DT Darius Alexander, a third round choice. “It was great.”
