IT’S GIANTS’ TURN IN ODELL SAGA

Pat Shurmur stood up in front of his new team for the first time as the Giants gathered Monday morning for the start of their offseason workout program. He inherits the foundation of a roster that bottomed out in 2017, falling to 3-13 amid so much losing and dysfunction that the head coach, Ben McAdoo, and general manager, Jerry Reese, were fired with four games remaining.

The goal, Shurmur stressed, is to “grow away’’ from what transpired last season while also embracing the highest goal a team can strive for and achieve.

“We want to grow away from basically what happened a year ago, the 3-13 season,’’ Shurmur said. “We want to grow away from that and try to grow into a team that’s competing to win a division, compete in the playoffs, and then hopefully hold up that fifth Lombardi Trophy. I think it’s important for all the players to understand that get- ting better by themselves, it’s just as important for us to get better together, and I think that’s the beauty of being able to work together here.’’

This is first-impression time for Shurmur. Previously, he was able to meet and chat with several players as they worked out at the team facility, but the conversations were always brief and had to be non-football specific.

“Basically just talking to the whole coaching staff and just all our coaches and just basically very stern, very serious, ready to get to work,’’ safety Landon Collins said.

With the start of the voluntary workout program, the locker room will be filled and the clang of the weight room will be audible. The first two weeks, Phase 1, are about strength and conditioning and rehabbing injuries and from his office, Shurmur will be able to see his players on the field, for the first time.

Soon enough, the players returning from the McAdoo re- gime will notice the differences, some subtle, others more glaring, in terms of schedule, teaching methods and personalities of Shurmur and his staff.

“I certainly have learned in the last couple of months how things were done in the past and there are some changes,’’ Shurmur said. “I think anybody, when there is a new coach and a new general manager and some new players, there are some changes that they expect to see.’’