Tom ticked over latest Blue brawl
Another day of Giants training camp, another fight. But no, Tom Coughlin said, this won’t happen in Cincinnati next week. On Saturday, the Giants held their most physical training camp practice yet, and a fight briefly broke out between defensive end Robert Ayers and offensive lineman Michael Bamiro. Teammates piled on, although the skirmish was quickly broken up. Not that Coughlin liked the scene.
“It’s too bad it gets to that, because that takes away from everything else,” Coughlin said.
Bamiro has been at the center of two small fights in Giants camp so far.
“He’s totally innocent,” Coughlin said sarcastically. “It just happens to be him.”
The coach added that he did not want to see anything similar next week, when the Giants hold joint practices with the Bengals on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Saturday, two other teams — the Texans and Washington — ended their run of joint practices with a massive brawl involving multiple players. Coughlin said that he has mentioned this to his team.
“I heard about it,” he said. “It’s already been addressed. We want good solid work (against the Bengals), but we don’t want any of that.”
He said he did like the physicality of Saturday’s session.
“It was intended,” he said. “They’re off tomorrow.”
HAND IT TO ODELL
In one-on-one drills, receiver Odell Beckham made a fantastic one-handed catch in stride. But no, Coughlin didn’t dig the highlight.
“Two hands, please,” he said. “Two hands on the ball, thank you very much. Ball security as well.”
That’s Tom Coughlin’s way, though, said Victor Cruz.
“Coach is old school. If we had an extra hand to put on the ball, he’d want three hands on the ball,” Cruz said.
NEXT FOR CRUZ
Cruz said he will travel to Cincinnati and participate in individual drills, but he will not take part in anything against Bengals defenders. ... CB Prince Amukamara (groin) will “probably not” make the trip to Cincy, Coughlin said. ... CB Chykie Brown left practice with a right knee injury, although the extent of it remains unknown. ... S Bennett Jackson sat out with a quad issue. ... OL Geoff Schwartz missed his third straight practice.