Giants pleased with Washington
Last week, Corey Washington might have missed time on the practice field because of a sore Achilles tendon but he pushed through it, recalling the words of his grandmother, who told him “No matter what happens, just fight through it. I don’t want to see you back home back in Charleston.’’
It appears Washington won’t be heading home anytime soon. After turning a few heads in the first week of his first NFL training camp, Washington opened even more eyes with a brilliant leaping 73yard catchandrun 73touchdown on a pass from Ryan Nassib in the 1713 preseasonopening victory over the Bills on Sunday night.
“How about that … wasn’t that some play by the kid?’’ coach Tom Coughlin gushed Monday.
Washington is the longest of longshots, an undrafted receiver from Newberry College in South Carolina, signed and waived by the Cardinals, picked up in late May by the Giants. At 6foot4 he’s the tallest receiver on the roster and the way he skied over the top of Michael Carter, a 511 Bills cornerback, was impressive.
“I can do that, be a deep threat,” he said. “I can catch the ball, you haven’t seen that yet. I can make some moves, move the chains, be a contributor to the team.’’
Rueben Randle at 62 is the next tallest receiver on the roster, giving Washington an advantage in that he presents a different dimension to the coaching staff.
The only significant injury coming out of the game was to TE Daniel Fells, who suffered a bone bruise. That is not as bad as the initial diagnosis of a sprained knee.
LT Will Beatty sitting out the preseason opener was “predetermined long in advance’’ and not the result of a lateweek migraine headache, Coughlin said. Beatty is returning from a broken leg.
Michael Strahan made the rounds on the Giants sideline prior to the preseason opener and he made sure to check in on Damontre Moore, the secondyear defensive end who is thrilled with the budding friendship he’s developed with the newly minted Hall of Famer.
What words of wisdom did Strahan impart to Moore?
“I’m watching you, I’m proud of you, just like I told him, ‘I’m proud of you,’ ’’ Moore told The Post. “He just said, ‘ Go out there and play as hard as you can, and we’ll link up after the game like we always do.’ ’’ Moore had one sack vs. the Bills.