【N.J】 Giants’ highest-paid participant principally remained glued to the bench throughout group’s win over Panthers – New Jersey News

Kenny Golladay is the person with the big contract — 4 years and $72 million — and Kadarius Toney was the Giants’ 2021 first-round choose, the twentieth general choice.

Two weeks into the season, they’ve mixed for 4 catches and a complete of twenty-two receiving yards.

Toney, regardless of taking part in solely seven snaps within the season opener at Tennessee, stood at his locker final week and stated you’ll by no means hear him complain when the group wins. He repeated that mantra Sunday after the Giants squeaked out a second straight win, 19-16, over the Carolina Panthers of their dwelling opener at MetLife Stadium.

“You’ve got to take a team approach every week …,” Toney stated after his two catches resulted in zero internet yards in opposition to the Panthers. “I had more reps this week, so I was able to see different looks, get involved more, see what my role actually is.”

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Toney did have a 36-yard catch from quarterback Daniel Jones early within the second quarter that might have given the Giants the ball on the Carolina 31-yard line, however the play was negated by an offensive go interference name on David Sills V.

There was some query whether or not Toney would even play after touchdown on the harm report late within the week with a sore hamstring.

“I don’t really get into injuries,” Toney stated. “I was on (the injury report), I played, we won, end of discussion. It’s a mindset thing about what you want to do and want to accomplish.”

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Whereas Toney has dealt with a troublesome state of affairs about in addition to could be anticipated by means of the primary two video games, it was unimaginable to inform how Golladay felt after barely getting on the sphere in opposition to the Panthers. He had performed 46 snaps, greater than every other Giants receiver, within the opener, however solely had two catches for 22 yards.

“It’s a continual competition at receiver,” coach Brian Daboll stated. “I’m not being a jerk. I’ve said it since the middle of camp, right? It hasn’t changed. It’s going to be a continual competition. Kadarius had opportunities today and we’ll see what it is next week. Maybe it’s (Darius) Slayton. Maybe it’s more KG (Golladay). We’ll see where we go with that. But I think that position we’re just going to keep on rolling guys and play the guys that we think would give us the best chance. And the other guys got to be ready as backups.”

In response to Daboll, Golladay dealt with his considerably decreased position “like a pro.”

“I told him during the week that we were going to go with Sills,” Daboll stated. “He acted like a pro. I said, ‘Be ready to go.’ Now, does that mean it’s going to be that next week? No, because you see what we did from one week to the next. We are just evaluating all those guys on a game-by-game basis. I think it takes a lot of mental toughness, too. That’s not an easy thing to hear and I appreciated them being pros.”

Contemplating Golladay’s team-high cap variety of greater than $21 million, it’s fascinating that Daboll is keen to go together with guys like Richie James and Sills as an alternative. These two, by the best way, mixed for eight catches and 88 yards within the win over the Panthers. James, acquired as a free-agent punt returner within the offseason, leads the Giants with 110 receiving yards, 5 greater than Sterling Shepard, who additionally performed a outstanding position within the offensive recreation plan for a second straight week.

We now have to attend to get a extra detailed description from Golladay concerning the Giants’ shocking receiver state of affairs as a result of he was gone earlier than the locker room opened to the media after Sunday’s recreation. The gamers won’t be out there to the media once more till Wednesday. A group supply stated Golladay was within the locker room together with his teammates as they celebrated the victory Sunday and that no roster transfer involving the veteran receiver was imminent.

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Bob Brookover could be reached at rbrookover@versuszone.com.