New York Giants Explore Other Training Camps, Says Head Coach Joe Judge | NFL News

New York Giants head coach Joe Judge said the team is considering alternative training camps outside of its facilities in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in case the site would remain closed when camps were to begin. end of July.

"Hopefully in a perfect world, we all return to New Jersey, training as soon as possible," the judge told reporters during a videoconference. "But we anticipate all kinds of assumptions so as not to be surprised."

The judge also suggested that the team was unlikely to guard the camp elsewhere, with safety amid the coronavirus pandemic being the most important factor.

"Right now, I'm having trouble asking a player to cross the country from California, when he probably wouldn't be the first to want to throw my two kids into it plane to go somewhere else, "said the judge.

New York and New Jersey are under strict orders to stay at home in the midst of the pandemic, and several restrictions are expected to continue for at least several months.

Albert Breer of MMQB reported on Monday that "various teams", particularly on the northeast coast and the west coast, have explored training camps outside the state to avoid restrictions in their country of origin.

The league released its regular season schedule last week, and the Giants plan to have a normal training camp before their first home game on September 14 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but contingency plans are being developed for a variety. scenarios

"Whatever we have to work with, we're going to make it work for us," said the judge.

He also touched on several specific football topics, including the expected offensive structure under new coordinator Jason Garrett, who has spent the past nine years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

The judge said the Giants' approach would be "similar" to Garrett's attack with the Cowboys, without any transfer from the plan Pat Shurmur has led with New York in the past two seasons.

"At the same time, it will take shape throughout the season," said the judge, highlighting the changes from one match to the next depending on the opponent.

Garrett, 54, has not called since the 2012 season, as Bill Callahan (2013-14), Scott Linehan (2015-18) and Kellen Moore (2019) took over as offensive coordinator. The Cowboys have finished 15th in points per game in each of Garrett's last two seasons.

In defense, the judge said that coordinator Patrick Graham would execute a plan with many similarities to what he led with Miami last season and with New England when Graham and the judge were with the Patriots during the most of the 2010s.