📰 Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Chris Horton said All-Pro punter Jordan Stout gives the Giants a chance to flip the field every time with his leg strength.
"When you talk about how the game has changed a little bit now that the drive starts starting a little bit further down the field from a kickoff return standpoint, Jordan has the ability to pin people down inside the 10, inside the 5," Horton said. "All those things come together. Not only that, he's a great holder."
And he will be holding for Jason Sanders, who signed with the Giants this offseason.
"You kind of sit back, you watch the tape, and you figure out who is out there," Horton said of the process. "We come here, look at the tape, and it's like, oh, Jason didn't play last year, but you watch that tape from the year before, and it was outstanding. So there was a kicker out there, a veteran kicker. Just felt like it was an opportunity to bring him in and let's see what he can do."
📰 Horton, who played three seasons in Washington, recalled his brief stint with the Giants in 2012 before his playing days came to an end.
"When I got this opportunity, I had been out 2011. Giants called me. Dave Merritt called me on draft day back in 2008, and the Commanders ended up drafting me at the time. I kind of missed that opportunity early, but once I got here in 2012, I was just coming into a place. Giants were coming off a Super Bowl win. It was different. I was walking into a building where I just wanted an opportunity to play. I remember going up to Albany (for training camp). It was hot. You know, it was hot. Just being here having a great time, just sitting in [Tom Coughlin's] meetings and just understanding, okay, everybody says you got a hard-nosed coach and kind of what that was like. Then being under Tom Quinn, just kind of working through it. Obviously I dealt with injuries, so it didn't last very long, but I was excited to be here. At that point this had been really a great organization to come into. You hear all the stories. It's the Giants, you know? You're going to the Giants, and it proved everything to be. I'm excited to be back."