Early impressions of new-look quarterback room
With the Giants halfway through spring practices, players have gotten to know their new quarterbacks on and off the field – and vice versa. That, of course, starts with 10-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson.
"Even the first time we threw, me and (Darius) Slay(ton) were both like, this is actually better than we expected," wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson said. "And so, no, we were ecstatic about it, and couldn't be more happy that he's our quarterback."
In other words, Wilson's reputation preceded himself.
"That deep ball just drops right in the bucket, for sure," Robinson said. "And then whenever he's throwing just the shorter routes and stuff like that, it kind of comes in like a pillow. It's really, really easy to catch, which I like."
Wilson was far from the only addition to the room as Jaxson Dart became the first quarterback drafted in Joe Schoen's tenure as general manager.
"Jaxson's been great, man," Wilson said. "He's a great worker, great teammate. We're having fun, all of us. We have a really good quarterback room. Guys are so focused and working diligently every day. He's going to be an extremely, extremely good talent and everything else throughout his career."
Wilson added: "It doesn't change anything at all. I think the biggest thing is for me is just being my best every day, leading. I always think about just leading everybody, just leading every room, every moment, every time I get to step between the white lines and the opportunity of that. We had a great dinner the other night, all the guys, all the O-line and quarterbacks and running backs together. We just had a good time, just tons of laughs and a good time together.
"So just I think the fellowship of it all is the best part right now. Obviously, our work ethic and what we're doing in the field. But when it comes to just the tight-knit culture that we're continuing to build and continue to grow, and we want to have a championship football team, and in terms of our mentality and our approach and how we go about it. And it's not just the games, but it's everything that leads up to that. And that's the fun part about the game of football."