Newbies get first crack at mini-camp

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The rookies looked very much like rookies. Don’t be surprised by that. With very few exceptions, rookie mini-camps are a mess of mistakes, errant throws, bad reads, sloppy technique and mental gaffes. It happens even to the best of them and it doesn’t mean much. The rookies arrived here last night but didn’t have their first team meeting until this morning about an hour before they were thrown out onto the field. Basically, they were handed the playbook and then someone yelled “OK. ... [link]

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Notes from rookie mini-camp
Published 5/10/2008 by ETVal at Big Blue View: Front Page Posts
... The Giants held their first day of rookie mini-camp Friday. Here are links to some of the reports files by various beat writers. Mike Garafolo of the Star Ledger files separate reports on the morning and afternoon sessions. Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News filed this report. Vacchiano also lists all the unsigned "tryout" players who were on the field. Ernie Palladino has a report on one invitee who didn't know until Thursday night that he would be on a football field Friday morning. ...

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