Giants pointing toward getting tight end ready for training camp"

/>Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBig Blue Viewa New York Giants communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsLibraryGiantsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015 Evan Engram Jerseys 2019 , Week 17Filed under:New York Giants NewsEvan Engram has been sidelined due to hamstring injuryNew,69commentsGiants pointing toward getting tight end ready for training campEDTShareTweetShareShareEvan Engram has been sidelined due to hamstring injuryEvan Engram works on the side during mandatory mini-camp.NorthJersey.com-USA TODAY NETWORKNow we officially know why tight end Evan Engram has not been participating in recent practices for the New York Giants. The sleeve on his left leg during mini-camp was a giveaway that he has been dealing with a leg injury, and coach Pat Shurmur confirmed on Wednesday that Engram was fighting a hamstring issue.“He hurt his hamstring and he is coming back from that injury. We will be smart with him just like we would be during the season,” Shurmur said on Tuesday. “Not holding him back, so to speak. If he was able to be out there, he would be. We all know he will be out there very soon. That may be just to start training camp. “I think it is important that you get the players all the work they can get, but you need to be smart about what they are dealing with so that when training camp starts and the season starts, they are at their best.”Engram dealt with knee and hamstring injuries last season when he played in only 11 games.The Giants need the third-year pro healthy this season to complement wide receivers Golden Tate and Sterling Shepard. Engram has 109 catches in 26 NFL games White Dalvin Tomlinson Jerseys , 4.2 per game, with nine touchdowns. Engram presents a matchup problem for opposing defenses, and at 6-foot-3, 240 pounds is an excellent red zone target.“I feel good with where I’m at,” Engram said on Tuesday.“It is kind of hard not being out there with the guys, especially since we’ve been competing so much. Get the blood juicing. But not worried about it. It’s still early. We still got a lot to play for, so there is no need to rush or press anything.” This time of year is absolutely filled with mock drafts and takes on NFL prospects. Some of them good, many of them bad. We don’t make a point of commenting on most of them for a couple reasons. The first is because if we did Dalvin Tomlinson Jerseys 2019 , we wouldn’t have time to write about anything else — and, of course, I try not to make a habit of lobbing rubble from inside my own glass house. But occasionally a big enough name makes a big enough gaffe that you kind of have to take notice. And when it is as prominent a prospect, who that has been so thoroughly linked to the New York Giants, as Dwayne Haskins, we have to comment. And well, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith had a no-good, horrible White Wayne Gallman Jerseys , very-bad take on the Ohio State QB.Uhhh ... Yeah.I fully understand that Stephen A is much (MUCH) more of a basketball guy than a football guy, and he can’t be expected to have studied all the prospects for the NFL draft. I could understand not being familiar with one of the more obscure quarterbacks, but Haskins is generally considered QB1 in this draft and just about every game Ohio State plays is nationally televised. (And even in the case of a small-school prospect, if you know you’re doing a segment on him, it’s not like ESPN doesn’t have a whole library of film to watch and a massive stats department).I don’t need to go grab Mark Schofield to break down just how wrong of a take this is. It’s is like saying Eli Manning is a running QB because he has two rushing touchdowns the past two seasons.Smith’s take has gotten plenty of attention already, but probably the best shade was thrown by one of Haskins’ own teammates (and not in a way that is all that flattering to Haskins):Haskins himself later tweeted this ... Though I’m not sure if it’s in response to Smith or Dre’Mont Jones.