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New York Giants coach Pat Shurmur thinks Landon Collins should just speak for himself.

The Giants safety recently made headlines with radio comments that teammate Ereck Flowers was "unhappy" the team signed Patriots left tackle Nate Solder. The move effectively flipped Flowers to right tackle.

"That's not for Landon to talk about James Washington Steelers Jersey ," Shurmur said Saturday at the rookie minicamp. "I think the important thing is, let's let Ereck talk for Ereck when he gets here, and we'll worry about that later. But really, I don't think our players should be talking about another player's situation."

Flowers has been the starting left tackle the past three seasons after the Giants took him with the ninth pick overall in the 2014 draft. The Giants recently declined to pick up the fifth-year option of Flowers' contract for $12.5 million in 2019.

First-year general manager Dave Gettleman signed Solder in March. Flowers hasn't shown up to the team's voluntary workouts this spring.

But Shurmur said he's been in touch with Flowers.

"It's our understanding that he's in good shape," Shurmur said. "I can't wait for him to be here. I've mentioned it in the past Avonte Maddox Jersey Eagles , there were some things that he did last year that were really good, and I look forward to him getting here at some point and working with him."

After wrapping up rookie minicamp this weekend, the Giants will take the field as a full team for the first time at OTAs on May 21-22. They have mandatory minicamp June 12-14.

"We'll see when he gets here," Shurmur said. "We'll talk about it then. We're communicating with him. There's been times when Odell (Beckham Jr.) hasn't been here and we've communicated with him, so we're looking forward to him being here. We feel like we're a better team with him here than without him."

NOTES: R.J. McIntosh has been a spectator for the on-field portion of rookie minicamp. The fifth-round selection out of Miami says he's being treated for a minor medical condition he didn't want to discuss. He says he expects to be back on the field for minicamp in June.


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Cook was one of five players on the Rams in 2014 who mimicked the "Hands up, don't shoot" symbol during pregame introductions in support of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, Michael Brown.

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Kaepernick stoked the debate over the anthem when he began protesting police brutality and racial injustice in 2016 by refusing to stand during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before games.

Several players followed suit that year but the issue really moved to the forefront in 2017 when President Donald Trump brought it up at a campaign rally, saying NFL owners should fire any player who refused to stand during the anthem.

More than 200 players protested during the anthem that weekend before the number of protesters dwindled as the season progressed. But the league tried to settle the issue last week by mandating that players must either stand respectfully for the anthem or remain in the locker room. Teams will be subject to fines if players don't comply and will have the option of punishing players.

While other leagues like the NBA already mandate that players stand for the anthem, Cook said there could have been better consultation with the union on this issue and a way to give players an avenue to express their views on these issues.

"You look at a league like the NBA," he said. "I think the NBA always handles its social issues pretty well. It always handles its players really well and with utmost respect for the players. I think there could have been a bigger and a better way to fix the situation."

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