TYREE KNEEDS RECOVERY TIME
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
Last updated: 7:40 am
July 24, 2008
Posted: 3:22 am
July 24, 2008
ALBANY - Out of the 80 players expected to report this morning to training camp at the University at Albany, the Giants anticipate just one not being physically able to practice tomorrow - Super Bowl hero David Tyree.
Coming off offseason right knee surgery, Tyree is not close to ready and he could be headed to the physically unable to perform list. Things could get sticky for Tyree if his injury lingers long into the summer, because the competition at receiver will be considerable.
Others coming off surgeries - cornerback Sam Madison and linebacker Danny Clark (sports hernias) and linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka and running back Derrick Ward (broken legs) - will be evaluated when they arrive and take the conditioning run. All are expected to practice right away, but some or all likely will be limited to one-a-day workouts.
"I'm fully expecting Mathias will challenge the training people about going only once a day," coach Tom Coughlin said.
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One of the camp battles is at weak side linebacker, where Gerris Wilkinson and Clark will compete for the job vacated when Kawika Mitchell signed with the Bills.
"They will be splitting reps," linebacker coach Bill Sheridan said. "The players understand that. It's wide open, Danny Clark came here to win a starting job and Gerris Wilkinson every bit sees himself as winning the starting job. It will be wonderful competition."
Coughlin described the offseason as "shorter, quicker, faster . . . definitely better" and will hammer home the difficulty of sustaining Super Bowl success. "I know all the numbers and that will be the first lecture," he said.
