T-Rock's Take on the Giants

I'll keep the update from this afternoon's practice to one post, mostly because I still have to write my story for tomorrow's paper. Here are the highlights:

Jeremy Young was a quarterback out of Southern Miss this morning. This afternoon he was a receiver, leaving all of the passing duties to Andre' Woodson and Willie Copeland. Young also changed his jersey number from a red 5 to a white 8 -- a lesson to keep those receipts from Modell's for all of you who ran out and bought your Young jerseys today.

Young, by the way, made one nice sliding catch over the middle during practice.

WR D.J. Hall continued to look impressive. He's got good speed and good hands. He caught another deep ball this afternoon from Woodson.

RB Jerome Messam, our friend from Graceland (not in Tennessee but in Iowa) College, looked to injure his right leg when he was tangled up in a passing drill, falling down while running an underneath route. Messam looked really strong -- big and fast at 6-4, 248 pounds -- but as a tryout it's tough to make an impression while limping. Don't worry about him, though. Messam is from Canada, so his medical bills will be covered.

Kenny Phillips had a good interception when he picked off a pass that bounced off the hands of TE Dale Thompson.

Manningham went against Terrell Thomas twice in one-on-one drills. The first time Thomas had the receiver covered on a deep route and knocked the ball away. The second time Manningham was also covered but made a nice one-handed catch reaching back for the football.