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And now…for a few Saturday morning practice LIVE updates from our man on the inside, also known as Benton. Stay with us all morning as we’ll bring you all the ins and outs from practice, right here on Giants101:

8:35 a.m.> Lawrence Tynes‘ leg getting a good workout in. In Benton’s words: “Short as usual.”

8:45 a.m.> With injuries starting to pile up, today’s practice features a bunch of guys taking it easy. “Lots of players on the second field just stretching. Brandon Jacobs, Osi Umenyiora (and many others) among them.” Mike Garafolo reports 

8:52 a.m.> Andre Brown getting the early work returning kicks. DJ Ware getting some reps in there too.

8:55 a.m.> Young roster bubble defensive back D.J. Johnson is “extremely fired up and physical.” Johnson is hoping he can lock down the 5th CB spot behind a fellow Johnson (Bruce).

8:58 a.m.> Perhaps Johnson is taking a cue from Fewell, who is typically “loud and seriously intense” this morning. Perry is demanding the defense sprint back into place after every play. On the other side of the ball, Kevin Gilbride is not watching drills as he has stumbled upon a box of donuts, and is spending his time angrily shooing away any donut seekers.

9:00 a.m.> Speaking of Gilbride’s offense, Benton’s reporting that they are spending a lot of time this morning working on the screen pass. The eternal optimist says: it’s about time we worked effective screen passes into the offense. The cynic in all of us says: why waste time on something this team never does well?

9:09 a.m.> Not a good morning for the Giants WR’s, as Mario Manningham‘s ugly drop is backed up by drops by Tim Brown and Victor Cruz. “Yikes!”

9:12 a.m.> Manningham bounces back. “82 with a nice job keeping his feet in on a a fade.” Ramses Barden also gets into the action “with a big leaping grab.”

9:13 a.m.> Some bad throws for Rhett Bomar this morning. He’s been up and down all camp, and it will be quite interesting to see if he can prove in training camp that he is spongeworthy roster spot worthy.

9:17 a.m.> To further that previous note: “Eli looks really good so far. Sorgi too. Bomar, not so much.”

9:28 a.m.> “Ramses looks good” was a three word update from Benton that should make a ton of mouths drool. Right after he sent that in, Eli and Barden hooked up on a deep one. Eli also made a great play-action pass, only a play or two after the defense totally swallowed up a running play.

9:30 a.m.> Speaking of the defense, Mathias Kiwanuka was “standing up…interesting.” In fact, “Kiwi stood the entire time he was in.”  We heard in mini-camp that Osi was doing some standing and roaming to disguise the pass rush, so perhaps it will be an important tool in Fewell’s arsenal.

9:36 a.m.> It’s not a good look for a safety (Sha’Reff Rashad) when he gets his “ankles broken” by a backup fullback (Jerome Johnson).

9:37 a.m.> “I’ve yet to see a shotgun draw…so that’s a plus.”

9:38 a.m.> Eli continues his good morning, hitting Manningham deep over the middle.

9:38 a.m.> “Giants D stuffing any and all outside runs.”

9:39 a.m.> “Bradshaw with a huge run. Hit a hole and was finally gone.” 

9:40 a.m.> Ok, Kiwanuka’s back with his hand on the ground. And here’s Corey Webster taking back a pick-6.

9:41 a.m.> “Tim Brown with a huge grab. Kid is showing some serious skills.” Maybe this does have a shot at the roster after all, although the practice squad still seems more likely given that his skillset so closely resembles Moss’.

9:42 a.m.> Rashad redeems himself from the ankle breaking by picking off a crappy pass from Bomar.”Threw into a heavy crowd. Horrible decision.”

9:42 a.m.> Tim Brown and Aaron Ross returning punts.

9:45 a.m.> Man crush alert!! Man crush alert!! G101′s Dan Benton has fallen hard for young, speedy WR Tim Brown. “This kid Brown is valuable. Quick cuts. Impressive.” Not more than a minute later: “Brown with a punt return TD. Holy ***. Serious. Kid is niccee.” On the other end of the height spectrum, Ramses Barden again with a nice grab, this time turning upfield well after the catch.

9:47 a.m.> Bad Eli shows up, overthrowing Manningham. “Webster with good coverage,” though. Seems like a lot of Eli to Manningham today (with Hakeem Nicks and Steve Smith taking the day off…).

9:50 a.m.> Sorgi looking pretty good today, this time hitting Cruz over Bruce Johnson. “Great pass.” Maybe this Sorgi guy has some skills after all…

9:53 a.m.> While Mario Manningham continues to make plays (this time in traffic), Courtney Brown continues to to cede the 5th CB spot to guys like D.J. Johnson and Seth Williams. “PI on #37. Bad Play. Was burnt deep.”

9:57 a.m.> With such great reports on the health of Ahmad Bradshaw and Andre Brown, Brandon Jacobs has been flying under the radar this camp. He does appear healthy, and “appears to be hitting all the holes.” He also had a nice run to the outside a moment ago.

Stay tuned!

Tags: Andre Brown, Brandon Jacobs, D.J. Johnson, Eli Manning, Lawrence Tynes, Osi Umenyiora, Rhett Bomar

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