Giants Q&A: How did Xavier McKinney fare in his return?

How did Xavier McKinney’s return to motion go?

“It was good,” he stated after the Giants’ 38-10 victory over the Colts on Sunday. “We gained. I felt good, too.”

On Friday, coach Brian Daboll stated it was unlikely that the security would play as he continued to work again from an ATV accident that price him seven video games.

However on Saturday, the staff activated him off the non-football injured record. He had landed there due to the accident whereas on trip in Mexico through the bye week. It left him with damaged bones in three fingers on his left hand.

McKinney practiced and performed with safety on his hand.

He went to the X-ray room after the sport however stated that was pre-planned and precautionary.

“It was in the end as much as me and I noticed the solid that we created was actually good, in order that they gave me the inexperienced gentle,” he stated. “Clearly, my conditioning was actually good and I used to be able to play and I used to be locked in on the sport plan.”

The Colts’ Nick Foles discovered Parris Campbell for a 49-yard acquire towards McKinney within the first quarter, however aside from that, he appeared comfy on the sphere.

“It’s simply getting the rust off,” he stated. “I didn’t really feel restricted in any respect.”

What if a possible interception comes his method and his left hand is wrapped?

“I catch it,” he stated.

What occurred to the ball Landon Collins flipped away after his 52-yard interception return for a landing?

Kayvon Thibodeaux retrieved it for him.

“You’ve bought to go get the ball as a result of that’s part of his historical past; that’s a part of his story now,” Thibodeaux stated. “I simply needed to make it possible for he bought that.”

Collins stated he’ll add the ball to his assortment of interceptions and fumble recoveries.

Who had the distinction of dumping celebratory Gatorade on coach Brian Daboll?

Jihad Ward and Julian Love.

Requested if he had deliberate to try this job, Ward stated, “At all times did, yup. Grabbed that Gatorade and poured the [expletive] out on that bald-[expletive] head. Yup.”

Daboll was late to his postgame information convention as a result of he insisted on having a shower. “I couldn’t sit in that Gatorade,” he stated. “I’m like, ‘Pat [Hanlon, the senior VP of communications], I’m having a shower . . . I’m so sticky.’ ”

What occurred on the play on which Jaylon Smith had a shot at Foles however pulled off after preliminary contact, apparently pondering Foles had thrown the ball, which he had not?

Mentioned Daboll: “Did you ever play basketball? Do you might have a son or a daughter which might be youthful? And also you play with them, and also you throw it over their head. After which they give the impression of being up on the web, and you continue to have it. That’s what I believed occurred. [Smith] thought [Foles] threw it.”

How did followers react to being despatched a letter from Giants captains urging them to step up?

Fairly properly.

“You might really feel the power simply driving right here from the followers,” Saquon Barkley stated. “We challenged the followers — the coaches, the captains, the staff — and so they confirmed up. They confirmed up, man.

“They have been loud, made lots of noise and created the power that we wanted, and we have been in a position to win the sport due to them.”

Did Barkley set a profession excessive in speeding yards?

Yup. His 58 gave him 1,312, surpassing his 1,307 in 2018.

Neil Finest first labored at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been right here since, specializing in excessive colleges, school basketball, the NFL and most just lately sports activities media and enterprise.