Jameis Winston reminded everyone he still has plenty left in the tank during the New York Giants' 26-3 preseason victory over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium.
The veteran quarterback started in place of rested starter Jaxson Dart and played the entire first half, completing 15 of 21 passes (two drops) for 150 yards. He also scored on an 11-yard touchdown scramble on the opening drive, turning a broken play into the game's first points.
Asked about the wheels still working on that touchdown run, Winston pointed first to the offensive line.
"Yeah, I think our offensive line just did a good job of setting the tone by establishing the run game. Now sometimes, you get to show the young-school cats that I can still be an athlete and get out the pocket," he told reporters after the game.
Winston said he enjoyed the extended opportunity to run the offense.

#jameis #york

See Bobby Jamison-Travis get a sack.
The ups and downs of playing cornerback.
Jameis gives Giants an early lead.
Here is a look at the run by Winston:
Good start for Giants' secondary.

#Giants #bobby #jamison #winston

This time 15 years ago, now-NFL quarterback Jameis Winston was still deciding where he wanted to spend his college career.
In December of 2011, he took an official visit to Alabama after two unofficial visits earlier that fall. It wasn't a long trip.
Winston is from Hueytown, just about 45 minutes east of Tuscaloosa. That distance was "too close," Winston said during a round of golf in a soon-to-be-released episode of his YouTube podcast "Wonder In Authority."
According to Winston, though, that didn't stop then-coach Nick Saban from seeing if he had a trick in his straw hat to sway him toward the Crimson Tide. Baseball was the defining factor in Winston's college decision, and Winston claims that Saban made a bold request to Alabama's baseball coach at the time.
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Like so many joint practices before it, a collaboration between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins quickly escalated into a melee. Thursday's joint practice between the two teams in Miami got physical fast, with a large number of players getting involved in multiple scrums and having to get separated by coaches.
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Dolphins right tackle Austin Jackson and Giants right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor were both reportedly ejected from practice after throwing punches. Giants backup quarterback Jameis Winston was reportedly also involved in the fight, and was taken out for a few plays.
Jackson, who was reportedly kicked out after punching Giants linebacker Arvell Reese in the helmet, later returned to Miami's offensive line for the final series.
It was the second NFL joint practice to break out into a fight this week: The Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints ended up in multiple skirmishes in a practice on Tuesday. The league went on to fine the teams $500,00 each.

#jackson #involved

The Giants will have a new quarterback at practice this week.
Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that they are signing Jake Haener to the active roster. Haener worked out for the team last month.
Haener was a Saints fourth-round pick in 2023 and spent three seasons with the team. He spent a short period of time with the Chiefs during the 2025 offseason.
Haener appeared in eight games during his time with New Orleans. He was 18-of-39 for 226 yards, a touchdown and an interception in that action.
Jaxson Dart, Jameis Winston, and Brandon Allen are the other quarterbacks on the Giants roster.

#haener #time #mike #garafolo

With three weeks of training camp complete and the preseason opener in the books, the New York Giants' roster picture continues to sharpen under head coach John Harbaugh. Longer practices, increased physicality, and the first live game action have provided clearer evaluations of positional battles and special-teams contributions, prompting further adjustments from earlier projections.
This updated 53-man outlook reflects those developments while maintaining Harbaugh's emphasis on versatile players, depth, and reliable contributors across the roster. Performances in the preseason loss offered additional insight into how certain players handle game situations, influencing several close calls.
The team remains early in the evaluation process, but the current snapshot captures the strongest consensus following three weeks of camp and the first exhibition contest.
Rinse and repeat. This is not going to change unless there is an injury, and Brandon Allen did very little to state his case in Saturday's loss to the Vikings.
In: Jaxson Dart, Jameis Winston

#weeks

The first week of preseason is here for the New York Giants, and the excitement is palpable. With head coach John Harbaugh **** uming the reins of the franchise and the potential their rookie quarterback showed last season, there was a ton of hype from the fan base.
Unfortunately, the start to their preseason might have given them some serious worry, with Jaxson Dart taking a brutal hit. As a result, he was even checked for a concussion in the tent, leaving fans worried about his status.
After initially keeping his choice private, Harbaugh declared on the day of the game that he planned on giving his starters some reps against the Minnesota Vikings. Understandably, there was excitement from the fans as they finally got to see the crew back in action.
It started solid enough in the first quarter. But then it looked like tragedy struck. Facing a second down, the Giants went for a passing play. However, as soon as Dart got the ball, his running back, Tyrone Tracy, completely whiffed on the block.
What followed was a brutal hit directly to Dart's midsection that caused him to return to the sideline immediately. Taken into the medical tent, New York sent out veteran Jameis Winston to handle the quarterbacking duties.

#preseason #brutal #tent

New York Giants veteran Brandon Allen has spent more than a decade in the NFL as a steady backup quarterback, bouncing between teams while rarely seeing meaningful regular-season action. Yet when the lights dim and the stakes drop in August, few players have been more productive under center.
A recent Pro Football Focus examination of the top preseason performers over the last 10 years places the veteran at the top of the passing volume leaderboard.
By sheer volume, stalwart backup Brandon Allen leads the way with 2,579 preseason passing yards over the last decade. His stat line also illustrates why he has spent his career on the bench rather than as a viable starter, throwing nine touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Allen will likely get an opportunity to add to those totals this summer as he battles for a roster spot with the Giants.
Allen enters the 2026 preseason as the Giants' third-string quarterback, listed behind Jaxson Dart and Jameis Winston. As the clear third option on the depth chart, he will undoubtedly receive the bulk of the snaps among the three this summer while New York evaluates its roster and gives its top two signal-callers limited work.
The same PFF study also spotlighted several other players with Giants connections among the decade's preseason standouts.

#allen

Thursday night is Netflix's season finale: the MLB Field of Dreams Game live from Dyersville, Iowa. A baseball mecca and hallowed ground for many. Why? Because of its simplicity. Lights, field, corn.
The nostalgia of the Oscar-nominated film runs deep with baseball fans young and old. James Earl Jones' speech mixed in with the emotions of having a catch. The script is just laid out for Netflix to end its first season of MLB coverage with a home run. But will they?
If the first two instances of coverage on the streaming giant have proven anything, it's that Netflix tends to add too much to a proven formula. MLB Opening Night was an utter disaster of a debut for baseball purists. The Home Run Derby was Netflix's attempt to correct some of those mistakes. Thursday night, the lights in Iowa offer a grand finale. One that Netflix needs to take seriously into its offseason.
Netflix wants live events. They don't want baseball games on a regular basis. That's why, entering the season, I knew the approach by Netflix wouldn't be for the purists. The goal was simple: Be different.
The first shot out of the gate was MLB Opening Night. It was filled with 'Netflixing' the start of the MLB baseball season. Plenty of references and signage plugged Netflix content selections. You had Jameis Winston hanging out with fans and the Uso brothers in the stands. Bert Kreischer was in McCovey's Cove, then screaming to the fans about the excitement of Opening Night.

#season #fans #first

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The New York Giants completed their third consecutive day of padded practices, the maximum allowed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, on Wednesday.
This was the best day of camp for the offense, and for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham — This was Beckham's best day of camp. He caught passes from Jaxson Dart, Jameis Winston, and Brandon Allen, and showed some burst turning a couple of those receptions upfield. Yes, Beckham received some first-team reps on Wednesday, the second straight day that has happened. I refuse to fuss about that, though. Jalin Hyatt and Xavier Gipson also got first-team reps.
Jaxson Dart — After he fired a ball at Greg Newsome after a touchdown on Tuesday, Harbaugh made sure the quarterback was penalized 15 yards for taunting. You can be sure the topic was addressed during the team's Tuesday night film session.
"We have our team meeting, and all those plays come up, the different things come up. So, that's an opportunity for coaching points. So, we went over the sequence, and everybody knows," head coach John Harbaugh said. "So, it was good. He was great about it. He's great about accepting responsibility and he's a very accountable guy."

#jaxson #camp

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — If the New York Giants get the same Kayvon Thibodeaux this season who showed up the first few days of training camp, he'll force his way onto the field and make himself a lot of money next spring.
Thibodeaux tipped a pass from Jameis Winston in the first practice and intercepted one in the second earlier this week, showing flashes of what made him the fifth pick in the 2022 draft. He has been playing mostly with the second-string defense, given edge rushers Brian Burns and Abdul Carter also being on the roster.
He brushed that off, along with going into a contract year, as any extra fuel. Still, the Giants very well could get a motivated Thibodeaux after no trade materialized for him at or before the draft, and with a potential payday — likely elsewhere — coming for him in free agency next March.
"You just want to be the best player you can be," Thibodeaux said Saturday. "Keep finding ways to help the team. Keep leading."
Thibodeaux is coming off setting career lows with 2 1/2 sacks, 25 tackles and nine quarterback hits, playing in just 10 games before a shoulder injury ended his fourth NFL season. A reduced role on a unit with Burns and Carter didn't help, and he's not sure where he fits now.

#thibodeaux #season #first #next

When the New York Giants decided to bring back former star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. this year in free agency, they had no idea what they might get.
The 33-year-old former All-Pro, who has played in just 26 games in this decade and was last in a Giants' uniform in 2018, gave Giant fans a huge thrill at training camp in West Virginia on Saturday afternoon, making a vintage touchdown grab on a pass from quarterback Jameis Winston.
The Giants have a crowded wide receiver room this summer, and Beckham is trying to win a spot as both a mentor to the younger players and a productive option off the sidelines.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants training camp: Vintage Odell Beckham Jr. ignites onlookers

#vintage #former #wide

For more than a decade, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew they could turn to one player whenever they needed a big play, a tough conversion, or a moment of reliability in the passing game.
That player was Mike Evans.
While Evans is no longer in Tampa Bay after leaving in free agency, Pro Football Focus recently highlighted him as one of the NFL's premier "safety blanket" receivers, a recognition that perfectly reflects what he meant to the Buccaneers throughout his historic career.
The label of a safety blanket goes beyond simply being a team's top receiver. It represents a player's quarterback's trust when things break down, when pressure arrives, or when they need someone to make a play in a difficult situation. Evans consistently provided that level of security for every quarterback he played with in Tampa Bay.
From Josh McCown and Jameis Winston to Tom Brady and Baker Mayfield, Evans remained one of the most dependable targets in the league. His combination of size, contested-catch ability, route running, and elite ball skills made him a quarterback's best friend when plays didn't go according to plan.

Quarterback Fernando Mendoza has moved on to the NFL. But he has earned one more accolade for his accomplishments at the college level.
Mendoza was named the 2025-2026 Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Mendoza won the CFP national championship with Indiana to cap last season, also winning the Heisman Trophy for his performance for the Hoosiers.
He is the sixth student-athlete from Indiana to win the honor, the first since track and field’s Derek Drouin in 2013.
Mendoza became only the fourth player in the common draft era — and the first from the Big Ten — to win the Heisman, win a national championship, and then go No. 1 overall in the same season. He joined Joe Burrow, Jameis Winston, and Cam Newton in accomplishing that feat.

Tom Brady revealed the sweet origin behind his viral handshake with 13-year-old daughter Vivian in a new clip from Rob Gronkowski and Jameis Winston's new Tubi show, The Other Football
Brady said the last part of their handshake was inspired by a sushi restaurant they visited together in ***** an called Wagyu Mafia
"Any dads out there who have little daughters, oh my god, they melt your hearts with everything they do," Brady said
Tom Brady shared the sweet origin of his viral handshake with daughter Vivian.
The former NFL quarterback, 48, and Vivian, 13, were caught on camera doing a father-daughter handshake when they attended the FIFA World Cup on Saturday, June 13, and Brady says it all started when they went on an international trip.

New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston, serving as a FOX Sports correspondent for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, participated in a notable display of sportsmanship following **** an's Group F opener against the Netherlands on Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The match ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw, with both teams earning a point in their opening fixture. True to longstanding custom, **** anese fans remained in their sections afterward to clean up trash, a practice dating back to **** an's debut at the World Cup in 1998.
This habit, instilled through school routines and a cultural emphasis on cleanliness and respect, extends to major events like the Olympics.
Winston, who had walked with the Netherlands' "Orange Army" fanbase before kickoff, joined the **** anese supporters postgame. Wearing a custom **** an jersey bearing "No. 4" and "Winston" on the back, he carried a blue trash bag and helped collect litter.
Videos captured the veteran quarterback **** isting fans, including aiding one in a wheelchair, highlighting a moment of cross-cultural goodwill.

Jameis Winston’s World Cup stop in Arlington ended with a gesture that captured the spirit around ******* an’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands as much as the match itself.
The former New York Giants quarterback was at AT&T Stadium as part of FOX’s World Cup coverage, taking in one of the early tournament thrillers as ******* an and the Netherlands traded momentum in front of a packed Dallas crowd.
After the final whistle, Winston joined a ritual that has become one of ******* anese soccer’s most distinctive contributions to major international tournaments.
In a post shared by Yahoo Sports on X, Winston was shown taking part in the post-match clean-up tradition with ******* anese fans.
“Jameis Winston partook in the ******* anese tradition of picking up trash after soccer matches,” Yahoo Sports revealed.

As it's been the case in other tournaments, ******* anese fans cleaned up their sections and took out the trash after the 2-2 World Cup draw with the Netherlands in Dallas.
This time, however, they were also joined by New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston, who's working as a correspondent for broadcaster Fox Sports during the tournament.
Japanese fans have been cleaning up their sections in the stadium since 1998, when they made their first World Cup appearance.
They do the same at other major sporting events, including the Olympics.
Japanese people learn this behaviour as early as their school days and are taught in to clean their classrooms and hallways, experts have previously explained.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh believes the football should not hit the ground very often during unpadded, non-contact spring practices.
Harbaugh, then, could not have been thrilled with the offensive performance he saw on Monday.
There were a couple of highlight plays. A long, contested-catch touchdown by rookie Malachi Fields, drafted to make those kinds of plays, was encouraging. A red zone touchdown pass from Jaxson Dart to Isaiah Hodgins, who made a contested grab at the goal line, was pretty. There was a nice deep shot from Jameis Winston to Jalin Hyatt.
In general, though, the passing attack might be described as uninspiring.
Dart threw a bad interception. He broke the pocket to his right and launched a ball for Darnell Mooney down the middle. The ball was late, short, and easily picked off by Paulson Adebo.

Giants QB Jaxson Dart remains in concussion protocol and won't play at Detroit
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart will miss a second consecutive game because of a concussion.
Interim coach Mike Kafka said Friday that Dart remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol and will not play Sunday at Detroit. Journeyman Jameis Winston is set to start again in Dart’s absence, with Russell Wilson backing up.
Dart was knocked out of the Giants’ game against the Bears on Nov. 9 after taking a hit to the head. He did not play last weekend when Ne