Practicing sliding is something that's usually ***** ociated with baseball, but it was a highlight for the football Giants at their training camp practice on Monday.
The promise that quarterback Jaxson Dart showed last year was tempered by the five times he had to leave games to be checked for concussions after taking big hits. Head coach John Harbaugh has stressed the need for more self-preservation since taking the job in January and those lessons seem to be taking hold.
Dart slid inbounds to end a run during a situational drill and he got a cheer from the Giants defense when he went down.
"Yeah, we've been begging him to do that for a while now, so I'm glad that he's starting to practice it," defensive end Brian Burns said, via a transcript from the team.
Harbaugh had a similar reaction to the quarterback's decision.

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