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Did the Giants just draft a bust? He hasn't landed his contract yet, and I have a feeling this isn't going to help. His excuse thats like a load of bull to me.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Roughly 10 minutes into the second day of a rookie and free-agent minicamp with the Giants, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul looked spent.
That was putting it politely, too.
Pierre-Paul’s hands were clasped above his head. His No. 90 blue jersey was drenched with sweat, and it was fairly obvious that Pierre-Paul, the No. 15 pick over all in the recent N.F.L. draft, was having a problem on a steamy Saturday morning.
A minute or two later, Pierre-Paul, out of South Florida, was on all fours on the grass with trainers huddling over him.
While it looked like dehydration, it was not. Spray from an aerosol can was soon applied to Pierre-Paul’s back along with what seemed to be a white 5-by-7 pad. All the while, Pierre-Paul was telling his coaches that he was not out of shape.
Instead, it was his annual back problem. It happens every time he gets away from football and then starts playing again.
“My back just started hurting,” Pierre-Paul said after eating lunch. “It is a conditioning thing. It did that at South Florida, too, where I got used to it.”
Pierre-Paul described the problem as a pinch in his lower back, adding that it hurt most when he got into a three-point stance. As soon as he stood up, the pain went away.
The back did not spasm, he said, and it usually takes from four days to a week for his body to adjust to playing football again. Then the pain subsides.
Although Pierre-Paul associated the back problem with conditioning, he said it had nothing to do with his stamina.
“I’m not out of shape,” he said. “I feel like I’m in good shape right now. The fact that I was out there bending down and stuff, it wasn’t that I was out of shape. I kept on telling Coach that. I’m not out of shape now. I feel like I’m in great shape. It’s just my back was just killing me.”
Pierre-Paul insisted he would be ready for next month’s minicamp and the start of the regular training camp in late July.
“I know my body,” Pierre-Paul said. “I see a lot of guys running and tiring. It wasn’t that. It was my lower back that was hurting.”
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Roughly 10 minutes into the second day of a rookie and free-agent minicamp with the Giants, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul looked spent.
That was putting it politely, too.
Pierre-Paul’s hands were clasped above his head. His No. 90 blue jersey was drenched with sweat, and it was fairly obvious that Pierre-Paul, the No. 15 pick over all in the recent N.F.L. draft, was having a problem on a steamy Saturday morning.
A minute or two later, Pierre-Paul, out of South Florida, was on all fours on the grass with trainers huddling over him.
While it looked like dehydration, it was not. Spray from an aerosol can was soon applied to Pierre-Paul’s back along with what seemed to be a white 5-by-7 pad. All the while, Pierre-Paul was telling his coaches that he was not out of shape.
Instead, it was his annual back problem. It happens every time he gets away from football and then starts playing again.
“My back just started hurting,” Pierre-Paul said after eating lunch. “It is a conditioning thing. It did that at South Florida, too, where I got used to it.”
Pierre-Paul described the problem as a pinch in his lower back, adding that it hurt most when he got into a three-point stance. As soon as he stood up, the pain went away.
The back did not spasm, he said, and it usually takes from four days to a week for his body to adjust to playing football again. Then the pain subsides.
Although Pierre-Paul associated the back problem with conditioning, he said it had nothing to do with his stamina.
“I’m not out of shape,” he said. “I feel like I’m in good shape right now. The fact that I was out there bending down and stuff, it wasn’t that I was out of shape. I kept on telling Coach that. I’m not out of shape now. I feel like I’m in great shape. It’s just my back was just killing me.”
Pierre-Paul insisted he would be ready for next month’s minicamp and the start of the regular training camp in late July.
“I know my body,” Pierre-Paul said. “I see a lot of guys running and tiring. It wasn’t that. It was my lower back that was hurting.”
