Collins believes the Giants parted ways with players for being to vocal in their concerns"

/>Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteBig Blue Viewa New York Giants communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsLibraryGiantsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections New York Giants NewsGiants Training Camp 2016Giants vs. Eagles 2015 White Jonathan Stewart Jerseys , Week 17Filed under:New York Giants NewsLandon Collins speaks to ESPN about Dave Gettleman’s culture changeNew,408commentsCollins believes the Giants parted ways with players for being to vocal in their concernsEDTShareTweetShareShareLandon Collins speaks to ESPN about Dave Gettleman’s culture changeNorthJersey.com-USA TODAY NETWORKWith OTAs under way and his annual charity softball game in New Jersey approaching, it was inevitable that former New York Giants safety Landon Collins would be speaking to the media. And likewise it was inevitable that he would be asked about his departure from the Giants, as well as his thoughts regarding general manager Dave Gettleman. And speaking to ESPN, those were exactly the topics which came up. Collins told ESPN that he believes that Damon Harrison, Olivier Vernon, Odell Beckham Jr. and himself are no longer Giants because they became too vocal in their concerns about the team.But while Collins reportedly spoke “glowingly” about John Mara, he said that the Giants’ general manager doesn’t seem to have much interest in communicating with his players as men, saying that Gettleman “never even talked to me, basically.”From there, Collins was critical of Gettleman’s decision to part with some of the Giants’ most talented players.And speaking of Odell Beckham Jr Jonathan Stewart Jerseys 2019 , who was traded to the Cleveland Browns along with Olivier Vernon, Collins said, “You got OBJ, the best receiver in the game, and you get rid of him because you think he’s ... a locker room problem?” Collins whole-heartedly disagrees with the notion that Beckham was a locker room problem. Collins’ comments regarding Gettleman’s relationship with players echo those made by former Carolina Panthers DeAngelo Williams and Jon Beason.In a 2017 interview with CBS Sports, Beason said this:For his part, Williams issued a warning to the Giants’ veterans when Gettleman was hired, saying:For his part, Gettleman made his feelings clear regarding players’ critiques of him when he was introduced as the Giants’ general manager. Quick development from small-school player would be a boon to Giants’ defense" New York Giants NewsGiants’ 90-man roster: Can ‘X-Man’ ‘stamp out Giants’ need for a pass rusher?New,70commentsQuick development from small-school player would be a boon to Giants’ defenseEDTJosh Allen at No. 6? Nah. Montez Sweat at No. 17? Nope? A third-round trade up for someone like Jaylon Ferguson? Nada. The pass-rush needy New York Giants waited until the 95th pick of the 2019 NFL Draft to select an edge rusher, making Oshane Ximines the first player ever drafted into the NFL from Old Dominion.Can the player the Giants quickly nicknamed ‘X-Man’ help to eliminate one of their biggest 2018 issues? Let’s take a closer look as we near the end of our player-by-player look at the 90-man roster.The basicsHeight: 6-foot-4Weight: 252Age: 22Position: EdgeExperience: 0How he got hereXimines racked up 32.5 sacks and 51.0 tackles for loss in 50 games at Old Dominion. Those are school records. Ximines also holds the school record for forced fumbles with 11. In 2018 he had 11.5 sacks and 18.0 tackles for loss.In his 2019 Draft Guide White Nate Solder Jerseys , Dane Brugler of The Athletic wrote:Pro Football Focus charted 55 pressures in 328 pass-rushing snaps for Ximines, and his pas-rush productivity score of 10.1 was 13th among edge rushers charted by PFF. That 10.1 was a superior score to first-round picks Brian Burns (8.9) and Rashan Gary (8.7). PFF had Ximines 103rd on its draft board.“We need pass rush help,” GM Dave Gettleman said after selecting Ximines. “We feel we have really addressed it with Dexter Lawrence and this kid. We got inside pass rush help and we got outside pass rush help. The quicker you get to the passer, the less time corners have to cover and good stuff happens.”Ximines has “legitimate counter pass rushing ability, counter pass rushing moves,” according to Gettleman.“Most of the kids coming out of college have their move when they come off the ball, or they come of the ball they know what they want to do, and if the tackle thwarts them, they don’t know what to do. They’re not power rushers, they get stuck. Oshane can counter punch, which is what made (Broncos LB Bradley) Chubb so special last year.”Old Dominion defensive line coach John Commissiong told Big Blue View that “speed and athleticism” are Ximines’ main weapons Nate Solder Jerseys 2019 , but not his only ones:“He’s an instinctive rusher and because of it he does different things,” Commissiong said. “He’s worked at it over the years. As a good pass rusher you have a plan as far as what you’re gonna do, however your plan doesn’t always work out exactly the way you want it to. When that doesn’t happen the ability to adapt and change and react to what’s going on in front of you a good pass rusher has to be able to do that. He definitely can do that.”2019 outlook Gettleman said that the Giants believe Ximines is “not a designated pass rusher. He’s a legit three-down player.”Ximines, though, was a better pass rusher than run defender in college, something both Brugler and Pro Football Focus highlighted. At 252 pounds, he would seem a tad light to be a force on the edge against the run right now.Ximines worked with the second team during the spring, and with Markus Golden and Lorenzo Carter as locked in starters if they are healthy, will probably stay there once the season begins. His likely initial role would be as an edge rusher in sub packages when either Golden or Carter — probably Golden — moves to a defensive end role. That is something Chris Pflum pointed out in a post-draft analysis of the Ximines selection.“He’s got a great first step, he’s got great quickness. He’s a bright-eyed kid. I think you guys are going to all really enjoy his personality. He’s got a big smile on his face. He’s been coached extremely hard. His college coach is a good friend of mine, and we’ve crossed paths. So White Kareem Martin Jerseys , I know he’s been coached that way,” said outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson. “He’s a guy that loves the game. He’s a guy that wants to get better, he wants to know what he did wrong. Even if it wasn’t necessarily an incorrect or a bad rep, how can I make that rep a little bit better? Coach me on the film. Some guys, they just go, ‘Hey coach, I did what I’m supposed to do. Let’s move on to the next play’. He’s a guy that wants to know the ins-and-outs of it. He’s going to be a fun guy to be able to get your hands on, and get to help mold and shape, and watch him grow.”It would be a huge benefit to the Giants’ defense if that growth occurs quickly.