Morning Donut With The Giants: Start The Week Right

Good morning Giants Nation! Every time we wake up in the morning we are one day closer to football season. I guess that’s your Monday motivational quote of the day. We’ll get there Giants fans because we got you covered all year long. We know you love the Giants, and we know that love for the team has no offseason. Here is the Morning Donut. This is your collection of awesome Giants content from elsewhere around the internet. Don’t worry we’ll have a couple of new articles out today ourselves; we always have something to say about Big Blue.

New York Giants: 5 Key Stats by Russell S. Baxter (nflspinzone.com FanSided)

"The fact is that Tom Coughlin’s club has won a combined 22 games this past season (26 losses) and is a dismal 13-19 the last two years combined. The Super Bowl title run of ’11 marks the only time the team has reached the playoffs since 2009."

Giants wrap minicamp, look forward to returns of Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz by Kieran Darcy (ESPN)

"The players are now off for six weeks — the Giants’ training camp opens on Thursday, July 30. Star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. sat out minicamp with a sore hamstring, but Coughlin expects Beckham to be ready by the start of camp."

New York Giants: 5 Things That Would Keep Them From The Playoffs by Kenneth Teape

"Right now, the Giants seem ready to rely on second year Nat Berhe and rookie second round pick Landon Collins as the starters. Expect third-year player Cooper Taylor to also find some opportunities, as well as rookie fifth-round pick Mykelle Thompson, who is also expected to have an impact on special teams. Josh Gordy is the only player the Giants currently have with any real NFL experience at safety, but he has been playing some at slot corner as the Giants also have a decision to make there."

Not cruising yet: WR Cruz has learned to be patient by AP News

"”I have nothing to hold back any more, I have nothing to look forward to – obviously winning and individual stuff and team stuff. But from an individual standpoint, I just want to go out there and play and enjoy kind of the second half of my career a little bit. Just enjoy it. A lot of guys don’t play six, seven-plus years in this league, and I just want to enjoy it.”"