When the first drops of rain fell on Giants practice on Wednesday, Justin Pugh was ready to make a run for it. During his first three seasons with the team, that’s what they did. Anytime the field was wet, they’d move into the fieldhouse.
But this time there was no transition. The Giants remained on the field and continued to work through a pretty steady precipitation that started at around noon and lasted for about 10 minutes, then began again and continued to fall through the end of the workout. Ben McAdoo, it seems, is more waterproof than Tom Coughlin was.
“It was fun,” Pugh said. “I don’t think I’ve practiced outside [in the rain] since college, but we’re offensive linemen so it was good. I guess it’s a little different when you are running routes, trying to get in and out of breaks, but it was fun.”
Everyone seemed to think so.
“Obviously safety is first and foremost in terms of lightning and thunderstorms,” offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan said, “but we had a chance to stay out there and it was kind of nice. Old-school football.”
Special teams coordinator Tom Quinn agreed. He even let Josh Brown attempt a 63-yard field-goal attempt on a slick field. “The fields are in good shape,” Quinn said. “It’s good to get your hands on a wet ball and make sure the operation is right. It’s not really something you hope for, but if there is any type of weather we try to work with it. We go out when it’s windy or raining or snowing, we’ll try to get some type of work in it.”
On Wednesday, it was just rain.
“I think we needed to tough it out,” Pugh said. “It was nice to stay out there with the fans, they came all that way, so it was nice to finish practice out there.”
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