New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll. Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

Giants HC Brian Daboll punishes players after 'weird' practice

By Jordan Sigler | Last updated Aug 1, 2025 9:08 AM ET

Brian Daboll threw in a different kind of punishment on Thursday after the New York Giants had a practice filled with unacceptable penalties.

Per Dan Duggan of The Athletic, the fourth-year head coach was frustrated with the team committing several pre-snap penalties during Thursday's practice at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

"It was sort of a weird Thursday of practice at New York Giants camp," Duggan wrote. "It was crisp in the sense that the ball didn't hit the ground much in the passing game, but it was sloppy in the sense that there were at least six pre-snap penalties incurred by both units on all levels of the depth chart.

"The pre-snap penalties led to coach Brian Daboll's first mandated sprints of camp (although they were just four 10-yard sprints). The players then instituted gassers after practice in response to the sloppy session."

A rarity from a Daboll camp: Sprints. Granted they were 10 yards and only went up and back twice. But still a different finish to practice pic.twitter.com/vHqs0fcupA
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) July 31, 2025

Duggan also noted rookie QB Jaxson Dart committed a delay-of-game penalty during his final drive of the day.

While the punishment handed out by Daboll was unusual, the reason for the gassers is something New York saw a lot of last season.

Per The Football Database, the Giants were tied with the New York Jets for committing the most delay of game penalties with 10 in 2024. They were tied with the Cleveland Browns for committing the most false starts with 26 and had the seventh-most offsides calls against them with seven.

Some pre-snap penalties are to be expected early in training camp as the Giants are working with new quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Dart. However, New York needs to get its pre-snap routine and cadence figured out in training camp before it becomes a problem again in the regular season.

Jordan Sigler

Jordan Sigler is a sports writer with a decade of experience as a journalist, including his time as a breaking news/day cops reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. His sports coverage across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, and college football world has also been featured at ChiCitySports, Gridiron Heroics, Pro Football Network, and Athlon Sports. Based in Austin, Texas, Jordan graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas Tech University in 2014

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