The apples don't fall far from Bill Belichick's coaching tree.
Many of Belichick's former New England Patriots assistants have tried to take the head coach's best practices with them to their new destinations, and New York Giants head coach Joe Judge apparently is keeping that tradition alive by lifting a page directly from the Belichick playbook.
The Giants hit the practice field Monday at training camp without names on the backs of their jerseys, a tactic Belichick long has deployed in New England. Here's Judge's explanation for removing players' names from their jerseys, via SNY.