Green Day songs thundered around the practice field as Ben McAdoo began stamping his footprints all over the New York Football Giants. He wore a blue three-quarter sleeve top with GIANTS in white on the back and blue athletic-wear pants, a departure from Tom Coughlin’s khaki shorts, and shades, and his demeanor was more General Ben than Gentle Ben.
He marched from one OTA drill to the next, occasionally jogging, often glancing at his white play sheet. Gifted with an authoritative voice, a football coach doing what he loves, for the first time with a team to call his own, opting to honor the franchise’s rich tradition by implementing drill periods bearing the names of Giants greats such The Duke (Wellington Mara) for protecting the ball/taking care of the ball, LT for tackling and Chris Snee for blocking.