FOXBOROUGH , Mass. — It was the Giants final practice before their final preseason game, Thursday night against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium, and C.J. Conrad flashed on Tuesday afternoon.
The 23-year old rookie tight end out of Kentucky lowered his 6-foot-4, 247-pound frame toward the turf and turned what looked like a certain incompletion into a nifty shoestring catch across the middle in traffic.
It was merely one play for a long-shot undrafted free agent, but it was everything at that very moment, because everything counts at this time of year for players like Conrad — who are fighting for a spot on the final 53-man roster that must be trimmed from 90 by day’s end on Saturday.