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Former Giants training camp darling now faces a much tougher climb

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New York Giants training camp opens Tuesday, and while most of the depth chart surprisingly feels filled out, there are still a handful of jobs legitimately up for grabs. A few of those will come down to the third phase — and that’s where Dyontae Johnson’s fight begins.

This time last year, Johnson was the name flying around camp reports. The undrafted linebacker out of Toledo turned heads early, got first-team reps, and cracked the preseason starting lineup. His standout preseason game against the Lions earned him the spotlight, until an ankle injury sent all that momentum to the IR list.