Elite Sports NY · Sep 12, 2022
How Brian Daboll used Derek Jeter to send Giants key message
Wendell Cruz | USA TODAY SportsGive the Captain an assist for the Giants’ epic Week 1 win?
The lead nugget from NFL reporter Peter King’s NBC Sports column, a few hours after Big Blue’s thrilling 21-20 upset of the Titans:
A few days ago, in a Giants’ full team meeting, coach Brian Daboll showed the team a clip from ESPN’s documentary “The Captain” on Derek Jeter. In the doc, there’s a play with a 1998 outfield miscue that prompted Yankees pitcher David Wells to throw up his hands in disgust. Jeter, just 24 then, went to the mound and said to Wells: “Hey, we don’t do that s— around here.”