Former Patriot says Giants’ Joe Judge and Patrick Graham have ‘tremendous work ethic’

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The New York Giants brought in Joe Judge to turn over the disciplinary tactics utilized by the coaching staff and hired Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator, a diverse play-caller with immense knowledge and experience in the NFL.

The Giants have failed to implement a fundamental-centric team that does their job correctly. Ultimately, there have been on-field mistakes littered across the past few seasons, and Judge will look to eliminate those to improve the overall efficiency of the team. Coming from New England, Judge is bringing a winning mentality to New York, something that has been absent over the past few seasons

Former Patriot Rob Ninkovich had nothing but good things to say about New York Giants’ head coach Joe Judge and defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, referencing their “tremendous work ethic” while appearing on the “Giants Huddle Podcast.

“Well, I think they have a tremendous work ethic,” Ninkovich said. “I was with Pat a long time. Me and Pat are very close and good friends. He helped me a lot in my career because he was so thorough in everything that he did in preparation. Same with Joe Judge. Joe Judge is going to be a guy that’s first in, last guy out. He’ll probably sleep there four or five nights a week. I know that sounds crazy, but he’s that into it. Same with Pat. Those guys, they’re not going to leave any stone unturned when it comes to preparation.”

“Coach Graham and Joe Judge are going to hold guys accountable, which is very much so needed in the NFL. You have to be accountable. You have to be expected to play at a high level week in and week out,” he said.

Having coaches that are connected and have experience with one another is essential for the overall development of the team. Ever since Tom Coughlin left to become the general manager for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Giants have been void of disciplinary tactics and a winning culture. Judge set out to fix that problem, primarily by bringing in high character players that have one goal in mind, to win.

Of course, having two players arrested this off-season has not been a great start to his tenure, but the virtual aspect of things disallows him from keeping his team in check. This cannot be blamed on him by any means, but I imagine over the next few seasons, he will begin to refine the types of people he brings into the building.