ing what I’ve observed the
past four years.
Some league sources con-
sider this detrimental for the
Giants because they could
lose players by not acting as
quickly as other clubs willing
to preempt the deadline.
Many teams tamper and are
rarely nailed for it.
And in this case, the Giants
did pursue the market’s top
free agent corner, Dallas’ By-
ron Jones, and lost him to the
Miami Dolphins on a five-year, $82.5 million deal.
But other sources say they
don’t think it hurts the Giants
because coveted free agents
are eager to wait until the
tampering period to drive the
market of bidding teams up.
And that means the Giants in
the end have the same oppor-
tunity as everyone else to
make their case.
So it was that days before
this year’s tampering window
opened, it was well known
that the Giants had strong in-terest in landing a top corner
and likely would be in on
Jones, but it wasn’t clear ex-
actly whom they would land
or how much they were will-
ing to spend. And once Brad-
berry learned they were will-
ing to spend $43.5 million
over three years, that obvi-
ously didn’t hurt, either.DANNY DIMES UPDATE
Daniel Jones joined The
All-22: An Inside Look at
Duke Football podcast withDavid Shumate and Dave
Harding this week and said
he’s home in Charlotte, N.C.,
and playing a lot of ... ping
pong.
He is one of four Division I
athlete siblings along with sis-
ter Becca (Davidson field
ho c k e y ) , b r o t h e r B a t e s
(Davidson basketball) and sis-
ter Ruthie (Duke soccer). And
their main competition has
taken them to the family table.
“Recently, to be honest, it’s
been ping-pong,” Jones said.
“That’s been a big thing re-
cently ... It gets pretty com-
petitive. To be completely
honest, Bates has probably
won more games than any-
body else has at this point. But
we’re still early on in the
break here.”
Jones had been training
here in New Jersey outside of
an early offseason trip to work
out at Duke. But now he’s
waiting out at the coronavirus
pandemic at home.
He said his parents at least
have “a little weight rack, a
barbell (and) some dumb-
bells” that’s “enough that I
can stay in shape. So I’m find-
ing a way to get my workouts
in.” And he and siblings also
have gotten some basketball
and soccer in already, there
just “hasn’t been football yet.”
“We’ll cover pretty much
all of them as long as we’re
here,” he said. “There’ll be
plenty of sports.”
Jones said developing a
routine as a pro starting
quarterback was one of his
pr i m a r y t a k e a w a y s f r o m
starting 12 games as a rookie
in 2019.
“Those first few weeks
you’re kind of developing
your process, your weekly
routine. I’d never done it be-
fore so I didn’t really have
one,” he said. “But I think by
the end of the season I had a
better, more consistent rou-
tine on how I would go about
my week, how I would study,
how I would watch film and
take notes and plan for certain
things. And I think by the end
of the season I had a pretty
good routine.”
And he cited sitting court-
side at a March 2 Knicks game
with celebrities like Spike Lee
as a special experience, repre-
senting the Giants on that
stage. He said he’d never sat
courtside before at a game.
One of the podcast’s hosts
then joked that the big ques-
tion was what entrance Jones
had used at the Garden, since
March 2 was the same night
Lee’s public spat with the
Garden launched for being
denied access through the
employee entrance.
“It wasn’t Spike Lee’s en-
trance,” Jones laughed. “I got
in alright.”DECISION
NFL season could be put on hold
A SNAP
DAILY NEWSNYDailyNews.com Sunday, March 29, 2020 65
The Giants have reached a
one-year contract agree-
ment with tight end Eric
Tomlinson.
Tomlinson confirmed the
signing on his Instagram ac-
count. The Giants posted the
news on their website and
Twitter account, citing re-
ports, but they will not con-
firm it until the player passes
his physical.
Tomlinson split last sea-
son with the Giants, New
England Patriots and Oak-
land Raiders. He appeared
in eight games and had one
catch.
Tomlinson has played in
4 4 regular-season games
with 32 starts for the New
Yo r k J e t s , G i a n t s a n d
Raiders. He has caught 17
passes for 194 yards and one
touchdown. He also has sev-
en special teams tackles and
has experience as a long
snapper.VIKINGS SIGN DOZIER
The Minnesota Vikings
have signed veteran guard
Dakota Dozier.
The team announced the
re-signing of the Furman
product, who played in 16
games last season with a ca-
reer-high four starts. He
originally joined Minnesota
as a free agent last April 4.
Dozier was drafted by the
New York Jets in the fourth
round (137th overall) of the
2 014 NFL draft. He has ap-
peared in 54 career games
with 11 starts.LION MOVES
The Detroit Lions have
agreed to contracts with
linebackers Reggie Ragland
and Elijah Lee.
Ragland started 32 games
over the past three seasons
with the Kansas City Chiefs.
He was drafted by the Buf-
falo Bills in the second round
in 2016, but a knee injury in
training camp cost the for-
mer Alabama player that en-
tire season. The Bills traded
him to Kansas City in 2017,
and Ragland finally made his
debut with the Chiefs.
Ragland played 14 games
last season for the Super
Bo w l c h a m p i o n C h i e f s ,
making seven starts. He had
two sacks. APGiants
bring in TE
Tomlinson