Wan’Dale Robinson can hit 1,000-yard milestone in really distinctive manner

Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart has an necessary objective he’d like to perform earlier than these final two video games are completed, and it has nothing to do along with his personal statistics.

Dart desires to get receiver Wan’Dale Robinson to 1,000 yards receiving.

Robinson is having a profession yr, main the workforce with 82 receptions for 901 yards — that means he wants 99 within the subsequent two video games to achieve the numerous milestone.

“Yeah, it’s large, only a milestone in his profession,” Dart stated after follow Wednesday. “I believe that he advised me that there’s a statistic of one thing at his dimension” — he’s listed at 5-foot-8 — “no person’s ever completed earlier than.

“I’m actually trying ahead to going on the market, competing with him. He’s an excellent participant and has completed wonderful and has been a man who I’ve beloved enjoying with. Simply his means to compete every play, and he does such an excellent job of main and dealing exhausting and making performs. Undoubtedly going to do my half to assist him.”

Robinson stated it was teammate and fellow receiver Malik Nabers who put that stat in his head.

“Malik was speaking about me supposedly being the shortest [receiver] to ever go for 1,000 yards,” Robinson stated. “So, it could be good to be a primary and to show that there aren’t any limitations [because of size].”

Among the many gamers who didn’t follow Wednesday: LT Andrew Thomas, who left final Sunday’s sport towards the Vikings with a hamstring harm, C John Michael Schmitz Jr., who suffered a finger harm towards Minnesota, S Tyler Nubin (neck), DT D.J. Davidson (concussion) and offensive lineman Evan Neal (neck).

CBs Cor’Dale Flott (knee) and Deonte Banks (shoulder), and DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (ankle, toe) have been restricted in follow.

Requested about Thomas’ standing for Sunday, Kafka stated, “We’ll simply form of see the way it feels. He’s received a few days right here to see the way it appears. We’ll have a look at and see the place the extent of the harm is, after which consider it after which decide.”

The choice can be whether or not to close down each Thomas and Schmitz for the ultimate two video games.

Giants gamers have Christmas Break day, will follow Friday and depart for Las Vegas on Saturday.

Dart stated he has his complete household within the space to rejoice his first Christmas in New York.

Requested about traditions, he stated, “My mother makes the perfect crescent rolls. They’re all out right here proper now, so it’s going to be cool to have our first Christmas in New York and be as a household. I’m simply excited that they’re out right here for it.”

Dart stated he’s been taking within the conventional New York sights in the course of the vacation season, together with visiting the tree in Rockefeller Middle.

“Yeah, I went and noticed the tree,” he stated. “It was my first time seeing it. I did suppose it was going to be a little bit greater than what it was, but it surely was cool to see the enduring tree.”