Giants training camp 2026 with new coach John Harbaugh

Takeaways and observations from Day 2 of camp

• Abdul Carter's strong practice highlighted a great day for the defense. Kayvon Thibodeaux tipped a Jameis Winston pass to himself for an interception and raced into the end zone.
• Along that note, Winston and Jaxson Dart had mixed days. Carter was constantly in the pocket forcing Dart to scramble. Dart also nearly threw an interception to Greg Newsome but Newsome dropped the pass.
• Tight end Theo Johnson had a nice leaping catch from quarterback Brandon Allen, but also dropped a pass from Dart, a reminder of his lingering issues that affected his second season.
• Fellow tight end Isaiah Likely had the catch of the day with a one-handed grab from Dart.
• There wasn't much kicking work but Dominic Zvada ended practice with a 57-yard field goal. Another good sign for the rookie trying to earn the starting job..

Giants add and subtract

The Giants made a pair of roster moves on Thursday, signing linebacker Anfernee Orji and waiving defensive lineman Ben Barten.

Orji was in uniform at practice Thursday. He tore his ACL last year in training camp with the Titans but that means he's familiar with Giants defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, who was with the Titans last year. Barten was an undrafted free agent.

How Harbaugh is trying to correct penalties

Several Giants have said that coach John Harbaugh is a man of details. Discipline matters as much as execution and training camp.

So it's not surprising that carries over to dealing with penalties. At one point Thursday, right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor was flagged for a penalty and pulled out for the next play. Joshua Ezeudu replaced him before Eluemunor returned.

At another point, running back Tyrone Tracy was called for a penalty, then was replaced by Devin Singletary for a few plays. It's strict, but it's sending a message. The Giants were 30th  of 32 teams in penalties per game last season at 7.5, according to TeamRankings.com.

Meanwhile, Harbaugh's Ravens were ninth last season with 5.8 penalties per game. That's the standard Harbaugh is shooting for. If it means players get disciplined right away for penalties, then so be it if it leads to correcting behavior.

"We'll try to be penalty-free in practice if we can be," Harbaugh said. "We'll look at them all. We'll evaluate them tonight as a staff. We'll show them to the guys [Friday]."

Rookie hazing with right guard Francis Mauigoa

Training camp means rookies have to do some extra duties to earn respect. For right guard Francis "Sisi" Mauigoa, that meant serve as a cheerleader before practice.

Just before the Giants began drills, the offensive linemen playfully yelled at Mauigoa while fans took their seats. The rookie then jogged near the stands and began waving his arms up and down the sidelines. The fans obliged him with cheers and Mauigoa's fellow linemen roared with approval.

It was good natured fun for the 10th overall pick. Mauigoa already no doubt endeared himself to fans by telling quarterback Jaxson Dart that he would die for him after the Giants drafted him. Now the fans got to see more of his personality as he gets acclimated to NFL life.

"He did a good job," left tackle Andrew Thomas said. "He probably made him some money, too. That's probably about 10,000 Twitter followers."

Carter wreaks havoc on Day 2 of camp

The temperatures rose slightly into the upper-70s at the Greenbrier on Thursday compared to Wednesday's opening day of training camp. There was more energy with fans milling around, buying food and taking their seats to watch practice.

Abdul Carter did his part to raise the intensity on the field. The second-year linebacker was disruptive during team drills and at one point, he had three consecutive pressures on Jaxson Dart. A couple of those pressures came after winning battles with left tackle Andrew Thomas, who remains one of the NFL's best at his position.

It was a great day for Carter, who reminded that his second-year leap is as critical as quarterback Jaxson Dart's. He jawed back and forth with the offense and yelled at the defensive sidelines after a big play. Thomas isn't one to get in shouting matches so he instead commended Carter for his growth.

"Obviously he's a talented player. We push each other each and every day," Thomas said after practice. "He's stringing his moves together. He's using his power more and you can tell he just has a better understanding for different type of blocks, different types of attacks, recognizing play schemes."

For coach John Harbaugh, it's another element of competition that he wants at practice. Not just position battles but winning matchups. Carter going up against an All-Pro tackle in Thomas is only going to make both better as two of the Giants' best players.

Thursday reminded why Carter's second-year leap is as critical as Jaxson Dart's. As a top-three draft pick, Carter must show that the way he ended last season (3.5 sacks in the last five games) can carry over for a full season. So far, he's leaving a good impression that can happen.

"He's had two good practice. I mean, he's doing everything well right now," Harbaugh said. "He was in the backfield quite a bit...those guys (Carter and Thomas) are making each other work harder."

Harbaugh added that for Carter to take his game to the next level, he believes Carter would say he needs to be more consistent down after down, not just winning one play.

"All downs, all situations, being a complete player on the edge," Harbaugh said. "And we'll move him around too. That means even dropping him into coverage sometimes. All those things. Play the run, rush the passer, all the movements, stunts, things like that. Cover for guys on movements. All those things that he's really determined to do, I've heard him say it, to be a complete player."

Thomas may have been impressed but it didn't make it easier getting beat. Sure, he could imagine how Carter will fare against other NFL linemen if he can play like that against him.

There's still pride, however, in Thomas not letting anybody beat him in a game or a practice rep. Even if it means good things with Carter eyeing a better sophomore campaign.

"I never get excited when I lose," Thomas said. "When it's Sunday and it's just us, obviously I'm cheering for those guys, but in practice, I want to win every round just like they do."

Nabers speaks for first time since last season

If Wednesday was a first for Malik Nabers in practicing since his ACL/meniscus surgery, Thursday brought another first: his first press conference with the media since last season ended in January.

Nabers sounded happy talking about his second day of training camp. Similar to Wednesday, he only did receiver drills and offense-only install. He did some work on the side but stayed on the field longer watching practice. Instead of heading inside the Greenbrier facility 50 minutes into practice, he walked in a few minutes before practice ended.

"It felt good to be out there with the guys. Get a couple throws. Just move around," Nabers said. "I haven't moved around in a long time but running routes felt good out there."

With fans in attendance for the first practice open to the public, Nabers did just enough to show how far along he is in rehab. But he wouldn't commit to playing in Week 1 just yet, which followed what general manager Joe Schoen and coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday.

For now, his mindset is about "stacking days" and seeing how his knee improves. But there's no firm plan yet to be ready by Sept. 13, when the Giants open the season against the Cowboys.

"No target dates. Just continue to listen to the training staff," Nabers said. "They continue to ask me questions and when I'm ready, I'm ready."

Even with that, Nabers was confident he'll be a better player than he was as a rookie, when he caught 109 passes for 1,209 yards and seven touchdowns while making the Pro Bowl.

That's not just recovery-speak. It's Nabers raising the bar for himself knowing he could've done more in 2024, and he wants to push himself even beyond just being healthy again. It's still a slow process, but Nabers vowed that he won't just be back, he'll be a better receiver.

"What I was before, what y'all saw my rookie year, I felt that was basic," Nabers said. "I got high standards for myself and I know everybody has high standards for me also. But the standard that I hold myself to is very high and I feel like whatever that standard that I hold myself to, you will see sooner or later."

Watch: Giants CBs do drills

Big ex-Giants, bigger bobbleheads

Fans start arriving to camp

And the football gods said. “Let there be fans.”

Fans have started arriving for the Giants’ second day of practice, the first open practice to the public. Plenty of Giants jerseys and happy faces here in West Virginia. Some fans even showed up well before the official start of practice at 1:30.

There's also a DJ greeting fans with loud music right next to the media tent. It’s definitely a different vibe than yesterday’s serene energy. A sampling of the set list: "Moscow Mule" by Bad Bunny; "Goodies" by Ciara; "Yeah" by Usher; "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira and Wyclef Jean; "Senorita" by Justin Timberlake; and "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan mixed over "Bojangles" by Pitbull.

Odds and ends from Schoen's presser

Joe Schoen spoke yesterday and the first bit of news was updating Malik Nabers' health without giving a prediction or timetable for his return. But there was more the Giants general manager had to say, so here's a sample from the key points.

• On receiving an extension in May heading into his fifth season as GM: "It's been a little bit of a whirlwind offseason with the coaching change and just it all happened so fast. So again, just grateful and looking forward to the season." He added that it doesn't matter how long you have on your contract, it's always going to be year-to-year. Schoen then declined to say how long his extension was.
• On replacing Dexter Lawrence at defensive tackle:  "We had conversations with [DJ] Reader and Shelby [Harris]. So, we were able to bring those guys in and we're excited to do that. Obviously, Darius Alexander going into year two, so expecting a jump from him. And again, he's another player that had a good spring and the coaches are excited about. So, yeah, a little bit by committee, the rotation will be part of it. The inside linebacker upgrades I think will help too. Harbs has said it multiple times about stopping the run, it's an emphasis. We talk about it all the time. And again, it's Day 1 here, we're not in pads yet, but we're going to continue to work on that and do whatever we can to be better than we have in the past.
• On linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux, who's entering the last year of his deal and been mentioned in trade rumors: "He's in great shape. He's going to be a big part of this roster. He'll be an important part of our defense. He had a really good spring."
• What did you see with adding Odell Beckham Jr.? "I would say after taking a year off, not being in the league in 2025, then our first workout, he looked good, probably needed to get in a little bit better shape. Brought him back again, and coach had challenged him and he was in better shape. So again, he can still get open, he's still got really good hands, catches the ball well."
• Season expectations? "It's hard to tell now. I’m happy where we were this spring. Again, I like the staff, I like the guys that are out there. But we got to go out and do it." Schoen notably mentioned that the Giants have to prove they can handle leads and finishing games; they tied an NFL record last year by losing five games where they had a double-digit lead at any point.

Observations from Day 1 of camp

• Ben Sauls converted 4 of 5 field goals. Dominic Zvada was 3 for 5. Both converted from 48 and 51 yards. The kicker competition will be one of the key battles to watch. A reminder. Sauls was signed at the end of last year and Zvada is a rookie. Not a lot of experience but the pressure is on to produce.
• Rookie WR Malachi Fields made a leaping catch on a pass from Jameis Winston. It reminded that his catch radius is wide and he has the potential to catch a lot thrown his way.
• The best play of the day goes to WR Braxton Berrios. He caught a long touchdown pass from Winston that had the offense going wild from behind the huddle before mobbing Berrios in the end zone.
• New LB Tremaine Edmunds tipped a pass from Jaxson Dart that was nearly intercepted but rookie LB Arvell Reese and safety Ar'Darius Washington collided. It reminded that Edmunds and Reese are both long, lanky defenders covering the middle of the field.

Dart speaks, take a listen

Jaxson Dart knows that there's great expectations in Year 2 with the Giants. But he's not putting any more pressure on himself than needed.

For his first training camp as a starting quarterback, it's about keeping it simple. There's a new offense with coordinator Matt Nagy. There's developing timing with new receivers Darnell Mooney, Calvin Austin III and tight end Isaiah Likely. So managing expectations means keeping things simple

"I think that right now it's just growing each and every day. There's a lot that I've got to still learn," Dart said. "There are reps of things that I haven't really had a ton of experience doing. I'm taking it day by day. I'm trying to keep everything around me simple. From the things that I give my attention to, to my daily and study habits."

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— Newsday Sports (@NewsdaySports) July 29, 2026

It's all a part of his development in year two as he grows into being a better quarterback. One of those things is taking more snaps under center instead of in the shotgun.

Dart didn't do it often in college or last season but he's getting more comfortable learning how to manage it.

"There are a few things mechanically that are different," he said. "Probably just the biggest thing is a little bit of footwork landmarks in the pocket. But we've repped the hell out of it, I'm feeling really good with the track that we're on and I'm feeling comfortable. It's not something out there when I'm on the field that I have to think extra about when I'm having a rep at a certain play.

A welcome sight for the Giants: Malik Nabers on the practice field, already

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. — If the Giants’ first training camp practice felt like back to school vibes, the welcome alarm came from running back Cam Skattebo.

Skattebo yelled his traditional “Wooooo” before taking the field at The Greenbrier Performance Center. It was a reminder that he was cleared to be a full practice participant after his ankle surgery last season.

Sadly, that joy is still delayed for Malik Nabers. However, Wednesday saw the receiver take the right steps to get back on the field as he continues his rehab from ACL/meniscus surgery last year.

Nabers, the second-to-last receiver in line ahead of Odell Beckham Jr., did individual drills during the early portion of camp. He caught passes from Jaxson Dart, showing that he could plant and cut on routes.

He then participated in offense-only install drills before standing to the side for full team drills. Fifty minutes into practice, Nabers walked back inside the facility only to return after practice to play catch with Dart.

It wasn’t much but it was enough. Enough to hope Nabers is getting healthy and the Giants can dream of him doing more things. For now, the message is what the 1980s R&B song “Mama Used to Say” declared: Take your time, young man.

“We got a good plan in place, so as long as everything goes as planned, we’ll listen to Malik and his body,” general manager Joe Schoen said before practice.

“Again, hopefully he’ll be ready and we’ll see how it plays out. But no predictions right now, just because we have a long way to go, still a lot of camp.”

The tough truth is seeing Nabers doesn’t mean we know when we’ll see him fully himself. There’s no timetable for his return, yet. Coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday he’s not scheduled to do a full practice for a little while.

Week 1 is the goal for Nabers to return, but it’s not a firm goal. Everything depends on Nabers’ body and the Giants’ ramp-up plan having no setbacks.

“We have plans each day,” Harbaugh said. “So, we’ll have a plan [Thursday], how much he’s supposed to do, and then see how he feels when he’s out there. If you push it a little bit, or you pull it back a little bit, that could happen from day to day.”

It’s the guessing game looming over the entire camp. And if you need a reminder of what Nabers means on offense, consider these numbers.

Dart’s longest completion last season? 44 yards. Among quarterbacks who started at least nine games last season, only Justin Fields (42 yards) had a lower season-high completion.

Nabers’ two touchdowns last season? Second most among Giants receivers, not including running backs or tight ends. And Nabers did that in just four games.

Those Giants receivers totaled seven touchdowns last season. Nabers, by himself, had seven as a rookie.

That’s why it was encouraging seeing Nabers do something besides stand out. Just his presence alone carried a different energy that encouraged his teammates, who can’t wait for his full return.

“There’s an aura that he has on the field that is exhilarating,” Dart said. “It makes me happy, it makes everybody happy just to see him out there.”

Dart’s joy probably came from realizing this is the most time he’s gotten reps with his No. 1 target. He had just one week and barely two quarters of time with Nabers before the receiver got hurt in Week 4 last season.

That’s why playing catch after practice was beneficial. Anything to build some chemistry that’s still very new yet critical for the Giants’ future.

“I think that will help mold our relationship into what we want it to be,” Dart said. “He’s obsessed with this game, and he’s attacking it the right way.”

The Giants can only hope so. Nabers’ progress matters more than anything for Dart’s first full season as a starter and Harbaugh’s first as Giants head coach.

It was great to hear Skattebo yell and make it through a full practice again. It’ll be even better when Nabers can also raise the potential of this season — even if it takes a while.

Harbaugh said: “I think you just see where it goes because we want him to be at his best. So, when he’s ready to be at his best, he’ll be at his best."

Reps on reps on reps

John Harbaugh's practices are notorious for being grueling and tough. The Giants got their first taste of that running a lot of reps Wednesday at their first practice.

For Harbaugh, the grind is about being ready for Sept. 13 when the team opens the season. So even this early, he's evaluating how the Giants look even while practicing without pads.

"We're chasing execution," Harbaugh said. "We're at the stage now we're getting ready for the games. I mean, that's that's what practice is for...We're here to prepare for the games that we're going to play. The plays we call, how we practice, all those things. We're not just running plays out here to run plays . . . that's why we want to keep our plays to ourselves. So that's what we're evaluating, to execute."

The Giants have three more days of practice before a day off Sunday, then they have six straight days of practice at The Greenbrier before flying back to East Rutherford. It's a lot, but remember: the Giants have started flat in their last three season openers. They lost all three without scoring a touchdown.

If revving the engine up early on can change that, then it's all good (as long as it doesn't lead to any injuries). But Harbaugh has support from his players, including All-Pro linebacker Brian Burns. He appreciates Harbaugh expecting players to be prepared, be on time and come ready to work without excuses.

As for Harbaugh's rep for tough practices? Burns welcomed it

"Camp's supposed to be hard. That's how it's supposed to be," Burns said. "We're definitely going to work and I'm looking forward to it."

A Nabers sighting!

Malik Nabers is back — on the practice field, at least.

The Giants' star receiver mainly did individual, non-contact drills with the receivers on the first day of training camp as he recovers from a torn ACL and meniscus. He didn't do team drills, but he watched off to the side before heading into the locker room 50 minutes into practice. That was part of the Giants' plan to see how things progress day to day. 

Still, his presence was a welcome sight.

“There's an aura that he has on the field that's exhilarating," quarterback Jaxson Dart said of Nabers. "It makes me happy, it makes everybody happy.”

Head coach John Harbaugh made it clear that the Giants aren't rushing their star receiver back.

"You take it one day at a time. Meet the circumstances where we find them every single day," Harbaugh said. "Maybe he'll get way ahead, maybe it won't. You can't really put a timetable on it exactly, I don't think. I think you just see where it goes because we want him to be at his best. So when he's ready to be at his best, he'll be at his best."

Harbaugh said it'll be a while before Nabers is scheduled to participate in a full practice. The Giants have plans for him each day, but things can change based on how he feels. But Harbaugh commended Nabers for the work he's done so far, and it's just a matter of seeing slow and steady progress here on out.

Watch: Joe Schoen speaks before practice

Giants GM Joe Schoen addressed the media before the team took the field for the first time at training camp. Some of the highlights:

Malik Nabers will do some work at practice, but there's still no timetable for his recovery. The Giants have a plan, but they'll listen to his body.

Cam Skattebo is "good to go" from his ankle rehab and will do everything. Schoen also shared his reaction to Skattebo's botched backflip heard around the world at Fanatics Fest.

And here's Schoen on Dart and Year 2 expectations:

A view from the Greenbrier

We've arrived at The Greenbrier. Practice will start at 1:30 but here's a brief look at the entrance from the media station.

We'll get some field shots later (players were warming up and we can't show that). For now, we're here to get acclimated and wait for Joe Schoen’s presser at 1 p.m.

What to know as players take the field

The Giants start their first training camp practice today here in West Virginia. We'll get our first look at the team since early June and a first look at The Greenbrier, the resort where the Giants will be staying and training.

General manager Joe Schoen will speak at 1 p.m. before practice. John Harbaugh and players will address media afterwards. We may get a better update on Malik Nabers' injury rehab as well as Darius Slayton (sports hernia surgery) and Cam Skattebo (ankle rehab), among others.

In the meantime, here are five players to keep an eye on as the work for the 2026 season begins.

What in the world is the PUP list?

Players put on the active/physically unable to perform list — or PUP — at the start of training camp have football-related injuries, like those on IR, but count against the active 90-man roster.

These players can participate in all team activities other than practice and can be activated at any point during training camp when they are medically cleared. We've already seen several players for both the Giants and Jets who were placed on PUP last week be cleared prior to the teams' first full practices on Wednesday.

A player cannot be placed on the PUP list after he has practiced once or played in a preseason game.

Players on the active/PUP list at the end of the preseason must either be activated to the 53-man roster or moved to the reserve/PUP list during roster cutdowns.

If placed on the reserve/PUP list, a player does not count against the active roster but must miss at least four games.

A rule change this season allows these players to begin a 21-day practice window period after their team’s second regular-season game but he is still unable to join the active roster until after Week 5 of the regular season at the earliest.

How did Harbaugh choose The Greenbrier?

You might be wondering: How did John Harbaugh settle on The Greenbrier as a place to start his first training camp? Besides the fact that the Giants' practice facility is undergoing renovations.

Turns out it's a new experience for Harbaugh, too. He never had a Ravens camp there but he once considered the West Virginia resort. The Saints held training camp there from 2014-16. The Texans and Browns have held camp there before and the Patriots have also used the facilities. The 49ers and Cardinals used it as a temporary practice in between consecutive East Coast games.

So what does The Greenbrier offer? A sports performance center that spans 55,000 square feet and has two grass fields, a FieldTurf field, meeting rooms, a weight room, a hydrotherapy room, locker rooms for players and coaches and more. Not to mention fine dining and comfortable sleeping quarters.

Not bad, right? Here's what Harbaugh told Giants.com about the location.

"I visited The Greenbrier because we were looking at it for the Ravens one year, so I kind of know the layout, but that's the extent of it. It'll be a little cooler. It's 2,000 feet [elevation], which isn't that high, but that'll be a little bit of a good thing for us from a training standpoint. It should be fun."

Happy birthday, Malik Nabers

Today is Malik Nabers’ birthday. It's almost fitting it's the first day of vets reporting to training camp since Nabers’ health looms over everything with the Giants

At 23, Nabers is obviously a piece of the Giants’ future. But after tearing his ACL and meniscus in Week 4 last season, his present is what matters. As in will he be able to practice at some point during camp?

Today is indeed a day to celebrate Nabers. His rookie year was one of the best in team history. His Week 2 performance against the Cowboys last season showed why his ceiling remains high. But his birthday also comes with more patience for Giants fans eager to celebrate this new year with him healthy, whenever he's cleared.

A training camp road less traveled now

The last time the Giants went away for training camp, it was an NFL norm. That was back in 2012, fresh off their last Super Bowl victory, when they bid farewell to the University at Albany where they had spent most of their summers since 1996 (the exception was 2011 they held training camp at their new home facility at the Meadowlands, mainly because the lockout had prevented adequate planning for the preseason).

"I'm thinking, wow, this is an opportunity for a young team with a new staff to spend 10, 12 days together in West Virginia in the hills, you know, and just be about football for 10, 12 days together and eat dinner together and have an off day together, all the things that you kind of do to just bond and get to know each other," Harbaugh said in the spring when the Giants announced they would be going to West Virginia. "If it can help our team become closer, I think that's a good thing... I see all the reasons for getting away from it. It makes a lot of sense. There is something about it that's really a helpful part of it, too. So that's kind of probably why I'm excited about seeing how it goes and trying it."

This year, as they embark to the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, they are something of a football anomaly.

The 2026 Giants are one of just six teams that will hold a significant portion of their training camp away from their regular-season facility. The only others are:

• Bills (St. John Fisher University in Rochester, N.Y.)
• Cowboys (Oxnard, Calif.)
• Colts (Grand Park in Westfield, Ind.)
• Kansas City (Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Mo.)
• Steelers (St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa.).

The Rams will technically be “away” at Loyola Marymount University, but that location is within the Los Angeles city limits so not really on the road.

The 26 teams that are staying home are tied with 2021 and 2025 for the most in any year since 2000, excluding the 2020 pandemic season when all 32 teams held training camps at their own facilities. Covid seemed to be a turning point for training camp because prior to it there was typically a half to a third of the teams that went away for their summer work. Since then there haven’t been more than eight that have done it in any single season.

Per the NFL, here is a look at the number of teams that have stayed at home for training camp each season since 2000:

2000: 10 of 31 (32%)
2001: 9 of 31 (29%)
2002: 10 of 32 (31%)
2003: 14 of 32 (44%)
2004: 15 of 32 (47%)
2005: 17 of 32 (53%)
2006: 15 of 32 (47%)
2007: 16 of 32 (50%)
2008: 15 of 32 (47%)
2009: 17 of 32 (53%)
2010: 17 of 32 (53%)
2011: 19 of 32 (59%)
2012: 19 of 32 (59%)
2013: 20 of 32 (63%)
2014: 20 of 32 (63%)
2015: 21 of 32 (66%)
2016: 20 of 32 (63%)
2017: 21 of 32 (66%)
2018: 21 of 32 (66%)
2019: 22 of 32 (69%)
2020: 32 of 32 (100%)
2021: 26 of 32 (81%)
2022: 25 of 32 (78%)
2023: 25 of 32 (78%)
2024: 24 of 32 (75%)
2025: 26 of 32 (81%)
2026: 26 of 32 (81%)

The Giants' training camp travel history

The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia where the Giants will hold the first stages of their training camp this summer with practices starting on Wednesday, is quite a hike from the team’s headquarters in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It’s about 468 miles away, actually.

But that’s not even the farthest the Giants have ever gone for the annual summer rituals of preparing for the upcoming season. While most of their camps have been in the extended New York City area – that includes upstate at the University of Albany and at the Bear Mountain Inn, various sites in suburban New Jersey and Connecticut, and even two years on Long Island at C.W. Post College in 1970 and 1971 – they have also traveled as far away as Vermont, Ohio, Minnesota and Oregon!

Those trips to the Pacific Northwest took place in 1954, 1955 and 1958, so it’s not as if they were ever traveling on comfy jumbo jets. Those first two were the first two seasons Jim Lee Howell coached the team, taking over from Steve Owen, and the Giants went a combined 13-10-1. In 1958, though, the Giants went 9-3 and lost to the Colts in “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” Add that to the list of ways that NFL title game altered the course of the league. Had the Giants won the championship they might have returned to Oregon the following year to try to replicate their success. Instead, thanks to Alan Ameche’s overtime touchdown plunge, they never returned there again.

Here is a look at where the Giants have held most of their training camp throughout their history, from the inaugural one right in New York City in 1925 to their first real getaway camp in Pennsylvania in 1926 right up to this one in the mountains of West Virginia:

1925: New York City

1926: The Hotel Lake Ariel, Lake Ariel, Penn.

1927-28: New York City

1929: Asbury Park, NJ

1930-31: New York City

1932: Magnetic Springs, Ohio

1933-34: Pompton Lakes, NJ

1935-38: Blue Hills Country Club, Pearl River, NY

1939, 1941-24, 1946-48: UW Superior, Superior, Wisc.

1940: Blue Hills Country Club, Pearl River, NY

1943-45: Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain, NY

1949-51: Saranac High School, Saranac Lake, NY

1952-53: Gustavus-Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.

1954-55, 1958: Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

1956-57, 1959-60: St Michael’s College, Winooski, Vermont

1961-69, 1974: Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.

1970-71: C.W. Post College, Brookville, NY

1972-73: Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

1975-87: Pace University, Pleasantville, NY

1988-95: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ

1996-2010, 2012: University at Albany, Albany, NY

2011, 2013-25: Quest Diagnostics Training Center, East Rutherford, NJ

2026: The Greenbrier Resort, White Sulpher Springs, WV

Get to know the Greenbrier

The Giants are holding the first two weeks of training camp at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, about 468 miles away from their training facility in East Rutherford, N.J. It's the first time the Giants are holding camp away from their training facility since 2012, when they were in Albany.

So what is the Greenbrier? Here's are some fun facts about the Giants' digs for the next two weeks:

Resort details

The Greenbrier has been open since 1778 and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. It's a luxury resort with 710 guest rooms, 20 restaurants and lounges and more than 35 retail shops. As of Monday night, rooms averaged about $553 per night on the resort's website.

A heavy athletic presence

The Giants are the sixth NFL team to hold at least a portion of its training camp at the Greenbrier, following the New Orleans Saints (2014-16), New England Patriots (2017), Houston Texans (2017 and 2025) and Cleveland Browns (2023-25). The San Francisco 49ers also stayed at the Greenbrier in between East Coast games from 2020 to 2022. The Greenbrier has also hosted training camp for the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans in 2015, and the Iraqi men's national soccer team trained there ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

However, the Greenbrier is most famous for its golf. it was the site of the 1979 Ryder Cup — the first under the U.S. vs. Europe format — and the 1994 Solheim Cup. The resort's course was affiliated with the PGA's TPC affiliation from 2011 to 2020, and it hosted an LIV Golf event in 2023. Tom Watson and Lee Trevino are currently the resort's pro emeriti.

'Project Greek Island'

A total of 28 U.S. Presidents have stayed at the Greenbrier. At one point, it was such a popular spot for politicians to stay that in 1958, the U.S. government asked the resort to build an emergency Cold War fallout shelter below the resort that could house the entire U.S. Congress in the event of a nuclear attack. The bunker, codenamed "Project Greek Island," was decommissioned in 1992 after the Washington Post reported on its existence. It's used as a data storage facility today but is open to the public for tours.

(Speaking of nuclear war, fans of the Fallout video game series might recognize the Greenbrier as a key landmark in Fallout 76, the series' online multiplayer entry based in West Virginia. The game's "Whitespring Resort" is directly based on the Greenbrier, complete with the real-life resort's lavish architecture, fancy decor, and yes, the underground bunker. So if you can't attend Giants camp in person, perhaps a virtual, post-apocalyptic tour of their arrangements is in order?)