Giants Open John Harbaugh’s First Training Camp at The Greenbrier
The remote, plug-and-play site was chosen because of work at the East Rutherford complex and gives Harbaugh a controlled setting to reshape team culture.
Overview
- The New York Giants began camp Wednesday at The Greenbrier with a closed opening practice, a 1 p.m. Joe Schoen media availability and post-practice interviews with coach John Harbaugh.
- General manager Joe Schoen said renovations and FIFA World Cup–related work near the East Rutherford facility made an offsite camp necessary and that The Greenbrier offered ready‑made fields and accommodations.
- Harbaugh leaned into the resort setting by opening a team meeting with John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” using rituals and the remote location to accelerate bonding among players and staff.
- Top receiver Malik Nabers, who tore an ACL last September, was on the field for individual drills and did not start camp on the physically unable to perform list, a hopeful but still unresolved sign about his availability.
- The team added veteran receivers including Odell Beckham Jr., Darnell Mooney, Calvin Austin and JuJu Smith‑Schuster and drafted Malachi Fields to bolster depth while Nabers’ recovery is monitored and public practices are scheduled later in the week.