Golden Tate receives Ice Giants after Washington’s absence

The last time Golden Tate was on the pitch with the Giants, he was shouting, ‘Throw me the fucking ball! ”. play-caller Jason Garrett to satisfy Tate by putting the ball in his hands early Sunday against the Eagles.

Or not.

“No, we don’t feel the pressure to get anyone involved early,” wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert said Tuesday.

Head coach Joe Judge decided to leave Tate behind and didn’t take him to Washington. The judge welcomed Tate this week. His replacement, undrafted rookie Austin Mack, caught four passes for 72 yards, including a 50-yard catch, the longest for the Giants this season.

“I think Golden is probably going to come back to where he was before,” Tolbert said. “Like Coach Judge said, I anticipate Golden will come back and be part of the game plan, be active and we’ll see where that leads. ”

Tate’s explosion in the loss to the Buccaneers was followed by his wife, Elise, who took to Instagram to complain that her husband was open and needed the ball tossed.

“Show me a receiver who doesn’t want the ball, then show me the first one,” Tolbert said. “Because it will be the first I have seen. But with Golden, the fact that you keep preaching to him about the team, the team, the team.

“I have a phrase that I always use with these guys – if you think you open up and don’t get the ball, keep opening up, we’ll find you. So maybe what it was when Golden was in other places, he probably got more stares, but our first deal here is about the squad and whatever role it is. ‘is. Is it a race block, is it for another receiver, is it you playing on the ball, is it special teams? What’s best for the team is what we’re going to do. That’s what Coach Judge brought to the New York Giants organization. ”

Corey Ballentine, the second-year cornerback who started the first two games of the season, was called off Tuesday as the Giants activated guard Will Hernandez off the reserve / COVID-19 roster and also activated the wide receiver Dante Pettis.

Ballentine, a 2019 sixth round pick, has played 22 games (four starts). He could be signed into the practice squad if he allows waivers. Ballentine lost his role as a kick-off returner and didn’t play a single game in defense in Sunday’s victory over Washington.

Hernandez has missed the last two games after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Pettis was awarded to the Giants off waivers last Wednesday from the 49ers. He received a list exemption while in COVID-19 protocols.