The Giants spent a lot of resources on new offensive linemen this offseason, so rookie coach Pat Shurmur couldn’t have been pleased when one of them nearly got brained and another one limped off after a practice scuffle that got out of hand.

Practice fights are the kind of things some coaches will tolerate, but this one clearly crossed a line, and Shurmur was smart to get it broken up quickly.

The truth always comes to the light, he said Wednesday, expressing vindication.

Anderson, who led the Jets in receiving yards (941), touchdowns (seven) and targets (114) last year, could still face discipline from the NFL for violating it’s personal conduct penalty. But not until this other case is resolved, at which point he will meet with the league.

I don’t think [I’ll be suspended], Anderson said.

As for his current standing with the Jets, Anderson said he was not told this is his last chance, and coach Todd Bowles didn’t address a similar question, deferring to the team’s policy on not talking about player incidents. Bowles did express optimism Anderson is ready to learn from his prior mistakes.

We’re confident in Robby’s ability and the person he is, and we’ve talked to him, so we’ve put that to bed on our end and we’ll go from there, Bowles said.

I’m all for it, you know what I mean? Elliott said, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A lot is asked from the running back for the Dallas Cowboys, a lot has been asked for me the past two seasons, and I think I’ve had some great strides this offseason getting ready to carry that workload this season.

A heavy workload won’t be anything new for Elliott, who averaged over 24 carries a game last season after getting averaging 21 during his rookie season. That work came with more certainty in the receiving corps than the team enjoys this season, so it might be a good bet to take the over in what’s shaping up to as an Elliott-centric attack in Dallas.

I sat down next to him, he was extremely helpful with me, Hernandez said. He talked to me, he tried to coach me up, he tried to help me out a lot, so I love the guy. I’m glad he’s here, I’m glad he’s right there next to me in the meeting room. I’m glad he’s my teammate.

The 2018 MLB Draft is a three-day event featuring 1,214 picks in 40 rounds. With so many picks, we’re bound to find some great names. And, oh boy, this year did not disappoint.

We don’t know whether these guys will ever make a name for themselves in the major leagues, but they have made themselves a name among the best names of the 2018 MLB Draft.

If Avila sees the Cabrera injury as the cue to consider the season over, he can start offering in earnest these half-dozen players to contenders:

I don’t know if [the attention] surprises me, Tebow said, who is hitting .245. To be honest, I don’t know if I really pay too much attention to it. Just try to go about my business and do what I came here to do.

Fleming, though, ended up spending the final five weeks of the 2017 season on Tampa Bay’s practice squad and was with the team this offseason.

The explosive receiver, who curiously scrubbed his social media feeds of Atlanta-related content earlier this year, has been working out with polarizing Hall of Famer Terrell Owens while forgoing team activities.

The fact that he’s running around with Terrell Owens has the front office uneasy, Falcons reporter D. Orlando Ledbetter said on ESPN Radio on Monday, per Pro Football Talk. Ledbetter added that the relationship between player and team is in a bad place right now.

The 29-year-old Jones, a five-time Pro Bowler, reportedly wants a new contract and recently skipped mandatory OTAs that the Falcons were anticipating he would attend.

Owens, who publicly declined his invitation to the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony, continues to get into playing shape, with a little help from Jones. On Monday, the former Bengals, Eagles and Cowboys receiver posted a video of his 40-yard dash, as Jones clocked in the time on the sidelines.

That’s indisputable, and no Giants fans would argue with O’Hara’s assessment that it’s been hard to sit and watch that happen. Still: How much of that falls on Manning himself?

This is going to be one of those rare instances in sports where we’re about to get an answer, because even the staunchest Manning defender over the past few seasons has to agree that the excuses are gone.

Poor offensive line? The Giants spent $77 million and used a second-round draft pick to completely overhaul it.

No betting would be allowed on high school sports, on college events taking place in the state, or any event involving a New Jersey college team anywhere.

A group of pro sports leagues criticized the bill Thursday, saying it does not include basic protections to mitigate risks to the integrity of sports and to ensure fairness for New Jersey consumers.

With Mara front and center, the NFL passed a new policy last month requiring players on the field pregame to stand and show respect for the flag during the national anthem. It eliminated kneeling as a form of protest but left players with the right to stay off the field during the anthem.

NFL rumors: Does Patriots’ Julian Edelman’s 4-game suspension for PEDs help the Jets?

Things have not gone well for the New England Patriots in 2018.

First, they lost Super Bowl LII to the Philadelphia Eagles, 41-33.

But that night, Lutty said Dykstra did call 911. He called 911 and told everybody I was kidnapping him.

Lutty says he was in fear for his life, slammed on the brakes to knock Dykstra off balance and sped to the police station while fighting off Dykstra.

Much of the footage of Dykstra shows police trying to ascertain if he had a gun in his possession, to which Dykstra repeatedly replies he did not have one.

And, he adds, I’m a convicted felon, I can’t own a firearm.

Officers didn’t locate a weapon, but police said they found cocaine, MDMA and marijuana among Dykstra’s belongings

More than a week after the NFL clumsily changed its national anthem policy in a way that managed to take a bad situation and make it worse, the NBA won’t be changing its own rules and regulations regarding the anthem.

As a result, the problem lingers. As does the NFL’s reluctance to negotiate the kind of conclusive resolution that would happen if the league and the union would agree that players will stand for the anthem. All because the NFL doesn’t want to give something up to get the outcome it so desperately needs.

He spent all of last season on injured reserve in Carolina due to a back injury. Simonson signed with the Raiders as an undrafted free agent out of Assumption College in 2014. He appeared in four games for Oakland that season before being waived the following summer.

He bounced between the Panthers practice squad and active roster for much of the next two seasons, appearing in 14 games. The Giants waived defensive back Aaron Davis with an injury designation to clear a spot for Simonson on their roster.

Hey Matthew, what about the increased emphasis on running the ball with new backs LeGarrette Blount and rookie Kerryon Johnson?

We’re just trying to get better, man, Stafford said. We’re just trying to figure out who fits where, and just trying to call plays.

Fans are hungering for football tidbits even in early-June, and there’s fascination with the new direction. No team is obligated to be forthright or glib, but this feels like a strategy, and maybe it’s a safe one for a new staff, to avoid any bold proclamations.