{"id":7434,"date":"2020-06-13T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nick-gates-vowing-to-bring-blue-collar-toughness-to-giants\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T06:57:00","slug":"nick-gates-vowing-to-bring-blue-collar-toughness-to-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nick-gates-vowing-to-bring-blue-collar-toughness-to-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nick Gates vowing to bring \u2018blue-collar\u2019 toughness to Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nick Gates vowing to bring \u2018blue-collar\u2019 toughness to Giants<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Certain things are off limits no matter how physical it gets in the trenches of an NFL game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there were no penalty flags \u2014 just a scolding from Mom \u2014 whenever Nick Gates, his older brother by six years and two older cousins started roughhousing at their Las Vegas home.<\/p>\n

Those childhood scuffles growing up in a \u201cblue-collar family\u201d where construction is the family business were the training ground for the undrafted third-year pro who Giants general<\/a> manager Dave Gettleman keeps teasing as a potential answer to the uncertainty at center.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy toughness comes from that,\u201d Gates, 24, told The Post. \u201cWe used to go at it and I had to hold my own. I was the youngest [for a long time], so everybody kind of picked on me. You have to be tough when you are the youngest. Playing football or wrestling, one of us gets mad and it starts off from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gettleman mentioned Gates\u2019 \u201cbright future\u201d without prompt in all three interviews he conducted from April 13-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing you love about Nick is just how tough he is, because it\u2019s a fist fight in there,\u201d Gettleman said. \u201cHistory tells you that the toughness of your team is really, really indicated by the toughness of your offensive line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About 2,500 miles away, Gates \u2014 such an infrequent social-media user that his Twitter<\/a> bio still identifies him as playing for the University of Nebraska \u2014 heard the praise. He quickly tuned it out to focus on improving under new Giants offensive line coach Marc Colombo, who followed offensive coordinator Jason Garrett from the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

\u201cColombo is a really good coach,\u201d Gates said. \u201cI like that he played [in the NFL] for 10 years. He understands that sometimes, when it gets tough, you just have to get the block \u2014 and that\u2019s kind of how it happ<\/a>ens. He loves teaching technique.\u201d<\/p>\n

A typical day for Gates right now includes two hours of virtual instruction, followed by three hours training at Phase 1 Sports facility in Las Vegas, which remains open only to professional athletes during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-5, 307-pound Gates is in a group with Giants teammate Will Hernandez and a couple Raiders offensive linemen, taking his turn snapping to quarterback Derek Carr between lifting and running.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes it a lot easier going to work out every day when you have those guys there to push you,\u201d Gates said. \u201cThere\u2019s a back-and-forth \u2014 I feed off their brain, then they ask me questions \u2014 that helps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates started 35 games at tackle at Nebraska but became a do-it-all backup for the Giants last season. After spending his rookie season on injured reserve (foot), Gates played in 16 games with two starts at tackle and one at guard, and practiced as a third-string center for the first time in his career at any level.<\/p>\n

Now the Giants have a vacancy because center Jon Halapio is a free agent recovering from Achilles tendon surgery. Gates will compete against fellow returning backup Spencer Pulley, rookie Shane Lemieux and possibly a re-signed Halapio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t mind it at all,\u201d Gates said of changing positions. \u201cIf that\u2019s where the team needs help, I\u2019m ready to step up. The mental aspect is really the main load of center. It\u2019s mostly a help position, but you have to point out where everybody goes and make sure everybody is on the same page. We\u2019ll see when I get live reps with guys lined up three inches from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gates finally outgrew his older brother \u2014 a football player at Dickinson State \u2014 around his 18th birthday. When his younger brother by seven years finally was old enough to mix it up, Gates showed him no mercy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything runs downhill, right?\u201d he cracked.<\/p>\n

Sounds like a center\u2019s mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a light switch. Once you are on the field, you have to turn it on,\u201d Gates said. \u201cFletcher Cox, Aaron Donald, don\u2019t care who you are. They are not going to take it easy. You have to bear down.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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