Bobby Okereke is the new quarterback of the Giants’ defense, taking over the defensive headset — marked by a green dot on his helmet — and signal-calling duties that safeties Xavier McKinney and Ju…
As conversations happened all around him in the Giants locker room, Bobby Okereke sat on a stool, his attention glued to an iPad screen showing film.
“I just see it as a vocal responsibility for me on the field,” said Okereke, who was quick to praise McKinney for taking charge of the secondary and Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams for doing the same up front. “I’ll be communicating with those guys, making sure it’s a well-oiled machine.” “There’s a lot of excitement from that standpoint and I want to show the hard work I’ve been putting in,” Okereke told The Post. “But, for me, when you start worrying about other people’s opinions of you, that’s really a lot of distractions.Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
“It reinforces communication throughout everybody, because I could be playing on the line one time or I could be dropping back the next,” Okereke said. “Everybody knows what everybody else is doing, because you could be the one in that position at any time.“Wink just has so much wisdom that he can add a coaching point or reminder on the sideline, or in that time before the play.”
Okereke is the first linebacker chosen by Martindale to wear the headset since C.J. Mosley with the Ravens in 2018. It won’t be a new responsibility — Okereke was the signal-caller for the Colts whenever Shaq Leonard was sidelined — but it is new to have someone else with experience on the field at the same time.
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