Joe Judge Wants ‘Blue Collar’ Football for New York Giants

Rookie New York Giants head coach Joe Judge has quickly set about proving himself to Giants fans.

A Bill Belichick disciple, Joe Judge has been the special teams coordinator for the New England Patriots since 2015. In a year of progression, he began to coach wide receivers as well before being plucked for the Giants job.

At 38 years old, one wouldn’t expect Joe Judge to espouse and old-school philosophy. However, that’s exactly what he did in his introductory press conference.

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“The only culture we’re going to have in the building is a winning culture. Period,” Judge said.

“And what that means is everybody comes to work every day regardless of how they feel and puts the team first. Period. Whatever you have going on outside the building, you’re sick, a little bit of pain, you’re discomfort, you’re upset, you’re mad, you put all of that aside. You come in, you put the team first. We’re going to ask our players at times to do things that necessarily may not be what they have in mind for themselves. But if it’s best for the team they have to be willing to go forward with it cause that’s what a winning culture is.”

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“What I’m about is an old-school, physical mentality,” he said. 

“We’re going to put a product on the field that the people in this city and region can be proud of because this team will represent this area. We’ll play fast, we’ll play downhill, we’ll play aggressive…

“I want this team to reflect this area. I want the people who pay their hard-earned money and the neighborhoods of New York, North Jersey, South Jersey, to come to our games and know the players on the field play with the same attitude they wake up with every morning — that’s blue-collar, it’s hard work. It’s in your face and we’re not going to back down from anybody. But we’re going to come to work every day and grind it out the way they do in their jobs every day.”