The ankle injury suffered by rookie RB Tyrone Tracy overshadowed everything else at practice, but I thought this was QB Daniel Jones’ best practice of camp, especially considering he didn’t have the Malik Nabers safety net.

When Jones has had strong practices this camp, it’s mostly been because he’s hit on a few deep balls with everything else being underneath. Today was more impressive because he was drilling intermediate throws with good velocity/touch/timing.

The ball touched the ground three times on his 13 attempts today: A batted pass by DL Dexter Lawrence and drops by WR Jalin Hyatt and TE Chris Manhertz on well-thrown slants.

Jones fired a dig route into a tight window to Hyatt. He had a perfectly placed deep crosser to WR Darius Slayton along the sideline over OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux, who was dropping in coverage. The deep balls will be huge, but those are the types of throws he needs to make more consistently.

-Most of the focus has been on the question at the No. 2 cornerback spot for the Giants. Maybe that’s because it’s too scary to think about what it’ll mean if Deonte Banks isn’t ready to be a true CB1.

Banks got beat by Slayton on a go route on the second play of practice. That’s happened enough in camp to cause some uneasiness about Banks heading into a season with huge expectations.

-The rotating on the offensive line continued with John Michael Schmitz easing back into the mix. Schmitz started at center with Greg Van Roten at right guard. After two reps, Van Roten would shift to center and Jake Kubas would come in at right guard. Austin Schlottmann also got some reps at first-team center. Austin Stinnie was at left guard with Jon Runyan (shoulder) sitting out.

Evan Neal followed a similar pattern with the second-team line, playing two reps at RT before subbing out.

-RB Eric Gray showed his burst on his 48-yard touchdown run in the preseason opener and it was evident repeatedly today. The Giants are going to need Gray to step up after Tracy’s injury.

-WR Allen Robinson caught six passes from QB Tommy DeVito with the backups. Robinson got behind Jason Pinnock (rotating with backups due to safety injuries) on a deep post for a TD. I don’t see a path to a roster spot for Robinson, but he’s a true professional WR. He manages to get open and catches everything. It would be ideal to stash him on the practice squad for depth.

-Isaiah Simmons got most of the slot corner reps with the starters with Dru Phillips (ankle) sidelined again. David Long also mixed in.

-Rookie safety Tyler Nubin mixed in with the starting defense for a few reps. There was a ton of rotating at safety with only four healthy bodies, but it’s notable because Nubin had strictly worked with the backups previously.

-Jude McAtamney drilled a 58-yard field goal. Graham Gano’s job is safe, but the undrafted rookie has impressive leg strength. McAtamney is a good player to stash on the practice squad with the international exemption.