Aaron Wellman won’t make any gameday decisions. He won’t help craft the gameplans. He won’t even have much input in roster decisions or depth chart adjustments.
But he may turn out to be the most important new coach on the Giants’ staff this season.
Wellman takes over the strength and conditioning program from long-time coach Jerry Palmieri after three straight seasons in which the Giants have been among the most injured teams in the NFL. And while the catch phrase for Ben McAdoo’s transition to power has been “evolution, not revolution,” the weight room seems to be the one place where there is more of the latter.