The Giants unofficially named their starting center on Monday by trading away his backup and main competition for the job.
Brett Jones, who had been getting second-team reps behind Jon Halapio all training camp but had played well in the recent preseason game against the Jets, was shipped to the Vikings in exchange for a seventh-round pick in next year’s draft. Jones was penciled in as the starter at center by many when the offseason program began but Halapio had moved ahead of him during the spring workouts and held onto that position.
“We like what Halapio’s been doing,” Shurmur said.