Giants punter visits NYPD precinct, laughs about Christmas Eve drug test

Jay Busbee
· Senior writer

It's been a lively couple of days for Giants punter Steve Weatherford. First, he spent a solemn hour before practice Tuesday visiting a precinct of the New York Police Department to offer support in the wake of last week's tragic shooting of two officers.

“What they do for us on a daily basis, I know it doesn’t get enough credit,” Weatherford said, according to the New York Daily News. “People don’t say ‘Thank you’ enough for the times that they don’t need the police because everything is under control and everybody is safe. It’s a very thankless job, and I just wanted to go there and really just tell them ‘Thank you for doing what you do for us, for putting your life in danger on a daily basis to afford us the safety and security so we can sleep peacefully at night,’ and ‘I appreciate everything that you do.’”

Then, on Christmas Eve, he arrived at the Giants practice facility to find an unexpected gift: a random drug test:

The grin probably means Weatherford isn't too worried. The Giants don't have much to play for, but Weatherford, at least, is still bearing the blue proudly.

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