The first test came in a controlled scrimmage on the first Saturday of training camp.
There was a joint training session and a controlled scrimmage.
It concerned their performance in last Saturday's 125-play controlled scrimmage.
Because second-stringers play a lot in controlled scrimmages, Dixon, who has had a good camp, could be featured.
Hall directs teammates during the controlled scrimmages, patting them on the back, shouting encouragement.
They also used the high school field for a 90-play controlled scrimmage Thursday afternoon.
But their 23-17 victory came in a preseason game that at times was little more than a controlled scrimmage.
By reporting eight days late, he missed 11 practices and a controlled scrimmage.
In the Giants' controlled scrimmage last Saturday, the defensive line was overpowered.
He injured the knee in a controlled scrimmage Monday night.