By Dan Duggan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

I had planned to watch every team rep taken by Giants left tackle Ereck Flowers in Wednesday's practice. The ankle injury suffered by wide receiver Sterling Shepard early in practice altered those plans, but I was still able to focus a good amount of attention on Flowers. The results weren't pretty.

Despite Flowers' improved conditioning this offseason, he is still prone to the same technique breakdowns that plagued him in his first two seasons. This was the Giants' first training camp practice in full pads, so Flowers has some time to pick up his game. But the early returns aren't encouraging:

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Flashback

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Flowers with the immediate technique breakdown. Drops his head and reaches: pic.twitter.com/xjC5yNZ55D — Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2017

This was the play from practice that should worry fans the most. Flowers' technique broke down immediately against defensive end Olivier Vernon. This was a common sight last season, with Flowers dropping his head and reaching with his arms as soon as he gets in trouble.

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Wednesday's practice report

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More of the same

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Pushed backwards, arms get wide immediately pic.twitter.com/vqqVVie1HT — Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2017

Flowers typically struggles with speed rushers, but on this play, Vernon bull-rushed the 6-foot-6, 329-pounder. Flowers ended up in Manning's lap and the play would have resulted in a sack in a real game.

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It wasn't all bad

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Here's a clip of Ereck Flowers doing a nice job getting to the second level in the run game. Warning: The next two clips won't be as good... pic.twitter.com/AJ6fjtTO6p — Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2017

Flowers' strength is run-blocking and it showed on one play during an 11-on-11 period. Flowers double-teamed a lineman with left guard Justin Pugh and then moved to the second level to seal middle linebacker B.J. Goodson to open a hole.

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Shepard avoids serious injury

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Fullback sights and sounds

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Shane Smith meeting Jonathan Casillas in the hole. That's the sound of having a fullback... pic.twitter.com/Y9tM1cjQPS — Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2017

Fullback Shane Smith has been packing a punch as a lead-blocker in the last two practices. You could hear the collision between Smith and linebacker Jonathan Casillas in the hole on one play during an 11-on-11 period.

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Webb goes deep

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Davis Webb with a touchdown throw Travis Rudolph. #nyg pic.twitter.com/Wmk8ypDwML — Big Blue View (@bigblueview) August 2, 2017

Rookie quarterback Davis Webb made the most of his reps during a 7-on-7 period late in Wednesday's practice. Webb threw a perfect deep ball to rookie wide receiver Travis Rudolph for a touchdown.

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Here's Odell successfully making the catch. Believe Travis Rudolph and Donte Deayon did it. pic.twitter.com/sfIn0cQvDL — Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 2, 2017

Odell being Odell

The offense squared off against the defense in a punt-catching competition at the end of practice. There was only one catch: Players had two balls in their hands and had to try to snag a third ball. Wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Travis Rudolph were successful for the offense, while cornerback Donte Deayon was the only defensive player to make the catch. The defense had to do push-ups after losing.

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