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Kenny Golladay felt like he was winning on certain routes last Thursday and wanted them called to make late-game plays to help the Giants win.

At least that’s how Joe Judge described the wide receiver’s shouting at offensive coordinator Jason Garrett in their 30-29 Week 2 loss at Washington.

“The conversation the other day wasn’t anything in terms of an attack on a coach or a player,” Judge said Wednesday. “It was just simply put, ‘Hey, I can do this, give me a chance on this type of route, whatever it may be.’”

Golladay had beaten corner William Jackson III twice in the second half: once on a go-route, drawing pass interference, and again on a post when Golladay dropped Daniel Jones’ pass.

Two of his receptions were on stops or comebacks. His other catch was on a seam route.

So Garrett did dial up Golladay’s number deep, in the OC’s defense. That included a go route from the slot in the second half that Golladay failed to haul in while blanketed by corner Kendall Fuller.

Golladay erupted on the sideline after consecutive incompletions intended for Darius Slayton led to a Giants punt with 3:13 to play. But Judge insisted the Giants saw Golladay’s reaction as more passionate than problematic.

“To me, speaking with emotion and fighting are two different things,” Judge said. “I’ve gotta apologize to certain people on the sideline sometimes. We have support staff out there, people that help us, and I gotta tell them on the front end whatever I say today, don’t take it personally, in the heat of the moment when things get going.”

“Look,” Judge added, “if there was an issue, it would be handled. I love the way Kenny competes. One thing I like about this guy is he’s got a lot of fire. Those things happen a lot.”

Judge said, for example, that he and special teamer Nate Ebner “talk like an old married couple.” They’ve known each other a long time going back to New England.

“Normally he comes to the sideline and he may come over and give me and [special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey] what’s on his mind,” Judge said. “Now there’s a fine line between disrespect, fighting and communicating with volume and intensity. We know the difference.”

Golladay also warrants monitoring from a health standpoint, meanwhile, after he was limited at Wednesday’s practice with a hip injury. Golladay missed the final nine games of the Detroit Lions’ 2020 season due to a Week 8 hip flexor strain that he then aggravated.

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It’s up in the air whether Evan Engram is going to make his season debut on Sunday. Engram (left calf) was moving well early in Wednesday’s practice, but he was still limited. And Judge sounded unsure about his tight end’s status.

“We’re gonna start him out early with the trainers and see where he’s at,” Judge said. “He had a decent day the other day. He’s still progressing, moving in the right direction. We were hopeful coming out of camp obviously we didn’t put him on [injured reserve] so we could hopefully get him to this point right here. We’re gonna have to see these next couple days how he can string it together.”

The Giants’ injury report was long on Wednesday: LB Cam Brown (hamstring), S Nate Ebner (quad) and DT Austin Johnson (illness) did not practice. Five players were limited: Engram, Golladay, Saquon Barkley (right knee), S Logan Ryan (hamstring) and TE Kaden Smith (knee).

The Falcons had three players on their injury report: WR Russell Gage (ankle), CB A.J. Terrell (concussion) and WR Frank Darby (calf).

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The Giants added two offensive linemen to their practice squad Wednesday: center/guard Jonotthan Harrison and guard/tackle Foster Sarell. They made the moves one day after placing center/guard Nick Gates on season-ending injured reserve and losing practice squad tackle Jackson Barton to the poaching Las Vegas Raiders. The team cut running back Dexter Williams from the practice squad to make room.

Harrison, 30, was an offseason signing who was released at the end of the preseason after an underwhelming camp. The club probably wasn’t willing to carry him on the roster through Week 1 to let his salary be guaranteed as a vested veteran but viewed him as an emergency backup option in the event of injuries.

Sarell, a 6-7, 330-pound undrafted rookie from Stanford, was cut by the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday. The Giants acted quickly. He is the second Ravens cast-off added by the Giants in the last month. They also traded for guard Ben Bredeson just before league-wide cuts occurred.

Sarell played every position but center for the Ravens this preseason, per Pro Football Focus: 48 at left guard, 21 at right guard, 20 at right tackle and 15 at left tackle. He was charged with no pressures allowed in 43 pass rush snaps. His run blocking didn’t grade well.

He was a highly-touted recruit out of Graham, Wash., starting varsity as a ninth grader, but he never blossomed at Stanford, due at least in part to injuries.

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