Meet Patrick Ricard, whose fullback role may be Giants most unique: Pancake Pat

Willie Taggart, the new Giants running backs coach, was more than willing to discuss the players he worked with this spring.But then, when asked about fullback Patrick Ricard, Taggart smiled and politely declined to provide any detailed analysis.“He’s not in my room,” Taggart told The Post.Of course he’s not.

That sums up the Patrick Ricard experience as vividly as any collection of words.  Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.Ricard reports to the tight end room, as his job description is far more aligned to that position group than to the size/speed requirements of those who make a living carrying the football.

And, for the sake of accuracy, Ricard probably does not truly belong amongst a group of pass-catching tight ends.He could report to a room that says “Blockers Only” on the door and he might be the only one to gain entry.

Perhaps Chris Manhertz, a tight end with 30 career receptions in 10 NFL seasons, would be there to greet Ricard.Manhertz, a blocker first and foremost, is 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds.Ricard is 6-3 and 300 pounds, and the ball is in his hands about as often as a solar eclipse is viewed from the planet earth.“We didn’t really have that last year, we had a tight end,” running back Tyrone Tracy said.

“This year with an actual fullback, 300 pounds, like I mean, I’m gonna let him go to work, really. “I told him, ‘You do what you do, I’m gonna make you right.I’m going to do my best to make sure I’m making you look good, because you’re 300 pounds.

I know a lot of dudes aren’t going to want to block you, they aren’t going to want to be blocked by you.’ I told Pat, ‘Me and you are gonna make each other a lot of money.’ ”We shall see about that one. Ricard, 32, arrived to the Giants via a two-year contract worth $7.63 million, making him the highest-paid fullback in the league.It is not exactly a highly valued position around th...