In New York, the Tony Awards just finished but the Toney Era is just beginning.

The hamstring injuries suffered on Sunday by starting receivers Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton could be the push that forces the Giants into showing more trust in rookie Kadarius Toney. The first-round pick has four catches for 14 yards through three games.

“To say someone is going to just jump in and just replicate completely what we do with those two guys, I don’t think that’s something we’re going to look to do,” coach Joe Judge said. “It’s going to be more about playing to his strengths, giving him the opportunity to get the ball in his hands and make some plays.”

Trained eyes should notice that is a different tune than Judge usually sings. No discounting the idea of predetermined targets. No warning on the risks of forcing the ball to one receiver. No talk of quarterback Daniel Jones going through progressions and reading what the defense is giving.

Judge sees what others see: A playmaker getting too few touches on an offense settling for too many field goals.

“It’s something we’re focused on right now,” Judge said. “We’ve got to get him the ball and we definitely want to. We saw [Sunday] a couple of glimpses of just him with the ball in his hands. He’s got the ability to make some guys miss in space, he runs hard and he competes. He comes off the ball with a different level of speed than a lot of guys.”

Toney made back-to-back catches for 16 yards but had nothing to show for his other 44 offensive snaps against the Falcons in Week 3. With Shepard and Slayton out for the final three quarters, the Giants turned to Collin Johnson (first game active) and C.J. Board (signed off the practice squad) to complement Kenny Golladay. The Giants have not used Toney as a kickoff returner — Board’s job — despite his success in that role at Florida.

Johnson (five catches for 51 yards) is a second-year pro who joined the Giants off waivers on Sept. 1, so the excuses of Toney’s youth and not having enough time to acclimate to the offense because of missed practices in the spring and summer no longer hold water.

Rookie receivers are making a big impact around the NFL — as is the case most years with first- and second-rounders — and the Giants bypassed offensive line and pass-rush help at pick No. 20 because of the thought Toney added a different element to their offense even when the receiver corps is at full strength. Shepard is hopeful to play this Sunday, per a source.

“I’m not going to say we’re going to manufacture 50-60 snaps artificially with [Toney],” Judge said, “but in terms of how the Saints are playing, and if the opportunity presents itself, we’ll definitely try to get him the ball.”

As more coaches use fourth down as an offensive weapon, Judge punted on fourth-and-4 from the Falcons’ 39-yard line when the Giants trailed, 7-6, midway through the third quarter.

“It was simple: I wanted to make sure we maintained the field position at that point,” Judge said. “Did I want to be aggressive and go for it on offense? Yeah, there’s an opportunity to go ahead and push it. But then in terms of knowing the flow of the game and how your defense at that point is playing, I had confidence to go ahead and put those guys down inside their 10-yard line.”

Judge has advisers in his headset for situational awareness, but he makes the final calls. No one will accuse him of not considering every variable: He mentioned the strong wind the Falcons would’ve faced punting out of their own end zone.

The Giants released WR Matt Cole, DL Willie Henry and OT Foster Sarell off the practice squad. They held a large free-agent workout that included OT Isaiah Wilson, a Brooklyn native and 2020 first-round draft pick who was arrested twice during his lone year in the NFL and has been traded by the Titans and cut by the Dolphins. Wilson started opposite Giants LT Andrew Thomas at Georgia.