How about six weeks off?

That is what Giants players have in front of them after this week’s mandatory minicamp. The next time they will gather en masse will be the last week of July for the start of training camp. That’s when the real grind starts, and it does not stop until Week 13 of the season in early December, when the Giants finally get their bye.

Time away from the field is imperative, for the body and the mind. Even the coaches know it, as Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale made clear when he recently completed his thoughts about his new inside linebacker, Bobby Okereke, by saying, “And we’ve just got to get ready to take the next step. Which, for me, is vacation.’’

Teams always worry about players once they leave the facility for such an extended period. Will they stay in shape? Will they stay out of trouble? Will they retain what they learned the past few months? Will they be careful not to get hurt as they engage in activities unsupervised by the team?