TC gave up an easy 3 points to work on short yardage on the first drive. Hardy dropped a pass at the 3 yard line that Cruz catches on the second drive.
The Ross INT/TD. Will never happen again. We could have just as easily been ahead at half.
I was just happy to see Big Blue on the field and nobody seriously hurt.
They've played that way in real games too.
Remember the "magical" touchdown Bob3 had against the Giants last year?
Parcells was a master at using preseason to make examples. We need some examples right now.
If available, he could man RT and let Booth or Pugh move to LG and Boothe to C.
Kiwanuka was the best player on our team last night, IMO, though Wilson also looked very good.
I tend to want two things out of preseason:
1) No injuries
2) Get timing and things like that down, but don't worry about running anything exotic that will be a staple later.
For the most part, TC has gotten the second part frequently in his tenure, and so far (fingers crossed) that MAJOR injury of year's past has been avoided.
Our run defense looks like they'll be much improved, but As of right now, I have no reason to believe Brandon Myers is an upgrade over Bennett. And can Nicks and Tuck return to form?
This up coming game is the worst football week of the year. This game cost Phil Simms a spot in the Hall of Fame and cost Jason Sehorn and Terrell Thomas their careers.
So far boring, sloppy play. Giants offense should not be getting shut down.
Last night's game was one of those games where the ball just kept bouncing away from us all night long. Baas going out early. Cruz going out. The interception/TD. A few other blown interceptions Luck tried to hand us, and a few key players not haviong one of their better games. It was just a bunch of things that added up to spell we lose.
That said, we still have a lot of work to do and I'm about as mad as TC is about the Players Association contract just about eliminating preseason practices. For the money they make, that's ridiculous.
Tough to see Nicks like this as he was really ascending into one of the very best WRs in the NFL... As great as he was in the 2011 run, I thought the game that he suffered the injury against TB might have been his best in a Giant uniform... Aqib Talib was mugging him constantly and still couldn't do anything to stop him...
but that's just me
Nicks/Randle made some nice catches
Blitz pick up from Wilson and Brown
Left side of the O-Line
D-Line without JPP was solid. Should only get better.
CB's tackled very well (Hosley made a great open field tackle on a screen to Wayne).
Still not sure why we play 5 yards off the LOW against their WR's though.
Injuries to Baas & Cruz
Oline played like shit as a unit. Some guys did fine individually, but as a unit, nothing but failure.
Nicks still looks like he has a ways to go to reach %100
Redzone production was non existent
My only problem with last night was the play of David Diehl - he looks like he's done.