My game observations

The tradition of Zak DeOssie being the first Giant out on the field and promptly jumping over the kneeling cameraman continues

A young girl about 10 years old performed as outstanding a rendition of the National Anthem as you will ever hear. Impressive

On the first play, the opening kickoff, Geremy Davis was the Giants player furthest to the right and certainly had outside contain responsibilities. He pushed inside and promptly let the Jets returner get to the outside for another 15 yards. Later, following the Giants first TD, he would start too early, and was offside and penalized on the kickoff.

John Jerry started at RG, but after 2 series, the remainder of the game was a rotation of Jerry and Schwartz at RG. No Giants player took any snaps at RG except those 2 right to the final gun.

Schwartz was beaten badly by former Giants DT Leger Douzable on his first snap, but settled down and I actually thought played quite well. He had several key blocks on the Giants first TD drive

My observation- Very clear that the Giants running attack was much better when Schwartz was in and would digress when Jerry would return

The Giants had a similar rotation (and similar result) at DT. The starter (like Jerry) was Marcus Kuhn and the rotation player was Kenrick Ellis. Kuhn (other than blocking an extra point) did very little. Ellis, especially when paired with Hankins, impressed. When it got to the 2nd half Ellis remained part of the rotation with other backups. I don’t recall Kuhn playing in the 2nd half

Ereck Flowers played well. The Jets are a 3-4 team and Flowers spent most of the night up against LB Trevor Reilly. Flowers is about 100 pounds bigger and it was just a mismatch throughout. Reilly is more of a speed rusher, but Flowers had no problems. Flowers played the entire first half. His replacement was Emmett Cleary, who took every LT snap in the 2nd half.

Pugh’s play was uneven. He was badly beaten by Douzable for an early sack of Eli, and was a frustrating mix of solid blocks and missed blocks. Not his best game.

While I must say that I like the 2015 version of C Dallas Reynolds better than the 2014 version (he is clearly bigger and stronger), he is still just an average player. The Jets backup center (Dalton Freeman) is clearly better than Reynolds or Brett Jones, the Giants 2 who played C in this game.

I thought Marshall Newhouse had a good effective game. He played the entire first half and I don’t recall any blown plays. Newhouse was replaced in the 2nd half by Bobby Hart, who played until he was injured, when he was replaced by Donnelly, who stayed at RT the remainder of the game. When Hart was in, his opponent was often LB Trevor Reilly, who played 3 quarters for the Jets. Hart (like Flowers much larger than Reilly) also had good success.

Adam Gettis played LG for Pugh in the 2nd half. Giants fans should take notice that Bamiro and Eric Herman did not get in for a snap the whole game.

Another observation- while I like the intensity of both Gettis and Jones, these guys are clearly “tiny” in the trenches on a pro football field. You can get away with tiny with an explosive running back or a tough slot receiver, but I just don’t think tiny works along the lines in the NFL, regardless of toughness or desire.

The Giants best special teams player this preseason is Josh Gordy. Hands down. Too bad he was injured in the 2nd half. Hope it is not serious.

With under 3 minutes to go in the game DT Dominique Hamilton entered for his first snaps. This surprised me as I thought he looked solid in the two practices I attended. Clearly not a good sign for Hamilton making the roster.

Newest Giant LB Ashlee Palmer had a similar (but worse) experience. He entered the game at the 2 minute warning in the 4th quarter. After breaking the huddle, in came a 3rd safety (Cooper Taylor) and off went Palmer. Palmer would not return and had no snaps.

The 3 Giants that stood out for me the most on Defense- Kennard, Odighizuwa, and DRC

I really love Orleans Darkwa. Had 1 great block on a KO return to spring Harris, and just so smooth running the ball and always getting that extra yard or 2. I actually like Darkwa over Williams.

LB Devin Unga continues to impress. Took more snaps with the first team. I have to believe he has made the roster, as he had snaps in all 4 quarters and reacts well and makes plays.

Final sidenote- Jets OG Willie Colon is probably the dirtiest player in the NFL. He actually got flagged at least once.