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Reality Check

PhilD : 8/10/2018 8:18 am
The first play was great. I yelled WOW!!
We are on our way.

Then reality set in for the rest of the game.

This team has a long way to go to be competitive.
holy shit  
nygiants16 : 8/10/2018 8:21 am : link
it is preseason, good or bad it has zero bearing on the season, beaides injuries it does not effect anything..

giants last year could of looked like world beaters in preseason, guess what they still would of sucked..

and you could tell from TWO series that they were bad?
PhilD...  
M.S. : 8/10/2018 8:23 am : link

...the Giants ran the ball very well last night.

They also stoned the run.

That's something to build off of!!!
RE: PhilD...  
NYBEN1963 : 8/10/2018 8:29 am : link
In comment 14034927 M.S. said:
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...the Giants ran the ball very well last night.

They also stoned the run.

That's something to build off of!!!


Big time ...if you can hold you opponent to 50 yards rushing and you rush for 130+..you will win a lot more that you will lose. I hope this is something that continues..something to hang the hat on. Old school run the ball stop the run football
It seemed to me the first team defense of the Bowns was  
Brown Recluse : 8/10/2018 8:37 am : link
moving a little faster than our first team offense. While thats been a common theme for this team in recent years, I wouldnt read to much into it yet.

The run defense was fantastic all night. The pass defense wasn’t.

We’ve got a lot of new players and an almost entirely new coaching staff. Lets see what happens next game.

First preseason game.  
johnnyb : 8/10/2018 8:41 am : link
Long way to go before any accurate judgement can be passed. In the words of Aaron Rodgers- RELAX!
Same story every year  
JonC : 8/10/2018 8:46 am : link
The first preseason game you see the best players on the team for roughly two series, that's it. First live full speed action and tackling in an uncontrolled environment.

Rather than surrender the whole season, look at what needs to improve based off a limited look and monitor each week : OL cohesion and push, especially behind Flowers, pass coverage on defense needs to tighten up, and can the front seven become the type of unit that takes pressure off the backend including LBs whom you don't want isolated in coverage.
We were a Rhett Ellison not looking for the ball  
dep026 : 8/10/2018 8:47 am : link
away from possibly going in for a TD on the opening drive. Isnt that what we want/
Browns could actually be a decent team  
mattlawson : 8/10/2018 8:49 am : link
I realize that sounds ridiculous but I was impressed
Get back to me  
RinR : 8/10/2018 8:51 am : link
after the 3rd preseason game.

Same reactions after 1 preseason every year.
RE: We were a Rhett Ellison not looking for the ball  
Britt in VA : 8/10/2018 8:51 am : link
In comment 14034965 dep026 said:
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away from possibly going in for a TD on the opening drive. Isnt that what we want/


Yeah, first team offense looked good and moved the ball. That's all I needed to see for the first preseason game.

Barkley's run was really all I needed to see, but the rest was fine.
Seriously  
djstat : 8/10/2018 8:51 am : link
Pre Season Game 1 without your stud WR and the first O gets points on first drive. In a game with no game planning and strategy and you d Duce this team is bad? Learn football please. Preseason games indicate and mean nothing.
There is NO reality check.  
Big Blue '56 : 8/10/2018 8:52 am : link
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The starters were in for two series, and our best player on offense  
mikeinbloomfield : 8/10/2018 8:53 am : link
didn't play at all. Give me a break.

The only thing I was concerned about last night was the secondary.
My review: Could have turned off the game after the first play.  
baadbill : 8/10/2018 8:58 am : link
Nothing else positive made my highlight reel.
Those who dismiss putrid preseason performances  
joeinpa : 8/10/2018 8:59 am : link
Have not been paying attention.

The past two seasons, especially on offense, lousy preseason execution translates to same during regular season.
But..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 8/10/2018 9:02 am : link
that was not a putrid performance by the first team.

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Those who dismiss putrid preseason performances
joeinpa : 8:59 am : link : reply
Have not been paying attention.


And one sign that should be pointed out is that we won the trenches on D, the entire game. We were generating pressure and shut down the run.
Reality is  
QB Snacks : 8/10/2018 9:03 am : link
The first team units are all that matters for the most part. Some individaul second teamers will get time. Others wont barring injury. Some barring multiple injuries
RE: Those who dismiss putrid preseason performances  
JonC : 8/10/2018 9:06 am : link
In comment 14034998 joeinpa said:
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Have not been paying attention.

The past two seasons, especially on offense, lousy preseason execution translates to same during regular season.


They've got work to do, but to definitively start wringing the hands now doesn't compute.
RE: Those who dismiss putrid preseason performances  
nygiants16 : 8/10/2018 9:15 am : link
In comment 14034998 joeinpa said:
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Have not been paying attention.

The past two seasons, especially on offense, lousy preseason execution translates to same during regular season.


it does not translate, people just like to say see i told you so...

the giants could be world beaters and it means absolutely nothing come the regular season...

week to week in the regular season it means nothing, 1 week you look good next you can look like total crap...

there is nothing you can take away from last jight and say look nothing has changed...
some bad signs that could carry over to season  
micky : 8/10/2018 9:32 am : link
but wait til the gait drops vs jax
I..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 8/10/2018 9:37 am : link
sure hope we don't limp into the opener!
RE: Get back to me  
twostepgiants : 8/10/2018 11:25 am : link
In comment 14034974 RinR said:
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after the 3rd preseason game.

Same reactions after 1 preseason every year.


And the Giants have been very bad for most of the seasons
_________  
I am Ninja : 8/10/2018 1:20 pm : link
1 preseason game into a new admin. even in the best case present scenario they have a long way to go.
RE: PhilD...  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 8/10/2018 1:22 pm : link
In comment 14034927 M.S. said:
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...the Giants ran the ball very well last night.

Are you speaking in some unfathomable alien language, I don't comprehend what you're saying! Giants... well... ball... run...



JFC  
djm : 8/10/2018 2:27 pm : link
I can’t take it anymore
The reality check  
Number17 : 8/10/2018 2:49 pm : link
is that 2 teams with a combined 3 -32 record squared off in a preseason game and both teams will likely/probably/hopefully do better than last year.
The reality is the Giant's first play usually stinks  
Jimmy Googs : 8/10/2018 2:54 pm : link
so this is an improvement...
Amen NY Ben .  
Bluesbreaker : 8/11/2018 2:32 pm : link
it's something to build off of we played well in the trenches as far as I could see I missed the starters except for the
Ogletree getting beat .
Barkley lived up to the hype . Need to get the passing game going OBJ will help with hat not to make excuses but we have made about as many changes a team can make in one season
don't expect miracles but there is plenty to be excited about !
Browns are now 5-0 in the past 2 preseasons  
PatersonPlank : 8/11/2018 2:36 pm : link
See where that got them? It means nothing at all. Just get the starters some time, keep away from injuries, keep things vanilla, and figure out the back-end of the roster. Thats it.
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