Giants Tonight

Alright, the big thing, once again is NO INJURIES.  Aside from that, the third preseason game used to be when teams would play their starters for 3 quarters.  We'll be lucky if they play a half these days.  And really, the offense without Saquon Barkley, Even Engram and Sterling Shepard all pre hasn't really been the offense, so seeing how disciplined and productive they have been has been all the more impressive.

I think we'd all like to see Daniel Jones get a lot of snaps and clean up last week's ball security blip. That is: keep it a blip. We don't need another Eli who fumbles when touched.  Beyond that, it would be good for the health of the franchise for Kyle Lauletta to claim the third spot by thoroughly outplaying Alex Tanney tonight.

And the battle for the second back spot continues.  It would be great to see Paul Perkins do something with a hand off or a pitch, because he's already shown playmaking potential as a pass catcher. Don't know if Gallman's playing yet, but Hilliman looked kind of nifty last week and could also threaten for a job.  Rod Smith has also looked useful, so it's interesting.

The WR's and TE's might also do some sorting out.

On D, it would be good so see more pass rush and more takeaways from the starters and people who are expected to make the team.  Like Man and Love.  Beyond that - no injuries and it will be nice if someone like Carlock can make another play.  Not sure if he's make it through waivers to the P-Squad.

So that's the player stuff.

A point in general, though, is usually when you see a team just handling it's opponents in Pre that team has game planned. The Giants do not game plan for preseason games, thus what we're seeing is players executing vanilla plays and making them work for the most part. Really unusual, and this sort of reminding me of Parcells second year - after he'd gotten rid of the early `80s drug culture in the locker room, the Giants started their rise.  Shurmur's a different cat, but year 2 so far does seem familiar.  These players look COACHED.  Good stuff.