Giants report: PS Week one review

August 14, 2022

Giants Report: Observations from first week of pre-season play … We have a pretty strict rule when it comes to assessing stuff in the football world and that is ‘Never, ever base conclusions on just one game!’ The corollary is never, ever, ever base anything on a pre-season game, especially the first one. So we aren’t going to say much other than it was nice to get a W, I mean it’s been a while!! In addition, both QBs, or at least Daniel Jones and Tyrod Taylor, were solid enough. And we probably aren’t saying much new in pointing out that several players had really good games including LB Darian Beavers, CB Cor’dale Flott, WRs Collin Johnson and Richie James, and RBs Antonio Williams and Jashaun Corbin. In fact, the latter two guys got our game balls. And we’d be preaching to the choir to note that WR Kenny Golladay, with that red zone egregious drop, that stopped the Giants initial drive, and CB Aaron Robinson didn’t have good nights. It was also a pretty good evening for the offensive line, especially the 2s and 3s that dominated the Patriots’ subs at the point of attack all night long. However, the guys we were focused on were rookie OL Evan Neal and Josh Ezeudu, whom the Giants selected in the first and third rounds respectively this past spring. Read more