By Ryan Murphy, WNBC.com Editor
The first play aside, I’m pleasantly pleased with the Giants so far.
Offense – moved the ball down field. Could have gotten inside the red zone a bit more, but Manning looked good and I am extremely impressed with WR Anthony Mix (I was going to write that before his touchdown, too.) Jacobs looked decent, I’m just worried about this guy taking a beating if he carries 30 times a game. The upside is clearly his size so maybe he’ll be distributing more beatings than taking them.
Defense – mulligan on the first play and they were putting for birdie every series after that. The Giants D-line made Jets O-line look like Swiss cheese and Pennington had 80 total yards. Remember, 79 came on the first play. A+ for the Giants D in the first half. A safety always helps too, but that’s more a credit to special teams coverage.
Special Teams – a little disconcerted about missing 2 field goals with our supposed starting kicker. I’m over it fast though as preseason is just that – PRE season. 0 for 2 in a close game during the regular season will not evoke the same response, I assure you that. You can’t give up 6 points, ever. I still think Tynes will be our guy on opening day. But why is kicker such a shaky position for the Giants year in and year out? Great coverage on the punt that led to the safety. It’s nice to see David Tyree back in action.
All in all, Giants get an A- for first half action. I’d take a performance like this on opening day against Dallas in a heartbeat. Let’s see how bad second and third stringers want on this team…
By the way, kudos to Darrelle Rivas for tight coverage in the first half. My counterpart, Jim Scott will be pleased with his first half performance. Ouch…he just got drilled on a second-half punt return…sorry Jim
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