He looked like the guy we saw in the playoffs of 2007 and the guy we should have seen in the playoffs of 2008.

Definitely a Kudos to Koets. I was never much a fan of his but I got to say I was impressed with him. The only downside would be his high snaps to Carr. At that point I was worried they’d fly over his head. The running game looks very very promising and as Giants fans, that’s what we expect every year. Although, I was getting worried we didn’t see many deep threats in the game. Hopefully we’ll see some more from the WR core this preseason.

on the turf, it’s a scary sight. The guy can flat out fly off the line. Is he going to play DE in most situations, or will he be brought in as an OLB pass rushing specialist?

We are so strong up front on both sides of the ball. The D line is going to wreak havoc on QB’s all year long and the combo of Jacobs and Bradshaw will keep the defense so off balance we will probably only need to pass 25-30 times a game.
 
And apparently I am not the only one who is fred up, I was at the game last night and the crowd was impressive for a pre-season game.

The reason that the punt got blocked was that the Giants only fielded 10 players on the down. Look at the film and if you don’t believe ME, read Coughlin’s transcript. I thought it was a little strange to see a down D-Lineman from the Panthers with no Giant in front of him. I’d chalk that up to someone missing their call to the field. I’d bet it was a rookie Tackle, Louis, Thompson or Pennington. We’ll see who the first Tackle that gets cut is and it will most likely be the culprit.

I thought Beatty won the battle overall against the Panthers second round pick, the only sacks he gave up came from QB’s holding the ball way too long. Not much on the run blocking that I could see. Reyes already looks like our top backup lineman. Barden made one good catch, thought he could have fought for the INT, and on the ball Woodson overthrew him I thought he must have lost it in the lights because he didn’t seem to really go after it. Overall I liked that they spread the ball around so much, screw forcing it to a “Number one guy”. And finally, I liked that our first teams beat their first teams, but I think it was good to have the Panthers come back, we can keep improving with no complacency settling in.

but the Giants looked good. Boy how are they going to get to a 53 man roster?

I can’t stand Gruden, but then again I’m not a big fan of three man booths. I think that’s why Madden was so successful, he never had to deal with a third wheel.

I love defensive schemes. Barring injuries we should be good. Much room to improve.
I’m not a big fan of Gruden either but he was ok last night and I heard glimpses of brillance along with stunadary. Jaws is great and works well with Tirico.
Whats up with the new jerseys? They look like a LI flag football team. Great job Ed!!!!

Did Bradshaw look explosive out there! He reminds me a little of Jones-Drew. When he runs you can just tell he wants to get to that in-zone. Ware definitely impressed me, he ran with pretty good vision on that screen pass and broke a tackle or 2. I’ve already forgotten about Ward lol.

Carr played okay, looked a little shaky at times. Woodson stunk it up bad, that was terrible. And Gilbride barely gave Bomar a chance to throw the damn ball.

I don’t know about anybody else, but Sintim looked a lot bigger on screen then I though he was. He is a straight up BEAST. Overall I think our secondary deserves a kudos. Yes they gave up a few catches but I was impressed. I here all this talk about Terrell Thomas but Kevin Dockery looked veryyyy polished, did not get beat often. And Stoney will most certainly keep a spot on this team.

I feel like the passing game was stagnant. But that was mostly after Eli was on the sidelines and I do think receivers were getting open. Like on the Andre Woodson
INT there was a receiver wide open down the field. I was hoping to see more from Beckum but he did have a catch.

Overall good game I am extremely excited about this season.

I’m just glad they have two football guys in there now, and they scrapped the idea of having a “funny man.” I actually liked Gruden last night. I just wish they’d cut the pre-packaged crap (like the stuff about the wildcat) and just talk about the game at hand. If something happens in the game (like, for example, one of the teams starts running the wildcat), then you can have that conversation. But it just felt so forced and out of place last night. That’s why I hate national broadcasts in just about every sport.

From Jacobs to Ware.

If these young receivers can catch, there should be plenty of YAC…everyone’s gonna have to stack the box to have any chance to stop the run, and Eli’s gonna be able to spread it around.

I liked that little screen they did with Hixon on the second drive, hopefully we’ll see some more of that from Gilbride to keep defenses guessing.

I do believe Koets botched a snap and also Bomar tripped over him getting out of the snap once.

played well as a whole! very excited about this year. why didn’t we keep Carney???? we look pretty strong. im wanna see who makes the final 53.

He clearly knows his stuff (obsession with the wildcat aside) and I think he can be a good analyst on that basis, but he needs to STOP YELLING.

Tutan Reyes and Kevin Boothe.. Bot played pretty well, especially Reyes.
Wet Willies to Vince Anderson- Missed a tackle he should have made that led to a TD

…who want’s to line up against our defensive front?

As Michael Strahan walked off the field, I finally got the impression that now the torch has been officially passed on.