It will get you a cup of coffee assuming that's what coffee costs now a days as I'm not a coffee drinker I wouldn't know-is it more like $1.00 now I'm thinking?
Certainly no one is giving the Giants anything for their 5-0 preseason. Overall the sentiment seems to be very pessimistic on the G-Men. On this morning's Mike and Mike show, Mike Gralic picked them dead last in the NFC East with a 4-12 record, while Mike Greenberg had them 6-10 and second to last-the only thing gratifying for me is that he had Dallas last at 5-11.
Overall, the predictions are quite bearish for the Big Blue this year. That they went 5-0 in preseason has been totally discounted. All anyone talks about is the subpar performance of Eli Manning and the first string offense.
"Eli Manning finished the preseason 20 of 41, for 188 yards and one touchdown. In what was basically 1 1/2 games of football, it's not what the Giants were expecting. "
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2014/08/eli_manning_breaking_down_his_final_giants_appearance_of_the_preseason.html
Giant fans perhaps shouldn't take the dire too much to heart. While he had only one touchdown, at least he didn't throw any interceptions. Will he be able to adjust to the West Coast offense, will he get on the same page with Reuben Randle? The thing to keep in mind is that 41 throws over 5 games-even if you spin it as 1 1/2 games, it was spread out over 5 weeks and no matter how you want to look at it, is a lot of time. In any NFL season your only going to learn so much in 1 and 1/2 weeks.
There hasn't been much focus on what the G-Men did do right. There was just one pick by Eli. Then there was the very impressive play of the second and third units under the West Coast offense. Yes, I know these are only scrubs, but at the least the Giants scrubs were a lot better with the West Coast offense than opposing defenses were at stopping them. Then there was the great play of the running game-134.6 per game.
More than anything, Giant fans should keep in mind that in 2007 the overall sentiment of NFL prognosticators was no better than now about the Giants. The Giants are rarely the darlings of August. More than once they've been the stars of January however.
Certainly no one is giving the Giants anything for their 5-0 preseason. Overall the sentiment seems to be very pessimistic on the G-Men. On this morning's Mike and Mike show, Mike Gralic picked them dead last in the NFC East with a 4-12 record, while Mike Greenberg had them 6-10 and second to last-the only thing gratifying for me is that he had Dallas last at 5-11.
Overall, the predictions are quite bearish for the Big Blue this year. That they went 5-0 in preseason has been totally discounted. All anyone talks about is the subpar performance of Eli Manning and the first string offense.
"Eli Manning finished the preseason 20 of 41, for 188 yards and one touchdown. In what was basically 1 1/2 games of football, it's not what the Giants were expecting. "
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2014/08/eli_manning_breaking_down_his_final_giants_appearance_of_the_preseason.html
Giant fans perhaps shouldn't take the dire too much to heart. While he had only one touchdown, at least he didn't throw any interceptions. Will he be able to adjust to the West Coast offense, will he get on the same page with Reuben Randle? The thing to keep in mind is that 41 throws over 5 games-even if you spin it as 1 1/2 games, it was spread out over 5 weeks and no matter how you want to look at it, is a lot of time. In any NFL season your only going to learn so much in 1 and 1/2 weeks.
There hasn't been much focus on what the G-Men did do right. There was just one pick by Eli. Then there was the very impressive play of the second and third units under the West Coast offense. Yes, I know these are only scrubs, but at the least the Giants scrubs were a lot better with the West Coast offense than opposing defenses were at stopping them. Then there was the great play of the running game-134.6 per game.
More than anything, Giant fans should keep in mind that in 2007 the overall sentiment of NFL prognosticators was no better than now about the Giants. The Giants are rarely the darlings of August. More than once they've been the stars of January however.
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