Giants vs Jags Recap

 What We Learned: Giants v Jags

 

 Holy fuck was this game hard to watch. I'll get to the players below, but MY9 is atrocious. I would have to assume that they were this bad because its the preseason. But they didn't show us some plays, almost zero replays, and way too many commercials. Also, if we don't have the real refs before the season starts, there will be A LOT of disappointed fans out there. They were awful. Called a hold on Hosley WHILE he was returning a punt. Had no idea who they were calling penalties on. Gave the Giants an extra play when Perrilloux threw the ball while he was past the line of scrimmage with less than 10 seconds left in the game (supposed to be a 10 second run off). Here's a break down of how the players did:

 1. Return Game: I figured David Wilson would be thrown back there on KR. He showed his speed with the 46 yard return. Flat out FAST. Also figured Hosley would be on PR. He had two solid returns of 9 and 18 yards before muffing a fair catch. That is a sure fire way to lose a job on Coughlin's team, but guess what? Jernigan did it as well, may have kept the door open for Hosley.

2. Running Backs: D.J. Ware showed that he can run. He danced a little in the first few runs but proved he can take a few hits down by the goal line. Interesting to see Andre Brown get reps before Wilson. Brown had a few nice runs, caught a ball out of the backfield on a broken play, but also looked lost in pass pro. When David Wilson finally entered the game with the 3rd string O, he was, what they call, a home run hitter. Big play of 26, next few plays for zero yards. Ran for 17 on a nice toss, next few plays nothing. There was also a play towards the end where Perrilloux went to hand off a draw and Wilson went to pass block. What the backs did show though, Da'Rel Scott better get healthy and soon or he will be cut, and that's upsetting. 

3. Wide Receivers: Hixon ended up not playing because of a hamstring injury, Coaches know what he can do when he is healthy so there was no reason to risk it. Ramses Barden got the start. First pass play, he blew past the corner in press coverage and was WIDE open, Eli didn't see him and ended up throwing it to Bennett. Had a catch for 14. Cruz did a good job coming back for a ball had plenty of RAC, then had a ball go right threw his hands. Jernigan would have had a touch down on a nice fade ball in the end zone but the corner held his arm and hit him in the face, neither got called. Randle came in with the 2-3rd teamers. Showed his redzone skills with a jump ball win. He successfully boxed out the corner and caught the short fade for the TD. Isaiah Stanback had a crazy ass one handed catch in the end zone for a TD from Carr. Pretty interesting, haven't talked about him all off season. 

4. Tight Ends: Martellus Bennett is every bit of a blocker we thought he would be. His run block skills are very good. But hey hey hey he can catch as well. 3 targets, 3 catches, 27 yds with a nice TD catch on a high ball which he had to twist in mid air to catch. 

5. Quarterbacks: Carr looked good. The guy has wheels to run after the pocket breaks down. His motion is, well, not normal looking. He pushes the ball, looks funny. Perrilloux was running for his life practically the whole time. He has no idea, neither did anyone else, on how to run a two minute offense.

THE DEFENSE: 

Not gonna go position by position so I'll just preach. That first drive by the Jags was hard to watch. Run defense was doing absolutely nothing to stop their no name running back. Big Boy Rogers was brought in to be a run stuffing DT, couldn't do it. Imagine if they had MJD?  Prince was looking into the backfield way too much which not only cost the Giants a 29 yard pass play, but also cost them a touchdown on a 3 yd fade. He made up for it though with causing a fumble which was recovered by the Giants, but he has work to do. Rolle started out covering the slot in nickel packages. When Herzlich came in, he looked good crashing the line and making plays in the run game. He was actually left at the MLB for practically the whole game, guarantee the job is his by week 3. Tracy looked good at DE. The former LB showed lots of quickness and ability to get to the QB, he just needs to get used to the position and not jump off sides. Austin looked okay at DT. One play he gets blown back, the next he drives the guard 5 yards into the backfield in a play that ended in a sack. Dwayne Kendricks opened some eyes as well with 2 sacks in the later parts of the game. Adds even more depth to the best D-Line in the league.

I was watching Will Hill all game. Number 38 had 5 tackles but was all over the field. He came in with the 2nd Defense and played that 3rd safety role. They had him blitzing numerous times and you could see how fast he was. He stayed with his man in coverage quite well, and also crashed the line on run plays. He completely wiffed on a tackle in the open field and also had a missed tackle inside the 5. Kid needs to get used to the speed of the NFL but looked real sharp. 

Hosley had a sack, muffed a punt, was off sides on a kickoff. The Giants are gonna need him to play nickel corner if they want to keep Rolle up top. I wouldn't be surprised if they keep Hosley in the nickel corner spot all preseason just to get him practice.