“Fighting doesn’t work in football”, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said.
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Meanwhile, the Bengals are staging a robust battle for what could be the last safety spot behind Reggie Nelson, George Iloka and Shawn Williams. Second-round pick Landon Collins left in the first injury with a knee injury, but X-rays were negative and he said he’ll be back “in a week or less”.
Although some of their second-team, third-team and further depth players performed well in individual matchups – we’ll publish a full analysis at some point this weekend – the team as a whole was disappointing. Another player that was fighting for playing time alongside him was fellow 2015 NFL Draftee Mykkele Thompson, whom the Giants selected in the fifth round.
Cruz isn’t the only New York starter that won’t suit up.
The situation is not much better at cornerback. Due to the injuries, Wade got a team-high 43 snaps on defense for Big Blue.
Dalton completed all three passes he attempted in the drive he played for 31 yards, including a three-yard TD pass to Mohamed Sanu to cap the drive, and added a six-yard scramble as he led the offense to four first downs in its first five offensive plays.
“He had struggled when we first got to the practices”, Coughlin said.
The brightest spotlight is going to be on the drafted tight ends Tyler Kroft and C.J. Cornerback Darqueze Dennard was knocked out with a groin injury.
The New York Giants are heading into their first preseason game of the summer, as they will travel to Paul Brown Stadium to take on the Cincinnati Bengals.
Miles played in Baltimore last season under Steve Spagnuolo, who was then the Ravens’ secondary coach and is now the Giants’ defensive coordinator. And there’s still the missing fingers or fingers of top lineman Jason Pierre Paul with no timetable on his return.
“From day one, he’s just a natural”. He’s being held out as a precaution and isn’t likely to play in the game on Friday. “It comes natural to him”. “It kind of felt like a normal everyday thing, just another team’s in front of you”. The only silver lining to come out of this is that it happened relatively early in training camp, but having no injuries would have been a better outcome.
“My shoulder is great”, McCarron said on Wednesday. “Interceptions are icing on the cake”. “There’s just something about it, it broke me down the first time I got on the field”. “… So if you’re telling me for, hopefully, we can have 70 plays in a game, I’m sure I can find 20 ways to make sure Jeremy Hill touches the ball and the other ones will do what we do”.
Friday, health provided, was just the beginning. “That’s what preseason is for – to figure out what you have to improve on and go do it”.
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Probably not bad advice for every rookie that goes out there.
