Looking at the New York Giants’ preseason statistics, wide receiver Tavarres King seemingly deserves a spot on the 53-man roster.
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Kaepernick kneeled next to Nate Boyer, a former Green Beret who went to training camp with the Seahawks previous year as a long snapper.
49ers 31, Chargers 21: San Francisco rushed for 183 yards and four touchdowns in beating the Chargers at San Diego.
New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was chatting up New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady before Thursday night’s preseason finale at MetLife Stadium when he followed up on a request he had made past year: “Any chance I can get a signed jersey?” It’s also why he played the entire first half last night during the Patriots’ 17-9 loss to the Giants in the preseason finale even though the starting offensive linemen were pulled to the bench one by one and the Giants defense was comprised nearly entirely of backups.
The Giants had only six touchdowns in the entire preseason, and one of those came from the defence.
King, a member of the Giants practice squad last season who has been making a strong push this summer for a roster spot, finished his big night catching 4 of 5 pass targets for 80 yards; he also finished with a team-leading three touchdowns this summer. Starting quarterback Eli Manning and star receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
With a four-game suspension for his role in the “Deflategate” scandal beginning in just a few days, Brady had an National Football League going-away party Thursday night, playing the first half in the New England Patriots’ preseason finale against the New York Giants. We’re obviously going to take a nice long look at some guys at the bottom part of the roster and give them an opportunity.
There is some truth to that.
The postgame swap was almost a year in the making, according to Brady.
The Giants need to reach the limit on Saturday.
“Every game is important”, Giants coach Ben McAdoo said. And I get it, his First Amendment right. “Kept it positive the whole way through, so hopefully all of that plays into my favour”.
King has bounced around from team to team since 2013, playing for the Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Left tackle Nate Solder departed during the second series with an apparently minor hamstring injury, and Kline and Joe Thuney were the only starters remaining by the fourth series. He completed a pass to Martellus Bennett for two yards before Bennett coughed it up for a fumble and turnover.
“You don’t want anyone calling your phone or anything like that”, he said. “So that’s kind of what I’m going to try to do”. Connected on some passes and in the end he got the work that he said he wanted to get in the ballot Jack asked about why Tom Brady and some others played. “We haven’t had an official meeting on that just yet”.
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New England opens the season on September 11 at Arizona.
