After Beckham, 23, pulled off the epic video bomb, we’re sure his celebrating continued, as the Giants eked out a 16-13 victory over the Saints to improve to 2-0 early into this season. Five of his catches came on third down, including four that went for a first down.
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You can forgive Stewart for struggling against the Denver Broncos defense, but he plays against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2.
“I don’t know what he saw on the interception”, Gruden said of the play. Shepard was the only one who did consistent damage, catching eight passes for 117 yards.
After Norman was criticized for not moving across the field to cover Antonio Brown in the Redskins’ Week 1 loss to the Steelers, the Giants seemed to take delight in the Norman-bashing. Defenses expend a lot of time trying to limit his ability to make plays which frees up these other receivers.
“He was upset at the way that it transpired, he put a lot of the blame on himself, and he realizes that he should have stepped in and done something”, Mara said. You may ask how can you predict this after just two games? The Saints also had a 61-yard field-goal attempt on the game’s final play drift just left of the upright. On most first and second downs, the team dropped Jairus Byrd and Vonn Bell in as the deep safeties and had Kenny Vaccaro covering the slot and playing in the box.
While Beatty – inactive for the first two games – should get more of a chance to compete there moving forward, Bobby Hart is likely the player who will get the first opportunity.
Moore chalked it up to something defenders simply have to deal with when lining up against Beckham. Norman ascribed Beckham’s fame to catching “one stupid little ball, ” alluding to the one-handed grab against the Cowboys his rookie season that boosted him to stardom. It’s amusing looking at the three receivers the Giants have starting right now.
“They obviously brushed it off”, Moore said. It’s tough for young guys not to get frustrated when you have a game plan like that. The Saints sacked Eli Manning twice, forced three fumbles, and executed their game plan nearly perfectly. “It’s something he gets away with pretty regularly”.
But it still hurts to lose when you have a chance to change things, no matter how good the performance was.
It’s a great situation for a quarterback and a play-caller, and Manning and McAdoo are reaping the benefits. “I see that progressing as the season goes on”.
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Ownership did not take kindly to Tom Coughlin’s laissez-faire stance toward Beckham when the star receiver was losing it on the field – Coughlin never took the overheated Beckham out of the game.
