The New York Giants have high expectations for Odell Beckham in year two and of Victor Cruz can stay healthy, Eli Manning could lead one of the best offenses in the NFL and this comes as NY is pushing to make the playoffs after missing last year and the team hopes JPP can return healthy. Coach Marvin Lewis decided that was enough, resting his starting offense after only 2 minutes, 55 seconds on the field. Although the New York Giants had anticipated that Ereck Flowers would be their starting left tackle, they did not realize just how quickly that time would come.
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For the first time in two seasons, the Bengals will have their offense intact, if only for a few series. We definitely have room for improvement.
A season expected to feature such urgency and desperation from various levels of the franchise certainly sputtered out of the gates with an offensive outing by the starters on both sides of the ball. Hill picked up Beckham Jr. when he arrived and they went to visit injured Bengals wide receiver James Wright, another former teammate of theirs at LSU. Jason Pierre-Paul has had quite the off season, but it looks like the defensive end will be back for the Giants before this season starts. Coach Tom Coughlin said that injury “is a big concern”.
CS: It’s important to get off to a strong start just to build some confidence.
Josh Johnson, projected as the Bengals third-string quarterback, played the majority of the game, completing 11 of 21 passes for 175 yards. Last year the Bengals were 4-1 when Hill had 20-plus carries, and all resulted in 100 yards in more for Hill.
Bengals: Two reserve running backs went out: Rex Burkhead with a neck injury, Cedric Peerman with a knee injury.
The learning curve for a rookie left tackle is a steep one, but Flowers continues to give the Giants optimism so far during training camp that he can step into the crucial role admirably. CB Darqueze Dennard didn’t return after suffering a groin injury.
The NFL preseason game between the Giants vs Bengals gets underway at the Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio and tips off is at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 14. “There was no tempo, no rhythm”. “I would like to see us play a little faster. We’ll run it every play if you tell us we’re going to make it to the Super Bowl”. “We didn’t do that well on third downs, had some negative plays”.
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Bengals: “Really, we just played against what we saw in practice against them this week”, defensive end Carlos Dunlap said, referring to the teams’ combined practices. Beckham was dealing with a hamstring injury that forced him to miss the preseason and the first four games of the regular season.
