Big Blue View
The New York Giants seemed to have a blast on Thursday night while blasting the New England Patriots, 42-10, in their preseason finale. The Giants finished their preseason undefeated at 3-0. Let’s review in our unique ‘Kudos & Wet Willies’ style.
Greg Dulcich — Dulcich caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Jaxson Dart, his second TD catch on a Dart pass in as many games, and a 1-yard touchdown pass from Tommy DeVito. He also had a touchdown-saving tackle on a punt return by New England’s Jeremiah Webb. Dulcich finished with four catches on four targets for 26 yards.
Elijah Chatman — This dude started the game at fullback AND defensive tackle. That’s pretty darn cool!
Gunner Olszewski — The veteran return man/reserve wide receiver might have played his way on to the roster Thursday night. He had three catches for 68 yards, including a catch-and-run of 50 yards from Jaxson Dart. Olszewski has never made much impact as a receiver during his career, but he always seem to be where the quarterback expects him to be. Oh, and he catches the ball.
Jameis Winston — Enter the game, take a deep shot on your first play, throw a touchdown pass. You have got to love Winston.
The Giants’ screen game — We saw a number of well-executed screen passes to Dante Miller in the first two preseason games. Thursday night, Tommy DeVito and Jonathan Ward combined for a 41-yard touchdown on a screen. The Giants are good at the screen pass now? How did that happen?
Tommy DeVito — If that was DeVito’s last game as a Giant, it was quite the game. Devito led the Giants to touchdowns on each of his first three drives. He finished the night 17 of 20 for 198 yards and 3 TDs. The most important thing he did? DeVito might have played well enough to get himself traded to a quarterback-needy team rather than cut, thus earning the Giants draft compensation.
Kaylee Hartung — The sideline reporter gets her ‘Kudos’ for getting Dexter Lawrence to do this, and for nailing her version of Dex’s sack dance:
The overall defensive effort — Yes, they were playing against a New England team using someone named Ben Wooldridge at quarterback. Still, they held the Patriots to 191 total yards and 12 first downs.
Scoring points and having fun — The Giants scored 42 points — yes, 42 points — on Saturday. They had 431 total yards of offense. They played well, and you could tell from the celebrations and the way the players on the sideline were jumping around that they were enjoying themselves. They had fun, and it was fun to watch.
Beaux Collins — The undrafted free agent rookie wide receiver might have missed his opportunity to earn a roster spot. He had a bad drop on a pass where he was wide open across the middle. Worse, he ran a wrong route that...
