FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Daniel Jones and the beginning offense’s two drives had been characteristically up and down in Thursday night time’s Giants preseason opener towards the New England Patriots.
Jones drove the Giants 68 yards in 13 performs for a subject aim on the sport’s opening drive. Then he was below siege by the Patriots’ cross rush on his second and closing drive, after beginning left sort out Andrew Thomas and left guard Shane Lemieux (toe) got here out.
The plan was for Jones and the starters to play a couple of quarter, and that’s what they bought. He completed 6-of-10 for 69 yards passing, with six yards dashing and a sack.
On the primary drive, Jones accomplished 3-of-6 passes for 42 yards operating Brian Daboll’s offense and transformed a primary down together with his legs. He delivered a pair of 17-yard completions to Darius Slayton and Collin Johnson.
The bubble display to Slayton, with Kenny Golladay and large rookie proper sort out Evan Neal out in entrance blocking, was a artistic name by offensive coordinator Mike Kafka and good execution by the gamers.
Saquon Barkley touched the ball 5 instances in 12 offensive performs, highlighted by an 8-yard catch on third-and-five to maintain the drive alive. But he gained solely 12 yards dashing on 4 carries.
And the drive ended with Jones taking a shot to the again from free blitzer Anfernee Jennings, a Patriots linebacker. His cross for Kenny Golladay on Third-and-6 from the New England 7-yard line fell incomplete.
So Graham Gano booted a 25-yard subject aim for the early 3-0 lead.
After a fast cease by the protection, although, the second drive was a battle with Devery Hamilton at left sort out and rookie Josh Ezeudu at left guard.
Thomas, who’s coming back from offseason ankle surgical procedure, seemingly was dialed again as a part of the plan. Lemieux was pulled as a consequence of an damage on the primary drive.
Ezeudu, Neal, Hamilton and tight finish Chris Myarick all missed blocks on Jones’ second drive. So after one other Jones-to-Johnson first down, he was sacked by Josh Uche on first down, smashed by Raekwon McMillan driving a Giant into his lap on second down, and flushed from his left for an incompletion on third down earlier than a punt.
Patriots QB Brian Hoyer, who began the sport, then responded with an eight-play, 55-yard landing drive, selecting on Giants nook Aaron Robinson all the best way down the sector.
He accomplished a 33-yard cross on Robinson to Kristian Wilkerson. Robinson was known as for taunting after breaking apart a cross in the long run zone. Then he was flagged for holding on Hoyer’s 2-yard TD cross to Tyquan Thornton.
Johnson, a standout at receiver throughout Giants’ camp, then fumbled the ball away to New England on backup QB Tyrod Taylor’s first drive changing Jones.
Jones and security Xavier McKinney had been the Giants’ captains for the sport.
TONEY MISSES OPENER
Wide receiver Kadarius Toney, defensive lineman Leonard Williams, center linebacker Blake Martinez, defensive sort out Justin Ellis and operating again Matt Breida had been among the many injured or resting gamers that didn’t make the journey.
Martinez is working his means again from a torn ACL. Williams had missed Tuesday’s follow with an undisclosed situation. Breida has missed a pair current practices, too. Ellis’ state of affairs isn’t clear.
Toney, coming off an offseason knee process, has had a decreased workload in 4 of the Giants’ 11 practices to date. He additionally appeared to presumably tweak one thing throughout Tuesday’s jog-thru in New Jersey.
Wideouts Austin Proehl and David Sills, tight ends Andre Miller and Ricky Seals-Jones, nook Rodarius Williams, security Dane Belton and linebacker Carter Coughlin additionally didn’t make the journey.
Wideout Sterling Shepard and O-linemen Nick Gates and Matt Peart stay on injured reserve. And edge Azeez Ojulari is on the non-football damage listing.
JUDGE SHOWS CLASS, CALLS SOME PLAYS
Former Giants head coach Joe Judge, now a Patriots’ offensive assistant/quarterbacks, appeared to alternate play-calling duties for New England’s offense with Matt Patricia, a senior soccer advisor/offensive line.
Patricia known as the performs early with Hoyer within the recreation, after which Judge known as some performs for rookie Bailey Zappe.
Judge exchanged handshakes and hugs with some Giants gamers and entrance workplace members on the sector pregame.
Not many gamers had been on the sector but, however linebacker Cam Brown and long-snapper Casey Kreiter each greeted Judge warmly. Director of personnel Tim McDonnell, senior VP Kevin Abrams and particular groups coordinator Thomas McGaughey additionally stated hiya.
Daboll, in the meantime, was greeted by Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick previous to his first NFL recreation as a head coach towards the franchise that jump-started his profession.
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