Game Thread W1 - NY Giants at Washington (1 Viewer)

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

Is Manningham playing???

He's playing but Manning is locking into Nicks on some miserable balls.

 

[terpdx]

Crappy grounding call on Eli. Refs let the Redskins talk them into a penalty - gift for missing the hold clearly.

Eli flung the ball to the sideline while still in the pocket. There was no receiver within 20 yards of the ball. That was a textbook example of intentional grounding.

 

[dgreen]

Grossman sailing a lot of throws.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Nice hit by Kenny Phillips knocks a ball out of the recievers hand stopping the first down. Solid.

 

[dgreen]

Great catch by Davis on another high throw by Grossman.

 

[netnalp]

Is Manningham playing???

He is. Giants just haven't had many plays in the game so far.

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

Grossman sailing a lot of throws.

Just about to post that

 

[terpdx]

Fred Davis with a leaping grab. Hightower follows up with a rush that goes nowhere to end the quarter.

Grossman putting up a lot of high passes, but the Skins have been jumping up for them successfully. Someone's gonna get hurt eventually.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Happy with the first quarter so far. Eli needs to be a little sharper, but Nicks is clearly a stud, Jacobs is running with some punishment in mind again, the D-line was better more times than not and is getting some solid pressure up the middle and the secondary isn't getting lit up. You can work on and build with this...

 

[DCThunder]

All optimism the Skins garnered in the preseason is gone in the first 8 minutes of the game.

Optimism waned when Rex was named starter...

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

gotta make that catch Gaffney

 

[dgreen]

Perfect pass to Gaffney and he drops it.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Gaffney drops a perfect pass as Grossman gets killed for staying in the pocket. Gutsy. Gaffney owes him big time.

 

[terpdx]

Gaffney drops a perfect pass from Grossman.

Santana Moss shows him what a good receiver does by catching the 4th down conversion.

 

[netnalp]

Giants pass rush may make the QB change decision for the Skins.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

4th-5 play..... I'm wondering why the Giants aren't, oh I don't know, trying to stop a first down..... ugly. Rex keeps it moving.

 

[DCThunder]

Now THAT was a nice catch...

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

Good Catch by AA

 

[terpdx]

Great diving catch at the 1 by Armstrong!

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Giants are blitzing more than I thought they would, especially considering the injuries and to whom they affect - namely Osi and Justin. Perry is putting the pedal on the floor.......

And then Armstrong catches a perfect pass from Rex at the 1 - coverage didn't matter.

 

[dgreen]

Wow, what a catch by Armstrong. Here comes Hightower...wait, that may have been a TD.

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

I need a Timmy TD

 

[dgreen]

Hightower is going to have a monster year.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Hightower is the RB this team needed.

 

[DCThunder]

That's more like it...

 

[Kenny Powers]

THT blowing up like hydrogen

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Hightower runs it in for 6. Good drive by the Skins. Rex just beat the defense this round.

 

[Todd Andrews]

Redskins are looking good on offense. Some luck, sure, but also some good play.

 

[terpdx]

Skins are gonna run Hightower into the ground this year. I hope he holds up.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Ugh. Giants special teams stirke again....

 

[dgreen]

Ugh. Giants special teams stirke again....

What was he thinking? I assume he thought the ball would bounce out of bounds or into the endzone, but the Redskins players were so close that you just can't let that ball hit the ground.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Ugh. Giants special teams stirke again....

What was he thinking? I assume he thought the ball would bounce out of bounds or into the endzone, but the Redskins players were so close that you just can't let that ball hit the ground.

I have no idea. Haven't been able to understand the special teams in 2 years.

 

[terpdx]

Eli throws deep to absolutely nobody. Maybe a busted play.

 

[dgreen]

Nice 3rd down stop. Here comes Banks.

 

[terpdx]

Skins bring the house and Eli throws it away.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Ugly series by Giants. Eli is now 3-11. What started ok is not going so well right now. Skins can capitalize on this right now and gain massive momentum.

 

[dgreen]

The ol' kick it out of bounds play. Flag. Make them kick it again.

 

[Kenny Powers]

NY Oline looks horrible

 

[dgreen]

The ol' kick it out of bounds play. Flag. Make them kick it again.

Boo. I know the kick was pretty pathetic, but I do whatever I can to get the ball in Banks' hands in the return game.

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

Didnt like the 3rd and 5 call

 

[terpdx]

Skins O line collapsing like a ton of bricks during pass plays. Amazing that Rex Grossman can get any passes off at all.

 

[netnalp]

Manningham for a 24yd catch

 

[terpdx]

Manningham gets his first catch of the day on a nice play. Skins LB got turned around the wrong way on coverage.

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

is it just me, or is it funny to see 26 playing d

 

[dgreen]

Skins DBs giving a lot of cushion.

 

[ChrisCooleyFan]

bad defense that series

 

[netnalp]

Eli, Manningham, Nicks, Jacobs and bradshaw all see action on a nice drive for the Bradshaw TD.

 

[netnalp]

Skins moving the ball on next drive, 11yds to Moss then 15 to Cooley

 

[terpdx]

Cooley gets his first catch for a first down to bring the game to the 2 minute warning. Grossman is settling in and delivering some good throws.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Eh, I see we have the Jekyl & Hyde gameplan going early this year. Nice.