Loading ...As the New York Giants continue to deal with various injuries to several key players, there is finally some good news regarding one of the teams’ most significant contributors. Although head coach Tom Coughlin would not confirm any specific details, star wideout Hakeem Nicks says he has been informed that he should expect to see some limited playing time on Wednesday in the team’s final preseason bout with the New England Patriots.
After breaking the fifth-metatarsal in his right foot during OTA’s, Nicks returned to practice last Monday. Since then, he has steadily improved and appears to have regained his form as Eli Manning’s top target. With that, he is looking forward to playing against some new competition.
"Being able to catch the ball and knowing you’ve gotta really make a move and turn it on a little bit before you have to play the real season opener is good. Testing a little bit and have to really get a good release vs. some real legit coverage and going against (another) team, that’s what I’m looking forward to."
Having Hakeem Nicks back on the field will be a more than welcome addition to a Giants offense that has had red zone issues throughout the preseason. With Nicks’ elite ability to catch in traffic, Eli Manning will once again have a viable target to throw in tight coverage. Manning had his own comments regarding Nicks’ potential return this Wednesday.
“He’s looking good. He seems to be running fine and making plays,” Eli Manning said. “He’s been working these past few weeks. It looks like he’s going to play this week, so it would be good to get some live action.”
Although the starters will not play for any significant period of time in the final preseason contest, it will be beneficial for the Giants as a whole to get Nicks and Cruz back on the field together before the games start to count. A year ago, this dynamic duo helped transform the team’s offense from a rushing oriented attack into one of the league’s most feared passing offenses. As the regular season rapidly approaches, it should be interesting to see how long it takes Nicks to find chemistry with Eli Manning and the rest of the Giants offense.
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Don’t ask, people. Just don’t ask.
Glad you’re back. Relax. Sometimes stuff happens and all you can do is endure it. I doubt anyone held it against you (I didn’t even know you were down, so I certainly didn’t complain!).
Didn’t Obama overturn that?
If by “limited” they mean one series where he’s targeted twice, fine. But I don’t want him exposed very long. There’s a HUGE difference in our options when Hakeem and Victor are on the field together with ANY third receiver.
I hope Beatty gets to play. A WR can similate his role a lot easier than an LT. Nicks I just want to get in and out but Beatty if he can play should play longer.
Someone mentioned a few treads back about no backup FB. I wonder if this ia a chance for Robinson to get some reps a FB. Next year he’s either replacing Bennett or Pascoe so he needs leanr how to play TE, HB, FB, block, run correct routes and catch.
Not sure they’ll risk his back, but I hope they can. Then I’d agree that at least 3-4 series would be a good idea, especially if they can also leave Boothe in while Beatty plays.
I’m willing to risk a flareup with him because I think Locklear and Diehl, with the help of a tight end, can handle the Cowboys’ rush if they had to do without Beatty.
My thinking if there’s a flare up doing 3-4 series that can happen any time anyways.
Chris Cooley a Free Agent….
Bennett and Robinson are on the roster so it would be Cooley over Pascoe. As much as I have hated on Pascoe I’m not sure Cooley at this point is much of an upgrade physically. Plus with Pascoe’s knowledge he’s probably can provide what Cooley could. I think he makes sense for the Jets, I don’t think he would play for Dallas.
Speaking of Cooley, I saw portions of the game between the Skins and the Colts (yeah, I now have NFL Network at home). I wasn’t thrilled to see that Washington looked pretty darned good. Now, admittedly, that was against a weak team with lots of holes in their roster, but the Skins’ defense was flying to the ball and getting a great rush on Andrew Luck. They also seem to have developed a decent running game. By the second half of the season RGIII should be doing well. There are no longer ANY patsies in the NFC East. The Beast Returns! Good for some really exciting football. Not so good for our record and chances to get to “The Tournament”.
Seriously the Colts are bad defensively and even worse vs the run. That Morriss rookie kid didn’t impress me. I think the Colts don’t really have 3-4 players upfront yet and that really shows vs the run. With their pass rushers and now Davis they can be decent against the pass.
I think defensively in the front 7 the redskins are good. Kind of a poor man SF but just like SF they have some holes in the secondary.
Agreed on both Nicks and Beatty. It will be nice for Nicks to get on the field just to get his feet wet, but then get him off. Beatty on the other hand I’d like to see get a least a few series.
On a side note, I hate that picture of Eli…looks like his legs are broken.
I never understand why it’s the default picture that shows up whenever an article about Nicks if written. It’s like that gaymosexual pic of Fewell and Tuck.
Feel free to pony up $60 for another picture. We’d appreciate it.
“We run an offseason study on the teams we’re going to play, like all teams,” Romo said. “They [the Giants] will structurally be the same team; why would you change when you’ve won the Super Bowl? Structurally, they’ll probably run the same blitzes. But when you look at games from last year, you see their imagination. Against Buffalo [way back in Week 6], they did some really new stuff. I’ve watched a lot of that Buffalo game, with how they played a stack alignment and how they handled the [Bills'] screen game. What you do is take all that in and try to determine how they’ll react to what you’re going to do.”
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/08/28/tony-romo/index.html#ixzz24sSm1f1Z
We need to send Hakeem to the back woods of Kentucky, so he can git some “Live Action” with the turtle man, before the weeks game.
before this weeks game*
What the bloody f*ck does that mean?
Well, here’s the Turtle Man. Still don’t know what this post means though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1e8D8Y4g2A
if you ever watched the turtle man, he catches snapping turtles, racoons, possums and other critters with his bare hands, then yells,” yeyeyeyeye live action!
Eli said, Hakeem need some live action, so what better way to get some live action then with the turtle man……lol
Can’t wait to see TRomo scrambling for his life next week….
Btw, WHO scores GMen first TD of season……
I say….Rolle on a Pick 6.
Good an answer as any….
Bennett!
I think Paysinger vs Jones may be closer than what some of us think. Jones can play multiple positions and is good on special teams. It seems most of assume it’s Paysinger’s position but I’m not quite sure.
I have also heard some suggestion that Hixon will be the surprise cut. It doesn’t seem our style. If we do so it means to me that Randle and Barden show a whole lot. But I just can’t see it to keep Douglas who’e basically the same player but unproven. Hixon is still only 27 so it’s not like he’s a grey beard.
With Mosley going down, keeping just 8 OL is possible. I doubt it but its not completely crazy, especial if we feel our backups are not good.
Is Cordle still PS eligible?
I realize that Paysinger vs. Jones has gotten closer recently — especially since Jones actually didn’t look terrible last week. He did recover that blocked punt, I believe. I don’t know how they view the 2, though. They may still view Jones as a future starter, but at this point I wouldn’t hold my breath. I still think Paysinger has a slight edge over Jones at this point.
As for Hixon being a surprise cut…I just don’t see it. It’s not like he’s being leaned heavily on right now. At best he’s the #3 WR, but will eventually take a back seat to Randle. I don’t know what else you could want out of a #4/5 WR at this point. Unless maybe the last knee surgery really did sap him of quickness and would make him relatively useless and a waste of a roster spot. It’s not like he’s going to be making a lot of money so it’s just 1 of those moves that determines whether he’s still got it or not. I personally think he’ll make it, mainly because if they were to cut him I think they would have done it earlier so he’d be able to try to latch on with another team before the season starts.
Cordle is NOT eligible for the PS squad, by 1 measly game.
Well….that sucks.
I cannot see them cutting Hixon. He’s not only a “glue guy” but a very good #3 wide receiver and an excellent kick returner if the others don’t work out.
The Paysinger/Jones battle is probably very close. BOTH are excellent on special teams, although Jones plays more inside on those teams, and that’s a bit harder to replace. Paysinger just seems so much the better in the field that I can’t see them cutting him, but you never know. I know that it’s rare to make a trade, but perhaps Reese could approach a few teams short on depth linebackers and tell a GM that if he desires one of the two he can have him for a #7 pick in April. I’d really hate to just lose either with no compensation.
The battle among the depth players on the offensive line will be one of the biggest issues tomorrow. I doubt that the team has made up its mind on them. I will be very surprised if Petrus doesn’t make the roster, and one of Cordle and White probably will as well. I like Capers but he has to play very well tomorrow or he will be sent back to the practice team for another year.
btw, the key to having someone give up a draft pick would be Reese’s saying the Giants haven’t decided which they will keep while hoping the other GM really prefers one or the other and fears that the Giants will keep him and cut the other.
Your love affair with Hixon is well-documented, but on this issue, we generally agree. I wouldn’t classify him as an “excellent kick returner,” but I would definitely agree that he is a more than adequate replacement for some of the more “electric” guys we are looking at currently.
I just don’t see Jones as even a shell of what Paysinger is. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of either, but at least Jones offers us a legitimate depth guy at strongside, whereas Jones is really just a special teamer who is too slow and too small to be a viable option anywhere on the depth chart at linebacker. Think Zak Deossie, only not nearly as talented in his particular niche. As such, it’s absurd for a team to swap him for one of their late round picks. But I wouldn’t say it’s impossible–how many picks did the Eagles receive for Kevin f’n Kolb?!
Our offensive line depth is putrid, and none of the guys you bring up are any good. It’s embarrassing that we are even considering any of them as being 1/53 of this team’s roster going into this season, but hey…I guess it’s to be expected considering they’re all cylindrical objects who closely represent what might-could be an eclair. And you know Reese loves him some pastries.