It won't be long before the New York Giants start sending cardboard cut-outs of safeties to defend the pass with the cavalcade of injuries they've suffered in that department. While they're cutting, they may want to re-think their offense, too.A first-team grouping that through two preseason contests has yet to find the end zone.
Manning took 19 snaps over three series on Saturday against the Jaguars, going 4-of-14 for 46 yards. Five of those attempts went for Odell Beckham, Jr. None of them found him.
"We had some opportunities for some big plays that we just missed," Manning said after the game. "So we've just got to keep working with those guys getting on the same page, getting the right timing."
Manning alluded to the bumps and bruises that have tagged the offensive side of the ball.
"We're dealing with some guys with some injuries and missing some time and missing some practices," he said. "We need all our guys out there so we're getting those quality reps, those quality times.
"I thought we were close on a couple of plays, but obviously we've got to get better. We've got to execute better, I think our communication, being on the same page and everybody doing the right things was pretty good. We've just got to execute the plays better."
The Giants executed enough without Manning and his primary targets to scratch together a 22-12 victory over Jacksonville. Which makes New York's reservists only somewhat better than the Jaguars' reservists. Take from that what you will, but Eli Manning thinks good times still lay ahead once it counts for real.
"It's just about I think for both of us getting back to being in that game situation and things were flying and just keep repping things and getting good looks at it," he said. "That's the point of preseason games, to see where we stand and get some of those things out of the way and see what you need to fix up and there are some things we've got to fix."
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