New York State of Mind - New York Giants (M24)

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New York Giants (Madden 24)

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Giants eye big 2023 season after inking Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones will be the man to lead the Big Blue for years to come the front office had decided after giving the young Duke product an extension as his rookie contract came to an end. NFL franchises are regularly looking for their man under center and when it came to the Giants they believe they have found their man.

It is up to Brian Daboll and the Giants coaching staff to build around him, with an electrifying halfback in Saquon Barkley adding another dimension to this offense the Giants are hoping for another playoff run after last season's impressive and unexpected run to the post season. It won't be easy playing in a now difficult NFC East which is just a few years removed from being one of the worst in the NFL but now has seen resurgence from the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles proving to be one of, if not the most difficult conference to play in.

There is still hope for this team however, while free agent signing Kenny Golladay didn't work out, the team's offense is spearheaded by a solid youth receiving core headlined by Sterling Shepherd and Darius Slayton. The Giants are hoping to be able to leverage the skill of Barkley to open up the pass attack. Along with newcomer Darren Waller, from the Las Vegas Raiders.

Defensively the team has room for improvement but even so is helmed by one of the best in the NFL in Dexter Lawrence II, a tremendous defensive tackle. Beyond that Bobby Okerke roams the middle of the field and Xavier McKinney has the secondary.

This team has holes but they also have topside that should allow them to potentially reach the playoffs yet again. Will this be a year of them making another run or will they return to Earth and have a modest season and a high draft pick. The 2023 season for the Giants is a toss up and it's time to dig in.

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Dak Prescott had a great eye downfield, big plays common for the Cowboys on Sunday

Giants comeback falls short, big plays lead Cowboys to victory in opening week

Daniel Jones would miss time in the first game of the season, leading the Giants deferring to Tyrod Taylor to try and lead a comeback. It would fall short as Dak Prescott and the Cowboy's offense was nearly perfect, pushing the ball downfield effortlessly thanks to huge plays. In fact despite scoring 4 touchdowns on Sunday night, the Cowboys never were in the redzone.

Dak Prescott finished with 344 yards on 4 touchdowns and Brandin Cooks and Michael Gallup proved to be downball threats, routinely getting behind the cornerbacks and leading the Cowboys with a pair of touchdowns each. Both had two touchdowns a piece, and the Cowboy's offense was proficient on downfield passes.

The Cowboys would start to stumble in the second half. While their high speed quick hitting offense downfield led to an early lead aided by Giant's turnovers, the second half was a different story as the Giants leaned on Saquon Barkley who had 123 rushing yards despite being held out of hte endzone.

After an early third quarter touchdown on the first offensive drive for the Cowboys, the Giants woudl strike back with a pair of unanswered scores, but once Daniel Jones went out the verticality seemed to fall from the offense leading to a short pass offense that heavily relied on Saquon Barkley. This including a three and out in the forth quarter, the Giants weren't able to score fast enough. Their final score coming on a pass from Tyrod Taylor to Sterling Shepherd.

The Giants would force the Cowboys to a quick three and out but lacking verticality meant the Giants couldn't push the ball downfield fast enough without timeouts and the game ended with the Giants possession.

Dak Prescott in leading the Cowboys to a 1-0 record earned player of the game honors throwing for 344 yards and 4 touchdowns, without a blemish on his passing record. Two fumbles would be the turnovers for the Cowboys on Sunday.

(1) Kayvon Thibodeaux delivers a punishing hit on Sunday.
(2) Michael Gallup hauls in a pass and piles on the RAC with a touchdown

Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Dallas Cowboys (1-0)	14	7	7	0	28
New York Giants (0-1)	0	7	7	7	21

Team Stats Comparison
	DAL	NYG
Total Offense	402	339
Rushing Yards	63	166
Passing Yards	339	173
First Downs	8	22
Punt Return Yards	0	0
Kick Return Yards	0	90
Total Yards	402	429
Turnovers	2	2
3rd Down Conversion	60%	57%
4th Down Conversion	N/A	66%
2-Point Conversion	N/A	N/A
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	N/A	3/0
Penalties	2/20	2/6
Posession Time	8:23	23:37

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DAL	NYG
4:46	(DAL) Michael Gallup, 48 yd pass from Dak Prescott	7	0
2:02	(DAL) Brandin Cooks, 52 yd pass from Dak Prescott	14	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DAL	NYG
4:37	(NYG) Leonard Fournette, 1 yd run	14	7
4:27	(DAL) Brandin Cooks, 75 yd pass from Dak Prescott	21	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		DAL	NYG
7:16	(DAL) Michael Gallup, 71 yard pass from Dak Prescott	28	7
2:19	(NYG) Sterling Shepard, 6 yard pass from Daniel Jones	28	14
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DAL	NYG
1:57	(NYG) Sterling Shepard, 4 yard pass from Tyrod Taylor	28	21

Dallas Cowboys PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Dak Prescott 11/14 344 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tony Pollard 7 66 9.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandin Cooks 4 155 38.7 2 J Ferguson 2 53 26.5 0 Michael Gallup 2 119 59.5 2 Tony Pollard 2 8 4 0 Ceedee Lamb 1 9 9 0

New York Giants PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Daniel Jones 16/28 133 1 1 Tyrod Taylor 5/8 58 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Saquon Barkley 19 123 6.4 0 Leonard Fournette 4 12 3 1 Tyrod Taylor 2 21 10.5 0 Daniel Jones 2 10 5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Saquon Barkley 6 23 3.8 0 Sterling Shephard 5 53 10.6 2 Darren Waller 4 73 18.2 0 Darius Slayton 3 19 6.3 0 Isaiah Hodgins 2 13 6.5 0

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NFL Week 1 Recap

Headlines

- New England signs Kareem Hunt to join Zeke in the backfield
- Chicago claims a 24-21 victory over Green Bay, besting their rivals
- Justin Houston waived by the Panthers leaving the future of his career in doubt
- Aaron Rodgers wins in debut for New York Jets

Giants News

- Daniel Jones expected to play Week 2 against the Cardinals after leaving the Cowboys game early
- Giants ink Anthony Brown off the Pittsburgh practice squad to add support to a secondary that was shredded last week.

Week 1

Thursday's Games

Lions 21 @ Chiefs 24

Sunday's Games

Panthers 14 @ Falcons 35

Texans 21 @ Ravens 18

Bengals 30 @ Browns 17

Jaguars 28 @ Colts 14

Buccaneers 24 @ Vikings 21

Titans 16 @ Saints 17

49ers 21 @ Steelers 14

Cardinals 28 @ Commanders 31

Packers 21 @ Bears 24

Raiders 34 @ Broncos 18

Dolphins 27 @ Chargers 24

Eagles 28 @ Patriots 26

Rams 14 @ Seahawks 24

Cowboys 28 @ Giants 21

Monday's Games

Bills 21 @ Jets 28

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Giants roll over Cardinals, pick up first win of the season 28-3

The Giants defense rebounded in a big way after week 1, the performances almost completely night and day from one another. A sack and an interception helped stymie the Cardinals offensive attack led by journeyman Joshua Dobbs who was entirely ineffective on Sunday. Conversely Daniel Jones played a decent game though a pair of interceptions served as a blemish on the Duke product's final statline, even if they ultimately only led to 3 points for the Cardinals.

Saquon Barkley continues to be the juggernaut of the offense, carrying the offense on his shoulders while rushing for over 150 yards and finally picking up his first score of the season, getting into the end zone twice on Sunday. His rushing helped keep the pressure off Daniel Jones who started with 6 straight completions before struggling some in the second and early third quarter.

The questions of the verticality were also answered when Daniel Jones connected with Parris Campbell on a fly route, the wideout pulling it in, in stride and running the rest of the way for a 67 yard touchdown, the longest of the season and the first touchdown that came outside of the redzone for the Giants this season.

On defense for the Cardinals Budda Baker had himself a game and proved to be a thorn in the Giants offense, pulling in an interception and making several key stops that kept the game from getting too far out of it. The offense just couldn't back things up and take advantage of the Giants turnovers.

Conversely for the Giants, Azeez Ojulari made his first sack of the season and Byron Jones was responsible for the team's first interception of the season, jumping a slant intended for Marquise "Hollywood" Brown and drawing in the interception in the fourth quarter killing all hope the Cardinals had at a potential rally.

For his efforts, Saquon Barkley was named player of the game as the Giants picked up their first win of the season. The Giants will continue their small road trip with a game against San Francisco, another tough early season contest. It'll be important for Barkley to establish the ground attack early, otherwise the 49ers pass rush could make it a long Thursday for Daniel Jones.

New York Giants at Arizona Cardinals
Week 2	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York Giants (1-1)	7	7	7	7	28
Arizona Cardinals (0-2)	0	0	3	0	3

Team Stats Comparison
	NYG	ARI
Total Offense	322	98
Rushing Yards	161	28
Passing Yards	161	70
First Downs	23	7
Punt Return Yards	11	5
Kick Return Yards	25	0
Total Yards	358	103
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Conversion	7-11	3-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/0/3	0/0/0
Penalties	5	0
Posession Time	19:20	12:40

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		NYG	ARI
5:38	(NYG) S.Barkley, 12 yd run	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		NYG	ARI
6:28	(NYG) D.Jones, 1 yd run	14	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		NYG	ARI
6:23	(ARI) M.Prater, 37 yd FG	14	3
2:17	(NYG) D.Jones, 67 yd pass to P.Campbell	21	3
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		NYG	ARI
4:32	(NYG) S.Barkley, 3 yd run	28	3

New York Giants PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Daniel Jones 16/23 172 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Saquon Barkley 19 157 8.3 2 Daniel Jones 1 2 2 1 Leonard Fournette 2 2 1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Parris Campbell 4 93 23.3 1 Sterling Shepherd 3 31 10.3 0 Saquon Barkley 4 22 5.5 0 Isaiah Hodgins 2 16 8 0 Daniel Bellinger 3 10 3.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Azeez Ojulari 2 1 0 0 Byron Jones 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Graham Gano 0/0 4/4 4 0

Arizona Cardinals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Joshua Dobbs 10/24 81 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD James Conner 10 18 1.8 0 Joshua Dobbs 1 10 10 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Zach Ertz 4 32 8 0 Marquise Brown 2 21 10.5 0 Trey McBridge 1 12 12 0 Keaontay Ingram 1 16 16 0 James Conner 2 0 0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Tarell Basham 2 2 0 0 Budda Baker 5 0 1 0 Marco Wilson 4 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Matt Prater 1/2 0/0 3 37

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NFL Week 2 Recap

Headlines

- Steelers get 8 sacks in Monday Night win over Cleveland
- "Riverboat" Ron Rivera picks up win #100 on Sunday
- Hunter Henry (TE) has been placed on the trading block by the Patriots
- 3 turnovers and 4 sacks lead Panthers to shutout win over the Saints

Week 2

Thursday's Games

Vikings 28 @ Eagles 10

Sunday's Games

Packers 21 @ Falcons 14

Raiders 21 @ Bills 26

Ravens 17 @ Bengals 14

Seahawks 3 @ Lions 29

Colts 6 @ Texans 24

Chiefs 35 @ Jaguars 21

Bears 6 @ Buccaneers 0

Chargers 21 @ Titans 7

Giants 28 @ Cardinals 3

49ers 14 @ Rams 3

Jets 28 @ Cowboys 31

Commanders 24 @ Broncos 21

Dolphins 28 @ Patriots 21

Monday's Games

Saints 0 @ Panthers 24

Browns 17 @ Steelers 24

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Giants trade for Rashee Rice after contract talks with Sterling Shepherd breakdown

The Giants had hoped to extend Sterling Shepherd but after talks broke down the veteran receiver asked for a trade away from the team. The Giants looking to stockpile assets and move up in the draft this season were able to do just that by trading with the Chiefs.

In this move, the Chiefs add to their wide receiver corp. Sterling Shepard is a veteran wideout that offers a lot for a team that is looking to compete for a title yet again, even on a one year deal.

The Giants pick up a young talent in wideout Rashee Rice. Rice will likely figure to settle into the slot, giving the Giants a young wideout, adding a little youth infusion to the wide receiving room and may even see time in the return game.

As part of the trade, the Giants also sent 2024 3rd, 5th and a 2026 7th round pick for the Chiefs 2024 2nd round pick, adding additional draft capital allowing them to move up from the third to the second round.