NY/NJ -
The Giants GM Trashy in his 2nd offseason made yet another big splash.
Giants owner after acquiring WR's Keenan Allen and Brandon LaFell last yr have now acquired DT Nick Fairley thru trade with the Vikings and hit the FA market and got Durant and Davis.
With 11.2 million in draft picks coming up they hope to solidify the team.
NYC -
It was 2004 when Eli Manning and Philip Rivers were swapped on draft day as the Chargers drafted Eli and the Giants Rivers.
11 yrs later Eli is gone and Rivers is the NYG starting QB.
He will start for 1 season giving the Giants a chance to build Nassib or find a replacement,
NYC -
Former GB owner and NEW NYG Owner made his first splash of the offseason trading the Giants 1st and 2nd rd pick for 25 yr old WR Keenan Allen.
Allen will join a receiving corp already with Beckham Jr and Victor Cruz add in TE Barnidge,TE Donnell and RB Shane Vereen.
As of now Nassib is the QB but the Giants are courting a few QBs in FA,
Lions vs Packers Game 1 Recap
The Lions came out playing tough D but the division winning Packers showed their confidence and their mettle and pulled out the win.
The Lions were up big but the Packers just chipped away and with 4th down and inches and the score 17-14 AP ran the ball took the hit and fell forward for the first down and then a few plays later score the go ahead.
The Lions had their shots but just couldnt score as Casey Heyward got his 2nd int of the gm to seal the win.
But the Lions were very optimistic as they had a very good offseason,
On Offense
Out are alot of the older guys that everyone was use to seeing and in are WR'S Martavis Bryant,DeAndre Hopkins and RB Zac Stacy.
Carrying over from the team is CJ,Stafford (whos in the last yr of his contract ) ,TE'S Dwayne Bowe,Eric Ebron and Mark Ingram who will now become the starter by default with the horrible regression of Matt Forte who is signed to a big contract.
Stacy will compete for carries but w.o. a actual preseason he will be the backup.
The Oline stays Boatwright anchors the line moving from G last yr to C,Warford and Lowe are the Guards,Godfrey and Reilly remain at the Tackles. Demar Dotson was brought in to backup the line.
21 and 22 yr old Rich Holland G and Dustin Brown C are waiting in the wings.
ON Defense
The D is solid with returners Suh,Fairly,Ansah,Stanford,Slay,Hightower,Van Noy,LevyBentley etc.
Then add in the additions of Darrell Revis thru trade and Star Development LB Aukeem Vincent,SS Breon Hampton and MLB Tauke Hobbs thru the draft and the D looks set.
Oustanding DT and star deleopment draftee Lincoln Hudson takes over next to Suh while Fairly moves to LE.
The last piece to the puzle is FS Brock Vereen who missed all yr last yr due to a injury,in his first game back he had a INT and looks to continue being a force.
Coach Dan Marino expects more but the Lions will only go as far as Staffords armit is unknown as to whether they will resign him this offseason.
The Lions and their rookie head coach Dan Marino finished in dead last in the NFC North but they have a few things they can look forward to next season.
DT Ndamukong Suh led the lg in sacks with 19 and CB Bill Bentley was 2nd in INTS.
Rookie SS Brock Vereen really came on late and will enter S2 as the FT Starter barring any setbacks.
On Offense the Lions really struggled running the ball and mostly passing WR's Brandon Marshall and Calvin Johnson both broke the 1000 yrd marks and Rookie TE Eric Ebron showed tons of promise,but RB Mark Ingram was signed to a long term deal and needs to show hes worth the money.
If the Lions want to be higher then 26th in the power rankings they will need to stop the turnovers,Mathew Stafford had 30 INTs with just 17 TDs.
As the Lions look to the draft they hope to def get stronger on the O Line and possibly CB and RB.
Danny Woodheads first run from scrimmage was a 80 yrd TD run,that really set the tone for a back and forth game that the Colts needed real bad.
The Colts and Broncos would go back and forth all game as Kapernick and Osweiler both led their teams up and down the field all gm.
With the Colts winning with less then minute left in the game the Broncos tied the game at 20 and the game went into OT.
The Colts would win the toss and drive down field and Osweiler would hit rookie TE Jordan Cameron with a 4 yrd TD that Cameron jumped in the air to get for the win.
Woodhead finished the game with 172 yrds on 16 carries and JJ Watt continued to terrorize teams as he recorded 3 sacks with 6 tackles.
Osweiler hit 5 different recievers to end the day with 115 yrds TD,INT on 12 or 16.
The Colts improved to just 2-5 on the yr but look to continue getting their young guys work.
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