Beckham, the Giants’ first-round draft choice this year, missed most of training camp and all five preseason games with a strained hamstring. Coughlin has been asked repeatedly about Beckham and little has changed in weeks. So he explained to reporters why he wants the queries to cease for the foreseeable future.
“It’s tough to make any decision when you’re cutting anybody. That’s the one thing, they’re still human beings on that side of the ball. So I don’t look at it that way. I look at it as tomorrow’s not a real good day and Saturday’s not a good day. You have 22 guys that are not going to make the team.” — Eagles second-year head coach Chip Kelly after the preseason finale against the Jets.
Giants Center JD Walton talks to the media at practice following Jets preseason game.
The National Football Foundation (NFF) and the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) announced today that College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer, who led the University of Oklahoma to three national championships, will be the keynote speaker at a 2014 football kickoff event on Sept. 9 at the historic venue in New York City. The event will begin at 6 p.m. ET with Coach Switzer speaking at 7 p.m.
The Giants suddenly have a vacancy on their first-team offensive line after left guard Geoff Schwartz suffered a dislocated toe Friday night in a 35-24 preseason victory over the Jets. Schwartz is out for an indefinite time period and until he returns, Weston Richburg, the Giants’ second-round draft choice this year, is likely to play the position. the Giants’ second-round draft choice this year, is likely to play the position.
The Baltimore Ravens and their league leading rushing offense square off against the Washington Redskins’ prolific passing attack on Saturday night at M&T Bank Stadium. Both teams enter Saturday’s game with a 2-0 record as two of the leagues top preseason offenses square off.
Trailing 10-0 late in the second quarter, Eli Manning and Co. marched 91 yards in 11 plays, including a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rueben Randle with five seconds left in the half. Manning completed seven of 10 passes on the drive, which took just 1:48 to complete.
Backup Ryan Nassib threw three touchdowns in the second half and the Giants went on to defeat the Jets in the annual MetLife Bowl, 35-24. The Giants improved to 4-0 this preseason with a game remaining against New England.
The Eagles finally got a preseason win knocking off the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-21 at Lincoln Financial Field in a game not nearly as close as the score might indicate.
Pittsburgh looks like a team headed nowhere in 2014, so the domination of the Steelers in the first half should be taken with a grain of salt.
Undrafted out of Auburn, Parkey signed with the Colts following this spring’s NFL Draft. He went 2-for-2 on field goals with the Colts during the preseason, including a 45-yarder. At Auburn, Parkey finished his senior season 14-of-19 on field goals while ranking first in the nation with 69 touchbacks.
The Philadelphia Eagles acquired running back and returner Kenjon (Ken-YON) Barner from the Carolina Panthers for a conditional seventh round draft choice in 2015.
