Lions vs Giants: Key Players and Game Insights Tonight
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00:00All right, let's go to the game at Snoopy tonight between the Lions and Giants who have
00:08had about 30 fistfights this week.
00:12And both teams are getting fined 200 grand.
00:13But by the way, it is going to rain, barring a change, in Russelford tonight for the Giants
00:19hosting the Lions.
00:20Now the Giants, I'd be surprised if the starters play very much at all.
00:23In fact, what I was told was they want to take a good look at their backup linemen.
00:26Their offensive line was terrible last season.
00:29Daniel Jones, by the way, looked good.
00:30He looked healthy.
00:32He threw the ball well this week.
00:34They are way faster on offense.
00:35The guy to watch tonight is Theo Johnson, the tight end out of Penn State.
00:39The fourth round, it was a vertical tight end.
00:41He got down the seam against the Lions defense.
00:44The Lions felt that their first day that their offense didn't perform as well as they would
00:49have liked.
00:50The second day, they were much better.
00:51But man, the Giants here, they're kind of in a new beginning on offense.
00:55Brian Dabble, by the way, is taking over play calling for Mike Kafka.
00:58Kafka, who was the offense coordinator last year and called plays for most of last season.
01:03He's going to be up in the booth.
01:05And defensively, by the way, Wynt Martindale, he's gone.
01:08He's now with University of Michigan.
01:10Shane Bowen comes over from the Titans, where he was a protege of Mike Grable.
01:15The defense will not be as aggressive.
01:17It's going to be more disguised and late movement.
01:19A lot of dropping for the linebackers, but it's going to look different.
01:23And the Giants here, they're not in a rebuild.
01:25They've refused to say that.
01:27There's sort of any retooling of this roster.
01:29And then when you look at the Lions here, it's just taken it to the next level.
01:34They've got rebuilt their secondary.
01:36They feel great about their offense.
01:38My understanding is they're planning not playing on most, if not all the starters will be rested
01:44tonight.
01:45But there's a saying in the NFL with coaches, you can't rest everybody.
01:48Some of the starters are going to have to play, but most key players will not play tonight
01:52for the Lions.
01:53And they look sharp.
01:54By the way, they're one of the few teams that actually will have live tackling during practice.
01:59They don't do it like the Raiders, as I told you last week, who had a live hitting 35 to
02:0440 minutes.
02:05But they will hit.
02:06And they are a very aggressive team.
02:08And it shows.
02:09And they're certainly one of the lead teams.