lohud.com

Sponsored by:

Giants Journal

The Giants blog for Lower Hudson Valley fans.

Night Practice

August
22

Well, that’s the end of two-a-days. One more morning practice tomorrow and camp’s over.

It won’t end without some injury news, however. Jared Lorenzen didn’t practice because of the effects of a concussion he sustained after taking a late hit against Baltimore. Amani Toomer sat out with a sprained ankle, and R.W. McQuarters left the field limping.

Jeff Feagles also missed after his back tightened up, leaving the punting duties to Cory Ohnesorge, who will obviously be let go as soon as the Giants don’t need his leg anymore. Ohnesorge may have done himself a great service tonight, however, since he kicked the heck out of the ball. Maybe some other team will take a look and pick him up.

Ohnesorge also held for kickers Lawrence Tynes and Josh Huston, who hit all their field goal attempts.

As for eye-openers in the full-pads practice, Eli Manning found Steve Smith deep against McQuarters for a touchdown, and Plaxico Burress showed some nice feet and sideline awareness by staying inbounds on Manning’s pass in front of Corey Webster. But then Webster dropped an interception later in drills on Manning’s pass to backup tight end Kevin Boss, who was taking first-team work in place of the injured Jeremy Shockey.

Backup defensive end Adrian Awasom batted down an Anthony Wright pass at scrimmage, and Burress had a nice reaching grab of a Manning pass off scout team corner Darren Barnett for a touchdown.

We’re out of here. Leaving Albany in the rear-view mirror for another year. The rest of the guys—media, players, etc.—finish up tomorrow.

Ciao for now.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm by Ernie Palladino.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Share and Enjoy: del.icio.us Digg | Print Print | Email Email

Advertisement

One Response to “Night Practice”

  1. GiantsLuv

    Seriously what’s up with all these injuries, is it possible to wrap the players in bubble wrap until the season starts?

Leave a Reply

About this blog
Journal News/LoHud.com beat writers share their thoughts on the Giants with the Lower Hudson fans.

Jets Journal
About the authors
Ernie PalladinoErnie Palladino became Giants beat reporter in 1989 after previously covering a wide range of sports that included Yankees, Mets, boxing, Army football, St. John’s and Iona basketball, and Islanders hockey. READ MORE
Mike DoughertyMike Dougherty Mike Dougherty has been with the Journal News since 1988, spending most of that time in high school gyms and Madison Square Garden. READ MORE

Other recent entries

Latest LoHud Giants News


Giants Poll
Why did Plaxico Burress take so long to get back on the field?
View Results


Recently Updated LoHud Blogs
Monthly Archives
Other cool sites

Bad Behavior has blocked 342 access attempts in the last 7 days.