This is another game I'm glad I wasn't able to watch live. I'm actually reading and writing about it from a train to Prague which I was assured would have high-speed wifi, but it doesn't, so I'm using my slow-ass phone as a hot spot.
We'll see if this is even possible.
That's Sasha doing some coloring across the aisle (It's not actually cold on the train, but she's attached to her new hat and wears it regardless. Above, view of the Elbe river.)
• I've made my feelings for new Giants coach Ben McAdoo well known, but these were *some* of the tweets I received (while blissfully sleeping through the game), I assume after McAdoo punted on 4th-and-5 from the Vikings 48, or maybe when the Giants let the clock run down rather than using a timeout at the end of the first half when they settled for a field goal:
@Chris_Liss you must be livid. MaAdoo is a clown and I'm a Cowboys fan and it's just brings backs memories of our terrible coaches.
— Jason Galloway (@jgalloway14) October 4, 2016
Makes me sad that @Chris_Liss isn't awake and live-tweeting this game.
— Steve Gardner (@SteveAGardner) October 4, 2016
@Chris_Liss you are probably rolling over in your sleep as Giants once again punt in Minny territory. Brutal. @Jeff_Erickson
— Jason Meller (@Jasonmeller) October 4, 2016
Take off Eli's training wheels, throw away the IHOP menu and throw the frickin ball down the field!! #McAdon't @Chris_Liss
— Steven young (@Belgerloon) October 4, 2016
@Chris_Liss and then crappy play calling continues....ugh
— Eric Gailing (@elg26) October 4, 2016
@Chris_Liss
Wow.....I thought you were kidding about the Giants coach. He is Captain Conservative— Matt Hackenmiller (@thehackreport) October 4, 2016
@Chris_Liss I think you're spot on w/Mcadoo. He's terrible.
— Gildz (@The_Gildz) October 4, 2016
@Chris_Liss mcadoo is a joke brother, in a past life he was a proud regional manager at Denny's....not that there's anything wrong with that
— PettyWap (@pursueinsanity) October 4, 2016
Sure hope @Chris_Liss isn't awake in Germany to see what McAdoo just did. #Giants
— Tom Kessenich (@TomKessenich) October 4, 2016
• The Giants didn't target Odell Beckham until mid-way through the second quarter after they were down 14-0. Why get the ball into the hands of your best player?
• They did throw deep to Beckham three times, one of which was picked, and on one of which there was uncalled defensive pass interference.
• Paul Perkins finally got a chance and made a huge play. It's mystifying how so many rookies are "not ready" until they play, and then of course they make plays. Maybe it's the coaches who are not ready to take a sensible chance on a new player.
• Orleans Darkwa ran well and scored a touchdown. It's likely Rashad Jennings will retain his role when he returns from a hand injury, but hardly set in stone.
• Bobby Rainey is the team's third-down back, though Perkins could cut into his role if McAdoo deigns to trust him.
• Despite Matt Asiata's one-yard TD, Jerick McKinnon is obviously the back to own in Minnesota, and the set-up is good for him - great defense, conservative game plan, limited skill players around him.
• Kyle Rudolph could be this year's Tyler Eifert, and that's fitting because he was the original Eifert when he was healthy several years ago.
• Cordarrelle Patterson made an appearance on offense. Remember when you wasted a third-round pick on him?