The New York Giants sat the majority of their starters and key players in Friday night’s preseason loss to the Detroit Lions but don’t expect that trend to continue.
At some point, some starters will likely hit the field in one of the final two preseason games.
“It’s just a different year,” head coach Brian Daboll said on Saturday after being reminded that the starters played a quarter in last year’s preseason opener.
“We sit down, we discuss it with the appropriate people that I talk to you guys about and make the decision that we thought was best. I’d say there is some good competitive situations right now going on, on our team and some young guys that we want to take a look at. Now what we do next week, that will be determined throughout the week. We will see where we are at with all those numbers and sit down at the end of the week and make a decision that we feel is best.”
As for starting quarterback Daniel Jones, Daboll was fairly sure we’d be seeing him on the field soon.
“We’ll talk about that at the end of the week. Again, these decisions really are made towards the end of the week like I’ve told you guys. There’s a lot of research and communication that goes into it, but I’d anticipate him playing,” Daboll said.
Some teams hold back their starters for the entire preseason these days now that the preseason has been cut from four games to three. The Giants appear to be cautious but a the same time don’t want to head into the regular season without their first string having any reps together in game situations.
