T-Rock's Take on the Giants

That's right, this is post number 1,000!

The Stapler took care of the first 600 or so of them, and I've been here since April with a few handoffs to Boone and Strang.

Anyway, enough with the balloons and the marching bands. We had a football practice today.

Looked like everyone who is not suspended was at practice. The only guy on the injury bike was Jerome McDougle.

Some of the players had new adornments on their uniforms: red hand towels dangling from their shorts. Most of them had their initials and numbers printed on the towels, but a few had nicknames. The most glaring nickname: KIWEEZY.

The defense was certainly focused on turnovers for the first part of practice that we saw. They started out with strip drills where the first guy makes the hit and the second guy goes after the ball. Then the LBs were working on fumble recoveries and later interceptions. The DBs worked on INTs and returning them with laterals.

Meanwhile, Hixon took the place of Plax with the starting offense. No surprise there. The RBs worked extensively on catching passes. The best of the bunch might be Hedgecock, who showed some good hands. Jeff Feagles was throwing the passes to the RBs. Nice, tight spirals. I guess if Brett can do what he did at his age yesterday, maybe Jeff still has a chance.

We get Coughlin and locker room in a little while. Be back with some nuggets from there for post number 1,001. In the meantime, I'll leave you with this thought:

Don't act disappointed -- you never really had a chance.