Giants kick off preseason with win over Lions: Here's how X reacted
The New York Giants came into Thursday night ready to take on the Detroit Lions to kick off the preseason after the two teams spent the early part of the week battling in a pair of joint practices.
Although the Giants were eager to get their first preseason game started, to no surprise, none of the big-name players on either team would suit up.
The Giants' defense certainly brought their A-game in the preseason opener as they limited the Lions' offensive production all night long. The offense was powered by a pair of Eric Gray touchdowns, including one for 48 yards, which both occurred after Tommy DeVito took over at quarterback.
Here's how X, formerly known as Twitter, reacted following the victory:
I was very interested to watch this Giants RB group tonight.
I thought they would flash some potential, but I didn't expect this.
Incredibly impressive for all 3: Gray, Tracy, Turbo— Gridiron Media (@Gridiron_Media_) August 9, 2024
Giants win their first preseason game of the season! #Giants100 pic.twitter.com/bZBnrz6tNX
— D’Ante 💫 (@danteadams01) August 9, 2024
Does the win matter? Not really ( in my head it does) but the utter team dominance on both sides of the line and the run game matter way more. #giants100 #Giants #lions #NFL #NFLPreseason
— Only A Giant Podcast (@OnlyAGiant_86) August 9, 2024
Overall the Giants looked pretty good tonight. #Giants100
— Kylo SJ-en (@twistedperceptn) August 9, 2024
Giants win! 14-3 👏👏👏 Let’s go NY!#Giants #Giants100 #NFLPreseason pic.twitter.com/RYwEnx7AuL
— ✦ MissC ✦ (@misscnyc) August 9, 2024
preseason and backups idc. I love the way the Giants played defense tonight #Giants100
— Dylan Garrison (@Dylan6481) August 9, 2024
DeVito can still compete to be QB2, and I think there’s promise with what we saw from “Turbo” Miller in that 2nd half! #Giants100 https://t.co/Fxtf0AnZlV
— Zachary Wilson (@zwilsonpxp) August 9, 2024
Entertaining preseason game. RBs and LBs looks good. O-line was solid. Just a good way to open preseason and feel good about the depth of the team #giants100
— Peter Leuze (@PTLeuze) August 9, 2024
Toughness is back in the meadowlands #Giants100 👀🍿🥤
— AVG BEAST (@mrchris172) August 9, 2024
Giants are undefeated this year btw #Giants100
— kNick (@nbaknick) August 9, 2024
— Vibes - Eli Racks (@IamEliRacks) August 9, 2024
Giants 14 Lions 3 thoughts
•Glad to see Eric Gray make RB2 a real competition. All 3 RB’s looked good
•Dyontae Johnson Defensive Player of the game 1 sack & 2 TFL’s
•Drew Lock looking bad & getting injured is really discouraging
•Josh Ezeudu should never practice at OT…— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) August 9, 2024
Some quick notes from the #Giants preseason win over the #Lions
Lock looked rough in the little bit he played; he left with an injury.
Eric Gray responded well to the questions about his position on the roster.
Tyree Jackson is probably tired.
The DL depth played well vs.…— Nick Falato (@nickfalato) August 9, 2024
Best thing to come out of the first preseason game is the young players we wanted to see perform did very well:
Dyontae Johnson, all 3 RB’s, backup OL outside of Ezeudu looked decent, Gervarrius Owens, Elijah Chatman
Guys that have stood out in camp so far stood out tonight!— Justin Penik (@JustinPenik) August 9, 2024
"Two guys that do the right thing, on and off the field."
Brian Daboll talks about the progression he's seen from Eric Gray and Tommy DeVito this year: pic.twitter.com/1BCtSSts5t— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) August 9, 2024
Daboll said Eric Gray got stronger as camp went on, and it showed up tonight.
— Dan Salomone (@Dan_Salomone) August 9, 2024
Favorite Players from Tonights Game:
- Tyrone Tracy, Eric Gray and Turbo Miller
- Andru Phillips
- dyontae johnson...😑
- Casey Rogers
- Tommy Devito#Giants100— KB (@KidBlueRB27) August 9, 2024
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