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20114-15, even though the Giants were 6-10 each year. But now that he is the one responsible for the whole operation, he has lost a lot of his nerve and is now longer a state-of-the-art play-caller.
His offense is so predictable. Short passes. Predictable runs. McAdoo’s most effective play calls last year were the quick slants to Beckham that he took the distance. Manning didn’t have Beckham and didn’t have anyone to make anything happen.
Shane Vereen caught nine passes out of the backfield for 51 yards. That’s 5.7 yards per reception. Sterling Shepard had seven catches for 44 yards. That’s 6.3 yards per. Marshall had one catch for 10 yards and that didn’t come until the second to last play of the game.
The Giants can’t beat a good team without OBJ.
“Obviously, he’s a tremendous player,” Manning said. “We got players. We have got to play better than that. We got to do a better job finding completions on third down.”
McAdoo can’t get the offense going without Beckham.
“Our offense was very disappointing,” McAdoo said. Because of no OBJ? “We have plenty of players who can make plays outside of Odell,” he said. “That’s no excuse.”
He wouldn’t speculate whether “Whenever it is so lopsided in time of possession — especially in the first half — there is no way to get prepared for that amount of plays. I think the time of possession in the first half was so lopsided, it definitely had an effect on us a little bit.”
The Cowboys got their TD when Dak Prescott found Jason Witten on a 12-yard play-action pass with 1:41 left in the second quarter. Dallas picked on Eli Apple a lot — including on that play on which Collins didn’t get over in time.
Janoris Jenkins repeatedly declined comment on a number of questions after going mano a mano and jawing frequently with arch nemesis Dez Bryant. Bryant finished with two catches for 43 yards on nine targets. Jenkins was also called for a questionable pass Beckham will play in the home opener next Monday night against the Lions.
Somehow it didn’t seem fair that Beckham couldn’t play and Ezekiel Elliott, through the Texas courts, found a way to put his domestic violence six-game suspension on hold and rushed for 104 yards and had another 36 yards receiving.
“Well, it’s one of 16 games,” McAdoo said. “We have to be careful getting too emotional about one football game. A lot of effort and energy goes into the first game. You’ve got to tip your hat to Dallas and move on to the next one.”
The show must go on. interference penalty before the TD.
Jason Pierre-Paul (five tackles, one for loss) also declined to talk to reporters.
“We left plays out there,” Vernon said. “We knew if we came here and let it get out of our hands, this could have been the result. And it was.”
Joining Odell Beckham Jr. (sprained left ankle) on the inactive list were linebacker Keenan Robinson (concussion), wide receiver Tavarres King (practicing, but dealing with a right ankle sprain), and four healthy Giants: rookies QB Davis Webb and RB Wayne Gallman, OL D.J. Fluker and TE Matt LaCosse.