Mike Dussault

Some dart thoughts on tonight’s Giants whatever you want to call it.

– I’m reading only a little bit into Meriweather playing the second half. They couldn’t just have Sergio and Josh Barrett back there. They wouldn’t have know what they were doing and both of them would have looked bad. Instead they both got to play with a veteran who could make sure they got the correct calls and adjustments. That’s how you accurately assess how good players are.

– That said, I find it interesting that it was Chung out there first. I think this clearly shows the coaching staff trusts him more than they do Meriweather. 

– Gasper says not to worry about Bodden, so I’m giving Gasper one more chance to redeem himself for all the annoying, un-insightful columns over the past two years. Let’s assume Bodden is fine.

– Even if Bodden is ready week one I’m still concerned about the health of Kyle Arrington. Though to be honest I don’t think D-But playing is as much a certain death as I did two weeks ago. We’ll see if he can hold up in the slot or ‘star’ as everyone likes to point out now as the thing the Patriots call that position. That brings us to two. Star and Elephant. Kinda weird right?

– Didn’t get a close enough look at Ras-I. Can’t say I was excited he was having tight hamstring issues on the sidelines early on. Thank Hoodie he came back in.

– I think that an Ellis-Wilfork-Haynesworth-Carter front four is going to be nasty. Hard to read too much into tonight with back up Gigantes playing but it was pretty clear the kind of force Haynesworth can bring up the middle. 

-With Spikes in there with that group… Wowww #POWWW 

– Weird that I’m not even concerned about Jermaine Cunningham right now?

– You know who really really really wants to win a Super Bowl? Shaun Ellis. And he’s gonna be a beast against his former team.

– Brady switched helmets. Looks like he’s upgraded to a modern, more concussion proof one like Brian Hoyer wears. Luckily his facemask still looks the same so his Elite QB Look remains intact. We will of course be examining the switch obsessively over the coming weeks.

– Vereen. I don’t know… Phantom injury?

– Josh Barrett. Kinda intrigued. Could he sneak on? He was not auditioning on Special Teams tonight. Something might be there. Putting him out first with Chung over Sergio says something.

– Ohrnberger look a little better tonight? 

– This weekend will be crazy and there might be players gone that we never saw coming, and new players on the 53-man Patriots roster that are on another team right now. It’s the best part of Labor Day Weekend.