Life with out Andrew Thomas acquired off to a disastrous begin for Daniel Jones and the Giants.
With the All-Professional left sort out out for the season following foot surgical procedure, the Eagles teed off on Jones and backup Drew Lock for eight sacks in a 28-3 rout at MetLife Stadium.
“I began off horrible. I used to be simply overthinking and self-doubting myself,” stated Joshua Ezeudu, who changed Thomas within the lineup. “Because the day went on, I needed to get out of my very own head. I do know I’m higher, I’ve gotten approach higher, and should go on the market and play.
“I don’t assume there’s any adjustment interval. I simply know now I’ve to start out off higher. We nonetheless have the identical line in addition to one individual. I do know my coaches think about me and my teammates think about me. And I think about myself. I simply should proceed to think about myself and never overthink stuff.”
Former first-round choose Evan Neal misplaced his beginning job at proper sort out this yr to free-agent signing Jermaine Eluemunor.
However the Giants declined to maneuver Eluemunor to the left aspect and both insert Neal or play Ezeudu on the suitable.
Ezeudu, who began 5 video games final season when accidents arose, conceded that giving up eight sacks — seven of Jones and one among Lock — is “an excessive amount of.”
Whereas middle John Michael Schmitz acknowledged “it’s robust not having AT on the market,” he famous that the Giants all the time have operated below the “subsequent man up” mentality.
“We gotta do a greater job of executing on third down and staying on offense. Now we have to do a greater job on our particulars, locking in our task,” Schmitz stated. “As an entire, we gotta do higher. We gotta do higher within the go sport giving him time to make throws and really feel comfy again there. We’ll have a look at the movie and see what we are able to do higher and go from there and proper it.”
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