{"id":132796,"date":"2025-08-09T22:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132796\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:16:13","slug":"three-takeaways-from-giants-preseason-opener-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132796\/","title":{"rendered":"Three takeaways from Giants&#8217; preseason opener win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORCHARD PARK \u2014 Here are three takeaways from the Giants\u2019 34-25 win against the Bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. 3-for-3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Abdul Carter didn\u2019t start but played six defensive snaps and looked like the No. 3 pick in the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How\u2019s this for an impact? He had three pass rushes and created a quarterback pressure on all three, according to NextGen Stats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36788939\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25221683291773.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants linebacker Abdul Carter, left, is blocked by Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-36788939\"  \/>New York Giants linebacker Abdul Carter, left, is blocked by Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox during the first half of an NFL preseason football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Two were against Pro Bowl left tackle Dion Dawkins. He also lined up at three technique defensive tackle in a package with Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns on the edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Miller Time\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Make room on your 53-man roster projection for a fourth running back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dante Miller, a second-year pro who starred at Columbia, lived up to his \u201cTurbo\u201d nickname by looking like the fastest man on the field with seven catches for 80 yards, 22 rushing yards and a 20-yard kickoff return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.30114358;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36788942\" width=\"768\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250809_tdc_bk3_124.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants running back Dante Miller (25) runs past Buffalo Bills defensive end Landon Jackson (94) in the second quarter at Highmark Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-36788942\"  \/>New York Giants running back Dante Miller (25) runs past Buffalo Bills defensive end Landon Jackson (94) in the second quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mark Konezny-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Giants have Tyrone Tracy Jr., Cam Skattebo (injured) and Devin Singletary locked into the roster, but exposing Miller to waivers in hopes of getting him onto the practice squad could be too risky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. Good Gano\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have been seasons when kicker Graham Gano was the Giants\u2019 best offensive weapon. Then there are the last two, in which Gano has been plagued by injuries and erratic kicks (71.4 percent conversion rates).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gano, 38, looked like The Old Gano instead of an old Gano as he drilled three long field goals (53, 51, 50 yards) in the first half. Gano hasn\u2019t done much kicking in practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORCHARD PARK \u2014 Here are three takeaways from the Giants\u2019 34-25 win against the Bills.\u00a0 1. 3-for-3\u00a0 Rookie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[31600,5229,8995,405,403,4716,5226,5225,1232,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-132796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-abdul-carter","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115001123373126107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}