The abbreviated NFL preseason, which turned out to be more concise than expected – even after the league and players agreed to lop off off the fourth week to offset each team’s 17th regular-season game moving forward – is officially a wrap.
With the real games starting in less than two weeks, every club’s record now reverts to 0-0 – though the exhibition slate gave several organizations reason for optimism while quite a few more should probably be harboring significant concerns heading into Week 1.
This past weekend conveyed final dress rehearsal impressions, and another round of winners and losers – before the wins and losses actually count …
Very classy touch by the New York Giants head coach to wear a U.S. Marine Corps hat on the sideline Sunday evening. Preseason can be an anxious time for NFL veterans hoping to make a 53-man roster … but it’s currently a far more stressful period for military veterans, so many trying to come to grips with the situation in Afghanistan after they sacrificed so much there over the past two decades. “Obviously we lost 13 soldiers this past week in Afghanistan,” Judge said. “I get pictures all the time of people wearing Giants hats, people wearing Giants T-shirts, letters from all over, soldiers overseas, letting us know, ‘Hey, we’re overseas, but we’re rooting for you.’ It’s great that they’re rooting for our team, I think it’s more important we all acknowledge we’re on the same team and that we’re supporting them as well.”
