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[lazydba]

cool. This is much better than forum posts.

[Kyle82]

Giants gameday write-up

Preseason opener at Carolina Panthers

Today, 8 p.m.

Bank Of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.

TV: Ch. 4

Radio: WFAN 660-AM

Line: -2

THREE POSITIONS TO WATCH

Defensive Tackle

The Giants lost Barry Cofield to the Washington Redskins, and the team is turning the defensive tackle spot next to Chris Canty over to Linval Joseph, a 2010 second-round pick. Joseph will certainly have competition; with 2011 second-round pick Marvin Austin and veterans Rocky Bernard and Gabe Watson also in the mix for playing time. But pay attention to Joseph, who is arguably the strongest player on the team and developed during practices last season.

“He made some improvements — much more suddenness, good quickness coming off the ball,” defensive line coach Robert Nunn said. “With his size and strength, he’s got a real chance.”

Left Tackle

William Beatty is now the Giants’ full-time left tackle after David Diehl moved to left guard, leaving the third-year pro responsible for Eli Manning’s blindside. The team is bullish about Beatty, a 2009 second-round pick who was drafted with the expectations of developing into a starting tackle. Beatty will play the first quarter tonight against Carolina’s Charles Johnson, a $76 million defensive end who totaled 11 1/2 sacks last season. What’s critical is whether Beatty exhibits the toughness often sought in a Giants offensive tackle.

“We have no reason to think he’s not going to be, but I’m always one of those guys that tell you do it,” said Kevin Gilbride, the team’s offensive coordinator.

And when Beatty exits the game, look to see how fourth-round pick James Brewer handles the responsibilities of left tackle.

Punter

Both Matt Dodge and Steve Weatherford will punt tonight in what will be the first of four tests for the starting duties. Dodge, a second-year pro, suffered from an inconsistent rookie season. The Giants made it a priority to sign a veteran punter, and Weatherford’s experience with the Jets serve as a plus.

“In games, you have to deal with covering, location, what’s the hang time,” special teams coordinator Tom Quinn said. “So that’s going to be the big telltale sign for those two to separate from each other.” A better assessment of the battle might come next week when the Giants play in the New Meadowlands Stadium, but the pressure is on Dodge to show he’s improved.

FOUR DOWNS WITH ...

Tackle Kareem McKenzie

1. Is there a sense in the locker room of all the players you’ve lost?

Not at all. You can’t sit here and worry about what you’ve lost. You have to look realistically look at what we’ve gained and what we have the opportunity to do with this team. You can’t sit there and second-guess what has been done. All you can do is go ahead with the collective pieces that you have and bring them together as best you can and go out there and have a good showing.

2. What do you feel you have gained?

We gained a lot. I can’t tell you specifically personnel-wise. In terms of the offensive side of the ball, I think we have a good group of guys on the offensive line that can play well with one another. It is going to be very interesting to see how we perform this first time out.

3. So you’re not worried about what’s going on?

I cannot worry about personnel decisions. That is not up to me. All I can do is go out there and handle my part and make sure that the players around me, play at the best of their abilities and give them the most information as possible so that they can be successful.

4. Even when the Eagles made the moves they made?

You look at years past and what teams have and have not done. Who would have thought with how we started out in 2007, we started out the season 0-2 and look what happened throughout the whole season, and how we turned it around and got hot at the right time and we became Super Bowl champs. You really don’t know what you have until the season plays out and you can go back and reflect on it. They say hindsight is 20-20.

ONE MORE THING

Don’t read too much into the preseason results. The Giants are 14-14 in the preseason under Tom Coughlin, including a 2-2 finish last season. When they won the Super Bowl after the 2007 season, the Giants also went 2-2.

Zach Berman: [email protected]

[Icege]

Noooooooo ill be working :( but ill have the game on. Less than 8 hours until I'm grateful that I won't be hearing the announcers deep throating cam while giving the rest of the team a hot Karl T.T

[Razeyfingers]

any chance of us ever doing a voice chat room like teamspeak or ventrilo? I cant imagine the mayhem and chaos. It would be rough for mods at first but if a system could be worked out it would be very nice and likely one of the first of its kind. . cutting edge in the Carolinas fuggers! I got pipe to host it if we need.

[Gipetto]

any chance of us ever doing a voice chat room like teamspeak or ventrilo? I cant imagine the mayhem and chaos. It would be rough for mods at first but if a system could be worked out it would be very nice and likely one of the first of its kind. . cutting edge in the Carolinas fuggers! I got pipe to host it if we need.

There are free public vents people can go to ( yes their legal)

vent.publicvent.com

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No password

completely free and legal

Pick one of the public unlimited rooms i guess and see if people join. I won't be there thoa ill be watching it on my big screen plastered

[Lumps]

nice now can you chat room mod me so I can start banning people thanx

[Disinfranchised]

It aint what it was. A new world for the Panthers is about to start.

[Lilsmitty09]

not working for me...a little red x on the top right corner shows up...like a missing picture

[Marguide]

Chat needs mods for next game.

[jtnc]

I'm all alone in chat.

[Woodcookedbbq]

Make it work on the iPad.