T-Rock's Take: Inside the Giants

Yes, it's back to boring old me for now -- though Stephen Haynes is with us again today, so he'll have a few good items to post in a bit. For now, I'll run down some on-field stuff from this AM:

-- Again, the defense looked far, far better than the offense. Excellent plays by E.J. Underwood (on a Tim Hasselbeck pass for David Tyree) and Kawika Mitchell (on an Eli throw for Kevin Boss). Mitchell has looked athletic so far... Though, as always, you have to add the "it's only June" part. But still, with some of the guys who got insane money around the league, it's still a head-scratcher why Mitchell got no offers and signed for basically a veteran minimum.

As for Underwood, he's got skills. Prediction: He makes the team and plays more than just on special teams.

-- Jared Lorenzen had a poor morning, only making one strong, on-target throw, to Marco Thomas. Travonti Johnson picked off a bad Lorenzen pass and a few others missed target. But Anthony Wright hasn't really impressed with his throwing skills either.

-- Still no Plaxico Burress or Amani Toomer, and unlike yesterday, their replacements on the first unit, Michael Jennings and Sinorice Moss, did not have a great practice. Each dropped balls from Manning that were on target, though Jennings faked Sam Madison out of his cleats for a TD in the goal-line drill.

-- Osi Umenyiora sat out the morning with his undisclosed injury, though I did see him with an ice wrap on his left knee between sessions yesterday. No Strahan again either, so the first-unit DEs were William Joseph and Tommy Davis -- and Davis went down with a left-arm injury late in the morning.

-- Also out was first-round pick Aaron Ross, who fell on his head during the afternoon workout yesterday and was held out this morning for precautionary reasons. Kevin Dockery was the first-unit nickel CB.

That's all for now. Stephen will check in with some stuff in a bit.