Certainly a nicer day than either of the last two sweltering days -- the crowd was by far the largest of camp.
The offense struggled again to contain the blitz, which negated what looked like a nice TD toss from Eli Manning to Darcy Johnson in the corner of the end zone. Mathias Kiwanuka and Antonio Pierce would have had Manning down easily. Guy Whimper was in at LT on that play, and he's still not looking that good with the 1s.
Kevin Gilbride tried to mix in a gadget play that failed miserably. Manning, who did have another good session throwing the ball, faked a handoff to Brandon Jacobs (who ran well again -- looks as if he's got his legs underneath him and he's hitting the holes faster) and pitched it to Sinorice Moss, who was coming on an end around; Moss stopped and looked downfield for either Michael Jennings or Steve Smith, but ended up trying to pass it to Manning in the flat. Fred Robbins picked it cleanly and took it the other way.
TC: "Eli was not the intended receiver on that play."
A good laugh, and an example of why Robbins is so valuable. The guy is huge but has excellent hands, as noted by his two INTs last season.
Jennings, who had struggled the past couple of days, had a terrific morning running with the 1s alongside Moss -- Plaxico Burress (sprained right ankle) and Amani Toomer (one-a-day practices) were out -- and made three tough catches from Manning in good coverage.
Another tough outing for Aaron Ross, who tried to leap and deflect two balls, only to see them land in receivers's hands. One was an Anthony Wright pass for Kevin Boss (the guy does not drop too many), the other was a Jared Lorenzen pass over the middle for David Tyree.
A few kickoff drills were not impressive for either kicker, and while I'm sure no one's worried yet, Lawrence Tynes and Josh Huston are not showing much in drills. We'll see when the games start how worried TC should be.
Back at you after tonight.