Preseason Halfway Point

So the Giants are halfway through their preseason and you know what that means, knee-jerk reactions to two games where the starters only played a percentage of them. But I have to write about something right?

Reaction #1: The running game needs some work. After two meaningless games the Giants are ranked 21st in the league in rushing with an average of 92 yards a game. Bradshaw is still perfecting his Michael Vick impression by proving that he has problems staying healthy. And his backups, D.J. Ware and David Wilson, aren't proving they can pickup the slack by only averaging 3.2 and 1.4 yards a carry. I still have high hopes for Wilson, but I don't know if that's only because he's a first round pick and the Giants need him to work out. It's like having a reliable spare tire when your most effective tire is covered with adhesives and pieces of tape.

Save your strength, 44. You're gonna need it.

Reaction #2: Eli Manning and Victor Cruz look to be in mid-season form. Although I don't think he'll match the numbers he put up last year, Victor Cruz will still be a force to be reckoned with this season. I am very excited to see how the passing game will adjust when Hakeem Nicks comes back.

Reaction #3: The front four looks ridiculous. Tuck, Osi,  JPP, and the rest of the defense are already displaying their dominance as they already have thirteen sacks in two games. When they are firing on all cylinders, they rip through offensive lines like how a kid rips through Christmas wrapping paper.

Honestly, I'm too creeped out to say anything remotely clever about this.

Reaction #4: Those Quinton Coples arm brandings are the worst thing I've ever seen. I know he's not on the Giants and I should have zero concern about it but it is something that cannot be unseen and ignored. I also know it's common amongst the NFL players but it looks like he was branded by Muhammed Ali using a George Foreman Grill. Nicholas Cage agreeing to be in the Wicker Man (or Drive Angry, or Season of the Witch...) was a better decision than that branding.

"Look at this photograph, JPP threw us in a bath.."

Reaction #5: DO NOT UPLOAD LOCKER ROOM VIDEOS ON TWITTER:  If you've been a art of the Giants organization for any period of time you should know how your coach or how the the Mara family feels about stuff like that. Yes, hazing goes on in every locker room, and yes, it can be stupid and neanderthal-like, but it shouldn't be broadcasted for everyone to see. Also, it was potentially dangerous. We need all the help we can get in the secondary and it would be a kick in the groin if our nickle back got hurt by being thrown into an ice bath. Which reminds me, can JPP please throw Nickleback in an ice bath? Weatherford can put that on his Twitter page and everyone would understand why. 
What bothered me most was the backlash of the video. Skip Bayless says about the video, "I found the video extremely unsettling... this was ugly to watch. This was locker room bullying at it's worst." At least try to act like you've been around athletes your entire career. Whats next? Are you going to accuse Derek Jeter of taking Perfor-... wait. Oh he did? Nevermind then.
Please, Steve, I hope Coughlin giving you a verbal powerbomb will be enough to scare you straight. If it didn't just keep in mind that you are a punter. Feagles wouldn't have done it and neither should you.

So what have I learned? Not much of anything, actually. It's only halfway through preseason.