Giants-Lions halftime score: Davis Webb guides Giants

to 10-3 lead The New York Giants have their first lead of the preseason as they enter the second half against the Detroit Lions. Head coach Pat Shurmur gave Eli Manning and Odell Beckham Jr. the night off after a week of joint practices with the Lions. Davis Webb got the start New York Giants Hoodie , and the opportunity to redeem a terrible performance against the Cleveland Browns. Webb responded by carving the Lions starting defense up, to the tune of 14-for-20 (70 percent completion rate), for 140 yards and a touchdown. His touchdown drive went for 17 plays, including 7 first downs.Jonathan Stewart got the start at the running back position with Saquon Barkley returning from a strained hamstring, but he was ineffective in his carries. Wayne Gallman Customized New York Giants Jerseys , on the other hand, scored the touchdown, leading the team with 15 yards on four rushing attempts (3.8 yards per carry). The Giants defense gave up more in the run game than in the first week, but appeared more buttoned down. They got consistent pressure, notching two sacks of Matthew Stafford www.authenticsnewyorkgiants.com , with a third called back for a curious penalty on Mark Herzlich. The big exception was a 42-yard catch and run for Theo Riddick with Alec Ogletree in coverage. The Giants will get the ball to start the second half. Use this as your second-half open thread. Everything about this Giants season has been a bust with one exception.Rookie running back Saquon Barkley has turned out to be exactly the player that the team hoped he’d be when they took him with the second overall pick in this year’s draft. His 905 yards and scored seven touchdown have earned admirers who aren’t otherwise interested in seeing the Giants do well.That group would include Washington running back Adrian Peterson, who will be facing Barkley’s team this weekend and knows a few things about succeeding as a running back in the NFL. Peterson said watching Barkley “really excites” him and he thinks the rookie is a generational talent.“He’s the guy that stands out a little more than what I’ve seen in the past few years,” Peterson said, via ESPN.com. “Todd Gurley is a guy that has great potential as well. He falls in that same category, but they’re two different styles of players. I would say the biggest thing is one is just more elusive. Which one is that? …聽You can just see with the talent. It’s obvious New York Giants T-Shirt , him being a rookie and what he’s accomplished so far. That doesn’t happen every year or even two or three or four years [where] that type of talent comes around.”Talent of any type is in shorter supply than the Giants would like this season, which makes slowing Barkley the key part of a winning blueprint for the rest of their opponents this season.