A ‘fundamentally connected’ offensive line? What’s that?

Re-watching games always provides an opportunity to learn or notice things that might not have been obvious when seeing the live action. I had a chance to re-watch Thursday night’s New York Giants-Detroit Lions preseason game. Before we move on from it completely, let’s revisit some of my additional observations after a second look.

A reminder that I am not a scout. I do not and cannot break things down the way Nick Falato and Chris Pflum can. My observations come with much more of a layman’s eye. Anyway, let’s get to them.

The first thing I have to note is the excitement voiced by Giants analyst Carl Banks as he was watching the game. Banks noted that the Giants’ backups clearly played…