>> af playoffs last year, two time super bowl mvp eli manning hopes to lead his giants back to the promise land. which this season will be played in his home stadium. colts may need luck to get there and the way andrew performed as a rookie, don't count him out. victor cruz has five more years with big blue after signing for big bucks, while reggie wayne keeps on going, now entering his 13th nfl season. it's the colts and the giants live from the site of super bowl xlviii, it's the nfl on fox. come on in and stay a while, folks. i'm curt men fee, ronde barber, brian urlacher and randy moss will all be together on fox fobl daily, on fox sports 1. debuts tomorrow, 6:00

p.m. eastern. hope to see you there. in case you're wondering, how many days are left before the nfl regular season starts? randy moss, gives us a clue. number 18, your rookieiary? >> my rookie year, neat. >> why are you wearing a mock turtle neck? >> it's a fashion statement. i can do it as a rookie, can't i? >> i think that hairstyle was out in '94. >> bringing it back. >> let's get to today's game and we want to talk about the colts and the giants. start with you, brian, you got a chance to play andrew luck in the regular season. won the game easily, but talk about how he's progressed since that day. >> i don't think you realize how big he is, 6'4" mine backer playing quarterback. moving around really well. >> couldn't fool him later on. >> no, he got better,

obviously. >> seems every other year, the giants make the playoffs, is this the year they bounce back? >> the east is an anything division. what dallas did with monty, you expect them to be better. rg3 going, everything that's going on in washington. easy for new york to fly under the radar. this is a division where i think every single team could win ten games, or is not going to win ten, but every one could win eight. >> if rg3's knee holds up -- >> you're going to stick with the redskins. >> there's hope for everybody, but particularly the giants. they had that issue last year at running back and defensive line. as their pass rush goes and defensive line, good news is jason pierre-paul, he says he feels so much better night and day from a year ago to

now. still on the pup list. tom coughlin will try to protect him from himself, but he's telling the guys i think i'm good to go, but i think they may protect him from himself. >> more of this at half-time, but right now it's just about time for kickoff. let's get off to the stadium, where joe buck, it is all yours. >> thank you, buddy and good luck on the show. cannot wait to watch. this is, in essence, week number two of the preseason. it's the giants and the indianapolis colts. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us here tonight. i'm joe buck. troy aikman, pam oliver will join me in a second. this is a special night for us. why? because our season kicks off here tonight and our season and the nfl's season will end in this booth in this stadium with the playing of super bowl xlviii on february 2nd, 2014. but, ply friends, we got a long way to go before we're talking about the super bowl. and we're talking

preseason football, giants 9-7 a year ago. we'll talk about eli. but on the other side a young indianapolis team, an 11-win team and this quarterback, andrew luck, i know you can't wait to see him. i'm looking forward to watching him, seeing him play live, last year as a rookie, surpass everyone's expectations, the entire team did. as they move into the season, a lot of attention to the development of andrew luck, but so many young rookie players last year that are also going to be better. the supporting cast is going to be better. what they're looking for, they want to run the ball better and protect luck better. we'll get a chance to see how far they've come tonight. >> and you know what else we get to do, we get to talk to andrew luck. that's why we're excited to have pam oliver, the best the in the business, with us. i know you'll talk to andrew. who else? >> we have his receiver, reggie

wayne. we'll talk to eli manning. they were 9-7 last year, they did not make the playoffs. how will he right this thing, get the team back together? those are one of the questions we're going to have for him tonight among other things. it's going to be a blast down there. >> fun for the sideline reporter pam oliver, and right now we'll give you the directv players to watch. is andrew luck on the list? of course he is. and hakeem nicks, the giants need to see him in a game, healthy, running routes for eli manning. get every nfl game every sunday when you switch to directv. call 1-800-directv. last night it was the jets and the jaguars. tonight it's all giants. flip those things around. change the pictures. football coming up next on fox. 20 millioe insured with geico. so get a free rate quote today. i love it! how much do you love it?

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♪ >> joe: well, aikman, it may be preseason, but old jolly down there, he doesn't mail in those tape pieces, does he? he just brings it, i don't care if it's august or february for a super bowl. you want to get pumped up for a game, he's your guy. you want to get pumped up for a game, he may be your guy. he's the head coach of the indianapolis colts, chuck pagano, you know his story from a year ago. if not, we will detail it as we go through this game. on the other side, you've got the rock. he's mr. stability for the giants, tom coughlin in his tenth season, number two on the all-time wins list among giants head coaches. there's his record. 83-61. he's not happy that they got off

to yet another good start last year and then stumbled down the stretch and missed the postseason. >> and after visiting with him yesterday, he's also not real thrilled with the collective bargaining agreement and the limited amount of contact in practice. obviously a guy who's been in the league a long time, seen a lot of changes. it's been a real adjustment for him in that regard. >> joe: he said i've only had 17 practices, including little jog throughs and coughlin does not like to leave a lot to chance. this one starts with a bang. right off the crossbar, and here comes eli manning and the giants offense. 86 wins for eli with coughlin. 211 touchdown passes. he wants to get back to what he did down the stretch, two seasons ago when the giants won it all. >> he also wants to

see what hakeem nicks has on the outside, battling injuries last year and again during camp. this one starts with -- no more ahmad bradshaw. he's with the colts. here's some of the guys to watch in this game tonight and really this season. justin pugh on the far end, first round pick, tackle andre brown, david wilson, and nicks and randal and they really like rueben randle with the giants. >> troy: he got a lot of opportunities to get work in with victor cruz holding out and hakeem nicks being injured. >> joe: delay on the handoff. it's wilson out to the 45 and a good start to the ground game for the giants. a 20-yard carry tackle by walden and wilson gets pumped up. >> troy: just the power play. see the fullback lead the way and david wilson does an excellent job finding

the hole. he has tremendous quickness. they're expecting a lot of big things from him, obviously with the absence now of ahmad bradshaw, they're trying to figure out whether it's him or andre brown that carries the load for the offense. >> joe: manning goes for cruz downfield and incomplete. and they're going to throw a flag. contact was made and it was greg toler, first-year colt. and it is going to be pass interference. that's the indication against indianapolis. >> troy: you see eli manning in the pocket, and he holds it, just a tick too long. so he's not quite able to get this ball out there. it was behind the defense. >> joe: they called it, but it was toler who got his body right here into the back of victor cruz. and it's a 39-yard penalty.

>> troy: you saw eli, he just held it a second longer, because he wants to make sure the safety was biting and that cruz was going to get in behind him. that's why the ball was underthrown, but they still get the yardage because of the pass interference. >> joe: he just limped off the field after that play. jim cordle is in at center. handoff to wilson running left. and wilson picks up three. walden on the stop. let's go back to the pass interference play. that's something that no team wants to see in a preseason game. >> troy: not with your starting center. he's been a little bit of a concern coming into the season. as you see, he gets -- left knee as he reaches for it, he had a number of surgeries this off season. multiple surgeries. he wouldn't clarify what all he had done, he said it was a tune-up on his body, but obviously he came out of last year very banged up.

>> joe: on second down, manning just has nowhere to go. under pressure. throws it into the turf. it's third down. now we look at indianapolis. new faces, defensively, franklin up front. ricky jean françois. walden is a former green bay packer. and you have the young, high draft pick, first round out of florida state, bjoern werner, who is going to back up robert mathis as a pass rusher for this colds defense. third and seven. manning with protection underneath by the running back. still short of the first down. andre brown, their third down back, primarily, troy, because he's a better blocker. got it from manning, but he's dropped two yards shy of a first

down. >> troy: yeah, and as you see here, want giants are going to go for t probably in a regular season game, the third possession, they kick the field goal, but because you'd get limited opportunities on these types of things in preseason, this is a chance for them to do some of their short yardage work. >> joe: brown still in at tailback. and he gets it running left. andre brown is going to be knocked down short of the line to gain. and it will be the colts' football inside their own ten. the guy who blew up that play was kelvin sheppard. he made the play defensively. that's gots tom coughlin shaking his head, a turnover on down. colts ball, no score. ♪ ♪ he's a 20-year-straight, get to work on time ♪

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>> joe: well, you're looking at the skyline of new york city or david baas limping off. welcome you back inside the stadium in east rutherford. handoff to vick

ballard, loses a yard. and we'll go back to the injury that we'll talk about indianapolis. this could be a big loss as you look at 64 and that looks terrible. >> troy: the way he reached down and grabbed his knee, it looked like it was a knee injury. he gets rolled on the left ankle and it did not look good. but he did walk off the field. someti know even with that. but for an ankle injury, that would appear to be a good sign. >> joe: second down and 11. faked the handoff. cross the body, dangerous throw for fleener. the pass is broken up and nearly picked off. >> troy: it was a risky throw, but i have been really impressed with andrew luck's ability to square his shoulders on the line of scrimmage. he delivers a ball that should have been caught by fleener. fleener coming off

concussion. as tight a window as that was, that should have been caught for a first down. >> joe: can you describe to someone like me, how hard that throw was, how good that throw was? >> troy: it was an excellent throw. that's one area, that was a drop, but when you say, how can he get better? he'll get better this year completing more passes. >> joe: here's a handoff. that's ballard. and ballard has nowhere to go, and he gets smoked inside the five. a loss of one. fleener dropped a couple of balls in the preseason opener, and he dropped what could have been and should have been probably a sure first down on that drive. and in the end, it's three and out. >> hamilton cannot be happy. they wanted to be able to run the football. they tried twice, they get no yardage. defensively for the giants, outstanding job. kiwanuka blows it up on first down.

>> joe: mcafee hits it. waiting for it from about the 40. cross midfield. so the giants get it for the second time. an 11-yard return by hosely. no score. that night?are you mar are you making it dinner after the game? or are you making it a victory meal? are you making it good enough? or are you making it great, with america's #1 choice. pizza hut. now pizza hut offers that great pizza at a great price. the $10 any carryout deal. any pizza. any size. any toppings. now just $10 when you carry out. we all have a choice. get america's #1 pizza and make it great. ♪ he's a 20-year-straight, get to work on time ♪ ♪ ♪ he's loved one woman for all his life ♪

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>> joe: beautiful night, and it's preseason football on fox. no score, second possession for the giants. starts in colts' territory at the 49. manning with good protection by murphy. and murphy will pick up nine. let's go down to the field and pam oliver. >> pam: david baas, he went into the locker room for x-rays on his knee. they have their fingers crossed it's not too severe. >> joe: jim cordle has already taken over at center. and baas who is in his third year here with the giants, goes down early in this one.

just have to hope it's nothing severe. second down and one. here's wilson. makes one man, but just gets back to the line of scrimmage. maybe lost half a yard and ricky jean françois was there defensively for indianapolis. third and short coming up. you talk about the colts defense and offense as well, and what the objective was coming in, what they really wanted to do, they wanted to get more physical, they wanted to get bigger in the frentrenches an their general manager did an outstanding job bringing in some young players in the draft that contributed and was able to go out and sign a couple of guys and really help try to solidify the defensive front, so they can be better holding up against some of these running teams. andre brown gets it on a toss, running left. gets a block and picks up the first down. steps out of bounds at

the 32, a gain of eight on third and short. >> troy: they run right at the rookie bjoern werner and he's not able to secure the edge. right here at the end position. these are the areas that he'll continue to get better as he gains a little bit more strength. he's primarily going to be used as a pass rush specialist. he's looking to back up robert mathis. don't anticipate he'll be an early-down player against the run. that was third down, the giants ran the ball and they were able to get the edge on him. >> joe: play action pass, manning with protection, now has to scramble. has a man and he's got nicks inside the 15. hakeem nicks, good for 20. and good protection that time forc>íñ eli manning. just outstanding protection in the pocket, because originally, eli manning's trying to get the ball to murphy

to the strong side, double covered. he's able to keep the play alive because of the protection and hakeem nicks just does an excellent job, running in a dig route, realizes manning is in trouble, works out to the sideline and manning puts it right on the money. play clock at eight. >> joe: on first down, it's wilson. and david wilson takes it down inside the ten. a pickup of three. we saw last year david wilson and how explosive he can be. it came later in the year because if you remember, giant fans certainly do, that week one he had the fumble. and kind of went in cough lin's dog house, then got more playing time, was big on the special teams kickoff return, but he's a much tougher runner than he would get credit for a guy with as much explosion as

he has. >> joe: and wilson picks up two to bring up third down ricky jean françois out there for the colts. so the giants are back in that same area where they went for it on fourth and short. they were stopped the last time they had it. now it's third down and five. ahmad bradshaw, and with his departure, he's now with the colts. the giants do not have a ton of experience or total rushing yards in career in their back field here in 2013. manning throws and it's off the hands of the intended receiver, harty. a chance for the first-year player out of the citadel, kevin hardy. he had to glance off his hands to bring it down. >> troy: they had a chance. three receivers to one side. eli leads him out of that break perfectly and just a ball that

hardy just wasn't able to handle. >> joe: 25 yard field goal try coming from josh brown. so a guy who's had a dependable leg and kicked some big field goals getting these giants into the super bowl is gone. now it's josh braun. former seahawk and ram. knocks it through in the first points of the night. they belong to the giants. and a nice embrace between tom coughlin and his former running back, and a leader on this giants team, ahmad bradshaw, before the game. d his truck... and a broken fence... and a lost calf. ♪ and the heart to search for as long as it takes. and the truck that lets him search for as long as it takes. ♪ the all-new chevy silverado. the most fuel-efficient v8 in a pickup.

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>> joe: nice size crowd here on the 18th of august, week number two of the preseason for these two teams. brown kicks it away with vaughn waiting for it. he'll bring it out. why not? get a chance to show what you can do. cassius vaughn, gets to the 20 and then he fumbles. got flipped over backward. the ball came out. aaron ross was down there delivering a hit. but it stays with

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>> joe: three and out first time they had it. second possession for the colts and more time to talk about luck. starts at the 19 yard line and andrew puts it up, has a man, and it's incomplete. skips it into darrius heyward-bey, who is in his first year, former oakland raider, did not secure that ball as it skipped in from luck. let's talk about this guy. >> troy: you see the amount of times he got hit last year, more than anybody in football. as i was talking a little bit earlier, this guy in college completed 71% of his passes. last year, he completed just 54%, and that's really because he was under so much duress. he's only going to get better as he gets more and more protection. i couldn't be more and more impressed with this young man. >> joe: coming off the edge, colts pick it up. hilton downfield,

incomplete. amukamara on the coverage and it's third and ten coming up. burning questions for the colts as we go into the season. more pep in their offense, pep hamilton wantings to run it more, protection for luck. he got hit way too much. for as good as he is and as valuable as he is last year. and more defensive production for this team that went 11-5 and lost in the playoffs to the eventual champion ravens. >> troy: it's interesting the relationship between hamilton and luck goes back to stanford. in his second year, luck was the elder statesmen in terms of installing the offense. >> joe: luck gets away from the blitz. finds his man, gets away from it. heyward-bey will take it across the 30. >> troy: vick ballard, you're going to see he starts inside, which is what you're supposed to do, secure the inside, realizes

it's handled, back out, good block on a blitzing line backer, great presence there by andrew luck in delivering in excellent pass. >> joe: you heard brian urlacher in our short pregame talk about the size of luck, 6'4" 239 like a line backer. quick throw and that's heyward-bey again. he shows the moves and some speed, picks up nine and a half. rivers out there to make the stop. we'll show you some of the players to watch, but it's a guy that size talking about andrew luck, with the foot work that andrew luck has, and i know that's what stand out on tape to you. >> troy: i think that playing quarterback really, you know, you've got to have an arm, you got to have intelligence, you got to have a lot of things to make it work, but a big far of success in the pocket is great balance. and pep hamilton stresses that. watching these young quarterbacks, fundamentally speaking, technically

wise, i think andrew luck is as good as there is. >> joe: see who's guilty of initiating that jump. >> referee: five yard penalty, results in a first down. >> joe: joseph is guilty and that's a first down by penalty. shaun rogers came across as well. >> troy: the other thing i'd say, joe, for the colts offensively, i know they'd like to run the ball more, but i don't think that's -- they're going to go as far as andrew luck allows them to go. i don't think it's so much about running the ball so much. they were not that far off the league average. they just have to run it better when they do. >> joe: pass is caught by reggie wayne. and reggie wayne, who has 968 career receptions, tenth on the all-time list shows a great strong right-hand. >> troy: how good is that.

these guys work on these things in practice. that's outstanding. cris carter used to do that routinely when he was playing. of course he just recently went into the hall of fame. congratulations to him. good chance reggie wayne will be going into the hall of fame as well. even when marvin harrison was alongside him, i was really impressed with how great a player he was and his ability to run routes. >> joe: play action from luck. time runs out. and andrew luck will run for the first down and fall forward at the 35. pre tuck, a 14 yard run and a first down for the colts. >> troy: you mentioned brian urlacher talking about luck's size in the pregame. he also talked about how well he moves for such a big man, that's a great example of it. excellent coverage on the back end by the giants, but not able to get to andrew luck and keep him from picking up some nice yardage there on the scramble. >> joe: so first down at the 35 yard line.

throw to heyward-bey, on the edge, and amukamara makes the play, dragging him down after a gain of seven. here's pam oliver with a report on victor cruz. >> pam: that's right. the giants have another offensive player who is in trouble. now it's victor cruz. he went back to the locker room. he's come back out. he had x-rays on his foot. he's out of uniform at this point. not coming back into the game. not what the giants want to see here. >> joe: they lost david baas, their center with a knee on the second play. >> troy: didn't look like there was any contact. >> joe: luck is, it's in the air and caught for the touchdown by reggie wayne!

it was nearly picked off. luck got hit after letting that pass go, and the pass was nearly intercepted. there's luck going down. and on the back end of this play, it was ross back with the giants who put it up in the air and then reggie wayne tapped it to himself and made the catch for the touchdown. >> troy: it was hard to tell how much the pressure by keith rivers impacted the throw, but clearly a poor throw by andrew luck, and aaron ross in excellent coverage, and an opportunity to make an interception, not only does he not make it, but he pops it up in the air and reggie wayne, making an acrobatic catch on the drive. aaron ross who they say has come back after one year in jacksonville for what he had over the years here with the giants. he won a super bowl, got a deal for the jaguars, left, now he's back. vinatieri knocks it through. and after a 28-yard

touchdown pass from luck to ross to wayne, it's 7-3 colts.

>> joe: so much for the emphasis on establishing that running game. second drive not one run except for an andrew luck scramble. it's a touchdown pass to reggie wayne, a 7-3 lead and the kickoff is through the back of the end zone off the foot of brandon mcmanus. give you the giants team questions, the burning questions going into the season. line backer core, who is the starting middle line backer, and what's the makeup of that group? how good are they? the running game without ahmad bradshaw? the emphasis with wilson and brown, and the help of hakeem nicks. last year, a foot, then a knee. he's already battled a sore groin this camp. >> troy: i would add jason pierre-paul's back injury into that equation as well, a guy who may not be ready for week one, but they will need him in a new and fresh justin tuck this year

as well. >> joe: handoff is to brown, running right, up from the safety spot, a gain of seven. the other spot that was a question mark coming into camp was right tackle and david diehl. they trafted, as we talked about, justin pugh, david diehl spent the off season and got himself into the best shape he's been in in ten years, lost ten pounds, credits it to juicing throughout the off season, and the great job he was doing this off season has prepared him for this draining camp and he's been able to hold off a guy who's missed a lot of time in justin pugh. >> joe: about a yard shy of the first down. and the juicing stuff, that good for you? >> troy: that's the new craze. it's working. for him. it's working for david diehl. >> joe: up-tempo offense. giants want to use some of this tonight.

they employ it here in the third possession, third and one. >> troy: what did tom coughlin say they called this? the mock offense. >> joe: got to the line fast. intercepted by toler! and greg toler in his first year with the colts, the former cardinal, with a pass intended for nicks, made a nice interception. the turnover from manning and the colts after the touchdown, get it right back. >> troy: you'll see the spacing between these receivers, brandon myers gets pushed out. you see you got two guys, receivers, essentially running in the same spot. that confuses everything from the look of the quarterback and toler's able to come under the throw and does an excellent job. he got called -- he didn't get called, but he got beat earlier on the first possession by the giants. but a guy who's had an excellent camp and i

know chuck pagano is excited him taking over that position opposite of vontae davis. >> joe: so far, luck, handoff is to ballard. and vick ballard, who will share the carries with ahmad bradshaw when he's healthy, coming back from foot surgery. and donald brown picks up four. we have a minute left in the opening quarter. colts here, who did not play well. and did not make their owner very happy. and 7-3 lead. now second and six. here is ballard again. pushing the pile on to the left side, third and short. coming up. the owner is jim irsay. here is his tweet after the game. if you want to follow him, it's @jim irsay.

many starters play briefly or were nursing injuries, but it was performance, my apologies, my commanders got an earful from me. >> troy: i remember he was tweeting during the entire peyton manning situation on what was going to happen there. he's got to be the most active owner in all of sports on twitter. i'm not following him but i'm about to. >> joe: okay. final seconds of the opening quarter. third down for the colts. and it was tuck that got up and knocked it away. and with one second left, we're going to see a long field goal attempt by adam vinatieri. a guy who's won a super bowl on a last-second kick. added vinatieri here on august 18th. he's going to line up a 52-yard kick. it's all come down to

this, adam. >> troy: i wouldn't bet against him. >> joe: he's money. he's money. don't ever bet against adam vinatieri! never! it's a 10-3 game. also the end of the first quarter here in jersey. back after this from your local fox station. [ male announcer ] on vacation, youou want more

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span in the history of the giants' organization from the wide receiver position. mcmanus kicks it. cox takes a knee. and manning will work into the second quarter at the very least here tonight. and we go to pam. >> pam: more good news for the giants. david baas, he has a sprained knee, but x-rays were negative. back to you. >> joe: all right, so there you go. knee for baas. heel for cruz. and obviously hoping that those two are short-term issues. first down for the giants at the 20. pressure from walden and down goes manning. eric walden who is going to provide pressure from the other side opposite robert mathis, gets in, goes right through david diehl and gets the sack. >> troy: david diehl just gets out of

position and eric walden just does an excellent job coming on the rush. the rookie bjoern werner, he's going to drop. that's an area he has to get out to but that's what the 3/4 defense allows you to do. walden, a guy who's expected to pick up the slack from dwight freeney who went to san diego, and he makes a nice play there for the sack. handoff is to brown. andre brown after the loss of 13 yards on the sack, takes it to the ten. >> troy: defensively, you look at what's happened here in the first quarter and now into the second quarter, the giants have moved the football, but two trips inside the red zone. and they only give up, the colts only give up three points. on the third defensive possession, they get the interception. here they are on their fourth defensive possession holding the giants to a third and long situation. >> joe: it's third and

20. manning, with time, he's a little short for kevin hardy. and so fourth down, it's three and out and that sack by walden set things in motion. >> troy: here's hakeem nicks, victor cruz out with his heel injury and the question has been what's the health of hakeem nicks. kevin gill bright wanted to see in this game, can he recapture whatever speed he had prior to last year. he's never been a burner, but he could run by some people. last year that was lost because of the nagging injuries. he's had some again this year, as we documented. but he doesn't look like he's back to form, at least here in this preseason game. >> joe: one catch for 20 yards. good punt by wetherford. it was covered well downfield. 54-yard punt. good coverage by jayron hosley for the

giants. here comes luck back to work, up seven.

>> in 2011 indianapolis had a

2-14 record which was tied for the worst in the nfl. so they had the chance to draft andrew luck last year. they go 11-5, get into the playoffs. it's year two. donald brown now in the back field. reggie wayne makes the catch in front of aaron ross. they'll throw a flag after a completion of six yards. here's ed. >> referee: personal foul, face mask, defense, number 31. a penalty is enforced from the dead ball ya down. >> troy: you mentioned andrew luck and as good as year as he had going into the season,

of course everyone was talking about him and robert griffin iii there in washington and most everybody felt that rg3 had the opportunity to have the most success because of the supporting cast and, you know, really, andrew luck, although he gets recognized, i don't know that he gets the appreciation for just how good he really was. >> joe: here's brown. donald does not get much. a gain of two. more on that in a second. from america's number one pregame show comes the all new fox football daily featuring an all-star line-up of experts and nfl legends. you can get everything you love on sunday, every day of the week. fox football daily premieres tomorrow on america's new sports network, fox sports 1. you'll be a part of that. >> troy: i will. look forward to it. >> joe: randy moss's name was not on that graphic, but he will be there tomorrow. we'll talk to randy at the second half as well as brian urlacher. it's a handoff to

donald brown. takes it to the 35. jacquian williams in on the stop. just to follow-up on this thought, this offense for the colts last year, over 50% of their yards came from their rookie class offensively. and having said that, they were 9-1 in games decided by seven points or less. that's impressive for such a young group of players. not just the offense, the defense is out there as well. but to finish the way they finished. >> luck throws and the pass is caught. and t.y. hilton is out of bounds with the first down and the second year receiver showing a lot of adjustment there to make the catch. good for 18 yards. >> troy: it shows the kind of confidence that luck has in hilton. he turns that ball loose before hilton came out of his break. hilton is one of those young talented wide receivers that they're expecting huge things from. as we see justin tuck

go right through gosder cherilus and i know this defensive staff has got to be pleased to see this. >> joe: he was the 13th receiver taken in the draft last year p what a rookie season. here's brown, nothing. back to the line of scrimmage. in the end, hilton, among rookies was fourth in receptions with 50. second in receiving yards with 861 and first in receiving touchdowns with seven. and again, among rookies was number one with over 17 yards per catch. the colts speed things up. >> troy: this is part of the offense of today's nfl. these defenses and the coordinators, they have to be prepared for it. a lot goes in to getting ready to play against an up-tempo offense. >> joe: donald thomas, the left guard, moved early. >> referee: false start, offense, number 66, five-yard penalty, still second down.

>> joe: thomas, troy, one of two guys brought in by ryan greason, the gentleman to help shore up the offensive line. he and cherilus at right tackle to protect andrew luck. >> troy: and in the third and fourth round, they go with offensive linemen, hugh thornton and pep hamilton hasn't been at stanford. they're going to use six and seven offensive linemen sets. think back to san francisco and some of the things they do because of harbaugh and the influence at stanford. expect some of the same at indianapolis. >> joe: luck will drop it off for brown. donald brown gets one block, lowers his shoulder inside the 20. he was met there by dan connor who got the start at middle line backer tonight. connor is in a battle with mark herzlich for that middle line backer spot. it will bring up third and long after a gain of four. >> troy: the line backer situation for the giants, perry fuel will say, i like the

group, each guy kind of has the things that they do best and they'll interchange a lot of them. depending on a lot of those players, but no one has really jumped up and took a hold of any one of those three spots. >> joe: on third and 11, pat. hilton in the corner for the touchdown! right over jayron hosley. >> troy: jayron hosley was in a good position. he's got the sideline, the back line to protect himself. as he's looking at quarterback, trying to back pedal rather than run, andrew luck lays one over his head purposely, for t.j. hilto -- ty. hilton. he maintains possession on the way to the ground and it's a touchdown that just was not very well played there by hosley. >> joe: scoring play, they review