GMEN HQ » new york giants jake ballard http://gmenhq.com A NY Giants Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The Ballad of Jake Ballard http://gmenhq.com/2011/09/12/the-ballad-of-jake-ballard/ http://gmenhq.com/2011/09/12/the-ballad-of-jake-ballard/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:48:44 +0000 Salvatore Stefanile http://gmenhq.com/?p=7499 I didn’t get a chance to see the Giants lose to the Redskins live but did PVR the game and while it was disheartening to see the Giants lose, and lose to a divisional rival nonetheless, there was one bright spot, at least to me, that I wanted to highlight. Jake Ballard. After losing Kevin [...]

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]]> I didn’t get a chance to see the Giants lose to the Redskins live but did PVR the game and while it was disheartening to see the Giants lose, and lose to a divisional rival nonetheless, there was one bright spot, at least to me, that I wanted to highlight.

Jake Ballard.

After losing Kevin Boss to the Oakland Raiders anybody officially involved with the Giants kept saying that former third round pick Travis Beckum was going to be the man to step up and fill in for the loss of Boss. But Beckum had an unimpressive and injury-riddled pre-season and was out for the regular season opener. Stepping up in his absence was Ballard.

While 2 catches for 59 yards isn’t the most amazing stat line in the world, Ballard reminded me of a bigger Kevin Boss; a big bodied tight end (he does weigh 275 pounds) who can block and run faster than anybody his size should.

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