Post-game quotebook: What the Giants were saying after their first win of the season

The New York Giants got their first win of the season on Sunday Authentic Saquon Barkley Jersey , taking down the Houston Texans 27-22. Let’s look at what team members were saying after the game.Head coach Pat Shurmur on the fourth-quarter scoring drive“Again, we found a way to finish the game,” Shurmur said. “We started with a nice play to Shep, then we ran the ball a little bit. We found a way to complete some passes, and then obviously at the end, score there. They’re very dangerous especially when they get in those situations where they get you all spread out, which you saw before the half and at the end of the game.”Shurmur on Chad Wheeler’s performance at right tackle“It’s [benching Ereck Flowe4rs] probably more about Chad and less about Ereck,” Shurmur said. “I just felt like it was time for Chad to get an opportunity to play. It is super important that those guys play hard and play together, and I thought they did that. A couple times, he got beat, but Chad fought his way through it. I’ll have to watch the film in detail. I hate to say that. I thought for the most part he competed and battled, so we’ll see where we go from here.”Saquon Barkley on being in a winning NFL locker room“It feels really good,” Barkley said. “I kind of just knew we were going to win this game just the way we were in the locker room before the game. It was different than the first two games how the energy was different, the way we looked in warmups was different. It was just a different vibe. Obviously http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/saquon-barkley-jersey , we got off to a great start and that’s something that we really focused on this week. Coach (Pat Shurmur) challenged us this week to come out and have a fast start and we were able to do that on both sides of the ball. Obviously, we have to play a little better in the second half. But, it’s the NFL and they’re not just going to just sit down and let you run up the scoreboard. They played a heck of a game. You have to give credit to those guys especially number 99 (J.J. Watt). Ninety-nine is by far the best player I’ve personally going up against. It was a great game. But, we found a way to get a win this week.”Odell Beckham Jr. on what this win says about this team“It says that we’re 1-2,” Beckham said. “We have to get some more wins and start putting them together. We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves, because it’s just one game. Now we have to start tacking it on, build off this today and keep improving.”Eli Manning on spreading the ball around“Yeah, I think so. I think you want to get everyone involved,” Manning said. “The more guys ... I thought he [Shurmur] called a good game, mixed up the run, the pass, the play action. Some boot legs and stuff got us on the edge. Especially going against a good front that likes to pass rush, so it helped us hit some big plays and get off to a fast start. Again, we needed a drive at the end to secure the win and we were able to do it.” Good morning http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/patrick-omameh-jersey , New York Giants fans! Here are your Friday headlines.McGaughey on Rosas’ improvementAldrick Rosas went from one of the worst placekickers in the league as a rookie in 2017 to the NFC Pro Bowl kicker this season. Why?“He’s a lot more confident. You can tell from – last year, he was all over the place. Last year, he was a young guy. It was his first year in the league. That’s the one thing I talked about with you guys earlier this year – young guys are young guys. They make mistakes, they’re all over the place, they’re inconsistent,” special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey said. “It’s just like how we all were when we were young. We made mistakes and we did things that weren’t good for us, but eventually, you learn from those mistakes, and you don’t become a repeat offender. Aldrick has done a really good job in his career early, and hopefully he can keep this thing moving.”An offensive “hiccup”After the Giants had averaged 31.4 points over a five-game span, offensive coordinator Mike Shula called being shut out last week by the Tennessee Titans a “hiccup.”“Didn’t have our best day, for sure, and that’s disappointing. All of us are disappointed, but we’ve got to move on and I think we’ve done a really good job of that http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/kareem-martin-jersey ,” Shula said. “Ultimately, only time tells when you play on Sunday the next week. But, and I think I speak for everybody offensively, we feel like the arrow’s pointing up and last week we didn’t play well enough against a good football team, but we want to turn the page and go out there and compete, and have a chance to go win against a really good football team, one of the hottest teams in the league, and prove to ourselves that we are trending in the right direction.”Michael Thomas: Andrew Luck is backGiants’ safety Michael Thomas was a college teammate of Colts’ quarterback Andrew Luck at Stanford. His impression of the 2018 version of Luck? “Just from seeing him play this year, comparing it to when he first came in the league, college and all that stuff, it looks like he’s finally moving well again. It looks like the arm doesn’t hurt to throw. It looks like he’s back to that All Pro, Pro Bowl level, like one of the best quarterbacks in the league,” Thomas said. “I can tell http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/aldrick-rosas-jersey , just because that’s my guy. I can tell he’s having fun again, he’s enjoying playing football. He’s one of the best quarterbacks in the game. So, I’m looking forward to this challenge.”Around the Inter-GoogleEric Dickerson: Saquon Barkley is a different breed - New York Giants Blog- ESPNBarkley won't touch Dickerson's rookie record of 1,808 rushing yards, but the Giants star has a shot at the yards-from-scrimmage rookie record.Scouts, agents on Justin Herbert’s NFL draft decision | SI.comThe Oregon quarterback is considered the best draft-eligible QB of 2019, but scouts and agents still don’t know if he’ll make the leap to the NFL.INSIDE SLANT: Why Pat Shurmur Doesn't Want Giants to Throw in the Towel - Inside Giants FootballGiants head coach wants his team to continue learning how to win, even if gamesdon't mean anything.Tae Davis' switch to LB in college made all the differenceWhen Tae Davis was moved from safety to linebacker before his senior season at Tennessee-Chattanooga, he wasn’t sure it was a good idea. It's paying off with the New York Giants.