MISTAKE PRONE: Manning threw a career-high 27 interceptions last season,
Cheap NFL Jerseys, and Stafford was plagued by turnovers as the Lions lost six of their last seven games. Stafford had an interception returned for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of that December game, which the Giants won in overtime.
"I think we've been running the ball well," Manning said. "I think we need to get better in the passing attack,
Cheap Jerseys From China, finding completions, hitting some big plays down the field. But I think we've been doing that in practice, we made some strides, made some plays. So we just have to keep protecting the ball, playing smart. We've gotten into pretty good third-down situations as of late, we've just got to convert them."
"I know this team has always had an up-and-down, kind of rocky start, first half of the season in the years that I have been here," Giants receiver Victor Cruz said. "We want to come out to a fast start and hopefully get this first win under the belt."
Here are a few things to watch when the Lions host the Giants:
"We don't expect there to be a process. We took this thing by the horns since we got here back in April," Johnson said. "Everybody has kept their heads in the books, getting to learn that playbook. Everybody has put a lot of time into this offense and we haven't had a lot of mess-ups on film."
NEW SYSTEMS: Caldwell's hiring was viewed as an attempt to help Stafford progress to another level. Johnson is optimistic the offense is ready to produce right away.
SECONDARY ISSUES: With cornerback Chris Houston and safety Louis Delmas both gone,
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"We're confident in our abilities and schemes, confident in each other, but at the same time we have to go out there and execute," Stafford said. "On paper, we're as talented as anybody in the league in my opinion."
SMASHMOUTH: The Giants, plagued by injuries, had the league's 29th-ranked rushing offense in 2013. But free agent addition Rashad Jennings and rookie Andre Williams could provide a boost. The question is whether the offensive line can effectively block Ndamukong Suh and Detroit's interior defensive linemen.
"We are a work in progress, no doubt about it. We have done some good things and we have done some bad things," New York coach Tom Coughlin said. "Ben McAdoo is a solid, solid football coach that knows what he is talking about. Has an excellent system, applies himself every day, very smart; we are doing OK there."
DETROIT (AP)