Panic? What panic? Hey ... get down off that bridge!
by Ed Valentine on Nov 3, 2009 11:00 AM EST
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PrintPanic? Not members of Big Blue View Nation. Not New York Giants fans everywhere. Not New York sports fans in general. Never happen. Fuhgeddaboudit!
Eli Manning was asked about the panic-stricken fan base following three straight stunning losses by Eli's team.
"Fans can get in panic mode and that is alright. We can’t have the players get in panic mode, and that is the most important thing," Manning said. "We just have to get back to where we are making some of those plays. There is no secret ingredient. There is no ‘we have to change our philosophy.’ There is none of that. We are not in panic mode right now. But we do need to get better and we do need to play better than what we are playing right now."
Thanks, Eli. But, I will actually feel better when you and your receivers stop talking about it and actually start making some of those plays again.
File this is the 'you know things are bad when' category
When even the folks over at Giants.com are pointing out the negatives you know things are not going well for the boys in blue.
The three turnovers in Philadelphia increased their total to 15 in half a season. Last year, the Giants (and Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with 13 turnovers in a 16-game schedule. The Giants lost three fumbles all last year; they have lost nine this season.
"I think the most important thing right now for this football team is that it's not about our record, it's about the way we are playing football," center Shaun O'Hara said. "We are not playing New York Giants football; we are turning the ball over, which is something we don't do. We talk about not doing it, we practice not doing it. But you can look at the last three games and it's happened. I think that is the first thing that we can correct and it's hard to win football games when you turn the football over. That's really been our formula for success. When you look at the five games that we did win, we took care of the football. We played New York Giants football."
Manning, who threw 10 interceptions in 479 attempts last year, has eight in 242 throws this season. Of course, the picks go on his stat line but they are not always his fault. And Manning is optimistic the passing game will improve in the second half of the season, as Steve Smith, Mario Manningham and Hakeem Nicks continue to grow.
"I think we are fine," Manning said. "Speaking of the offense, we have some young receivers and we knew that this wasn't going to be automatic. There was going to be a transition. I know we got off to a fast start, but these guys are still learning some things and getting better. You see more defenses and more complex defenses, there are going to be some mistakes, but that is where they learn. This will make us better down the road, down the stretch when we need these young guys to step up and play great for us. Going through some of these learning experiences will make us stronger later on."
Gary Myers of the Daily News writes today that the burden of righting the Giants ship falls on the struggling Manning.
This is why I love Mike Garafolo
No offense to Ernie Palladino, who is gracious enough to visit with us every week. Or Giants beat writers Ralph Vacchiano and Tom Rock, who have both been great to yours truly. But, Garafolo is the king of the Giants beat writers.
Why? Because he constantly picks up nuances that are both informative and right to the point of why things are happening. Here is MG discussing Bill Sheridan.
Here are my concerns about Sheridan and the defense:
*They’re often blitzing from a zip code away. Brown starts to creep forward on a third-and-6 in the first quarter and is five yards off the ball and outside the tackle at the snap. Third … and 6! How can he be expected to get there in the time it takes the Eagles to throw a short pass. Two plays later, Brown is blitzing from 10 yards off the ball on a second-and-6. These were not the first two times I’ve seen plays like this. And if it’s Brown’s fault and he should be closer, well that’s more fuel on his fire then.
*They’re guessing wrong. As I mentioned, on Weaver’s run, the Giants blitzed hard off their left side and the Eagles ran the other way. Again, not the first time this has happened.
*He said in the off-season he wouldn’t drop his DEs into coverage. Guess what he’s doing plenty of lately.
*No attitude. Remember the Giants’ defense under Steve Spagnuolo? The unit had a swagger. Now, I see none. That’s partly because of the players, but I also think it trickles down from the top.
My take: MG raises a great point. The blitz always seems to be coming from the wrong side. Or from somewhere off your TV screen. One other thing I will say. The Giants keep talking about 'gap discipline' against the run. Well, if they don't have any, and they have guys running around and doing what they want or what they aren't supposed to do, who is at fault for that? The coordinator.
Ralph Vacchiano says Chris Canty and Michael Boley are expected to practice this week.
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Shridan
No question in my mind that this guy is in over his head. Spags took over the same underachieveing D that Tim Lewis had and took us to the super bowl. The Giants D looks so unorganized and it seems to me that the last 3 weeks teams are doing the same things to beat us, Shirdan has not done one adjustment. Players that are stinking it up out there are still playing, Our Defense never ever suprises the other teams offense with new wrinkles. And if i recall right Spags had the same front four and he blitzed a lot, in fact that is how he covered up a week secondary in 07.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 12:06 PM EST reply actions
Agree........
LTD……You hit it right on the nail………..Does anyone remember Osi having it out with Sheridan in training camp?Makes me wonder what that was all about, maybe scheme!
by giantsbizzybody1 on Nov 4, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Main reason not to panic...
Boley is coming back.
Obviously he seems incapable of staying heathy..yet I just feel he’s that much of a difference maker all over the field, be in the run or pass defense over the middle…
That AP won’t be in coverage. CC Brown won’t be worried about the middle of the field (he actually should be worried about who wants Gatorade…).
Canty? I dunno, but he’s a big guy?
I think the Giants just need some reinforcments. These 2 are talented and signed for a reason…probably to prevent what’s happening from happening?
DO WHAT JERRY HAIRSTON DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reason to panic!
I like Boley too, but so far he seems very brittle who is to say how long he will be on the field before he is injured again. I pray he can stay healthy. And he has played so little we have yet to really see his warts and we know he has some becuase otherewise I doubt Atlanta would have let him go so easy.
CC Brown is a liabiltiy period. as long as he is on the field teams will target him no matter if Boley is in coverage or not, they have all seen the tapes of CC getting burned and will go right after him, we have to sit this guy cause he is just to much of a liability out there.
Canty same question as Boley can he stay healthy? Second with all the time he has missed can he make the adjustment to tackle?
If Shridan does not get his crap together, I don’t care if we could get a time machine and bring back LT we are still gonna be a bad defense because our game plan ( or lack of one) is not a solid one, to much confusion out there.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Health
Well here is a new one to blame some of our troubles on the training staff Canty never missed a game at Dallas, Boley was perfectly healthy when he got here. Not a off/pre season goes by that we don’t see numerous players out with hammy issues. Manningham last season Canty/Ross this season.
Boley out in Atlanta is more of a change in direction than a reflection of his talent. Like you said Canty is a BIG man and can consume a blocker that would normally try to slide out to help with Tuck or Osi.
Speaking of panic
What panic level are we in? If we could color code this from green, yellow, orange, red and white (we surrender), what should it be? Currently, i’m opting for orange.
Panic Level RED!!!!
I always listen to Carl Banks on Monday, he is great at picking up what can be corrected. This Monday was the first time I have heard Carl at a complete loss as to what the Giants can do to fix their problems. In more or less words he is wondering if these guys have any heart. If we loose Sunday this team might fall apart like a house of cards
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Heart
There is no heart. these guys seem to be emotionless. no intensity, nothing. its like they dont really care. remember Osi smiling on the sidelines, i think it was the saints game. The defense is getting tourched and Osi has a smile on his face.
And your reference to Tim lewis defense is spot on…that defence got pushed all of the field as is this one.
Ghosts of Timmy
Giants rolled the dice with Sheridan & the recievers, we are a now team yet Jerry is stuborn and won’t bring in what this team needs from the outside, he insists on building it himself. Sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We will just have to sit and watch how this season plays out, but if things keep going down the same path, We got to get a No1 reciever in here along with another backer or two as well as another safety. We need new coordinators too.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
Giants will bounce back
We need to get healthy. At full strength we would run the table.
GO NY GIANTS!!
by RobDomaine on Nov 3, 2009 12:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I like Eli's calmness. As the QB, he has to stay calm.
All the players have to stay calm (which is not to say that these losses should not put fire in their bellies.)
Above all, the coaches have to stay calm. I believe they have to make changes, but they have to do it while conveying a positive message.
Let’s not forget that Eisen’s continuing employment on the Giants website dictates how much he can say.
Boley and Canty have to help. We need Ros the most because the secondary is our weakest link.
Easy E
Panicking won’t help. Eli just needs to take control and demand better results. This team’s underachieving, we need someone to say the buck stops here.
Not giving up on the G-Men until we're mathematically out of the Playoff race.
Big Blue forever!
Hoot, you old Mugwump you, sitting on the fence
with orange. With many misgivings, I’m with you there. A loss this coming Sun would probably push me into red.
Lol, i'm orange with considerations to a few factors
Applying this strictly to the defense. An average offense can still win with a very good/strong defense! I’m simply holding out for the return of Boley and Canty at the very least, to see what kind of noticeable differences they may have, if at all. Sheridan’s willingness to change whether it’s by design or positional. Competitiveness, chemistry or any positive emotions moving forward? This could hinge on personnel and or Sheridan, but speaks volumes at this point of the season. And finally, were two games from being at .500, with plenty of time left, but it’s not neccessarily a good thing when your playing so poorly of late. So with no reason to believe that all of the above can/will happen, this orange has a tint of red in it. If all such factors fail within the next two games, bye week included (time for serious evaluations) then this will turn into a firery red!
I should clarify this better...
The next two games played, NOT, including the bye week! How we respond against the Chargers and having two weeks to prep for the Falcons should be an important gauge of what this team is mentally made up of! If this team has resemblances of the last three weeks, oh boy!
I understand and agree
Your clarification has clarified my orange rating as well as your own.
Loss this weekend.
I don’t see that as a bad thing, except for the W-L ratio. I could put a loss to the Chargers down to a blip, an aberration, a game that we could/can lose at any point in the season. If we had lost to the Raiders that would not have made the Giants a bad team .. we may even have laughed about it (“gee, them Giants”) because we know that we could have won. The loses that really cut me up are the hard games when we put in 100% effort and still cannot find a way to win, and could never win, because we are playing a better team. With all respect to the Chargers I don’t see them as being a better team than the Giants. I think, at this time, NO, Cards and Eagles are better teams, and the frustration is that we could not find a way to beat them. So, i’m orange but the Chargers game will have no impact on that. Even a win would do nothing to change the colour.
By the way – I think Tomlinson is in danger of rushing for 150yds+ and 2TDs at the weekend. If he does we are really screwed. The rush defense just has to step up.
He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.
The Disarray
I would like to see Sintim and Tuck in the tackle spot on passing downs if Tuck’s shoulder can get healthy. AP, Boley, and Sintim at LB on normal downs. With Can’t Cover picking up that mysterious pile of towels at the end of the bench.
Offense reduce Mannings audible choices all his changes could be giving Killdrive a bad name try running the plays that are called so I know who’s head i want on a pike. Finally ACTIVATE BARDEN!
Re The Disarray
KIlldrive LOL, The Reason Eli has to audible so much is becuase when he gets to the line the Defense already knows what the Giants are gonna do. they already know what is a run play formation and they know the giants have no answer for the blitz. I put more of the blame on KG than Eli because the game plan he comes up with suprises nobody and defense coordinator’s have figured out how to stop KG’s plan.
Barden seemed like he had a good rookie camp, and they basically burried him after the season started. I agree Activate the guy and give him a chance to make some plays.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Defense knowing
I don’t agree with this fulling Arizona was crowding the line getting Eli to audible then backing off into a coverage for the audible and the Eagles did more of the same. The oppositions D knows our audibles more than our plays, remember every team only has so many audibles they call so if you can figure out how to get an audible called like showing heavy blitz it will be easier to defend.
Barden they claim hasn’t caught up to “the speed of the game” and is why we don’t see him however seeing his college footage I find it hard to believe he can’t run a fade route in the redzone and use his size to get us 6 instead of sending the Kardiac Kicker on the field for what might be 3
Eli & the audible
The fact that Philly was able to do this to Eli one week later tells you all you need to know about KG, Is it not his job to sit down and watch film of what the defense did the last week and figure out how to adjust. For gods sake I change my audibles on Madden why can’t KG, especially if the opposing defense has figured out what our audibles are! Secondly if KG was a top level O Coordinator he would have some plays called to make a defense pay when the blitz is coming so there would be no need to check into another play. KG only quick pass is the bubble screen which the other teams have seen the Giants do over and over so they know what to expect. The Giants offense is way to predictable, for me to only blame Eli.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
audible
yes it is on Killdrive to make new audibles. At the same time Eli is just trying to do too much before the snap that is why we are constantly holding our breathe to see if there will be a delay of game. Run the play that is called and change the snap indicator away from Omaha because that is now common knowledge as well.
I said it the other day 2 WR set an extra tackle Hedge and BJ and lets distribute some abuse then let the play action destroy them.
Re Audible
I agree Eli is trying to do to much, but I think the bigger picture is all of our passing plays take to long to develop. No short Slants in the middle hardley any screens to the backs to take advantage of an aggressive defense, and how about a mis direction play or two just to keep them honest once in awhile. the fact that Eli still uses Omaha even after Collinsworth told the whole world what it ment is not Eli’s fault it’s KG fault for not changing that . KG is far to predictable in his play calling and he never ever has adjustments to take advanatege of what’s actually happening on the field.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
Just read TMQ
and he has an interesting point.
(http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/091103&sportCat=nfl
cntl f to manning)
Instead of audible to a deep pass, it should be a play action, than a short slant, or a throw to jacobs into the flats. He makes a very good point that if you fake it to the runningback, rarely does the defense think the ball will end up in their hands.
We should also try some misdirection running plays in 3rd and shorts, 4th and shorts. There is only so much room that 22 bodies can take up. Say we have hedgecock go one way, than have jacobs go the other. All the defenders are going where hedgecock is going, than BAM, jacobs is on the other side.
The spread running offense is a great idea that unfortunately Coughlin will never consider running due to his old school ways. While I don’t think a spread running offense will work day in and day out, it provides room for jacobs. Jacobs can use his physicality to break the first few tackles and than pay dirt.
I think I just solved our offensive woes
Not giving up on the G-Men until we're mathematically out of the Playoff race.
Big Blue forever!
New offensive Coordinator
Will, those are all great suggestions and would most likely work, the only Problem is KG is calling the plays, I don’t think he has a short slant in his playbook. The only thing he does is throw long and the bubble screen or as Good Ole Buddy called his offense the Chuck and Duck.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 4, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
Lol, i don't think I could be a offensive coordinator
In Madden I just pick only passes because I get too impatient with runs, and would go with a 5 reciever shotgun set. But I’d have boss in the slot at least.
But yeah, it seems we the fans have so many great ideas that we just wish we could use.
Not giving up on the G-Men until we're mathematically out of the Playoff race.
Big Blue forever!
Well...
The key to this game is going rest primarliy on our offense..and a ball controlled offense (never thought I would ever think that)….If we let them on the field they will have a field day, both passing and running against us..plain and simple..If our guys don’t fix things Rivers will blast us for 400 yards passing and Sproles and Tomlinson will both have 100 yards rushing..That would break the NFL record for sucking…My code=RED
I feel much better right now
Jim Fassell just called and told me he guarantees the Giants will make the playoffs.
Jimmy Fassel
Wish he was calling the plays
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
I sure wouldn't mind him back..
Light years better than W.C.Fields Gilbride..Do you think Gilbrides playsheet has just jokes on it?..I do…Isn’t Fassel stuck coaching some 6 game bush league?..We could probably get him back…during the bye week.
Fassell blackballed
I will never understand why he really never got another shot in the NFL. Things didn’t end pretty but he certainly deserved another shot espcially when you got guys like Wade Phillips getting 2 or 3 chances to be HC.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions
Fassel's situation is a mystery to me.
Blckballed? I wouldn’t doubt it, but would want some facts to back it up. Blackballed for what? Too player friendly? Because he took playcalling away from his OC, a guy everyone acknowledges as an offensive genius, indicating poor judgemenrt?
I don't believe...
That “Blackballed” jazz.. I sure would like him to call and offer his services or the Giants contact him to get his services..
A Billy Martin lifestyle??
Please explain that to me..
Bobbi, in the immortal words of Senator Claghorn:
“That’s a joke, son.” Usually he said it after one that bombed. I liked, “Ah
aint settin’ foot in Yankee Stadium unless Dixie Walker’s playin’.” As a Giants fan, I hated the Dodgers but liked Dixie until he disgraced himself by the way he behaved when Branch Rickey brought Jackie Robinson on board.
Carolina Panther syndrome
I was thinking about how bad the team is doing these days and I wondered if I’d seen anything like it. and we have. The 2009 Carolina Panthers. Now before you say it’s crazy think about it. QB that played great before now can’t seem to remember how he did it. Receivers that previously performed, can’t seem to get going. Finally, a nromally reliable defense loses even its fundamentals. Also in answer to criticism that if spags was still here things would be different, remember that the Giants D was not stellar down the stretch last year and lost twice to Philly. Folks, it’s the players not performing, plain and simple.
Panthers Syndrom
I would trade Sheridan, CC Brown, Rocky Benard and throw in a couple of rolls of tape to get Spags back. And for the record we have seen somthing like this before it was called Tim Lewis’s Giants Defense!
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
I don't understand the 'bring back Spags"
obsession….makes no sense to me.
I see the same struggles of the defense from the end of last season. Remember the Panthers game? Couldn’t stop the run. And that was a win. Doesn’t take into account the other games the D didn’t look all that good.
Kenny Phillips’ injury KILLED this team. Lets face that fact. That’s not Sheridan’s fault. Is it Reese’s fault? Can’t blame anyone else for it, yet who really knew the extent of Phillips injury? Could they have drafted a safety? Perhaps…spilled milk at this point tho…
No, Spags coming back wouldn’t help. Sheridan’s been here longer than Spags anyway.
Kinda like Gilbride…Sheridan isn’t the entire story behind the struggles. But definitely part of the problem. Firing them will just concede the season, and I’m not ready for that.
Actually, while its a team game…I can pinpoint them to 2 injuries to 2 players. Kenny Phillips…and Eli Manning.
I think Eli can gain back a lot of his health over the bye, yet I’d hope that 3 straight horrible offensive outputs makes them learn to give Jacobs, AB and finally Danny Ware the ball…maybe even 70/30 Run/Pass.
DO WHAT JERRY HAIRSTON DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Spags
Look we all know Spags ain’t coming back, however there is no question the Defense was run better under Spags than it has so far under Sheridan. Case in point the last 3 weeks, when did Spags defense give up forty burgers in 2 out of 3 games? Our season ended premuturly for a lot fo reasons, including Plax sucking the life out of the team by showing up armed at a night club. Not that the D played great but our offense went into a funk after Plax was gone and never recovered, our D kept us in every game there were no blow outs!
Yes we know kenny Phillips injury is a huge factor this year, however let me remind you that our 07 secondary was held together with Duct tape and chewing gum. Spags blitzed up front so teams would not have time to expose our secondary. Sheridan is only looking for the front four to provide all the pressure, while in theory they should be able to do it, they are not generating consistant pressure, yet Sheridan so far has not changed one thing.
Sheridan is not the only story here, but he is in over his head, if you don’t believe that a coordinator can change the D that much, how come Spags took over basically the same unit Tim Lewis had and won a super bowl with it?
by Late for Dinner on Nov 3, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
KP
Phillips allowed us to blitz because of his wide range, and sure tackling skills. Sure we’d be beat once in a while, that’s expected. But Spag’s blitzes won’t, no, cannot work unless your sure the secondary can stand isolation for a little bit.
Spags wouldn’t of had half his great works with CC in the secondary
Not giving up on the G-Men until we're mathematically out of the Playoff race.
Big Blue forever!
KP
Your right Spags would have benched CC butt, and figured out away to use one of his Cornerbacks as a safety. Let’s not forget Spags didn’t have starting safety’s were G Wilson and K Butler. Both solid guys but no allstars by any stretch.
by Late for Dinner on Nov 4, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Both are much better than CC Brown...
and Michael Johnson, while actually fairly solid, is not Gibril Wilson who was damn good.
And…who would have Spags benched CC Brown in favor of? Aaron Rouse? Dockery? RW McQuarters?
Who?
Sheridan might not be Spags…but Spags didn’t excatly have injuries in these places.
If Canty and Boley comeback and there’s still problems…then Sheridan’s got less of an excuse.
Also Aaron Ross will at least allow TT to do something else. Their nickel defense will be a whole lot better with Ross on the field over CC Brown and Dockery.
DO WHAT JERRY HAIRSTON DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:..concede the season...," etc
Yup, that’s why I don’t see it happening
Agreed on JR
I think he gambled on the saftey position this year by not drafting a saftey, bringing in a decent backup or just not resigning James Butler. I know you don’t take the preseason seriously but the one thing all of us saw when KP was out was how awful CC was and other than Eli or Tuck going down that was the one player they could not afford to loose for an extended period of time. JR is getting burned a by this decision.
Reinforcements will not help ...
sorry to rain on your parade, but I really don’t think that getting our injured players back is going to help. Boley for Blackburn gives us something, Ross coming back and allowing TT to shift to Safety and BBCCB to waterboy will also give us something … but would it have been enough to turn around the thumping received from NO, Ari or even the Eagles? I don’t see it. I think pining our hopes for an upswing in the second half of the season an 3-4 injury prone players is asking for a whole heap of trouble and disappointment. It also puts a heap of pressure on those players. Despite what Eli has to say the problem must be moving off the field and into the heads of the players. It is getting into my head!
He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.
Well, luckily for me
since I live in the SF Bay area, I can always defect and root for the Raiders, OK, maybe the Niners,
Hey, where is that bridge?
Yeah these guys coming back..
Won’t even be close to being in “Game Shape”..They have to be brought back slowly..They haven’t worn pads for months..
Hahahaha!!!..
Ed, you gotta leave this one on the board!!…lol…Hoot, You truly are a “Hoot”..hahaha!!!..But I do hope this does not mean they only win every 30 days!!..haha..As a matter of fact maybe they should bring Gals in suffering from PMS as motivational speakers!!..Motivates the hell out of me I’ll tell ya!!..You bring a few of them in for a Pre-game speech, and all you’ll hear is "Yes Dear..and they’ll tear onto the to the field and win out of pure fear!!
Different view
Maybe in practice KG beats Sheridan’s defence sometimes and Sheridan defence beats KG’s offence sometimes – therefore they feel that they are better than they are – especially after a 5-0 start.
However, now we are playing real teams the offence and defence is not working and they cannot understand why because it worked in practice.
With better coaching we could have been 7-1 or 6-2 going into this game against the Chargers and that is what is so annoying to the fans.
by G Fan in England on Nov 3, 2009 4:50 PM EST reply actions
Well..G
Like Ed mentioned our defense is built around a front four that is just not getting the job done..which is uncanny given who we have in there..Tuck’s hurt so you can’t play around with moving him to a tackle spot..he’ll get killed in there..Osi is outrunning the offenses rushing and always has been weak against the run..and where th heck is Kiwi?..It is just a big mess..the line, the LBs, the secondary…Awful..just awful..If we don’t control TOP and maintain ball control we are in for another blow-out.
TOP and ball control
Against the Eagles we ran 73 plays to their 49 and had the ball for 35 minutes to their 25 and had more first downs and we still lost 40-17!.
The defence looks awful due to the schemes, alignments etc called by Sheridan which is not helped by the poor play of Eli the last 3 weeks.
The Giants need to be able to run 5 running plays and 5 passing plays from each formation to stop the D keying on what is going to happen.
The team needs a spark but you just cannot see where it is coming from.
by G Fan in England on Nov 3, 2009 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yes G
I was so disappointed I never checked TOP..I did suspect that though..The Eagles were scoring in six plays at will…pathetic..and you just made a very good point..Our team, even with a better TOP…was horrible..We couldn’t score and our defense let them score just about every time..I think they had to punt only once the entire game..another clear indicator of the problems we have on defense.
Any thoughts about how the Eagles did it?
I post on this site but not having been raised in the States I do not have the inbred (sic) understanding of American Football .. I only post wishful thinking and hot air. Anyway, what are your thoughts on how the Eagles and Cards were able to read to Giants offense so accurately? Is it good preparation and systems, looking at the video? Did picking up Woodson (?) after the preseason really help them? Are their players just more skilled at reading plays in real-time? Do they have an ability to warp the time-space continuum .. see, just hot air.
He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.
Well Johannus
We are basically telegraphing our offensive gameplan to opposing teams..They know what our team is going to do..The plans our team show up with never change or are even minutely tweaked..We are not showing anything different…The team has lost its commitment to the running game, and Eli can’t hit the broad side of a barn with a shovel..He is in a slump…He says his foot is fine, which means he is not performing, so they need to pull him out of there and see what Carr can do. However if we had a seventeen foot reciever, I’d leave him in there.
Only one play
Sorry to answer my own question, but I guess it’s a no-brainer. If the Giants repeatedly run one play all afternoon then even the Eagles will eventually catch on.
He was like a god walking amongst mere mortals. He had a voice that could make a wolverine purr and suits so fine they made Sinatra look like a hobo.
They keep doing the same things
in the same or similar situations. Old school says if you execute, the play will work. It doesn’t matter if the D knows it’s coming. TC is old school. The Giants do have to make some changes as suggested by BBVers. They won’t try the more radical ones because:
1.You can’t in the middle of the season.
2.TC wouldn’t do some of them ever.
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