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Sheridan meets the press

Weird timing, I guess, since I just wrote about him this morning, but today turned out to be the first time since training camp that New York Giants' defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan spoke to the media.

You'll never guess what he was asked about? Osi Umenyiora, and this whole calling the game from the field vs. the press box thing. See, this sports writer stuff isn't brain surgery.

Here is what Sheridan had to say about the Umenyiora incident.

"Honestly, it was so completely overinflated, it’s laughable. Everything is great. I never even thought there was any issue. Obviously he had to work through something and in hindsight he regretted it. But there is no issue in any way, shape or form; we laugh about it."

The rookie coordinator was a little more expansive on the whole issue of working from field level.

" I know Antonio Pierce, in particular, he feels better having a guy he can talk to directly on the sideline because for him, I know this is going to sound trite, but he is our quarterback. Rather than getting on the phones and talking in between series, he preferred, I know he liked it when Steve (Spagnuolo) was down there. He could come right off and say hey, this is what I’m seeing, this is what I think is going on in relationship to our calls and that kind of stuff. I think even when it was talked about in the spring about me being up, he at least voiced his opinion that he had a preference for me being down there. It is not a big deal either way. Now having done it for the four preseason games, it’s no problem. ...

It is not as much of an issue as I had thought way before doing it. Tom, he has always preferred the coordinators down and when he got wind of it in the spring he brought it up to me. He said, ‘I would prefer to have the guys down’ and he had mentioned that even Antonio (Pierce) had said something to him. It’s not that big of a deal, and it hasn’t been so I said, ‘Yup, no problem.’

Pierce also spoke to the media on Thursday, and was asked about the Sheridan on the sidelines thing.

"It’s a better communication that way. Better not to hear it from a third party. You look right into somebody’s eyes and hear it directly from them."

AP was also asked if the defense, which dealt with a rash of pre-season injuries and is still not intact, has had enough time together.

"Maybe not in the preseason games because obviously we had some guys nicked up and hurt. For practice, yeah, we have. From mini-camps and OTAs, just getting used to guys and getting used to one another, I would say we had to. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter now because we have a game to suit up for in three days."

-- Tom Coughlin transcript
-- Kevin Gilbride transcript

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Please Bill

Make us forget about Spags.

by Lucky7 on Sep 10, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Please help us forget about the injuries. Also help our Offense forget about our inexperienced WRs that everyone seems to talk about. I think we will be fine in both areas btw. LETS GO BIG BLUE

by g-men_fan on Sep 10, 2009 7:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

I think that Sheridan will be fine...

with that said, he’s still going to experience some growing pains…it’s only natural.

Being on the sidelines or in the box offically a “dead” issue…playing time could be a concern, but what everyone will be watching is the play calling.

Sheridan does have some interesting blitz packages. It just so happened that in the pre season they didn’t really lead to too many sacks. But like Ed pointed out, he gets really conservative if they get behind. He’ll get it together…

by andiamo708 on Sep 10, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions  

Blitz packages

From what I hear they didn’t showcase them too often as they are relying on the front four to create the pressure. It remains to be seen whether he can be as creative as Spags in dialing up the pressure from different positions. Can’t wait to see how he does this Sunday.

by Lucky7 on Sep 10, 2009 9:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

well that was part of the problem...

like ed pointed out. when the giants got behind sheridan got conservative. And it just so happened that we were behind often in the preseason. Both sacks vs. NE (when we had a lead mind you) were on the blitz.. Yes Tuck got one of the sacks but it was because they ran a stunt and one of the LB’s blitzed up the middle.

I also saw that when Chase was starting at WILL he and Kehl were giving away the blitz too early…when they went up against the Jets (who have a pretty good oline) those blitzes got swallowed up. But I also noticed that the Jets were doing the exact opposite…waiting for the last second to show anything.

We’ve seen him blitz w/ Safeties, CB’s, and LB’s…the aggression is there, but again…he gets conservative.

by andiamo708 on Sep 10, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions  

I've been a supporter of Sheridan

So far…

I just watched the clips over at giants.com. Honestly, Sheridan looks a bit over whelmed. It also seemed like AP was kinda ticked off once he found out Sheridan outted him about going to Coughlin. Should be interesting.

by andiamo708 on Sep 10, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions  

AP

Always seems ticked off when he has to talk to reporters. That’s no big deal.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 11, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

5-1-5

I remember Ed mentioned in training camp that he seen the giants using the 5-1-5 scheme on defence…. I wonder if we are going to see it this Sunday…Giants did not use in the pre season games hope we see it Sunday.

by nycity on Sep 11, 2009 6:51 AM EDT reply actions  

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