Giants Defense spells Doom for Dallas
by NYG85yrs on Oct 21, 2010 9:12 AM EDT
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PrintThe cry from the Madison Avenue media--"throw the coach out, throw the quarterback out"--has been replaced with "throw the records out." The Giants and the Cowboys, nothing else can add to this bitter division rivalry...except for one thing: put the game in primetime. All Monday Night Football does is bring a match into the Giants-Cowboys barn house already filled to the brim with dynamite. So throw the records out, it might as well be week 1.
Much has been made about the Cowboys' 1-4 start, with almost everyone in agreement that Dallas plays better than their record indicates. And it isn't easy winning in Texas to begin with, I don't care how piss poorly the Cowboys play. The key to a Giants victory is simple: get to Tony Romo. Behind a reinvigorated Giants defense, New York certainly has the personnel to bring big time pressure on Dallas under the big time lights of MNF.
Statistics--though deceptive (see "2010 Cowboys)--still can be a useful metric to judge a team's strengths. Since the Giants' turnaround in a Week 4 win over the then-unbeaten Bears, the Giants hallmark defense has grown together exponentially And opposing quarterbacks have paid the price.
Week 1: Carolina QB Matt Moore--Concussed and KOed
Week 4: Bears QB Jay Cutler-- Concussed and KOed
Bears backup QB Todd Collins-- KOed
Week 5: Texans QB Matt Schaub-- rendered irrelevant
Week 6: Lions QB Shaun Hill--Broken arm and KOed
Year end numbers look like this. So do sack totals:
Justin Tuck: 4
Jonathan Goff: 0.5
Chris Canty: 1.5
Aaron Ross: 1
What is scary (to the opposition) is we're not even half way through the 2010 Season. The Giants defense already has half the number of total sacks as all last year. This in conjunction with a dominant Giants run defense that's yielding absolutely zero yards per carry against the oppositions' run game. It's 1st or 2nd in the League. When you do that, against some great running teams, boy that's saying something. And the Cowboys should be put on notice already, since they don't like to run the ball or establish the run so far this season.
Statistics only I would care about:
1. Osi Umenyiora, with his 2 forced fumbles against the Lions, already has 7 for the season. More impressively, last week he surpassed Michael Strahan as the Giants' All-Time leader in FF with 25. Aside from Strahan, no one else is even close in this category.
2. Giants Defensive interceptions in 2009: 13
Giants Defensive interceptions in 2010 (6 games): 7
3. Eli Manning's record at Dallas since 2004: 3-3
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INT's and Sacks
INTs are Fewells specialty. Rolle’s too. i think were going to see much much more of those as the season progresses. Both of those guys were brough into NY with the thought in mind that they will create turnovers. something sorely needed last year.
the sack total is outragous. Osi with 8 already, 7 of with are strip sacks?? redick-u-lus. the over under on Osi TDs this year is 2. Yet to get one but they will come soon enough if he keeps this up. Very very glad to have the Osi of old back on this team.
Osi and Kiwi both deserve contract extensions. i dont wanna see either of them go
by Plaxico Burress on Oct 21, 2010 9:20 AM EDT reply actions
Thing about getting to Romo
he seems very capable of evading the rush for the vast majority of the game… he always seems to play well versus the G-Men.
The best way to get to R(h)omo
is get a good push up the middle. He always seems to be able to evade the rush from the sides
by Toast Patterson #34 on Oct 21, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Heavy pressure with an effort to prevent Romo from rolling out and playing pitch and catch with the backs and tight end is vital.
He has a lot less confidence when he can’t get to the outside. It seems to me he also is prone to throw those interceptions when he is under pressure in the middle of the pocket where he can’t see the field as well.
by giant fan since 57 on Oct 21, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Strip Sacks
have only been recorded since 1999 or somewhere around there.
Osi’s still beasting it this year though.
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
I was going to ask....
where does LT rank on that list….
I guess No Where would be the appropriate answer if they only started in ’99
"We need to get him some more game experience and see him make decisions on the run. But I think he's earned the opportunity." - Eli Manning
"If I'm curt, then I apologize" - Newman
Yeah
it’s like sacks.
They didn’t start recording them until LT’s 2nd or 3rd season
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
LT was so great at that they banned his signature move after 4 seasons (might have been 5)
He would raise his hand up like a hatchet and chop the opponent down
Sometimes he did it for a sack on run, sometimes against a RB in pursuit, sometimes trying for the strip
He hit one guy in the head and he went down like a sack of rocks. I think they were afraid he’d cripple someone.
that is the greatest thing I've ever heard
LT would Karate chop the opposition THROUGH THEIR HELMET, potentially killing them.
All anyone needs to know about the Cowboys is that amid a terrible start to what was supposed to be a season draped in glory, they have more excessive celebration penalties (two) than wins (one).
by Simms-McConkey on Oct 22, 2010 8:19 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Forced Fumbles or Sacks?
Don’t know what you mean by only started in ‘99, they’ve been recording FF for a while now. Jason Taylor leads league all time with 46.
Hm
I looked it up monday and it said it was only recording it for a small while
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
(finishing)
can’t find it now though
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
Giants actually 7th vs the run
but it feels, maybe IS better than that given the Indy game plan ( we could have held them to 50) and the Garbage time Johnson runs…
Anyway, you are what you are, Giants are good against the run but not the best
All anyone needs to know about the Cowboys is that amid a terrible start to what was supposed to be a season draped in glory, they have more excessive celebration penalties (two) than wins (one).
wow, didn't realize osi has 8 already for the year
earlier in the year everyone was gushing over clay matthews possibly breaking stray’s record, but now it looks like osi has the best shot.
Neither will
there’s a reason its a record for the ages
All you hear about is the past, the past... the past is the !@#$ing past, this is the present.
THIS IS TEMPORARY! A CHAMPIONSHIP IS PERMANENT
-Michael Strahan
JPP will force at least 2 sacks
The bull rush in Romo’s face always sends him scrambling away, he trusts his feet to help him make the play. Only problem is the backside will have Tuck and Osi on plays with JPP in.
Tony could start looking forward to Tuesday real quick if our line sniffs any weakness along thier front
"if our line sniffs any weakness along their front"??????
that’s the weakness of their team. Its part of the reason they 1-5. We need to do 3 things in order to win this game.
- - NO TURNOVERS (again)
- - pressure up the middle – Canty & Cofield (or the C&C Sack Factory) are gonna be huge in this game. If they get push up the middle, it will force Homo right into our D-ends (especially Osi) rushing upfield.
- - Eli needs to capitalize when we beat them deep. We WILL beat them on a few plays. Eli needs to be accurate downfield and hit the wide open receivers in stride
I can't wait
It’s always a great game. About the only thing I like as much as the Giants is hating the Cowboys.
I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones. - Bill Parcells
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