New York Giants: Five Most Surprising Things About The Regular Season

Other than an embarrassing loss to Toronto, the fans basically gave Cruz a standing O right before halftime until he did the salsa, then was interviewed at halftime reppin’ his GIANTS coat…proud giant and i’m happy he’s on our side

But I would certainly have lower blood pressure had they done things the easy way.

“Holy crap I’m gonna get fired if we keep playing like this”

PF was pressured by 3 or 4 guys on Defense to let guys do what they do best after Washington debacle.

I think Coughlin had alot to do with the last two games..I still want Fewell to go..

Welcome to the posting part of the boards.

I had a similar theory when Spags was hired. We were playing Philly in game #4, and we lost to GB and DAL bad, then beat the Redskins with a little fancier plan, then in Philly we unleashed a fantastic and elaborate plan. So, was it the idea to hide the plan, or did it take 4 games for the players to execute? I don’t know. But I do believe that Spags wanted to hold some stuff back.

We certainly held things back from the Patriots in the 07 week 17 game. just in case we needed them in the playoffs.

i like him but lets temper expectations here. how many FBs would you say play more than 3-5 seasons? 1%?

Packages for a FB anymore..My dream is the Giants ressurect that position..and use it as a scary thing for teams to have to face..

I have a very hard time Believing that either one of these coordinators were behind what happened in the first half of the game against the Cowboys (for that matter the second half of the Jets game too).
Both sides of the ball looked totally different than anything we have seen in 2 years!! Particularly the Offense….. the play calling was imaginative and aggressive at the right times. It was the first time since KG has been the OC that I (with my limited knowledge of NFL Play calling) wasn’t able to predict 90% of the calls. I did not see a KG offense out there, i saw an offense that made sense. KG gets a lot of credit for all of the numbers his offense puts up, but i believe its the exceptional talent and effort put forth by individuals that are the reason for it. I would not be surprised if TC was calling those plays himself.

Same could be said for the Defense… we have seen PF do some really head scratching thing for 2 years now. while i do give him a bit of a pass this year due to the injuries and what not, he did the same things last year. I attributed a lot of that to the players and coached learning each-others system. this year i feel he was exposed because he didn’t have the talent pool to compensate for his mistakes. with that being said, I just don’t think a total change in style, completion and personality of a team with the season on the line comes from PF suddenly figuring it out.

a good head coach (TC) will tell his guys this is how its going to be. TC being the class act that he is, more than likely listened to his players, then pulled KG and PF aside and gave them their orders in a manner that would allow them to save face. Thats what good LEADERS do.

the 3rd quarter is what made me believe this to be true. we took our foot off the gas thinking we could just run out the clock.. we were flat, predictable, and did the same things we did all season long on both sides of the ball. If i were up by 21and calling the game as a HC i’d probably give the play calling duty back to the coordinators too. Once it was apparent that Dallas wasnt going to roll over and they made it a game, what happened? we went back to that first half game plan and sealed the game.
I just dont think the coordinators were as responsible for this game as one might think.. too much on the line… Play offs, Jobs, ect

and probably ubder direct orders from TC
If Spags is available, I want him.

The most obvious example of just how flawed Radio’s thinking is was the waaaaaaaay over used 3 man rush, which consistently failed, when the ONE THING your defense has is a pass rush! There were many many other deficiencies to his Co-ordinating but the fact that he stuck with that plan as long as he did is very concerning.

As much as I think we could improve on Gilbride, we’re so far in now with him that I feel we’re just as well to stick with him. We could do a lot worse. That being said, if Eli is a Giant for another 8 – 10 years maybe it’s better to cut bait sooner than later.

That’s nothing. I used to have a cat that after I went to bed I’d find him on my pillow with his body wrapped around my head when I woke up the next morning. This same cat used to sleep on a window ledge with his head on the butt of an older cat. Must have thought the newer one was her baby? Go figure!

And his engine isn’t even warmed up yet…Dang !!..That guy is going to tear the league up for many years..We haven’t had a guy like that since LT..

Herz a UDFA, Sash a 6th rounder, etc…

Reese works the back part of the draft better than anyone. Maybe we should start trading our 3rd rounders for multiple 6th and 7th rounders :-)

didn’t buy into ESPN constant criticism of Eli. We had lots of confidence in Eli.

struggled in the beginning. He’s vastly improved since returning from his injury.

He had a bad year because he played…well, Bad..Cruz Missile didn’t make his year a better one.. He did it himself..along with a pretty damn good cast of advisors..His Father and Brother..I bet they analyzed every game from last year..

Spagnola is a defensive genius. Need to get him back