It seems like no one who wants Fewell fired pays any attention to the basically crappy group of players he was dealt to work with.
Specifically, this defense's strong point was to rush the passer. Well for 2 years running, the front 4 cannot get to the passer. They are not good enough for whatever reason. There goes your defense.
Send a blitz! Right? Name a LB or D-back that can actually get there with any consistency? They don't have any.
With a crappy pass rush and perhaps the worst collection of linebackers in the NFL, no defensive coordinator can succeed at his job. "Changing things up" or whatever isn't going to negate the horrific time of possession mismatch the defense sees weekly.
IMO, a coach should be afforded at least "average" players to game plan with before you fire him. Simply replacing Fewell with some other guy and not addressing the talent level (the real problem) solves nothing.
You can't just sit back and always expect our front four to get to the quarterback. I think teams figured out how to play against our front 4 last year with max protections schemes even when the defensive ends were playing at a higher level. As others have pointed out much better then I could - Fewell is not able to get people free when he blitzes even some of the time. Even with average personnel should our blitzes get home AT SOME POINT?
Under normal circumstances I would be on the side of people defending him, but sitting 0-6 right now I don't have the motivation. I'm ready for a change if we find a good replacement. Who that is? I don't have the expertise to judge candidates.
I don't want to replace him just to replace him. And I don't see any point in replacing him for a guy who is going to run a similar system.
Many like to point being in the middle of the pack for points allowed as something to hang our hat on. It isn't, not when you have played in a division that basically had shitty offenses the last few years. Ried's O in its death throws with either a concussed/hurt Vick or a journey man QB. Wash may as well as not had an offense for years. They were terrible until they got RGIII. Dallas was up and down, but by far the best of those 3. Factor in some hostile weather in late in the season in the Meadowlands...
Honest question, outside of a 6 game stretch in 2011, how many times has this def impressed you? How many memorable performance can you think of?
As Coughlin mentioned in his PC, "Some of our pressure packages we’re not getting home with the kind of speed and timing that we need, so it’s a combination of things."
I do think that is one thing we had with Spagnuolo that we do not have with Fewell. It seems like something is off in the design of those packages. You don't need an all-Pro to blitz the qb.
It's largely famine with a small meal far too infrequently.
In may of the games you mentioned, we got a lot of turnovers. Rarely will our def perform with out the benefit of turnovers. The system relies on them too much and turnover are neither reliable nor consistent.
If we move on from Fewell, we move on.. I just think it's way more important to get the personnel straight and get guys who can stay on the field. And it would also help if the offense wasn't turning the football over twice as much as any other team in the league. The turnover numbers right now are staggering. We're on pace to give the ball away well over 50 times in 16 games. Probably around 60. I don't have time to go back and look but I can't imagine many teams have turned the ball over that many times.. ever.
No one want to put blame on the offense because they don't want to blame Eli. That part of the equation (the numerous turnovers the last 2 years) is being overlooked because that would bring the spotlight on the offense it self (TC, Gilbride, and Eli). It's easier to look at the defense and wishing for the days of 2007..
Our team is so depressing right now. All the turnovers leave a bad taste in our mouths. This is the toughest time as a fan I have faced.
I am praying that we can get a win on Monday against Minn.
I know, people will say "no! that's bad! We need the best draft pick possible" but I can't root against the Giants in Week freaking 7. Just can't.
And GMAN.. yeah, I think that definitely has something to do with it. I love Eli and will find every possible way to defend him but obviously he's made some bad decisions this year. I do feel like Gilbride and the offensive system is a much bigger problem than Fewell and his system, though. We have shitty personnel defensively. It's understandable that we'd have shitty results. There's no reason why a 2 time Super Bowl MVP with guys like Cruz and Nicks at WR should be playing like this, though. I know some weeks the OL didn't even give us a chance but they haven't been as bad these last 2 weeks and we still gave the ball away like it was candy. It has to stop.
Still the total offense during Gilbride s tenure has been good. Last year she saw slippage and ended up 14th overall. I shutter think what the overall ranking will be this year.
Hey, I am all for changes on. both sides of the ball. Clean it all out and a lot of players needed to be let go too.
Second, he led us to a Super Bowl!
Third, Fewell is an idiot! His game plan calls for us NOT to sack the QB except for the four games we won in the playoffs two years ago.
Fourth, say it with me now ... SPAGS!
A player with the speed of Williams or Rivers should be able to whack that QB! But they can't.
Why were the Giants 5th in sacks in 2010 and 3rd in sacks in 2011 if Fewell's scheme sucks so bad and prevents us from getting them.
The players are the variable. The scheme is the constant. Figure it out.
Is that really enough to say he's not a good guy? I mean his record is pretty spotless. That would be like claiming that Eli is a spoiled brat because he refused to play for San Diego.
They're 13th in YPC against.. .I'd say they're stopping the run pretty well considering that only 1 team in the league has had more rushing plays run against them.
A player with the speed of Williams or Rivers should be able to whack that QB! But they can't.
Add Paysinger to that list.
Oh the pain...
Where is he running to?
Bring it on, it can't be worse.
Those clips are sadly hilarious even in my angst.
Someone fucked up. I'm just not sure which guy. Based on what we've seen so far, it was probably Paysinger. Paysinger was probably supposed to hit that gap.
Think about the confidence Eli could get back going up against him in practice!
If you see Spencer Paysinger running towards the locker room,don't panic,it's just a Giants blitz.
I'm not sure who is available. I don't really want a geriatric patient here either.
And that's the thing.
So folks want to blame Fewell for his blitzes, schemes and not putting his players in position. But surely he didn't expect the player (in this case, Paysinger) to:
1. Run into the back of the lineman. (Carolina game)
2. Running to nothing. (Chicago game)
3. Have the players miscommunicate the play. (Chicago game)
Here were the Denver TD's you referenced.
The season tape of Kiwanuka is not looking good.
One of those players fucked up and it wound up taking them both entirely out of the play.
Now if that's the "communications problems", people are referring too, then that's some BS..
I believe that's how this will all play out.
What results can anyone be looking for with that type of production?
I'd be curious to see how it worked against Carolina when it was run properly. Whatever happened on the play in Chicago just looked completely wrong.
What results can anyone be looking for with that type of production?
GMAN I am just saying in general. Some maybe fans some aren't. I am not a fan of his. I am just saying if things go like this he won't be extended. His contract will expire and bye bye fewell. Next season of American Coordinator, we will have our 5th DC in the TC era!
I'd be curious to see how it worked against Carolina when it was run properly. Whatever happened on the play in Chicago just looked completely wrong.
From the panthers game the DE stops, and the Tackle gets earholed and then the DE or DT rushes in. It worked well I must say.
That was creative, I never seen that in football where the LB takes out the tackle so that the DE can rush in. It worked well and the DE got a hit on the QB. I liked that a lot. It was fun seeing the OT get owned like that.
The Bears game play the LT drifts because the RE takes a wide approach, which mans now the LB has more ground to cover. So by the time the play works, the QB would have gotten rid of the ball more times than not.
I think that was creative by Fewell.
That's what is supposed to happen. It worked against the Panthers where we hit the QB. We didn't get the sack, but it was fun to see the OT get knocked to the side.
At this point try anything. If the DEs can't win 1 on 1 then use the Lbs to take out the OTs! LOL. That's one props to Fewell for trying. It's actually fun to see.
A new DC and OC can help a lot.