Reese sounded very nervous- every few words followed by you know,you know, you know.
Reese blamed the bad start on the high number of turnovers. Mentioned that the first pass of the season was intercepted.
Mike asked Reese if he made any miscalculations. Reese said no.Said there were injuries but they believe the next guy should stand up.
Said injuries are part of thr game and cannot be used as an excuse. Then proceeded to say that they lost 3/5 of the offensive line-Diehl, Baas and Snee- to injury.
Said Pugh has played well and that Beatty has played fairly well and that he is still a young guy. Cordle has also done ok.
Mike asked if Pugh could play LT. Reese said that he could play any line position. For the time being, Pugh will stay at RT.
Reese said Victor Cruz has been the best player thus far.
Defense has played well allowing very few points over the last ten quarters.
Reese glossed over reasons for lack of a pass rush, mentioned JPP's injury.
Reese mentioned that Eli has hit some rough spots in the past and has come back. Said Eli is a Pro's Pro.
Age is not a concern with Coughlin. Very energetic.
Most of what else Reese said was boilerplate stuff. Really not an informative session by any means, but again, that's vintage Jerry.
LOL
yesterday someone asked him about the linebackers and his answer was "we have holes all over the place".
Yes, Jerry. And you were asked specifically about the linebackers. So....? For the record i'm not expecting anything out of these interviews but his answers were insulting. imo.
It was made clear that playoffs once out of 4 years is not enough, even with the title. In fact, the playoff runs that this franchise has been able to make are even more reason why they should be doing a better job of getting there.
I hate to say it but Reese and Coughlin have both sounded alittle bit stubborn and almost like it's less than panic time at 2-6. Mike even had to correct reese by saying yea, you basically need to win all your remaining games or start praying.
Goes by the name of He Who Crashes Through Gatorade Table.
I do agree that Beatty was overrated by the Giants.
I also don't believe they have to win out to have a chance either. I honestly believe the Giants can and will still win this division. They didn't properly anticipate somethings coming into the season and the injuries just made things worse, but I also feel like things are just now starting to settle down.
Beason acquisition was huge.
Simplfied there scheme.
Got Will Hill back.
T2 is probably playing with more confidence then he was earlier.
Oline has finally settled down enough where the offense can function and cut down the TO's.
Backfield is finally settling down too with Peyton and Jacobs coming in. Now with Brown coming back they shoould get even better and more explosive plays out of the backfield.
If the pass rush can pick it up and JPP comes on I really believe this team has a legit shot.
I wonder - how much of that is Reese and how much of it is the coaching staff and the medical staff?
In Diehl's case, at his age I could see faulting Reese. Snee is a pretty complicated case, what with his being TC's son in law. Did his medical evaluation list him as a risk? Did that relationship to TC complicate severing ties with him in any way?
Baas is on Reese, IMO. Couldn't cut him because of the cap situation, but should have had a more credible backup just in case.
And then there's Brewer and Mosley. Do these guys just outright stink? In limited duty Brewer didn't look that bad, why hasn't he been able to get on the field?
Plenty of time to debate once the season is over via calendar or elimination.
Until then...lets beat the raiders and see what unfolds.
How would you know about the reverence he gets here? You registered this month.
Frankly he looks very different to me, even though he never says anything of consequence, ever. For lack of a better phrase, the "twinkle in his eyes' is pretty darn dim this last presser, compared to any other I've watched.
It's the way people handle adversity that tells us how great they are. Reese was making smart moves when the team was 0-6. That tells me that he's a pro.
For me, the way he's handling this rough start tells me how great of a GM he is. He gambled on old starters and it went against him but he's making he best of a lousy situation.
Typo regarding lines. My mistake. I only meant to type line (meaning the O-Line). An "s" certainly makes a difference. They've been good at taking care of the D-Line. In fact, they've paid too much attention to it, if possible. The O-Line and Linebackers are shitty.
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That maybe so but I've been here from the beginning under many handles. Try to figure it out. Think outside the box if you can.
One of the giants strengths is utilizing the level of talent available in street FA's where you can find a Donnell, Pascoe and Ballard which allows you to take a chance on a project like Adrien Robinson. Most 4-7 rounders will be at or below the available FA level so I have no problem with that philosophy.
Could they have better TE's than that? Sure they could but you probably would have had to not draft JPP or Nicks to get one. You can't always just select the guys like Barden and Austin who didn't work out and say if we didn't draft this guy we could of had a good TE. And there are draft picks on every team that don't amount to anything. Not just the Giants.
Also, I think their last draft class will turn out to be pretty good.
Well he's still my guy. Phil made an excellent point. Reese isn't perfect, nobody is. He's had some ups and downs, but mostly up as 2 SBs and zero losing records during his time reflects. He is standing strong in the face of adversity and hasn't thrown anyone under the bus. His answer's will always be PC, that's how they always are and always will be. The Giants know how to handle the media. They are obligated to meet the media, but ideally would not want to speak with them and they have mastered the art of answering questions without saying much to create a story. I have confidence in Reese and the organization to right this ship, they have earned it based on there track records.
He's caught with an aging championship roster in the most challenging cap environment ever, and both he and the coaching staff have to share some blame in not creating as many 'next man's" to bring "up".
I want to see how he steers the ship out of this mess before I pass final judgement on how good or bad JR is.
Plenty of blame can be placed on Reese and the coaches and a whole lot of bad luck. This team is in a rebuilding mode--whether admitted publicly or not. A two game win streak against two bad teams means little.
Hopefully, the fact that Giants can and have played better lately does not delude management into thinking that this year was all just an accident. The OL needs lots of help. RBs are a mess with a recent No. 1 possibly through. The DL is in transition and the LBs are solid at one position--that being an oft-injured mid-season vet. The DBs are playing reasonably well but more help is needed as Webster and Ross are through and TT represents a major risk with 3 ACL surgeries already in his medical file. Lastly, the WR position could quickly become a need if our former No. 1 leaves.
Time for a transition. In the NFL it is possible to bouince back quickly, but that requires acknowledging the problem and fixing it, not hoping for a resurrection of players who are past their prime or never achieved their promise.
He left us completely high and dry at running back, tight end, and linebacker.
It's like he wanted to make a statement and start a trend of not needing quality linebackers and being able to get an atta boy for finding low cost running backs (Brown and Wilson).
He messed up big time with the running backs.
He wasted a pick on Cox when we had three inexperienced backs.
Instead he should have Hillis or a similar vet in the offseason like he did with Droughns in 2007 to complement a completely inexperienced backfield.
He had to eat crow on this twice (Jacobs and Hillis) AND at linebacker with Beason.
If he wasn't so full of himself the Giants could have started 2-4 or better and had a chance at the division. Reese and his arrogance cost us.