First two quarters were awful. But you can't expect this offense to click right away, right? I'm hoping the offense gets humming in October sometime.
I wonder how much McAdoo holds back not wanting to show his hand for the regular season. There has to be some of that right?
Offensive line sucked and it's hard to play without a viable
tight end presence.
At least they found a back up QB last night. Easily the best we've seen from Nassib. Loved the tough 4th and 16 throw.
"Oh, we'll look forward to that, Greg."
Just reading this thread for the first time and Chris' post made me spit my drink through my nose.
Week #1 - work the uptempo short passing game (Eli = 6/7)
Week #2 - work the running game (only 2 pass attempts)
Week #3 - work the deep pass (3 shots downfield)
Reserves come in and start playing a different set of plays.
Method in the madness ?
Another thing is this;the Giants have maintained all along that this is not "MacAdoos offense". after all, any way you cut it he was a position coach, and in point of fact did not have an offense. It is a Giants offense, and if the coaches are to be taken at their word, it is an offense in development. I think that's the case. Sure, they have plays to be installed, but this is not the refined offense of Kevin Gilbride. It's a rough draft that's getting input from several sources, and there are things being tried and crossed off the list.on top of that the starting QB isn't sharp, as is his wont in preseason games and the offensive line isn't a finished work either. No TEs to speak of, and the starting RBs, while they can run the ball, aren't nearly as good at catchign it or pass pro. Some of these issues will iron themselves out as the season goes on. others won't.
Point is, while we do have real problems that will probably keep us from being a championship team,it is reasonable to expect that we will be playing our best ball later in the season as the lines come together, the QB finds his footing and the offense becomes more refined.I don't think September is gonna be pretty, though.
Gee. Are we in the regular season?
It's a mix of a few things. We've also played a grand total of 3 preseason games. It's been much worse than many of us would have expected thus far, but..
I think Friday night will be telling. If it looks brutally bad again with the 1's seeing a full half or so, I'll get a little more concerned. We need to see some sort of improvement.
There will be pain in watching this team for some part of this year. Patience is important.
Put down the remote, pick up a cannoli.
As an aside, for those hoping for OL help,the Sam Baker injury at Atlanta may raise the cost in the Alex Boone sweepstakes.
More like pick up Xanex or Ativan for anxiety.
Second, although Robinson flashed last night, the TEs as a group are pathetic and with Jernigan playing WR due to Beckham's hamstring, the WR duo of Jernigan and Randle are average to below-average IMO. IMO Jernigan can only play Slot because of his size and although this is Randle's 3d year with the Giants, Eli and he still do not seem to be on the same page. Not the best three-some WRs and TEs to throw to and when Andre Williams is in the game, no reliable RB to throw to.