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Playing to your strengths vs the opponents' weaknesses

FTLFan : 10/19/2014 11:30 pm
Last two games it seems as though (offensively) our entire game plan is predicated on what our opponents do poorly instead of what we do well. I get there are several levels of offense and defense, but focusing on our long passing game to take advantage of the eagles soft secondary and our running game to take advantage of the cowboys d-line are the obvious recent examples. Wish Macadoo would focus a bit more on what worked weeks 3-5 instead of who our opponent is. Perry needs to change his approach badly...especially since we've lost so much of our secondary. That said, O-line really needs help. Just too much penetration on every play, run or pass.
ok, so please forgive the sloppy argument  
FTLFan : 10/19/2014 11:33 pm : link
and focus on the opening comment. #late..#tired.
FTLFan  
Eric from BBI : Admin : 10/19/2014 11:38 pm : link
I think your point has some validity. I worried about us forcing the run against the Cowboys because (1) of their bad run defense, and (2) to control the clock and keep them off of the field.

Played right into their hands.
Thanks Eric  
FTLFan : 10/19/2014 11:41 pm : link
Appreciate all you do. Still bleeding blue, but running out of the blue. God this is gonna be a tough run after the bye.
andre williams  
area junc : 10/19/2014 11:42 pm : link
is terrible and the league has figured that out. and apparently hillis is even worse. we dont have NFL speed and it makes us easy to defend

stupid not to have cox involved in the gameplan imo.
we've always been about read-and-react...let the other team  
SHO'NUFF : 10/19/2014 11:43 pm : link
dictate what we're going to do...rather than ram our fucking boot down their throats like Peyton and the Broncos do.
my problem with Perry is this  
kepler20 : 10/19/2014 11:44 pm : link
We have no defensive identity.


Every single good defensive team over the last 2-3 years has an identity, something they are really good at.


Defensively, we do nothing well, everything average.
If there is a scheme to mask shitty linebackers  
SHO'NUFF : 10/19/2014 11:54 pm : link
I'm all ears...
There is.  
FTLFan : 10/19/2014 11:58 pm : link
It's called health.
More than anything else  
FTLFan : 10/20/2014 12:03 am : link
I think I'm just sick of broken defensive coverages and broken offensive communications...more the former than the latter. Watching Rolle point at Hosely before the pass to Escobar was even completed tonight pissed me off. I don't care about the blame b/c we all make mistakes, but I'm pretty sure it's a bit more frequent with the Gmen than others. Forcing a field goal there and Donnell not being stripped twice could've changed things easily.
eric  
SBlue46 : 10/20/2014 9:23 am : link
exactly what ammazed me was running up middle
and like eagles game they knew when it was a run..
at least try different play..Cant belive mac is calling
these plays..I knew when thet get up 14 we go
hurry up and it works...then se go back..wasted lot
of time..cant belive tc has no clue..even after tape
review he wont get it.....also...cox off ps returning
kicks? Washington inactive? Ogeltree no plays?
Bromley no play? Jerry had less cap but spent
on coaching....keep romo from throwing too much. .
run ball..build oline...keeping romo protected...
what's mara do...get injured free agents...low
cost...draft projects...bad coaches...ect...
someone should ask tc how he expects to run
w that oline and. Hoe eli is supposed to stay
healthy
exactly  
giantfanboy : 10/20/2014 10:21 am : link
when we were behind in the second half the offense finally went into what has been working the past few games and we started to have success.

i think the defensive problems are more lack of quality players rather than scheme
it seems like this defense was build with quality Defense backs in mind.. but we have no depth and injuries have decimated what quality we had
The playcalling on O and D yesterday was horrendous.  
BLUATHRT : 10/20/2014 10:28 am : link
The only time they played with Tempo in the second half was the last 5 minutes of the 4th Q. It's clear that Williams isn't cutting it right now, so as opposed to opening up the game plan, they kept calling runs to set them selves up for disaster. On D, besides run blitzes on obvious run downs, Fewell rarely called a blitz. They are getting very little pressure with the front 4, yet kept going the same path and giving Romo all day.
Giants running game is very poor without RJ  
oipolloi : 10/20/2014 12:13 pm : link
It's decent when he is in there.

But why Coughlin would put the game in the hands of Williams , Hillis and Hynoski instead of Eli is a legitimate question. Giants do not have a good enough defense to,play ball control.

I understand the idea of limiting turnovers and mistakes and controlling the clock, but in practice it's not working because the Giants do not have the personnel to make it work, especially with Pugh injured and Richburg still learning and the Jerry starting.

I think this is really a case of forcing a gameplan
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