I'd hope that this is in reference to situations like 1st and 20, 2nd and 18, or 3rd and 11. As in don't dogmatically run in awful down and distances. Even a short pass would be more aggressive.
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
Is McAdoo calling running plays despite the Giants problematic offensive line and the lack of Jennings, or is Coughlin insisting that McAdoo call running plays? Reese knows, but he's not saying.
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
He seems to be expressing the frustration that some of us feel when it is 3rd and 190 yards and we run a sweep for 5. How about call a play that has a better chance of success when you have an Eli and a Beckam?
But yeah, there's blame that goes back to the person expressing the frustration there too.
His free agency picks have not been all that great though. I mean, we had a lot of holes and you have to pick up who is available and all but we should not have been in such a dire position in the first place. Reese's drafts from 2008 to 2012 were not very good and it has impacted our team immensely.
a weakling....pathetic really.With the five blocks of silly your qb needs to take his time and look for big plays.
We did that last year....it didn't work and won't work if you don't have an OL.
Did Jerry watch the Lions game? The Eagles game? The Dallas Game........where are the opportunities for big plays in the passing game???
Guys were routinely in the backfield on running plays.
You want to see a good example of what Reese is about....watch the Dallas game tonight. 70 can't be beat.......at guard. He's is better right now than either of our two tackles.
Reese throws a stupid contract at an injured LB....guess what???
He's not a good GM.....maybe good enough for the Jets.
who is in cover your ass mode. Worried for his job maybe? Not sure why because the Mara's are far too loyal for my liking.
What really bothers me about his comments is that they are creating controversy. Why do that? take the high road and then say what you need to say to the coach behind closed doors.
Now the players can read that and start questioning the coaching decisions too.
Seriously... those comments are what I would expect out of a lesser organization.
Thought this was interesting. Unwilling to commit on TC. Â
Q: What about [Coach Coughlin’s] willingness to change and install a new offense and do what’s necessary and how do you see him handling this second half of the season?
A: We’ll see. I think Coach has been able to evolve in a lot of ways ever since he’s been here. One thing I’ll never do – I’ll never bet against Tom Coughlin. He always seems to, when his back is against the wall the most, that’s when he seems to come out swinging and get his football team ready to go. I expect him to do the same right here going down the stretch. This is a big moment for all of us, the second half of this season. It starts one game at a time, one play at a time. I think Coach will get it done.
desperately trying to hold on to his job. So let me get this straight. The O needs to score more points to give this D a chance? Wow! How desperate have we've become.
8-8 is mediocre and all but I think given we installed a new offense which essentially takes a few games to get accustomed to, well, we finish .500 the regime stays in place for one more season at least.
9-7 definitely gets everyone re-hired. I still think the AZ loss cost us big time. Yes, the Eagles and Cowboy losses were more "important" but we should have beaten AZ. Just a shame we had no true safety to start the season due to Will Hill's ignorance of league rules.
throw the ball downfield vs low turnover safe offense is a false dichotomy.
I'm curious on the percentage of Eli's INTs that have come on say throws over 25 yards.
Just based on memory there's a lot of variety in there in terms of throw distance. I would say the bigger factor than distance of throw is forcing throws unnecessarily (i.e. high risk, low reward type throws in bad situations) into tight coverage and miscommunication. You can force a short or intermediate throw into tight coverage.
I don't think running more vertical routes is going to increase INTs significantly.
Same talking points as on Francesa, and but no one pushed back on Reese to say:
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
anticipates a turnover next year if it continues. So he is going on record that it is the coaching strategy that is to blame. Then he hopes he will be retained if TC leaves: to assenble a new a new staff. Personally I hope this is not the case but I did not think Reese should have been hired in the first place. He is a huge part of the reason this team has gotten worse every year because of his drafting and FA acquisitions not the Coaching staff. He hired and retaims Mark Ross another loser.
Same talking points as on Francesa, and but no one pushed back on Reese to say:
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
throw the ball downfield vs low turnover safe offense is a false dichotomy.
I'm curious on the percentage of Eli's INTs that have come on say throws over 25 yards.
Just based on memory there's a lot of variety in there in terms of throw distance. I would say the bigger factor than distance of throw is forcing throws unnecessarily (i.e. high risk, low reward type throws in bad situations) into tight coverage and miscommunication. You can force a short or intermediate throw into tight coverage.
I don't think running more vertical routes is going to increase INTs significantly.
On passes of 20+ yards this season, Eli is 5 for 22 (22.7%) for 136 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.
Is McAdoo calling running plays despite the Giants problematic offensive line and the lack of Jennings, or is Coughlin insisting that McAdoo call running plays? Reese knows, but he's not saying.
Or is Eli calling the running plays. My understanding is that he's given a couple of options on each down and he chooses run or pass based on the defense.
Is McAdoo calling running plays despite the Giants problematic offensive line and the lack of Jennings, or is Coughlin insisting that McAdoo call running plays? Reese knows, but he's not saying.
Or is Eli calling the running plays. My understanding is that he's given a couple of options on each down and he chooses run or pass based on the defense.
Tough to say. Reading this story from NJ.com from Saturday made wonder.
Quote:
The way it used to work for most of the past decade in Gilbride's offense is that the Giants would get to the line of scrimmage with two play calls. Often, it was a run into a pass or a pass into a run.
"Now it's, 'Here's the play.' And then you have options — it has to stay in the same family — but against a certain blitz or certain look, if you want to get to a certain play, you can get to that as well," Manning said.
Manning does have some limitations. He's restricted by the personnel and formation. Still, there seems to, more often than not, be several possibilities every time he steps up to the line of scrimmage.
"Each play kind of has options with it that are all part of the same family," Manning said.
Same talking points as on Francesa, and but no one pushed back on Reese to say:
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
Same talking points as on Francesa, and but no one pushed back on Reese to say:
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
hahaha. see how long you'd have the job with pointed questions like that.
after all the poor drafts, he now opens mara's checkbook at spends big $$ on Drc, Beason, schwartz, thurmond, jennings + walton. if this spending spree flops - what then?
currently on pace to miss playoffs 5th time in 6 years. is it getting warm...?
is echoing what so many people here have been screaming about the offense and yet everybody rips on him. I agree that if you run the ball on 1st down and again on 2nd and 10 and do that 5 times a game then the offense strategy needs to be more aggressive
Thinly veiled criticism of Coughlin's approach the last two weeks Â
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
I agree. We are a work in progress so I don't feel we can be more aggressive. I am fine with this offense for year 1. Let's add talent, in the form of better OL, and weapons, and we can add more passing concepts to this system.
Until then, for year 1, I am good with where we are.
I'd hope that this is in reference to situations like 1st and 20, 2nd and 18, or 3rd and 11. As in don't dogmatically run in awful down and distances. Even a short pass would be more aggressive.
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
It will say score points or I will use one of you as a human shield in the upcoming months.
Not just once, but twice.
Because that's the help he needs from his GM.
Quote:
Q: What would you like to see Eli do better?
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
But yeah, there's blame that goes back to the person expressing the frustration there too.
ummm ... am I dreaming or did Manning take a ton of shit in 2013 for "forcing things" in order to try to make a play when the team was struggling?
And now when he's not turning the ball over, the GM criticizes him for being too cautious?
WTF ... did Reese conduct that interview from Colorado or something?
Bye Bye Jerry Reese!
We did that last year....it didn't work and won't work if you don't have an OL.
Did Jerry watch the Lions game? The Eagles game? The Dallas Game........where are the opportunities for big plays in the passing game???
Guys were routinely in the backfield on running plays.
You want to see a good example of what Reese is about....watch the Dallas game tonight. 70 can't be beat.......at guard. He's is better right now than either of our two tackles.
Reese throws a stupid contract at an injured LB....guess what???
He's not a good GM.....maybe good enough for the Jets.
What really bothers me about his comments is that they are creating controversy. Why do that? take the high road and then say what you need to say to the coach behind closed doors.
Now the players can read that and start questioning the coaching decisions too.
Seriously... those comments are what I would expect out of a lesser organization.
A: We’ll see. I think Coach has been able to evolve in a lot of ways ever since he’s been here. One thing I’ll never do – I’ll never bet against Tom Coughlin. He always seems to, when his back is against the wall the most, that’s when he seems to come out swinging and get his football team ready to go. I expect him to do the same right here going down the stretch. This is a big moment for all of us, the second half of this season. It starts one game at a time, one play at a time. I think Coach will get it done.
9-7 definitely gets everyone re-hired. I still think the AZ loss cost us big time. Yes, the Eagles and Cowboy losses were more "important" but we should have beaten AZ. Just a shame we had no true safety to start the season due to Will Hill's ignorance of league rules.
I'm curious on the percentage of Eli's INTs that have come on say throws over 25 yards.
Just based on memory there's a lot of variety in there in terms of throw distance. I would say the bigger factor than distance of throw is forcing throws unnecessarily (i.e. high risk, low reward type throws in bad situations) into tight coverage and miscommunication. You can force a short or intermediate throw into tight coverage.
I don't think running more vertical routes is going to increase INTs significantly.
Has he ever admitted that he made a bad personnel decision?
...given the overall talent level of this team.
And he IS the man in charge of overall talent.
He's assemble a very nice 6-7 win team.
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
Thurmond IR
Beason IR
Scwartz not played a regular season game yet.
Walton ? LOL
DRC injured
Not saying injuries are his fault, but the top free agents he brought in to rebuild the team are not contributing at ALL.
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
Good questions.
Whether or not he should actually be expressing those things are a separate issue. But I mostly agree with what he said.
I'm curious on the percentage of Eli's INTs that have come on say throws over 25 yards.
Just based on memory there's a lot of variety in there in terms of throw distance. I would say the bigger factor than distance of throw is forcing throws unnecessarily (i.e. high risk, low reward type throws in bad situations) into tight coverage and miscommunication. You can force a short or intermediate throw into tight coverage.
I don't think running more vertical routes is going to increase INTs significantly.
On passes of 20+ yards this season, Eli is 5 for 22 (22.7%) for 136 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.
Or is Eli calling the running plays. My understanding is that he's given a couple of options on each down and he chooses run or pass based on the defense.
Quote:
Is McAdoo calling running plays despite the Giants problematic offensive line and the lack of Jennings, or is Coughlin insisting that McAdoo call running plays? Reese knows, but he's not saying.
Or is Eli calling the running plays. My understanding is that he's given a couple of options on each down and he chooses run or pass based on the defense.
Tough to say. Reading this story from NJ.com from Saturday made wonder.
"Now it's, 'Here's the play.' And then you have options — it has to stay in the same family — but against a certain blitz or certain look, if you want to get to a certain play, you can get to that as well," Manning said.
Manning does have some limitations. He's restricted by the personnel and formation. Still, there seems to, more often than not, be several possibilities every time he steps up to the line of scrimmage.
"Each play kind of has options with it that are all part of the same family," Manning said.
If we are asking who is to blame, they all should share in it. Or do we all want to put the blame on one person?
Why the new Giants offensive system has allowed Eli Manning to thrive - ( New Window )
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
Reese answers:
"Talk to Flaherty."
"Ask Hermann."
"Quinn...'nuf said."
"Nunn ya bizness."
"Jerry, but isn't it difficult to throw down the field when the offensive line you put together can't hold for more than two seconds against good defenses?"
"Jerry, at some point don't you you have to review your strategy regarding linebackers when one injury leaves you with an NFL-starting caliber LB on your roster?"
"You've signed numerous professional kick and punt returners and yet your return game, along with the rest of your special teams, are in the lower third of the league. How do you think that reflects the special teams coach's performance?"
"You wish they would play Damontre Moore more, but yet he continues to make mental mistakes that costs the team. Shouldn't he be contributing by now? Or is it a case of your defensive coordinator not maximizing the talent available to him?"
Just some of the many questions I would follow up this interview with - especially since I still seethe from last year's ESPN interview aka "Do you remember who our linebackers were in the 2007-2008 Super Bowl?"
If this was Rex Ryan, they would have grilled him, but because it's the stable, infallible Giants, nobody presses.
hahaha. see how long you'd have the job with pointed questions like that.
after all the poor drafts, he now opens mara's checkbook at spends big $$ on Drc, Beason, schwartz, thurmond, jennings + walton. if this spending spree flops - what then?
currently on pace to miss playoffs 5th time in 6 years. is it getting warm...?
For him, this is fairly pointed criticism.
Quote:
Q: What would you like to see Eli do better?
A: I just think, as an offense, we have to be more aggressive. I think at times we’re a little bit almost too cautious with what we’re doing offensively. This is the National Football League. You’ve got to go out there and you have to win the game. You can’t think something’s going to fall into your lap. You’ve got to go out and take the games. I think we have to be more aggressive offensively. I appreciate Eli taking care of the ball and not turning it over because that correlates to wins a lot of the time, but you can’t be too cautious. You’ve got to throw the ball down the field. You’ve got to score points in this league to win.
Q: Is that part of the evolution of this offense?
A: It may be. I’m not a coach, but I think that’s probably part of it. I would like to see us be more aggressive going down the stretch here in the second half of the season. Again, if you don’t score points, it’s hard to win in this league.
Q: When we asked your head coach that question he seemed content with the ‘prevent turnovers’ mantra. He said, ‘We’ll take opportunities downfield if they present themselves,’ but he doesn’t seem to be looking for that.
A: I think it’s a combination of both things. I think Coach [Coughlin] thinks that, as well. You can’t turn the ball over. If you turn the ball over, you’re going to lose in this league. You still can’t be too careful. You have to throw the ball down the field, you have to be more aggressive, you’ve got to give your receivers a chance to make plays, you’ve got to trust in your receivers, you’ve got to trust in your running back, so you’ve got to score points. If you don’t score points, it’s hard to win.
This is an offense he assembled. There are four returning starters from last year.
So I understand that he thinks we need to be more aggressive, but I hope he understands a big reason we can't be is because of what he has built.
I agree. We are a work in progress so I don't feel we can be more aggressive. I am fine with this offense for year 1. Let's add talent, in the form of better OL, and weapons, and we can add more passing concepts to this system.
Until then, for year 1, I am good with where we are.