changed you mind on the outlook of the Giants or are we looking at fool's gold?
Definitely like the direction the offense is headed. Still need at least one mean talented lineman. Hopefully the light can stay on with Randle, Williams develops and Cruz can come back healthy
The Defense is more problematic. Clearly we need more talent and speed especially at LB. Hopefully we can keep JP without breaking the bank. Another safety seems like a strong need?
Thoughts?
Richburg really struggled during the middle of the season, but he seems to be getting his footing.
So, if Schwartz can come back, then you really only need one guard. You can sign a FA guard and then maybe draft a young guy in the second or third round. Whereas a month ago, it looked like a total overhaul was needed.
That frees up more resources to be used on defense.
2) upgrades to both lines
3) Lbers
Clearly I am much more concerned with the defense both schematically and talent level
With the exception of Manning, Randle, Cruz, Pierre-Paul, Beason, Rolle, and Prince there probably isn't anyone who was a significant contributor to the 2013 late season run of success who's going to be on the team next year. The same can't be said about the guys who are helping the Giants finish out 2014 on a high note.
The Giants had the luxury of good field position for most of the game and Andre Williams emergence as a pass blocker/runner allowed the Giants to have a better mix of run and pass and avoid a lot of third and long plays (and a lot of blitzes by the Rams).
The Rams offense was not helped by their defense which was not able to get a single turnover for them and Beckham and Randle helped a little (Grin).
We are not world beaters, but +3 in the turnover column makes for much easier wins.
is needed.
The D needs speed and toughness; the O needs OL and a WR threat to help OBJ(hopefully VC and RR)/
Fools gold.
2) upgrades to both lines
3) Lbers
This.
However, the emergence of OBj has been huge for this team....defenses now how to concentrate on him and create a deep umbrella for him.....this spreads the defense out and limits their blitzing.....Eli has shown with some time back there, what kind of qb he is....
But this OL is still a huge question mark....Can Richburg play center? Can Schwartz stay healthy? Can Pugh rebound? Can we find that free agent 5th lineman? Can we get some depth for this line? Will Cruz be ok? Will Randle step up his game in a contract year? Who will be the TE, remember Fells and Donnell are FA's.....A third RB is needed for depth....and that is just the offense.....
Last year Eli was running for his life, this year he isn't. The line is not good, but much better than last year. The TD/INT rate is flipped.
The defense is at best marginally better. If they chnage DCs it might be pretty good.
This team is better than last years.
If we lose, then we have a worse record than last year.
So, in the best scenario, we're no better and in the worse scnerio, we're worse.
Statstics are for losers.