G-men Had 4th most sacks in the league last year

compared to the rest of the league. My guess, we had a higher number of sacks to go with a high number of snaps, because we just let people drive forever out there.

of garbage time sacks late in the year against rookie QBs and bad offensive lines. When they needed it most, the pass rush was no where against Dallas in the 2nd game. Romo still might be standing back there right now.

snaps on D, 11th fewest in the league.

they allowed the 4th most yards per game and 5th most yards per play.

In comment 12220666 jcn56 said:

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compared to the rest of the league. My guess, we had a higher number of sacks to go with a high number of snaps, because we just let people drive forever out there.

Ka-ping!!! Beer, here!!

against horrible teams

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against horrible teams

Sorta like JJ Watt but we're not suppose to bring that up because "you play who is on your schedule"[/trollface]

down by 10 runs. It looks good in the stats, the fans enjoy it, but its meaningless. Consistent pressure on 2nd and long and 3rd down is more important than sacks. What good is a sack on 2nd down if the QB has all day to throw on 3rd down?

QB pressures/hurries/hits are where a defense needs to be at. The goal is to make life miserable to a QB on as many plays as possible.

Well, at least when I become the DC that's what I'll preach.

until the Jacksonville game. Usually I'm not a big proponent of downplaying performances against weaker teams, but the pass rush didn't exist when the team needed it to and only really started rearing its head after the season was already over.

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statistic was due to Tenn Jack & Wash. Where we completed 1,000,000 garbage time points and had 1,000,000 sacks and 2,000,000 points and allowed 0000000 sacks and pressures . This place sucks moose balls

not how many you have. It's a misleading statistic if you look at it that way.

In comment 12220864 Headhunter said:

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statistic was due to Tenn Jack & Wash. Where we completed 1,000,000 garbage time points and had 1,000,000 sacks and 2,000,000 points and allowed 0000000 sacks and pressures . This place sucks moose balls

that's about the size of it. Lord knows every other team collected sacks only against good teams.

we have players that can make plays, it's proven. Hopefully we now have a guy who can utilize these players more efficiently.

And yeah, no one ever retorts the JJ watt stat

but I'd assume that's true for most tram. 28th other teams didn't beat on them

Were also on the sideline for that last Dallas drive, it Prob what really got Fool fired.

against that Garbage All Pro Trent Williams since he plays for a garbage team

In comment 12220694 Matt in SGS said:

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of garbage time sacks late in the year against rookie QBs and bad offensive lines. When they needed it most, the pass rush was no where against Dallas in the 2nd game. Romo still might be standing back there right now.

This x 10

but it is not earth-shattering.

We played well against bad teams and played bad against good teams. Analysis: we were not contenders and were never just one player away from being one.

More analysis: If we continue to have the type and number of injuries that we had last year and the year before, we will not be a very good team this year either.

Against whom did he get most of his sacks? And when?

The year before, this defense, was thought to be a top 10 defense.....statistically only......playing against quarterbackless teams certainly helped...

When this team needed a sack or a pressure or a hurry, could it do it? There is no doubt in my mind, that that second game against Dallas, was a huge factor, in going in a different direction for this Giant defense, away from Perry Fewell. Of course, giving up 400 points for the second time under his command, certainly was huge, even if there were injuries on defense.....But to allow Romo that kind of time on a final drive, is something we have seen too many times before, from a Fewell defense....

obviously the defense was not where it needed to be. sacks arent everything

1. The Will Hill waiving 2 Beason's injury during OTAs.
But also consider that the Giants : the Giants allowed the second least third down conversions per game & had the fourth best third down against % in the league. Perry Fewell got fired on what happened on first & second downs. Ah Dallas... Let's compare the game at Giants & the playoff game at GB:

Giants : Romo 18-26 / 275 / 4-0. Murray 24-121. 18 FDs 53 plays 394 yards 275 passing 119 rushing. Pretty bad huh? Read N React Tampa 2. Blah blah fucking blah...0k Packers

Romo 15-19 191 10.1 yards per attempt 2-0. Murray 25-123. 21 First Downs 51 plays 336 yards. Great aggressive game plan by Capers, correct.
Also consider Rolle's drop of a gimme. Interception in the Giants end zone that takes away a Cowboy TD & Dez Bryant's catch that was rules a non-catch. See where I'm going with this?

In comment 12220903 Marty in Albany said:

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but it is not earth-shattering. We played well against bad teams and played bad against good teams. Analysis: we were not contenders and were never just one player away from being one. More analysis: If we continue to have the type and number of injuries that we had last year and the year before, we will not be a very good team this year either.

This ^^^

Only the Giants play bad teams and bad LT. Greg Hardy gets 7 of his 15 sacks against guys playing their 3rd or 4th career game in 'garbage time' and he is dominant. Giants do it and they are shit

Do they need more consistent pressure - yes - as do 31 other NFL teams

The problem is the last drive against Dallas in the second game skews a lot

They have players that can get to the QB

numbers were also inflated due to inability to get off the field so more snaps/opportunities for sacks. would be curious to know what the sacks/snaps ratio was and where they ranked.

in the last 5 games of the season. It was against bad teams, or teams already eliminated from the playoffs, but I think anyone watching the last 7 games closely saw a defense that was playing much better as a whole despite who their opponents were.

There's some good pieces on this defense - most of the positive statistics that the defense yielded last season are not illusionary. Even if Fewell wasn't let go I would've expected a significant step forward for the D this year based on how they finished and the young developing talent that they have.

Those sacks also coincided with two young players getting Mathias K's position.

With speed and athleticism on the opposite side, JPP, became much more effective.

conversions!?

In comment 12221085 eclipz928 said:

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in the last 5 games of the season. It was against bad teams, or teams already eliminated from the playoffs, but I think anyone watching the last 7 games closely saw a defense that was playing much better as a whole despite who their opponents were. There's some good pieces on this defense - most of the positive statistics that the defense yielded last season are not illusionary. Even if Fewell wasn't let go I would've expected a significant step forward for the D this year based on how they finished and the young developing talent that they have.

Im willing to bet most of any teams total sacks come against bad teams. Not sure why people keep alluding to this to somehow downplay the Giants; once again go check Watt's stats. They match up perfectly with your argument about how the Giants collected their sacks.

This isn't a knock on Watt; its continually brought up to show that the entire league feasts off of bottom feeders, we are no different.

In comment 12221490 UConn4523 said:

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In comment 12221085 eclipz928 said: Quote: in the last 5 games of the season. It was against bad teams, or teams already eliminated from the playoffs, but I think anyone watching the last 7 games closely saw a defense that was playing much better as a whole despite who their opponents were. There's some good pieces on this defense - most of the positive statistics that the defense yielded last season are not illusionary. Even if Fewell wasn't let go I would've expected a significant step forward for the D this year based on how they finished and the young developing talent that they have. Im willing to bet most of any teams total sacks come against bad teams. Not sure why people keep alluding to this to somehow downplay the Giants; once again go check Watt's stats. They match up perfectly with your argument about how the Giants collected their sacks. This isn't a knock on Watt; its continually brought up to show that the entire league feasts off of bottom feeders, we are no different.

Read the entire post. The point made was anything but downplaying the Giants. But you can't completely dismiss the fact that the D's best performance came in non-meaningful games.