In listening to McAdoo I get the feeling that the Giants will not overhaul the OL.
They may tweak it, but nothing dramatic.
I think that the Giants are committed to Flowers, Pugh, Richburg, Jerry ( who they appear to want back), and Hart.
They may draft another tackle and guard to compete, and they may bring in some inexpensive free agents. But nothing that will substantially improve the line.
I heard McAdoo being interviewed and he was suggesting Eli was complicit in the poor line play. He stated that Eli has to improve.
I do not feel Eli was responsible for the offensive decline. I think he actually made the line look better than it was.
By any matrix the Giants line play was poor. They could not run block or pass block.
I hope that the coach speak is concealing the Giants true intentions and that the Giants revamp the line.
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I think they will though and I think the O will be transformed...
I felt like it was TD or 3 and out all season ... add to the OL, Ei/Shep/Odell/Perkins will do the rest
It's absurd to think the QB and RBs played a role in our offensive woes?
This is the line of thought that would hamstring us going forward. We need talent on all levels in our O not just on the line. RB, TE, WR... all three could use more talent. I also think addressing those three spots would do more than addressing the line.
I swear, the offensive line has taken on mythical proportions around here. It's like people think if only Flowers were Donald Penn we'd be cleaning up the confetti from beating the Pats again. I don't think Flowers had a particularly good year and I do think we drafted him way to high. He's an issue, I think we can agree here. But does anyone here really think Will Tye or Jennings are starting on another NFL team?
And what about the coaching? I still haven't seen an explanation as to why in the fuck we had the exact same personnel on the field for almost every snap all season. That's not done by any other team in the sport. We all understand that right? Cruz played the season at the X when he's entire career was at the slot. Hmmm... genius? Almost every single player on offense took at step back this season except maybe, John Jerry got better and I think Shep had a nice rookie campaign. If it weren't for our defense we might well have lost, what, 12 games? The offense was historically pathetic. That wasn't the fault of one player.
Two seasons ago the Giants offensive line was the same and the offense was really good. Last season the offense fell off a fucking cliff to the very bottom of the NFL. So, what changed?
( no interest in the Eli homer's opinions)
The O line will improve without additions from better coaching.
We are not wasting draft picks or FA money on more than one addition to the O line.
We need a pass rush to keep the D viable, we need a blocking FB, an explosive RB and a pass catching TE.
We might need a QB. We bought a defense last year, can't buy everything every year. Let the coaches do their job or find new coaches.
2 year window, no time to train college OL.
Jerry has done a really good job of finding "temporary" players in the past such as Antonio Pierce, Kawika Mitchell and Michael Boley.
If my memory is correct, didn't we go through both postseason runs with David Diehl at LT. Not that Dave wasn't a really good player with a big heart, but I don't think that many would have believed that Diehl, especially in 2011, could play LT on a championship team.
There are even some advantages to bringing in a veteran with a little age on him. By looking at his past injury history you get an idea of how durable he is likely to be, and with his experience he can help his young linemates.
Two years ago, we were playing from behind, just about every game, and the offense had to open up, because the defense could not be counted on.....
Last season was completely different....I feel Mac went conservative with the offense, when he had a lead, so there would be less chance of turnovers, and he finally had a defense that could hold a lead....
Two completely different offensive philosophies, because of the two different defenses.....
And when you have no running game, at all, you become one dimensional.....if your qb only has two receivers he can rely one, is it any wonder, this offense took a huge step back?
If they stand pat with last years line they are both dumb and high. We need to be able to run the ball better and that starts with a RG. Jerry is not the answer.