I thought I was watching the same Offensive game against Minny when OBj was suspended.....it shows how one dimensional this offense is.....it's OBj or nothing......
There is no excuse for not being prepared to play without OBj....in the Minny game, we had one week.....we knew for a couple weeks, he might not be ready.....
Eli did not play in the first and fourth preseason games, played little in second, and slightly more in the third....never completed a pass to Marshall in preseason and it showed.....these last two preseasons under Mac, this offense has not performed in preseason, and yet the switch is suppose to come on once the season starts?
Yes, Eli missed two big third down passes to Marshall.....but Marshall was never really involved in this game....The OL did not let Eli get comfortable in the pocket....how many Giant receivers were wide open?....I remember only two plays, the throw to Lewis and the throw to Double E.....but for the most part, Eli had to thread the needle because guys were not wide open, and when he hit them, basically there was no yac....
Two major flaws in Eli's playing last year, were present again in last night's game....One, he tends to stare down receivers, and the DB's are watching this...Second, for this type of offense, he is just a bad passer in the short game.....he can hit the receiver, but not in stride......how many times do we see receivers get immediately tackled, because they dive or reach back or have to leap for passes?......I've always said, Eli is more accurate on a 40 yard pass than a 4 yard pass....that is his game....but because of the shortcomings of this OL, they forced his style to change, where he throws short/quick passes, because he just does not have the time....
Check out the series, with 1:55 left in the game....it will take a td, 2pts, onside recovery, td, and 2 pts to tie the game.....a sense of Urgency, no? Eli throws for 4 yd completion....then a 5 yard completion....two completions, and no first down....next play he throws to Lewis for a first down......IT TOOK 3 COMPLETIONS TO GET A FIRST DOWN!.....This is the vanilla offense this team has....
Is Marshall done, or is there no connection between him and Eli? Double E has to do more deep seam routes, not these short passes across the field....
But nothing was done to the OL.....it is what it is.....35 rushing yards in a game.....sad....Thank you Mr. Reese.....you have hamstringed your franchise QB for the last 6 seasons......better hope OBj returns soon and can contribute, or this is going to get even uglier....
Eli missed some pretty easy throws last night - even if that were true, he hasn't done anything to acquit himself recently.
The OL is the worst in the NFL. No cohesion and we are starting two guys on the right side that probably could not make another NFL roster. Kevin Greene said playing OL/DL in the NFL is easy. Either you are kicking his ass or he is kicking yours. Dallas kicked ass last night on every snap.
Giants won 11 games last year because of Spags defense. Fire McAdon't and make him HC.
The rest of the league doesn't have stellar OLINE work. There are plenty of teams out there with shit to mediocre lines and they seem to be able to play.
Eli's play has regressed. He stares down receivers. He misses open plays. He goes to his check down all day. He has happy feet. He's hearing footsteps. He's too worried to make a mistake.
Remember Macadoo alluding to this last year?
What do you have to do as a defense? Rush 4, and just keep all receivers in front of you. Eli can't pick apart defenses anymore. He just can't.
I can see us going 0-6. It's going to come time to bench him if this keeps up.
Then the rest of the game, back to 3 wr & 1 te mostly.
I don't get it.
[quote] Was great. 2 TE and a FB one play, then 5 wr the next. Dallas had to sub. Creative plays...screens, fake reverse, extra blockers on the run plays.../quote]
And it took them over half the quarter to do it and came away with 3 points. Not really all that great, even if it was better than the other 3 1/2 quarters.
and we know that the practices are limited by the league....
so, given that I agree with the OP;
that tells me that the OC and C do not have a very strong concept that they want to pursue, or don't have a strong idea of trends in the league, or have stubbornly ignored the need to adjust play style to team needs (the OL cannot do what they have been asking them to do for a few years, i.e. to sit back and read and react to DLers and rushers in a pure pass pro style blocking method regardless of how quick ball gets out).
with a huge playbook, yet throwing spaghetti at the fridge to see what sticks.
whereas league trends and team needs are obvious
not enough cohesion between blocking assignments' run/pass synergy
still stuck therefor with weak play action, contrast simple fake to Dallas' RB easy toss to Whitten, TD.
That all starts on the OL.
Disagree big time, if this O-line plays even mediocre the giants could have won last night. Their continued piss-poor play has ruined the run game and forced Eli out of his game
(though he is not entirely blameless). And yeah I've been paying attention, at times nauseatingly so.
Giants won 11 games last year because of Spags defense. Fire McAdon't and make him HC.
I hated last nights game as much as anyone, but it's a long season and virtually all seasons contain stinkers.
Opening flat without your most important offensive player sucks, but is far from shocking.