I'm curious to see what Sy has to say but I rewatched the first half focusing on Flowers and this may have been his best game as a pro. No real pressure. His guy did get one sack but it wasn't his fault. He had his guy blocked and Eli stepped up into the pocket basically right into Flowers guy He looked so much quicker out of his stance and his kick step. Stonewalled his guy almost every time. He had 2 absolute pancake blocks on runs and looked very agile on his pulls. Did basically fall down once on an inside pull. But that was about the only negative
Flowers has played better.....success running the ball has given the opposition something else to think about.....would love to see more play action from Eli under center....and for that he will need more than 2 seconds....
If this OL is successful for a second week, it does make the coaching staff look stupid for putting the same combo out there week after week....it took injuries, not smarts, to do it...
Just look at the sacks with and without Hart playing.
Also, I think Jones is playing better than Richburg was. It's almost like Richburg got worse after the dedicated OL camp he went to 2 years ago. Too much concern for technique and not enough of his prior strengths???
I am very curious to see if when Richburg comes back if they keep Jones in there. He is making line calls and they seem to at the very least not confused. Whether they execute is an another story.
He did go up against Von Miller. (More than once? Von Miller was switching sides) But Collinsworth pointed it out and discussed it during a replay of Flowers block against him.
His run blocking was better and his footwork was improved.
However, a portion of the improvement is related to Pugh's play. Pugh had a really good game and the Giants were able to help Flowers. Pugh was man on man and the running back and TE shaded towards Flowers.
Thank God for the comma between our LG and C!!!
I liked how Sullivan attacked all areas of the field with the run. What a site for sore eyes. We really hammered the off-tackle left behind Flowers and mixed inside runs behind Fluker. After 4 years of McAdoo's inside hand-offs they were not ready for the pitch or the outside zone.
Sullivan is raw but he came from the Coughlin tree - he knows what a full comprehensive run game looks like. He had a plan and then built in the short passing game to further keep the D off balance. He's taken sh#t for not getting anything from the WRs: it's a WCO - Andy Reid's made a career out of throwing to RBs and TEs.
The other thing the Giants are really doing to help the OTs - and I do credit McAdoo here - is the quick snap. Worked great @ the Eagles and again @DEN, good weapon on the road vs. a great edge rush in the noise. Vance and the boys must've missed that on film because it was a big reason for our success IMO.
Giants went with more two and even three TE sets from my vantage point. Until we get snap counts it's not official but it looked like Ellison and Adams were out there more and I definitely saw either one helping the LT.
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If anyone's rewatching the game, I'm curious how often Ellison (I think LaCosse had a few snaps as well) was lined up on his side.
Flowers was definitely getting help, but I wouldn't say it wa constant. A lot of times he was on his own and did very well. Oddly my recollection is that a lot of the help was to the inside, which is odd because Flowers problem seems to be speed rushers to the outside.
Giants went with more two and even three TE sets from my vantage point. Until we get snap counts it's not official but it looked like Ellison and Adams were out there more and I definitely saw either one helping the LT.
Flowers was against Von Miller a couple of times