The Giants don't know how to prepare for the season. Other teams know how to prepare and have their team's ready for opening day - By the time the Giants were ready to play the opening game, it was game 4, and the Giants were playing at game 1 speed and readiness...
Why, during the pre-season are other teams running complicated schemes, trap blocks,blitzes etc, and the Giants are running a basic offense and defense. The Patriots do it do, but I think the Patriots do it to hide their schemes, and the Giants just ain't ready yet.
Yes, the new CBA rules have changed how teams prepare A TON. Some teams have adjusted. Maybe the Giants haven't, I'm not sure that is the main cause of our ills.
The rust from not playing as a unit because of fear of injury was definitely a problem.
Not trying to establish the run in the beginning of the season was another problem.
I think if we were healthy offensively right now, we would actually be scoring a ton more, but we are not.
When I see Eli shying away from throwing Brandon Marshall a jump ball in the endzone, 1-1, something isn't right.
Could you make a case for the Giants not practicing correctly, or adapting to what their players need to get ready. I think you could.
Yes, the new CBA rules have changed how teams prepare A TON. Some teams have adjusted. Maybe the Giants haven't, I'm not sure that is the main cause of our ills.
Agreed.
But how do they practice.
Giants looked woefully unprepared this year.
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Agreed.
But how do they practice.
Giants looked woefully unprepared this year.
according to Mac, we would be in first place if practices counted.....
I agree we stunk up the joint on offense the first game, because this team was not ready to play without OBj, even though we had weeks to prepare for it.....add to that an OL that flat out sucked all through preseason, and yet the Hart and Jerry show was still intact....
I am no fan of the CBA limits on practice time, but let's call a spade a spade.
It's not a suggestion to just "do what other teams do"...It's a suggestion that the CBA limits the preparation time teams have, and other teams seem to have worked this out while the Giants look woefully unprepared. I think if the season for the Giants began in week 3 or 4, the Giants would be in the hunt for a playoff spot.....I refuse to believe this team is that bad.
Players wanted it, owners agreed. It needs to go back in the old direction to some extent as football is a sport that requires a ton of practice time for precision. But, they've let more than one genie out of the bottle in recent years.