Here are some clips of our front seven against Nick Chubb. I really like the play by Ray Ray Armstrong recognizing the play and reacting before the center could get to him. Link - ( New Window )
There are a few things that stand out to me with our defense.
One, we seem to get a very good read on plays. I wonder if we are going to be susceptible to a lot of misdirection plays. We are very aggressive so I can see some reverses, boots, counters, etc. to try to take advantage of our aggreasiveness throughout the season.
Two, we do a great job of getting arms extended on the OL.
Three, and this goes with two, we do a great job of getting off of blocks. This is critical in a 3-4 defense.
Now, Cleveland used to have an amazing OL but they have lost a handful of some really good players over the last few years. I am curious to see if this holds up against better offensive lines. Detroit, to my understanding, has a very weak OL as well. I don't know much about the Jets OL but Jax may be our first real test in terms of facing a good OL.
It continues to amaze me how great Damon Harrison is
On some of them the offense is defeated before the ball is even snapped. They're trying to run at overloaded boxes with a hanging defender on the strong side or a safety flying up late. In the regular season the quarterback will check to the pass at the line of scrimmage. Not in week-1 of the preseason, especially with a rookie quarterback and a bunch of guys who won't be playing in the NFL this year, or any other year, and who really don't know what they're doing (like the fullback on that iso play).
The Giants defense does an excellent job on those plays in winning at the line of scrimmage, but don't make too much of it.
Those runs are just examples of why preseason football is not real NFL football.
If Zo-Cart and Hill pan out and contribute rookie years
That guy took 2 minutes and 20 seconds to explain that Nick Chubb didn't make a bad run because the play side (which he really doesn't know) was disrupted so Chubb made a "jump cut" (i'd call it a slow rebalance movement, it wasn't anything close to a cut) and it was actually a pretty good run? I see a RB who got confused on where to go and got bottled up, not a "jump cut" or a "good run". What a fucking waste of time.
Two, we do a great job of getting arms extended on the OL.
Three, and this goes with two, we do a great job of getting off of blocks. This is critical in a 3-4 defense.
Now, Cleveland used to have an amazing OL but they have lost a handful of some really good players over the last few years. I am curious to see if this holds up against better offensive lines. Detroit, to my understanding, has a very weak OL as well. I don't know much about the Jets OL but Jax may be our first real test in terms of facing a good OL.
On some of them the offense is defeated before the ball is even snapped. They're trying to run at overloaded boxes with a hanging defender on the strong side or a safety flying up late. In the regular season the quarterback will check to the pass at the line of scrimmage. Not in week-1 of the preseason, especially with a rookie quarterback and a bunch of guys who won't be playing in the NFL this year, or any other year, and who really don't know what they're doing (like the fullback on that iso play).
The Giants defense does an excellent job on those plays in winning at the line of scrimmage, but don't make too much of it.
Those runs are just examples of why preseason football is not real NFL football.