QB Eli Manning
October 18, 2018
Q: How does this team finish this week and get a win?
A: It’s putting a full game together, and we haven’t done that. We’ve shown glimpses of good play in series, but we just got to play that complete game. Just finding ways to extend drives, stay consistent, and try to avoid the negative plays.
Q: Do you believe that if you get one win, you guys can get on a streak?
A: It’s easy to get hot in this league, it’s possible. We just got to find a way to get one. This week on the road, a tough contest against Atlanta, but I think the guys are ready, and focused, and ready to go out there and ready to play better football.
Q: Have you learned anything about Pat Shurmur in terms of how he handles adversity?
A: It’s a tough situation for everybody, but I think he’s handled it well. Trying to stay calm. He’s leading this team, and pushing guys every day to get better – to stay the course and keep fighting. Everybody just make small improvements.
Q: Pat Shurmur seams to appreciate your demeanor. Do you feel the same way about him?
A: Yeah, I think it’s pretty similar. You see the passion, you know there’s passion and hard work. He’s not throwing chairs, he’s not screaming and yelling at everybody. He has his own way of motivating guys. I think he’s done a good job of just kind of handling the pulse of this team and keeping us together, and I think that’s the most important thing.
Q: Do you sense your teammates are able to block out all the negativity that’s being said about the team?
A: That’s always a challenge. It’s just a challenge to try to focus on the things that you can control, and that’s us and your assignments, the game, going out there and playing well. Keep the focus on that, and we’ll be okay.
Q: Atlanta is not a high-pressured defense. They tend to sit back in coverage often, which is different from the defenses you’ve faced so far. Is that easier to deal with?
A: They’re a good scheme on defense. They don’t bring tons of pressure, but they will a little bit. So, they try to mix it up. They try to mix up their zone, their man, to keep you off balance. We just got to have plays that are good versus both of them. They’re mostly a single-high team (coverage). We’ll be prepared for everything. Just try to have different ways of getting the ball down the field. Different ways just to get the ball out on time, and get completions, and just try to stay out of those third-and-longs.
Q: Against a high-pressured offense, do you feel as if you guys have to match that? Is this going to be a shootout?
A: You just know offensively, we just have to move the ball. They got some guys banged up on defense. We know we got to do our part. We got to try to get out to a good lead. Just keep playing those four quarters, like I said earlier. You can’t give this team a whole lot of breathing room, because they have the ability to come back and to score.
Q: What do you miss with TE Evan Engram out, and what can he add to this offense?
A: I think with Evan, just that guy who can get open versus man (coverage). Another option if teams want to play a little two-high (coverage), and play two-man (coverage). A guy who can get open versus linebackers and create some mismatches and move him around. I think it’ll be good to get Evan back.
A: Yeah, I think it’s pretty similar. You see the passion, you know there’s passion and hard work. He’s not throwing chairs, he’s not screaming and yelling at everybody.
Did Eli just see the footage of John Mara throwing chairs up in the box?
Giants need to become a data driven organization and dispense with the subjective bullshit.
Word from the front office is that he was just looking for his bag of cheeze-its
Giants need to become a data driven organization and dispense with the subjective bullshit.
You need to become a "formulate a cohesive sentence" poster. Holy shit.
Are you ok?