Love that Peart was in 'stud' group. Just let the kid play from here on out. This season is all but DOA so let him get experience/growing pains. Solder is terrible & gone after this season.
Sy, what is the deal with McKinney? I had high hopes with kid when they drafted him. And yes, I get that he's a babe & missed pretty much all of last year...but I thought he was going to be a beast.
I believe he was BOTH amped up and very concerned about his O-Line that allowed several jail breaks early in the game.
Our QB just looked uncomfortable out there without Andrew Jones protecting his blind side. And he was also most likely trying too hard against an important division rival and trying to live up to his performance from last week.
Thought he was a solid player for the Patriots though certainly not worth the money the Giants paid to get him. 2019 he was terrible and people thought the problem with his son's health was taking its toll. This year he's had a year off, his son's health is better, but he's terrible again.
Was he just not very good to start out with or did he just decline as soon as he put on a Giants' uniform?
Hard to make chicken salad from chicken poop. Too bad we will not be able to see what this offense could have done had it been healthy. I think yesterday's game would have been in the 37-34 range. Hell Glennon was picking them apart with the #3,4,5 WRs and #2 RB with no left tackle or left guard.
I thought John Ross loafed a bit on those two deep balls early. Perhaps Jones was too amped up at the start to be accurate, but it looked like Ross was just not letting it fly.
I just see no reason for optimism with this defense. They are going to get torched all year. Gettleman's biggest failure has been swinging and missing on just about every effort to upgrade the pass rush. Ximines and Carter are utter garbage, and Ojulari, while flashing early at times, isn't much better. Just unfathomable how this team can focus on two positions (OL and ER) and strike out time after time after fucking time.
Toney and now, Peart might have made this team better earlier....maybe, even win games they didn't.
Which is my concern....these coaches were holding this team back.
Now....the injuries have made the matter mute....as they will have too many losses to make a difference.
Maybe these two just weren’t ready earlier and needed the coached up time to get to the level they played at yesterday.
Maybe the coaches knew what they were doing, and we saw the results of that coaching and patience yesterday. Seems to me they put these guys in a good position to succeed moving forward, and if it took a few extra weeks to get there then so be it.
If Peart ends up working out it would solve a huge problem
And take pressure off the team to commit a huge part of next year’s draft to the OL. That and Gates return to health and we could have at least something to build around.
are you feeling that the defense's problems are definitely on the front-7 and making the secondary look worse than it is? No matter what, they need to invest in some pass rushers in the next draft.
I know I look forward to them each week. One questions especially since you mentioned Toney, and Peart in 'notes on the Giants'. Any thoughts of ever throwing a coach's name into the 3 Studs 3 Duds category?
Re: the LB slow to recognize plays is something I have mentioned about the secondary as well as the LBs.
Watching other teams LB and Safeties flying to the ball holding any gains to minimal yardage seeing similar plays against the Giants produce gains, sometimes big gains , has been very frustrating.
Re: the LB slow to recognize plays is something I have mentioned about the secondary as well as the LBs.
Watching other teams LB and Safeties flying to the ball holding any gains to minimal yardage seeing similar plays against the Giants produce gains, sometimes big gains , has been very frustrating.
Slow to recognize plays is not swarming to the ball. It is reading the guards or tackles and seeing the play before it develops and getting to the hole to plug it. The Giants are allowing the play to develop, allowing the oline to get to their spots before the defense and the RBs are already past the LoS before attacking the play.
I thought Ragland was doing a much better job than Crowder who is not only late, but rarely makes a solid tackle.
always a great read and analysis Sy. Takes talent to make us all look
Dallas is obviously being looked at as one of the better teams in football right now. How far of do you think we are from being able to compete at that level?
Still don't know what you have in Jones. He runs too many plays in part because the team needs to run gimmicks/trickery due to inconsistent OL. More risk of injury. The number 1 player and biggest investment is going to be the QB and you need to make a decision. Stop giving him stop-gap quality players. And we don't want to build our offense around gimmick QB run plays. How about trying to get a team that can dictate the LOS? As for DJ-
Thought his one pass to Barkley was awful. The other two he overthrew - tough passes though and under pressure. Not going to kill him for those 2. And had a drive going and Toney dropped an easy pass for 1st down on a nice rollout then scramble a bit from DJ on 3rd down killing the drive. Not killing Toney one bit for this. He was tremendous.
With that said-- more draft picks need to go to the defense just the OL is imperative. Get some damn linebackers. And unfortunately SY is confirming the mediocrity from Lawrence.
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I will say with Judge they seemed to take the 1st game of the season lightly. Could be overcoaching. Then again Peart wasn't showing much before this game and Toney didn't have much of a pre-season, and ta least the 1st two games SHep looked amazing too. Shep really looked amazing.
Another dud was Golladay. One pass Diggs outran him / cut right in front of him ot catch a pass that Golladay should have had if wasn't so badly outrun. OFC was probably injury. But that one play was pathetic. Screw Diggs. Our number 1 WR can't let another corner completely outrun him like he did unless he was hurt at the time.
...I alternated between watching and listing on the radio, and both Aikman and Papa and Banks were pretty critical of him regarding the angles he takes in pass coverage.
Before yesterday's game they were ranked right next to Giants
I think the defense for a team with such a high powered offense has their numbers skewed negatively more often than not. Yes, we can all agree that the defense is their achilles heal, but with how they're playing right now, they're probably not as bad as we think.
Three of their five games have essentially been blowouts, allowing the opposing team to rack up yards/points in the late stages (much like our Giants last drive against Denver). They were up 34-14 on Philly with essentially the entire 4th quarter to play, they were up 36-14 against Carolina, again with essentially the entire 4th quarter to play, and then against us it was 27-13 entering the 4th. The Bucs were really their only true poor showing, but TB has been doing that to everyone. They played an explosive LAC offense really well.
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
I just see no reason for optimism with this defense. They are going to get torched all year. Gettleman's biggest failure has been swinging and missing on just about every effort to upgrade the pass rush. Ximines and Carter are utter garbage, and Ojulari, while flashing early at times, isn't much better. Just unfathomable how this team can focus on two positions (OL and ER) and strike out time after time after fucking time.
Dallas D was putrid last year too. New caoch drafted a couple of studs helped.
[b] "Draft talent more than you draft need. It works."
This should be our takeaway: the Giants need to start doing that.
Also, we need an "alpha" on defense and on the OL, as Carl Banks said, not just a leader (Gates and Martinez are leaders) so much as a primal leader. For when the games get really tough.
I believe he was BOTH amped up and very concerned about his O-Line that allowed several jail breaks early in the game.
Our QB just looked uncomfortable out there without Andrew Jones protecting his blind side. And he was also most likely trying too hard against an important division rival and trying to live up to his performance from last week.
I agree, and that is one of the reasons I am not high on Jones. He is not a guy that will slow his heart rate and play calm and collected. When he gets off to a bad start or has a bad play, it seems to snowball.
I just see no reason for optimism with this defense. They are going to get torched all year. Gettleman's biggest failure has been swinging and missing on just about every effort to upgrade the pass rush. Ximines and Carter are utter garbage, and Ojulari, while flashing early at times, isn't much better. Just unfathomable how this team can focus on two positions (OL and ER) and strike out time after time after fucking time.
Dallas D was putrid last year too. New caoch drafted a couple of studs helped.
Let's face facts: Dallas drafts much better than we do. Prescott was a 4th rounder; Diggs was a second rounder. They come up with TE's like Schultz and a RB like Pollard in the 4th round. Zack Martin kicked Lawrence's ass all day. They evidently have some clue as to what they are doing; we don't.
In a way, we were fooled into thinking guys like Williams, Peppers, Bradbury would be just as good or disruptive this year as last year. Turns out all three had career years last year and are not repeating them or in Bradbury's and Pepper's case coming close. We now know why the Titans let Jackson walk. Our linebackers all stink- every one of them.
Our Qb came out this week after a hot second half last week and proceeded to go 0-6 along with attracting the usual bevy of excuses, justifications and rationales despite having 4 first round picks among the 5 other skill players on offense. Oh yes, and then he thought he was Bronko Nagurski. Coming out, he was compared to Case Keenum with some of the more flattering comparisons to Tannehill. Those comparisons are looking pretty good right now. To think he is in the same league as Mahomes, Allen, Herbert, Jackson, Prescott, Rodgers, Brady is a fucking joke.
And the wunderkind head coach is now 7-14 and finding life ain't so good without the living legend standing in back of him.
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
"Insane" pressure seems a bit strong. They didn't impact or rush those overthrows. It was a messy pocket, but I can't give him a pass on the overthrows.
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
This offseason i'd like to see: Sy replace Gettleman as GM
with Sy naming his head coach of choice, and with the complete freedom to move on from Jones if he sees fit. Though I'd like to see Carl Banks as linebackers coach or DC.
Sy, indulge us here. If you were GM in this scenario, what would you do? How would you change the Giants organization?
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
Ross was slow on both throws and I said that right after the game. A guy that fast doesn't allow a DB to run stride for stride with him when he has him beat. I do think they were overthrown based on Jones underthrowing him the previous week.
Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
I think he was slow to see and track the ball. I don't think it mattered based on how far Jones overthrew it
Sy, what is the deal with McKinney? I had high hopes with kid when they drafted him. And yes, I get that he's a babe & missed pretty much all of last year...but I thought he was going to be a beast.
Hard to say, to be honest.
He isn't playing to his true speed yet. I think he is slow to recognize, can't quite forecast yet, and shows a lot of guess work with the way he moves.
Sy, what is the deal with McKinney? I had high hopes with kid when they drafted him. And yes, I get that he's a babe & missed pretty much all of last year...but I thought he was going to be a beast.
Hard to say, to be honest.
He isn't playing to his true speed yet. I think he is slow to recognize, can't quite forecast yet, and shows a lot of guess work with the way he moves.
I thought he was projected to be more of a box safety/ rover. But all I see him do is play free safety which to your point is not an easy space to master, and that can take a bit more time then going down hill.
Thought he was a solid player for the Patriots though certainly not worth the money the Giants paid to get him. 2019 he was terrible and people thought the problem with his son's health was taking its toll. This year he's had a year off, his son's health is better, but he's terrible again.
Was he just not very good to start out with or did he just decline as soon as he put on a Giants' uniform?
Solder is not a starting caliber OT anymore, plain and simple. I would rank him mid tier among the 24-25 backup "swing" tackles in the league.
What happened? Without knowing him personally, I think so much of his attention and priorities have shifted toward his son, which nobody can fault him for. the hard truth is, it likely limited his training and mental focus when it comes to football.
are you feeling that the defense's problems are definitely on the front-7 and making the secondary look worse than it is? No matter what, they need to invest in some pass rushers in the next draft.
Yes, I think the main issue on this defense revolves around the pass rush and the lack of fear they instill in opposing offenses. I do think the corners are under achieving a bit, but at least some of it stems from the pass rushers...bottom 3 in the league.
Dallas is obviously being looked at as one of the better teams in football right now. How far of do you think we are from being able to compete at that level?
I've seen almost every game from every NFC team....have seen every team at least 3x.
DAL is one of the top 3 teams in the conference, no question. A strong argument can be made they're THE team right under TB. I'm not sold on ARI yet.
RE: This offseason i'd like to see: Sy replace Gettleman as GM
with Sy naming his head coach of choice, and with the complete freedom to move on from Jones if he sees fit. Though I'd like to see Carl Banks as linebackers coach or DC.
Sy, indulge us here. If you were GM in this scenario, what would you do? How would you change the Giants organization?
I would let this season play out before making any personnel decisions. A lot can happen between now and week 18. Jones still deserves another 10-12 games to prove whether or not he can be the guy.
are you feeling that the defense's problems are definitely on the front-7 and making the secondary look worse than it is? No matter what, they need to invest in some pass rushers in the next draft.
Yes, I think the main issue on this defense revolves around the pass rush and the lack of fear they instill in opposing offenses. I do think the corners are under achieving a bit, but at least some of it stems from the pass rushers...bottom 3 in the league.
A couple things, Sy:
Regarding the cornerbacks, is there any particular reason why Graham isn’t playing to Bradberry and Jackson’s strengths? Both are at least decent at man coverage (which is why we got Jackson in the first place), so why is Graham having them play 10 yards downfield and giving the receivers time to get open?
Regarding the pass rush: the Giants seem to be getting less pressure on the quarterback than last year. And why have they changed tactics if it seemingly worked last year? Also, are there any particular edge rushers you’d like to see the Giants get during the next draft?
has been by far the biggest weakness of the front office for the past 11 years. I just don't understand how this team continues to undervalue edge rushers and sideline to sideline LB's. They passed on Chubb, Allen, and Parsons in the last 4 drafts. Maybe in the end Toney plus Chicago's pick is better than Parsons, but he is the guy I thought they should've taken once all the receivers were gone. And now it's possible that we have to watch him dominate in the division for years to come. Wonderful.
ose were the days and always remember, “You can never have enough pass rushers.” Draft talent more than you draft need. It works. The Giants drafted talent and got Toney in the 1st round even after signing Golladay and with Shep slayton Ross and others in the mix. They NEEDED a pass rusher. They have for the last 5 years. They picked up Ojalari and.....maybe he comes along. Maybe they find a complementary rusher next year. Right now they are using Carter and Ximines. I swear i will be so happy when those two roster spots open up. Those two and Beal are three of the worst picks we have not cut bait on soon enough.
I can't even look. Yesterday seeing it live was bad enough.
He's been bad for a couple of years now. A few of us have been bitching about it.
I believe he was BOTH amped up and very concerned about his O-Line that allowed several jail breaks early in the game.
Our QB just looked uncomfortable out there without Andrew Jones protecting his blind side. And he was also most likely trying too hard against an important division rival and trying to live up to his performance from last week.
Was he just not very good to start out with or did he just decline as soon as he put on a Giants' uniform?
I thought John Ross loafed a bit on those two deep balls early. Perhaps Jones was too amped up at the start to be accurate, but it looked like Ross was just not letting it fly.
Thanks again for your hard work.
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He's been bad for a couple of years now. A few of us have been bitching about it.
And he's making big money! He was the second easiest decision of the offseason and they didn't cut him
Think back to pre-season and you will remember why. He was coming off PUP IIRC and not physically ready.
Fingers crossed.
Which is my concern....these coaches were holding this team back.
Now....the injuries have made the matter mute....as they will have too many losses to make a difference.
Which is my concern....these coaches were holding this team back.
Now....the injuries have made the matter mute....as they will have too many losses to make a difference.
Maybe these two just weren’t ready earlier and needed the coached up time to get to the level they played at yesterday.
Maybe the coaches knew what they were doing, and we saw the results of that coaching and patience yesterday. Seems to me they put these guys in a good position to succeed moving forward, and if it took a few extra weeks to get there then so be it.
https://www.si.com/nfl/giants/gameday/new-york-giants-fall-to-dallas-cowboys-44-20-instant-reaction
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Eh, scratch that... apparently Judge denied that it was injury-related later on.
They were the reason Jones got crushed. Just total incompetence.
Watching other teams LB and Safeties flying to the ball holding any gains to minimal yardage seeing similar plays against the Giants produce gains, sometimes big gains , has been very frustrating.
Concerning about Lawrence. I was hoping a big leap this year from him.
I know lots of people are going to be for drafting OL but I think we need a very heavy defensive draft.
Watching other teams LB and Safeties flying to the ball holding any gains to minimal yardage seeing similar plays against the Giants produce gains, sometimes big gains , has been very frustrating.
Slow to recognize plays is not swarming to the ball. It is reading the guards or tackles and seeing the play before it develops and getting to the hole to plug it. The Giants are allowing the play to develop, allowing the oline to get to their spots before the defense and the RBs are already past the LoS before attacking the play.
I thought Ragland was doing a much better job than Crowder who is not only late, but rarely makes a solid tackle.
Agree Peart has to stay in now. The Solder ship has sailed. Get the kid some experience.
agreed.
Thought his one pass to Barkley was awful. The other two he overthrew - tough passes though and under pressure. Not going to kill him for those 2. And had a drive going and Toney dropped an easy pass for 1st down on a nice rollout then scramble a bit from DJ on 3rd down killing the drive. Not killing Toney one bit for this. He was tremendous.
With that said-- more draft picks need to go to the defense just the OL is imperative. Get some damn linebackers. And unfortunately SY is confirming the mediocrity from Lawrence.
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I will say with Judge they seemed to take the 1st game of the season lightly. Could be overcoaching. Then again Peart wasn't showing much before this game and Toney didn't have much of a pre-season, and ta least the 1st two games SHep looked amazing too. Shep really looked amazing.
Another dud was Golladay. One pass Diggs outran him / cut right in front of him ot catch a pass that Golladay should have had if wasn't so badly outrun. OFC was probably injury. But that one play was pathetic. Screw Diggs. Our number 1 WR can't let another corner completely outrun him like he did unless he was hurt at the time.
Nice write-up though, thanks!
I think the defense for a team with such a high powered offense has their numbers skewed negatively more often than not. Yes, we can all agree that the defense is their achilles heal, but with how they're playing right now, they're probably not as bad as we think.
Three of their five games have essentially been blowouts, allowing the opposing team to rack up yards/points in the late stages (much like our Giants last drive against Denver). They were up 34-14 on Philly with essentially the entire 4th quarter to play, they were up 36-14 against Carolina, again with essentially the entire 4th quarter to play, and then against us it was 27-13 entering the 4th. The Bucs were really their only true poor showing, but TB has been doing that to everyone. They played an explosive LAC offense really well.
Dallas D was putrid last year too. New caoch drafted a couple of studs helped.
and Solder was the Lft tackle.. no run game after SQ goes down. Dan was a hero.
This should be our takeaway: the Giants need to start doing that.
Also, we need an "alpha" on defense and on the OL, as Carl Banks said, not just a leader (Gates and Martinez are leaders) so much as a primal leader. For when the games get really tough.
I believe he was BOTH amped up and very concerned about his O-Line that allowed several jail breaks early in the game.
Our QB just looked uncomfortable out there without Andrew Jones protecting his blind side. And he was also most likely trying too hard against an important division rival and trying to live up to his performance from last week.
I agree, and that is one of the reasons I am not high on Jones. He is not a guy that will slow his heart rate and play calm and collected. When he gets off to a bad start or has a bad play, it seems to snowball.
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I just see no reason for optimism with this defense. They are going to get torched all year. Gettleman's biggest failure has been swinging and missing on just about every effort to upgrade the pass rush. Ximines and Carter are utter garbage, and Ojulari, while flashing early at times, isn't much better. Just unfathomable how this team can focus on two positions (OL and ER) and strike out time after time after fucking time.
Dallas D was putrid last year too. New caoch drafted a couple of studs helped.
In a way, we were fooled into thinking guys like Williams, Peppers, Bradbury would be just as good or disruptive this year as last year. Turns out all three had career years last year and are not repeating them or in Bradbury's and Pepper's case coming close. We now know why the Titans let Jackson walk. Our linebackers all stink- every one of them.
Our Qb came out this week after a hot second half last week and proceeded to go 0-6 along with attracting the usual bevy of excuses, justifications and rationales despite having 4 first round picks among the 5 other skill players on offense. Oh yes, and then he thought he was Bronko Nagurski. Coming out, he was compared to Case Keenum with some of the more flattering comparisons to Tannehill. Those comparisons are looking pretty good right now. To think he is in the same league as Mahomes, Allen, Herbert, Jackson, Prescott, Rodgers, Brady is a fucking joke.
And the wunderkind head coach is now 7-14 and finding life ain't so good without the living legend standing in back of him.
"Insane" pressure seems a bit strong. They didn't impact or rush those overthrows. It was a messy pocket, but I can't give him a pass on the overthrows.
Maybe I'm just right.
Sy, indulge us here. If you were GM in this scenario, what would you do? How would you change the Giants organization?
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Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
The context of who we played.
Can we agree that mattered now?
The context of who we played.
Can we agree that mattered now?
It was always fake. The games that mattered most were the games they got slapped in. 1-4 to finish the season.
Any chance they had to make the playoffs went up in smoke there. They had control of their playoff situation and coughed it up.
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Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
Ross was slow on both throws and I said that right after the game. A guy that fast doesn't allow a DB to run stride for stride with him when he has him beat. I do think they were overthrown based on Jones underthrowing him the previous week.
No, it's really not that hard. If you're a Giants fan, you can hate him pretty easily.
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Good write up but really? No mention of the insane amount of pressure on jones? They rushed 4 all game did nothing special and we could not block it up. On his prayer to Toney he got absolutely destroyed. I mean it’s almost as if Go terps wrote that section on jones.
Maybe I'm just right.
On the second overthrow to Ross it seemed like he slowed down a bit midway through the route. Looked to me like maybe he had trouble tracking the ball. Also could be chalked up to the limited reps those two have had together. I’m curious if you saw that or disagree?
I think he was slow to see and track the ball. I don't think it mattered based on how far Jones overthrew it
Hard to say, to be honest.
He isn't playing to his true speed yet. I think he is slow to recognize, can't quite forecast yet, and shows a lot of guess work with the way he moves.
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Sy, what is the deal with McKinney? I had high hopes with kid when they drafted him. And yes, I get that he's a babe & missed pretty much all of last year...but I thought he was going to be a beast.
Hard to say, to be honest.
He isn't playing to his true speed yet. I think he is slow to recognize, can't quite forecast yet, and shows a lot of guess work with the way he moves.
I thought he was projected to be more of a box safety/ rover. But all I see him do is play free safety which to your point is not an easy space to master, and that can take a bit more time then going down hill.
Was he just not very good to start out with or did he just decline as soon as he put on a Giants' uniform?
Solder is not a starting caliber OT anymore, plain and simple. I would rank him mid tier among the 24-25 backup "swing" tackles in the league.
What happened? Without knowing him personally, I think so much of his attention and priorities have shifted toward his son, which nobody can fault him for. the hard truth is, it likely limited his training and mental focus when it comes to football.
Yes, I think the main issue on this defense revolves around the pass rush and the lack of fear they instill in opposing offenses. I do think the corners are under achieving a bit, but at least some of it stems from the pass rushers...bottom 3 in the league.
I've seen almost every game from every NFC team....have seen every team at least 3x.
DAL is one of the top 3 teams in the conference, no question. A strong argument can be made they're THE team right under TB. I'm not sold on ARI yet.
Sy, indulge us here. If you were GM in this scenario, what would you do? How would you change the Giants organization?
I would let this season play out before making any personnel decisions. A lot can happen between now and week 18. Jones still deserves another 10-12 games to prove whether or not he can be the guy.
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are you feeling that the defense's problems are definitely on the front-7 and making the secondary look worse than it is? No matter what, they need to invest in some pass rushers in the next draft.
Yes, I think the main issue on this defense revolves around the pass rush and the lack of fear they instill in opposing offenses. I do think the corners are under achieving a bit, but at least some of it stems from the pass rushers...bottom 3 in the league.
A couple things, Sy:
Regarding the cornerbacks, is there any particular reason why Graham isn’t playing to Bradberry and Jackson’s strengths? Both are at least decent at man coverage (which is why we got Jackson in the first place), so why is Graham having them play 10 yards downfield and giving the receivers time to get open?
Regarding the pass rush: the Giants seem to be getting less pressure on the quarterback than last year. And why have they changed tactics if it seemingly worked last year? Also, are there any particular edge rushers you’d like to see the Giants get during the next draft?