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| John Schmeelk chats with Leonard Williams, Dexter Lawrence, Justin Ellis, Azeez Ojulari, Oshane Ximines, and Jihad Ward about how they are adjusting to the Giants new defensive scheme. 00:00 Start 00:38 Leonard Williams 08:20 Dexter Lawrence 15:02 Justin Ellis 17:33 Azeez Ojulari 25:07 Oshane Ximines 27:04 Jihad Ward |
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for breaking down the video!
It was already broken down. I just copied and pasted it.
OK, now I'm not as impressed. You should have played along.
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In comment 15738842 Eric from BBI said:
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for breaking down the video!
It was already broken down. I just copied and pasted it.
OK, now I'm not as impressed. You should have played along.
I couldn't take credit for someone else's work. That would be unethical.
Interesting. I'll have to listen now.
The depth chart will be virtually meaningless.
The depth chart will be virtually meaningless.
It's glorious. I can't wait to see these guys in the preseason. Granted it will be vanilla, but I'm excited. Fully expect Schoen go nab a FA corner or two when cuts hit.
Jihad Ward, is an interesting listen as with his other interviews I have heard. He seems to be a very focused person and helping the other guys to get to where they need to be. Not really interested in rookie hazing, he wants to win games, thats the focus and goal.
Training camp will be fun to see how things play out
I think the difference is that Ward sees his role as more of a mentor, less as a player. He seems intent on getting his teammates up to speed, making sure they're studying their playbooks, and so forth. I was kind of indifferent when the Giants signed him. Meh...another unexceptional player, but he came cheap. In retrospect, I figure Wink pushed to get him signed, and to me it's easy to see why.
The depth chart will be virtually meaningless.
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from this interview?
The depth chart will be virtually meaningless.
In today's NFL, the coaches must understand their players talents and their oppositions strengths / weaknesses from WEEK to WEEK and therefore rotate guys and move guys accordingly to create mis-matches IF possible. That is how I see it.
Hmm; Judge said he'd be doing that and didn't.
You can't have going pains when your DOA. The Betcher hire may have not have been the only reason Schumur failed but that guy was a huge part of it.
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Kareem Martin and, subsequently, Antoine Bethea and Markus Golden were supposed to ease the defense’s growing pains too.
You can't have going pains when your DOA. The Betcher hire may have not have been the only reason Schumur failed but that guy was a huge part of it.
What were we looking for in Bettcher?
The depth chart will be virtually meaningless.
Will it though?
There's still going to be a hierarchy within each defensive unit. Individual roles and responsibilities may change from play to play depending on variables such as field position, down and distance, or offensive personnel, but I still think you have to differentiate between a starter - a player who gets the majority of snaps - and a depth (or role) player, who plays situationally, be it as a run-stuffer, pass-rusher, or additional DB.
So, ten of the putative starters on defense are legitimately key players. Eric is right, though, that the depth chart can mislead us in other ways. For one, Justin Ellis is a “starter”, but nobody will mistake his importance for that of say, Leonard Williams. Tae Crowder is running with the 1s as well, and many fans can’t to see his name on a waiver list.
Closer to Eric’s point, the fluidity of roles in Martindale’s defense muddies the relationship between starters and backups. Ward is the best example. Nominally, he may back up Thibodeaux on the strong side; but he’s going to play more than the backup label suggests, and many of those reps will be alongside KT, not in place of him.
Going to be some good highs and some bad lows.
So, ten of the putative starters on defense are legitimately key players. Eric is right, though, that the depth chart can mislead us in other ways. For one, Justin Ellis is a “starter”, but nobody will mistake his importance for that of say, Leonard Williams. Tae Crowder is running with the 1s as well, and many fans can’t to see his name on a waiver list.
Closer to Eric’s point, the fluidity of roles in Martindale’s defense muddies the relationship between starters and backups. Ward is the best example. Nominally, he may back up Thibodeaux on the strong side; but he’s going to play more than the backup label suggests, and many of those reps will be alongside KT, not in place of him.
I'm skeptical of the fluidity of roles; Graham's defense was an "amoeba", supposed to be changing shape and alignment based on matchups, but they couldn't build depth and kept shoving players into roles they weren't built for.