Detroit and the nine-man box

Dallas is more talented on defense than the lions. They don't need to sell out to stop Barkley. Their fron is a handful. That said. Aaron Jones tore them up.

Darius Slayon? Lawrence Cager? Giants need to run the ball somehow and shorten the game. That's what they do best. Keep the Cowboy offense off the field. Win the special teams match up. Need a huge game from Saquon and few plays from Daniel Jones. If Daniel Jones is throwing the ball more than 25 times, we're cooked.

for a touchdown! Jones to Barkely, back to Jones who hits Golladay for 75 yard strike!

its spread them out and hit them with the RPO, make Parsons and Lawrence think a little bit and it slows them down on their pass rush just enough..

It also creates lanes for Barkley to hit because those DEs have to pause just a secons to make sure Jones doesnt have it

maybe not as much as Detroit, but this is the recipe to stop the Giants. Expect teams to do the "reverse Mahomes" and dare Jones to beat them.

I miss the days of starting out the game with an I-Formation playaction bomb from eli to burress. one vs the falcons always comes into my mind.

hearing about Barkley lining up as a WR, and him being more involved in the passing game. Need to start seeing that. Maybe try to get him and Breida on the field and get him in out on some match up routes. Kafka needs to be creative if we are going to win this one.

however the run/pass ratio breaks. Giants are at a disadvantage being on both short rest and having to travel.

You get into the second half of these games fatigue sets it.

The keys are play count and TOP.

I would love seeing a nice 10 plus drive to start the game and then a Dallas three and out.

In comment 15918853 LTIsTheGreatest said:

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for a touchdown! Jones to Barkely, back to Jones who hits Golladay for 75 yard strike!

This +10. Do a flea flicker every single play to Golloday like playing Bo Jackson in Techno Super Bowl in 1989. They won’t be able to stop it.

in the time it takes Golladay to run 75 yards

actually be able to run 75 yards without hurting himself what are the odds he actually catches the ball?

Only if they need to. I think they’ll see how their front 7 can handle the run game first.

Where they need to use the pass to set up the run.

That said, none of it will matter if they don't hold up on their blocks. It doesn't matter if the Cowboys rush 3, the blocking up front, which was as much of a failure of an OL in a single game I've seen as there was at any point during the Judge or Shurmur eras. It was disturbingly bad. I think it's a case of guys not being 100% and also the fact that Lemieux and/or Gates may not quite be back.

And I will say this re: Lemieux...prior to his injury, he was not a good pass pro guy. They miss Bredeson, and he's not a world-beater.

I think Lemieux and Ezeudu need to be coached up, hopefully they can show they can be part of the future before the end of the season. Would like the Giants not have to feel like drafting interior OL early is an imperative, although it still might not be a bad idea.

You said stuffing box.

But its real dangerous against Dallas with their pass rush. We don't have a lot of good choices in this matchuo. I think just hoping Barkley makes plays is the only thing that has a chance

...would like to see a snapshot of that.

Who? Butter fingers Slayton, Gip Galloday, Fumbelina, Wrong route Hodge? Casper the non blocking ghost TE? Which even if they wanted will they have any time with the paper thin OL?JHC Prayers for Dan .

In comment 15918853 LTIsTheGreatest said:

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for a touchdown! Jones to Barkely, back to Jones who hits Golladay for 75 yard strike!

DJ would check down to the TE.

In comment 15918853 LTIsTheGreatest said:

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for a touchdown! Jones to Barkely, back to Jones who hits Golladay for 75 yard strike!

Ha! I visualized nearly the same thing except to Slayton.