A question for the experts

[onfieldrush8141]

Now i have never played league football before and dont know if what im going to suggest is as easy as it is on the field. The giants are coming to town this week and they obviously have a terrific runnning game and o line, their qb is solid but can easily be flustered and he doesnt have a legit threat to throw to (maybe smith). Now we have a great cover corner in newman and a couple solid cover corners in scandrick and jenkins our safeties are solid in my opinion as well. Wouldnt it be the easiest way to just stack the box therefore stop the run, play man to man 90% of the time and make eli throw it 40 times a game and try and make his arm and there young wr's beat us man to man? I dont know if its as easy as that im sure there's certain offensive formations that would prevent us from doing that but since the giants are coming to town i was curious, yes a stupid question im sure to some but i thought id ask. If thats not such a good idea i was also wondering what the best way to stop the giants offense is.

 

[Hostile]

I suspect most teams will do exactly that against the Giants. The same as they used to do against us in the Quincy days. The difference is Eli can make you pay for it.

 

[THUMPER]

Now i have never played league football before and dont know if what im going to suggest is as easy as it is on the field. The giants are coming to town this week and they obviously have a terrific runnning game and o line, their qb is solid but can easily be flustered and he doesnt have a legit threat to throw to (maybe smith). Now we have a great cover corner in newman and a couple solid cover corners in scandrick and jenkins our safeties are solid in my opinion as well. Wouldnt it be the easiest way to just stack the box therefore stop the run, play man to man 90% of the time and make eli throw it 40 times a game and try and make his arm and there young wr's beat us man to man? I dont know if its as easy as that im sure there's certain offensive formations that would prevent us from doing that but since the giants are coming to town i was curious, yes a stupid question im sure to some but i thought id ask. If thats not such a good idea i was also wondering what the best way to stop the giants offense is.

It's not a stupid question.

We will focus on stopping the run because that's the strength of the Giants' offense, but don't underestimate their receivers. Kevin Boss is a good receiving TE and their young guys can make plays.

We have LOTS of film on the Giants and know who they have and what they like to do so Wade will have the defense a lot better prepared than he did for the Bucs. You can expect to see him open up the defensive playbook and throw everything we have at them in terms of coverages, blitzes, stunts, etc.

IMO, the best way to stop a running team is to jump out to a big lead, make them play catchup and get them away from their gameplan. Our offense will have to score early and often and keep the pressure on them. Once we have a significant lead we can work on ball-control and keep their offense off the field as much as possible, again forcing them to throw more.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I suspect most teams will do exactly that against the Giants. The same as they used to do against us in the Quincy days. The difference is Eli can make you pay for it.

It helps that Hixon is injured. I think Sensabaugh should be able to cover Boss enough to limit his production and if you can bracket Steve Smith and play man with the other guys, I think the Cowboys can shutdown their passing game.

The real question is, can they play better against the run than they did last week.

 

[Hostile]

It helps that Hixon is injured. I think Sensabaugh should be able to cover Boss enough to limit his production and if you can bracket Steve Smith and play man with the other guys, I think the Cowboys can shutdown their passing game.

The real question is, can they play better against the run than they did last week.

If the OP had wanted yet another thread about that subject he would have included it in his post. There are 12 other threads where you can harp on that. Go find one.

 

[CATCH17]

You don't want to be in man coverage 90% of the time.

If your pass rush doesn't get there than eventually someone will get open and it doesn't matter how average the WR's are or how great the DB's are.

But yes we should be able to play a lot of man coverages vs this team.

 

[burmafrd]

Its better to cover the receivers hard for several seconds then play off of them by 5-10 yds. We will get pressure on the QB. Honestly I would play man on man with the CBs we have. Put Newman on Smith and Scandrick and Jenkins on the other WRs and Sensebaugh on Boss. I think ware and the other guys will get to sheli in 3-5 seconds and our guys can cover them for that long. Plus tight coverage allows the CBs to actually play the ball if shelie is under pressure he will be less accurate then usual.

 

[YosemiteSam]

If the OP had wanted yet another thread about that subject he would have included it in his post. There are 12 other threads where you can harp on that. Go find one.

Who pee'ed in your coffee.

 

[Hostile]

Who pee'ed in your coffee.

Dunno, but since I don't drink coffee the joke is on them.

 

[TD-33]

Watch Eli you will see he tends to drop back deep which puts in right into Ware's typical path. Look for Ware & Co. to have a nice day. Eli, maybe no.

 

[skinsscalper]

It helps that Hixon is injured. I think Sensabaugh should be able to cover Boss enough to limit his production and if you can bracket Steve Smith and play man with the other guys, I think the Cowboys can shutdown their passing game.

The real question is, can they play better against the run than they did last week.

I think the scary thing about the Giants passing attack is that Manningham may actually end up being the guy they thought he was when they drafted him. He didn't light the world on fire Sunday, but you could tell the light was starting to come on a little bit. Many times these young WRs become who they are out of necessity. Crayton is a good example. Manningham may have just needed to the couple of years to "get it" and now he has an opportunity to produce because he has to be on the field.

With that being said, I don't think the Cowboys are afraid of the Giants passing attack. I will say that it wouldn't surprise me a bit if Manningham ends up being the best of that WR bunch when the year is all said and done.

 

[Chuck 54]

We don't have to stack the line of scrimmage to control the running game. We may put 8 men in the box on short yardage, but the idea is to fill the gaps and use run-blitzes to slow the running game down and get to Jacobs before he gets a full head of steam.

Run-blitzes not only throw off the blocking and make some nice plays in the running game, they also lead to offensive penalties, like holding.

It would be great to totally shut down the Giants' running game and win the game 27-3, but the Giants are an extremely good team...they can block and run, and Eli is a good QB who is very accurate when given time. You can't shut down the running game totally without giving up some big plays in the passing game.

Most likely the Giants are going to run the ball fairly well against us...they are a very good running team. Our job is to guess correctly and slow the running game down enough that we know when they're going to pass. Beating the Giants isn't about dominating and sending them on 3 and outs all game long. It's about making them work for every yard, every first down, and when you get them to 3rd and long, make them punt.

That and our offense has to keep Tony Romo in one piece and avoid turnovers.

This will be a very difficult game, a game we are not expected to win, and a game where we won't be favored by many of the media picks. I'll be thrilled with any type of win, low or high scoring, beautiful or ugly.

The most important thing is to come out of this game healthy and with confidence, having played well, because we have a sweet stretch of games coming up that we need to win to set ourselves up for a very difficult December stretch.

 

[TD-33]

I think the scary thing about the Giants passing attack is that Manningham may actually end up being the guy they thought he was when they drafted him. He didn't light the world on fire Sunday, but you could tell the light was starting to come on a little bit. Many times these young WRs become who they are out of necessity. Crayton is a good example. Manningham may have just needed to the couple of years to "get it" and now he has an opportunity to produce because he has to be on the field.

With that being said, I don't think the Cowboys are afraid of the Giants passing attack. I will say that it wouldn't surprise me a bit if Manningham ends up being the best of that WR bunch when the year is all said and done.

Anyone who has watched him his years at Michigan knows he has been a huge part of their success while he was there. He was "the" go-to guy. Steve Breaston @ the cardinals, as good as he's been was over shadowed by Manningham so I definitely never bought into the 'giants have no receivers' bit.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I think the scary thing about the Giants passing attack is that Manningham may actually end up being the guy they thought he was when they drafted him. He didn't light the world on fire Sunday, but you could tell the light was starting to come on a little bit. Many times these young WRs become who they are out of necessity. Crayton is a good example. Manningham may have just needed to the couple of years to "get it" and now he has an opportunity to produce because he has to be on the field.

With that being said, I don't think the Cowboys are afraid of the Giants passing attack. I will say that it wouldn't surprise me a bit if Manningham ends up being the best of that WR bunch when the year is all said and done.

I didn't like Manningham when he was drafted. He was stiff as a board. I did notice he did look as if he has a little more agility these days, but I still don't think he will ever be a game breaker.