Chocolate Lab
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Scattershooting before reading too many posts from others on the game...
-- Hey, a win is a win, especially against a division opponent. Whether the score is 7-6 or 51-50, it goes down as a W. We've all seen the stats on how poor our opening days have gone the last decade or so, so I'll take 1-0 no matter what the score is.
-- Yes, the D was terrible. But guys, it's missing three of our five best players. No one side of the ball on any team in the NFL is going to be the same when it loses so many of its best players. The good news is that a couple of those guys will be back at some point.
-- The Fergy injury is so huge. Just gargantuan. I can't believe that not only are we getting hurt, but the injuries are happening to our best players where our depth is shaky. At NT the depth is non-existent. All props to Ratliff for a game effort, but our run D is going to suffer from here out.
-- Can't believe the failing grades I've seen for Jacques Reeves. He did great for his first real extended effort! I don't think people understand how different this pass defense is now. In the past with two safeties deep, the corners had help. Now with our repeated blitzing, there are fewer people in the secondary to cover. And the Giants repeatedly spread us out with two WRs on their left and Burress on their right, with Reeves of course on Plaxico. Yes, there's a safety deep, but he can't get over in time to help on most passes. That means Reeves was covering a dangerous WR in pretty much single coverage play after play, and he held his own. Do people not realize how hard a job that is? Any corner would look bad in that situation. The large cushion on the TD was a mistake, but that can be fixed. Reeves' technique looked good and he played the ball well. If you want to blame people, blame our rush for not getting better pressure, because that's what this defense is built around.
-- The really worrisome players on pass coverage were Roy and Henry. Is Henry just *that* slow? When he was helplessly chasing Burress, who isn't fast by NFL WR standards, he looked like the gimpy, injured player we saw last year. He was never fast, but my gosh. And I don't know what's happened to Roy. People are saying, "See, I told you he sucked!!!", but the problem with that is that he didn't always play this poorly. I almost wonder if he's lost some enthusiasm of his for the game.
-- Loved the emphasis on Witten. Wade wasn't kidding when he said he'd repeatedly emphasize getting the ball to his best players. And Witten was usually pretty open, which indicates good play design. Garrett just worked the Kiwanuka matchup over and over, and it was a beautiful thing.
-- Demarcus Ware, you disappointed me. Don't make me change my sig.
-- But that said, the Giants were using tons of short drops and quick throws because they knew we were coming after Eli. So it was going to be tough to get to him in most cases. This is a big change for our DBs, and they're going to have to adjust to the ball coming out of the QB's hands quicker.
-- I may puke if I see that Peyton Manning/Sprint commercial many more times. Don't mess with The Shining for a cell phone ad, people. Just don't do it.
-- Bobby Carpenter, are you ever going to contribute? What's the problem? Ayodele and James are nothing special and you still can't get on the field? Ugh. And I even liked you in college and liked the pick. But you need to do something pretty quickly.
-- Props to our O-line for excellent pass blocking. Romo had all day to look around and find open receivers, and we were spared shots of Strahan's goofy mug gloating. Thank Gawd for that.
-- Julius, you looked like total crap. Fortunately, it looks like we aren't afraid of being a pass-first team so we don't have to depend on you too much. But I do think we should run more stretch plays and pitchouts to you instead of trying to go up the gut with you. I think this is an area where Garrett will learn and improve.
-- Again, it was a win! We're a game ahead of the Bears and the Eagles, aren't we? And our offense looked great! I'll take it. It's always a good sign when you don't play your best and you still win.
-- Hey, a win is a win, especially against a division opponent. Whether the score is 7-6 or 51-50, it goes down as a W. We've all seen the stats on how poor our opening days have gone the last decade or so, so I'll take 1-0 no matter what the score is.
-- Yes, the D was terrible. But guys, it's missing three of our five best players. No one side of the ball on any team in the NFL is going to be the same when it loses so many of its best players. The good news is that a couple of those guys will be back at some point.
-- The Fergy injury is so huge. Just gargantuan. I can't believe that not only are we getting hurt, but the injuries are happening to our best players where our depth is shaky. At NT the depth is non-existent. All props to Ratliff for a game effort, but our run D is going to suffer from here out.
-- Can't believe the failing grades I've seen for Jacques Reeves. He did great for his first real extended effort! I don't think people understand how different this pass defense is now. In the past with two safeties deep, the corners had help. Now with our repeated blitzing, there are fewer people in the secondary to cover. And the Giants repeatedly spread us out with two WRs on their left and Burress on their right, with Reeves of course on Plaxico. Yes, there's a safety deep, but he can't get over in time to help on most passes. That means Reeves was covering a dangerous WR in pretty much single coverage play after play, and he held his own. Do people not realize how hard a job that is? Any corner would look bad in that situation. The large cushion on the TD was a mistake, but that can be fixed. Reeves' technique looked good and he played the ball well. If you want to blame people, blame our rush for not getting better pressure, because that's what this defense is built around.
-- The really worrisome players on pass coverage were Roy and Henry. Is Henry just *that* slow? When he was helplessly chasing Burress, who isn't fast by NFL WR standards, he looked like the gimpy, injured player we saw last year. He was never fast, but my gosh. And I don't know what's happened to Roy. People are saying, "See, I told you he sucked!!!", but the problem with that is that he didn't always play this poorly. I almost wonder if he's lost some enthusiasm of his for the game.
-- Loved the emphasis on Witten. Wade wasn't kidding when he said he'd repeatedly emphasize getting the ball to his best players. And Witten was usually pretty open, which indicates good play design. Garrett just worked the Kiwanuka matchup over and over, and it was a beautiful thing.
-- Demarcus Ware, you disappointed me. Don't make me change my sig.
-- But that said, the Giants were using tons of short drops and quick throws because they knew we were coming after Eli. So it was going to be tough to get to him in most cases. This is a big change for our DBs, and they're going to have to adjust to the ball coming out of the QB's hands quicker.
-- I may puke if I see that Peyton Manning/Sprint commercial many more times. Don't mess with The Shining for a cell phone ad, people. Just don't do it.
-- Bobby Carpenter, are you ever going to contribute? What's the problem? Ayodele and James are nothing special and you still can't get on the field? Ugh. And I even liked you in college and liked the pick. But you need to do something pretty quickly.
-- Props to our O-line for excellent pass blocking. Romo had all day to look around and find open receivers, and we were spared shots of Strahan's goofy mug gloating. Thank Gawd for that.
-- Julius, you looked like total crap. Fortunately, it looks like we aren't afraid of being a pass-first team so we don't have to depend on you too much. But I do think we should run more stretch plays and pitchouts to you instead of trying to go up the gut with you. I think this is an area where Garrett will learn and improve.
-- Again, it was a win! We're a game ahead of the Bears and the Eagles, aren't we? And our offense looked great! I'll take it. It's always a good sign when you don't play your best and you still win.
