CFZ Revisiting The First Giants Drive

[Iago33]

The Cowboys got ripped off. They had more than 7.

It looks like they counted some as runs, even losses.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

I'm convinced that if the FG doesn't get blocked the Giants win that game.

 

[KJJ]

Another interesting thing is that Saquan only got 53 yards total. Jones got over 40 scrambling, so that is driving a lot of that talk. Yes we need to contain QBs better but clearly it was not a major factor

He only had 12 carries, but he did average 4.3. They got way behind and had to abandon the run. Our run defense is still a concern until proven otherwise.

 

[Blast From The Past]

I don't get it honestly. Every great defense ever has allowed drives. The greatest run defense of all time has allowed people to rush on them on occasions... it's not some magical thing that is never going to happen if we have a legit defense. We adjusted and ended up pulverizing them. That shouldn't be a knock against our D. You would think it would be the opposite way actually.

Note: We still might have issues defending the run and maybe time will tell, I'm just saying this game and that one drive weren't a huge indicator of either line of thinking.

This defense looked like the 85 Bears last Sunday. A jailbreak on every play almost.

 

[Big_D]

This defense looked like the 85 Bears last Sunday. A jailbreak on every play almost.

There’s going to be another jailbreak today. Jets Oline should be overmatched. It’s not a very good group.

 

[Flamma]

A lot of people are citing that the Cowboys run D problems are still around by referencing that first Giants drive. I went back and watched again today and noticed the following:

1. There wasn’t a 1T on the field until they got in our redzone. It was Gholston and Osa pretty much the whole way until they got to the redzone. In fact, the first play with Hankins in there was a rush for 0 yards for Barkley.

2. Jones had more success than Saquan. I don’t even think Saquan rushed for 20 yds that first drive. He had one 9-yarder, and two 5-yarders. It was really Jones scrambling that hurt us. I think he scrambled over 30 yards.

3. The unnecessary roughness penalty on Jayron Kearse made it seem artificially worse. The defense actually played pretty well

Bonus: The more I watch that game the more I’m amazed we didn’t get 10 sacks. So many times we were right in Jones face or we tackled him and he fell forward over the LOS. Also Gholston had a sack called back due to a downfield penalty. This defense is insane.

I watched several Giants fans talk shows after the game. They all mentioned that first drive. That the writing was on the wall. Even though it was a successful drive until the disaster, Jones was still running for his life.