Rust, Pride, Toilet Paper, and Buzzsaws

[Hawkeye19]

Last night was a display of the current state of the team. Why did we lose? Here is a quick breakdown:

Rust: These were the first snaps for the starters in meaningful football in months, and it showed. They were sluggish and hesitant at points, and the decision making was erratic. This will improve over time IMO.

Pride: They ate the cheese and assumed all was fixed and that they were ready to feast on a weak opponent based on years of dominance. They assumed wrong.

Toilet Paper: They were as soft as wet TP out there. They were out hustled and the Giants simply took their lunch money. Lots of work in this dept. Not sure if Schotty has the skillset to fix this.

Buzzsaws: The Giants viewed this game as their collective “statement” game. National TV. 25th anniversary of 9/11 for NYC— new coach, ecstatic fans, and a hated rival. They wanted to prove that they should be taken seriously and accomplished that. We walked right into their buzzsaw in week one— I think it will be a different result when we see them again.

Flush week one down the drain, get back to work, and just win week 2

 

[Bobhaze]

Good post.

It’s a very long season. Every single team we play will be tough.

The fans here must understand you don’t fix an historically bad defense in one draft and a training camp. Christian Parker is a 34 year old rookie who is learning.

This was never going to be an instant fix.

 

[jazzcat22]

So we may not lose CP next year as a HC somewhere then.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Last night was a display of the current state of the team. Why did we lose? Here is a quick breakdown:

Rust: These were the first snaps for the starters in meaningful football in months, and it showed. They were sluggish and hesitant at points, and the decision making was erratic. This will improve over time IMO.

Pride: They ate the cheese and assumed all was fixed and that they were ready to feast on a weak opponent based on years of dominance. They assumed wrong.

Toilet Paper: They were as soft as wet TP out there. They were out hustled and the Giants simply took their lunch money. Lots of work in this dept. Not sure if Schotty has the skillset to fix this.

Buzzsaws: The Giants viewed this game as their collective “statement” game. National TV. 25th anniversary of 9/11 for NYC— new coach, ecstatic fans, and a hated rival. They wanted to prove that they should be taken seriously and accomplished that. We walked right into their buzzsaw in week one— I think it will be a different result when we see them again.

Flush week one down the drain, get back to work, and just win week 2

Rust - It's how the NFL operates these days. Most NFL teams do not play starters in the preseason any more and do just fine in week 1
Pride - This is a culture that Jerry has created and I don't know if any coach can fix it.
Toilet Paper - I did not think it would be possible to play worse than the historically bad defense from last year, but they pulled it off.
Buzzsaws - This is the NFL, good teams overcome all the hype.

 

[shabazz]

Rust: coach Jerry continues to see the ghost of Romos collarbone in preseason so rust is a constant every season

Pride: if the players thought all was fixed they must have read it here in the CZ. Zero evidence otherwise

Toilet Paper: Harbaugh had his players at full tumescence.

Buzzsaw: Copium and excuses ad infinitum

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Last night was a display of the current state of the team. Why did we lose? Here is a quick breakdown:

Rust: These were the first snaps for the starters in meaningful football in months, and it showed. They were sluggish and hesitant at points, and the decision making was erratic. This will improve over time IMO.

Pride: They ate the cheese and assumed all was fixed and that they were ready to feast on a weak opponent based on years of dominance. They assumed wrong.

Toilet Paper: They were as soft as wet TP out there. They were out hustled and the Giants simply took their lunch money. Lots of work in this dept. Not sure if Schotty has the skillset to fix this.

Buzzsaws: The Giants viewed this game as their collective “statement” game. National TV. 25th anniversary of 9/11 for NYC— new coach, ecstatic fans, and a hated rival. They wanted to prove that they should be taken seriously and accomplished that. We walked right into their buzzsaw in week one— I think it will be a different result when we see them again.

Flush week one down the drain, get back to work, and just win week 2

Good post

 

[JayFord]

The Rams looked worse than we did……

I assure you they’ll get better….

I asssure you Dallas will get better as well……

But i assure you this…..they play another defensive game like they played last night i’ll stick to watching the ravens since thats the local team i DONT hate

 

[Kumbaya]

Last night was a display of the current state of the team. Why did we lose? Here is a quick breakdown:

Rust: These were the first snaps for the starters in meaningful football in months, and it showed. They were sluggish and hesitant at points, and the decision making was erratic. This will improve over time IMO.

Pride: They ate the cheese and assumed all was fixed and that they were ready to feast on a weak opponent based on years of dominance. They assumed wrong.

Toilet Paper: They were as soft as wet TP out there. They were out hustled and the Giants simply took their lunch money. Lots of work in this dept. Not sure if Schotty has the skillset to fix this.

Buzzsaws: The Giants viewed this game as their collective “statement” game. National TV. 25th anniversary of 9/11 for NYC— new coach, ecstatic fans, and a hated rival. They wanted to prove that they should be taken seriously and accomplished that. We walked right into their buzzsaw in week one— I think it will be a different result when we see them again.

Flush week one down the drain, get back to work, and just win week 2

Hawkeye 19,
I really liked reading your perspective. You are a voice of reason amidst all the chaos I was reading last night after the game. I couldn’t even comment then because I didn’t feel anyone wanted to talk “reasonably”much like you did here. Well done! It is way too early to draw conclusions etched in stone after this one game. I’m pretty sure your coaches and players will regroup, look at the tape, and learn from the mistakes made.

By the way, I think your OL did a great job giving Dak protection pretty much the whole game. Sure, there were a few plays he got flushed out on Giant blitzes, but honesrly, I expected my boys to have better results….ie, more sacks, more turnovers.

Lastly, I do hope you are wrong on one point you made…”I think it will be a different result the next time we meet.” I hope your words and thoughts don’t materialize. What would you expect me to say, right?

Keep the faith (By the way, I love Dak)
K

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Rust - It's how the NFL operates these days. Most NFL teams do not play starters in the preseason any more and do just fine in week 1

I don't think that is true.