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http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4687803/giants-offensive-line-remains-banged-up
LT David Diehl (the starting LG for the first 10 games of the season)
LG Mitch Petrus (first career start)
C Kevin Boothe (reserve lineman who'd played LG the week before)
RG Chris Snee
RT Kareem McKenzie
Above is an ESPN article about the Giants' OL and the expected starters Sun nite. Bass is out with HAs and is undergoing tests to determine the cause. He's their starting C. Their LT Beatty is out due to eye surgery a couple of weeks ago. Snee is battling injuries. McKenzie is not full strength either. Diehl is out of position as is Boothe. The entire left side of their OL is messed up.
Not sure how that will play out Sunday night. Other teams players including their subs often have career days when they play Dallas. But I expect Diehl to have trouble with Ware. I would bet they have to put a TE over there most of the time. The trouble with that is Ware will just change sides or come up the middle some.
Spencer, Rat, and the DEs will need to stop the run. If the Giants get a lead and are able to run the ball they will play action us to death. And Eli is good there no matter how bad he looks doing it. I think we can stop their run game.
If they can get pressure on Eli they will force some TOs IMO. Eli does get rattled and is gun shy. He's also prone to put the ball on the ground. I expect at least one FF this game from Eli.
The occasional confusion in the secondary must be minimized this game for sure. They will also need to work on those soft zones in the middle of the field and the problems with flat passes or it may be a long day. I expect they will blitz Eli at first and see how that works. If Eli beats it early on then again I expect a long day/close game.
I also expect the Giants to be liberal blitzing us. We must win some of those battles. As always having a running game and being able to do some play action is helpful. I do think the Giants will be soft in the middle as well and I expect Witten to have a very big day against their LBs. In fact NY may overplay Witten at first.
I have no idea what to expect from the Giants secondary with the return of Austin. Miles, Dez and Robinson haven't been on the same field together much. I believe the Giants will rotate double coverage on Miles and Dez in hopes of guessing right more often than not. I don't know the Giants well enough to know if they will deploy some special packages with five or more DBs in an effort to slow our WRs down. OTOH, we have the same problem covering them.
I expect a very physical game and I wouldn't be surprised it escalates some at times. Either team could blow the other out but the best chance is for another nail biter for the Cowboys.
The Cowboys must do better in the RZ to win this game along with coming out on the positive side for TOs.
Hope I will be able to sleep well Sunday night.
LT David Diehl (the starting LG for the first 10 games of the season)
LG Mitch Petrus (first career start)
C Kevin Boothe (reserve lineman who'd played LG the week before)
RG Chris Snee
RT Kareem McKenzie
Above is an ESPN article about the Giants' OL and the expected starters Sun nite. Bass is out with HAs and is undergoing tests to determine the cause. He's their starting C. Their LT Beatty is out due to eye surgery a couple of weeks ago. Snee is battling injuries. McKenzie is not full strength either. Diehl is out of position as is Boothe. The entire left side of their OL is messed up.
Not sure how that will play out Sunday night. Other teams players including their subs often have career days when they play Dallas. But I expect Diehl to have trouble with Ware. I would bet they have to put a TE over there most of the time. The trouble with that is Ware will just change sides or come up the middle some.
Spencer, Rat, and the DEs will need to stop the run. If the Giants get a lead and are able to run the ball they will play action us to death. And Eli is good there no matter how bad he looks doing it. I think we can stop their run game.
If they can get pressure on Eli they will force some TOs IMO. Eli does get rattled and is gun shy. He's also prone to put the ball on the ground. I expect at least one FF this game from Eli.
The occasional confusion in the secondary must be minimized this game for sure. They will also need to work on those soft zones in the middle of the field and the problems with flat passes or it may be a long day. I expect they will blitz Eli at first and see how that works. If Eli beats it early on then again I expect a long day/close game.
I also expect the Giants to be liberal blitzing us. We must win some of those battles. As always having a running game and being able to do some play action is helpful. I do think the Giants will be soft in the middle as well and I expect Witten to have a very big day against their LBs. In fact NY may overplay Witten at first.
I have no idea what to expect from the Giants secondary with the return of Austin. Miles, Dez and Robinson haven't been on the same field together much. I believe the Giants will rotate double coverage on Miles and Dez in hopes of guessing right more often than not. I don't know the Giants well enough to know if they will deploy some special packages with five or more DBs in an effort to slow our WRs down. OTOH, we have the same problem covering them.
I expect a very physical game and I wouldn't be surprised it escalates some at times. Either team could blow the other out but the best chance is for another nail biter for the Cowboys.
The Cowboys must do better in the RZ to win this game along with coming out on the positive side for TOs.
Hope I will be able to sleep well Sunday night.
