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AnonEmouse · 09-17-2004, 03:16 PM

Only thing I'd add is going back to an earlier post about the dink and dunk the Buccs used last week. They didn't make it work for 2 reasons 1) no deep threat (once Galloway went out) and no running threat.

The Giants do offer some of both of these, even if they aren't one of the best. They have a better running game than the Buccs and Toomer can get deep an often. We MUST tighten down on the coverage, but I suspect Williams will do this with some unusual coverage schemes married in with the blitz. We must also contain Barber. if we funnel them up the middle, we should stop them all game, but cannot let Barber to the outside with space. When not blitzing, Arrington and Washington will have to be on their game (something I don't doubt). Likewise Springs and Smoot must take away the 5-10 yards completely and discourage them from going deep - I agree with Taylor covering Shockey, but only if he's learned the lesson about angles from last week against Galloway.

Offense is simple - keep the running game going all day and make the passing game effective as an alternate to stop them keying on Portis. We don't need to go deep if we keep Portis moving, but we can't drop balls or underthrow like last week. The Giants don't have a great secondary, but we can't waste plays or risk INT's too often else we WILL get punished sooner rather than later.

09-17-2004, 03:16 PM	#14
AnonEmouse Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Age: 59 Posts: 2,644	Only thing I'd add is going back to an earlier post about the dink and dunk the Buccs used last week. They didn't make it work for 2 reasons 1) no deep threat (once Galloway went out) and no running threat. The Giants do offer some of both of these, even if they aren't one of the best. They have a better running game than the Buccs and Toomer can get deep an often. We MUST tighten down on the coverage, but I suspect Williams will do this with some unusual coverage schemes married in with the blitz. We must also contain Barber. if we funnel them up the middle, we should stop them all game, but cannot let Barber to the outside with space. When not blitzing, Arrington and Washington will have to be on their game (something I don't doubt). Likewise Springs and Smoot must take away the 5-10 yards completely and discourage them from going deep - I agree with Taylor covering Shockey, but only if he's learned the lesson about angles from last week against Galloway. Offense is simple - keep the running game going all day and make the passing game effective as an alternate to stop them keying on Portis. We don't need to go deep if we keep Portis moving, but we can't drop balls or underthrow like last week. The Giants don't have a great secondary, but we can't waste plays or risk INT's too often else we WILL get punished sooner rather than later.