Redskins vs. Giants Gameday thread, Opener 2009

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Giantone

............how many of the yards came on those 2 broken plays?

Congrats on a game well played, Giantone.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Congrats on a game well played, Giantone.

Thank you,as I stated before it's only one game and there are 15 more to go.After watching highlights of the weekend ......I don't think anyone is that good and noone is that bad,things will level out in around 5wks.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Thank you,as I stated before it's only one game and there are 15 more to go.After watching highlights of the weekend ......I don't think anyone is that good and noone is that bad,things will level out in around 5wks.

I agree Giantone. It took comeback finishes for the Pats to beat the Bills, the Chargers to beat Oakland etc. A lot of teams are in the process of making adjustments and getting on track.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Thank you,as I stated before it's only one game and there are 15 more to go.After watching highlights of the weekend ......I don't think anyone is that good and noone is that bad,things will level out in around 5wks.

Still, your QB beat an experience secondary with young receivers and not much of a running game. I think that is very impressive. I'm sure you guys would have like to see more points on the board.

Hey quick question, what was your thought on Coughlin going for it on 4 and short near the endzone? I personally think he should've gone for 3...luckily for you guys that didn't come back to bite you at the end.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Still, your QB beat an experience secondary with young receivers and not much of a running game. I think that is very impressive. I'm sure you guys would have like to see more points on the board.

Hey quick question, what was your thought on Coughlin going for it on 4 and short near the endzone? I personally think he should've gone for 3...luckily for you guys that didn't come back to bite you at the end.

The reason going for the 7 was the right call is because that, even when we stopped them, all probability suggested that when the Giants got the ball back, it was going to be on our side of the 50. That's exactly what happened.

Nothing said, "the Redskins have to go 3 and out here", but taking 3 points also means you have to kick off to the Redskins, and gives us a better chance at having the ball at the 30 or 40 instead of the 5. And for what? 3 points. Make it seven, and that's a nice trade off.

I would have thrown it though, with the benefit of hindsight.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Still, your QB beat an experience secondary with young receivers and not much of a running game. I think that is very impressive. I'm sure you guys would have like to see more points on the board.

Hey quick question, what was your thought on Coughlin going for it on 4 and short near the endzone? I personally think he should've gone for 3...luckily for you guys that didn't come back to bite you at the end.

I think your front four is good enough ,there was(in my mind) no need to put eight in the box as often as you did,you guys played zone and they just hit the hole.I did say that you would see Boss and Smith become the go-to guys.
As for the call ...I liked it,it shows faith in the O amd if he makes it he's a genius,now I would not have run that play,fake the dive and either play action or a roll out....maybe a fade to the end zone.What bit us in the end as it does .ALWAYS....is that god damn "prevent D"..........which only prevents us from winning.Campbell had goodtime ....and you saw what he could do.

[coggs]

I also loved going for it on 4th down. They already had a short FG and aside from the receiver situation the thing all Giants fans have been grumbling about is the inefficiency in the redzone. Last year, they had to settle for too many short fg's. Wasn't crazy about the play calling in the short yardage situations. Would like to see a boot, rollout, TE dump, something ANYTHING aside from Bradshaw or Jacobs trying to move a pile every down. Especially against a 330lb DTackle.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Giantone

I think your front for is good enough ,there was(in my mind) no need to put eight in the box as often as you did,you guys played zone and they just hit the hole.I did say that you would see Boss and Smith become the go-to guys.
As for the call ...I liked it,it shows faith in the O amd if he makes it he's a genius,now I would not have run that play,fake the dive and either play action or a roll out....maybe a fade to the end zone.What bit us in the end as it does .ALWAYS....is that god damn "prevent D"..........which only prevents us from winning.Campbell had goodtime ....and you saw what he could do.

Your prevent defense involves zone blitzing?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Your prevent defense involves zone blitzing?

Nope ,look again ......on Cooley's TD we didn't blitz,rushed 4.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Nope ,look again ......on Cooley's TD we didn't blitz,rushed 4.

Correct, but on the play before that, you blitzed 5 while dropping Kiwi into coverage. That hardly implies giving up the points. By comparison, our coordinator wouldn't run anything that creative if he were protecting a 3 point lead.

Onside kicks may only be a 10% deal, but if you didn't recover, I don't think your defense was stopping us.