ThisGuy
10-07-2006, 04:42 PM
This is just an indepth game preview I've put up, thought I'd share. It is fairly long, so I'll just throw up a couple of excerpts up and a link.
When the Redskins Have the Ball: The Giants defense has been beyond bad so far this year. Teams have been passing on them at will. This off-season, the Giants fell into the old free agent trap of signing older players to try to fill weaknesses with predictable results. Their big free agent signings, Sam Madison and Lavar Arrington, have not performed up to expectations and their usually strong pass rush has disappointed thus far in 2006. It hasn’t just been one part of the secondary that’s struggled: they rank 21st against #1 WRs, 25th against 2nd WRs, 25th against other receivers and 28th against tight ends. To put into perspective how bad that is, the Redskins rank better than the Giants in all those aspects and I think we can all acknowledge that the Redskins secondary has been wretched this season (this is adjusted for opponents too, so the old ‘tough schedule’ excuse doesn’t work here).
When the Giants have the Ball: When the Giants have the Ball: The Redskins defense has not played up to par this year. Ever since Gregg Williams joined the Redskins the defense has been a strength of the team but this season they’ve given up deep passes at an alarming rate. One issue that has escaped the mainstream media is that the Redskins had a similar issue early last year. The problem is both cases is Williams calling too many blitzes. Last year, the Redskins didn’t have enough players who could get to the quarterback on blitzes, leaving the secondary in single coverage for way too long. This year, the Redskins can get to the QB but they don’t have enough players in the secondary who can handle man to man coverage. The main culprit has been Adam Archuleta, who seems to get burned for at least two deep passes per game.
The full preview can be found here: » This Week’s Victim: New York Giants | The Redskin Report (http://www.theredskinreport.com/2006/10/07/this-weeks-victim-new-york-giants-3/)
When the Redskins Have the Ball: The Giants defense has been beyond bad so far this year. Teams have been passing on them at will. This off-season, the Giants fell into the old free agent trap of signing older players to try to fill weaknesses with predictable results. Their big free agent signings, Sam Madison and Lavar Arrington, have not performed up to expectations and their usually strong pass rush has disappointed thus far in 2006. It hasn’t just been one part of the secondary that’s struggled: they rank 21st against #1 WRs, 25th against 2nd WRs, 25th against other receivers and 28th against tight ends. To put into perspective how bad that is, the Redskins rank better than the Giants in all those aspects and I think we can all acknowledge that the Redskins secondary has been wretched this season (this is adjusted for opponents too, so the old ‘tough schedule’ excuse doesn’t work here).
When the Giants have the Ball: When the Giants have the Ball: The Redskins defense has not played up to par this year. Ever since Gregg Williams joined the Redskins the defense has been a strength of the team but this season they’ve given up deep passes at an alarming rate. One issue that has escaped the mainstream media is that the Redskins had a similar issue early last year. The problem is both cases is Williams calling too many blitzes. Last year, the Redskins didn’t have enough players who could get to the quarterback on blitzes, leaving the secondary in single coverage for way too long. This year, the Redskins can get to the QB but they don’t have enough players in the secondary who can handle man to man coverage. The main culprit has been Adam Archuleta, who seems to get burned for at least two deep passes per game.
The full preview can be found here: » This Week’s Victim: New York Giants | The Redskin Report (http://www.theredskinreport.com/2006/10/07/this-weeks-victim-new-york-giants-3/)