Skins versus Giants

Well, ticket sources 2 through 4 were stabs in the dark. They are the guys who always say, "Yeah man, call me if you ever want to go." I call, and all of a sudden they have nothing because their cousin's roommate's ex gf from elementary school is in town and wants to go. Then they call me an hour before kick-off and say (yes, one actually did this) "Yo, I'm in the parking lot, I have a ticket if you can get here before I try to sell it...." Source #1 is reliable. If I call him ahead of time and he says, "I might, give me a call next week." It means he does. Well, I saw him at game sunday, asked if he had any extras, he called me today to say he has 2 for me. Never seen the skins play at the meadowlands. Looking forward to this one.

I don't think a lot fo blizting is a good idea, this Giants team seems to pick it up really well. Treat it like a change up in baseball. Just throw it in there once in a while to keep there off balence. Oddly enough I am more worried about the Skins D in the this one than the Offence, if only becuase the Gnats are much better on that side of the ball. I hope to see a decent portion of Portis with enough long ball to Moss to keep them honest. This will keep Eli on the sidelines.

Here's what I basically see.

Turnovers or lack thereof will be key period.

We should beat this team 31-17.

Our offense is starting to feel it, and when that happens more role players begin to emerge. I think this game more than any other will set the tone for us for the remainder of the season.

For all the yards the Giants have given up, only one team has put up 30+ and that was when LaDanian Tomlinson (sorry, I refuse to call him LT) had a huge day. I wouldnt count on the skins scoring 31 on Sunday.

I wouldn't count on it, but I would say it's VERY possible.

For all the yards the Giants have given up, only one team has put up 30+ and that was when LaDanian Tomlinson (sorry, I refuse to call him LT) had a huge day. I wouldnt count on the skins scoring 31 on Sunday.

coggs, I am with you, I don't know what the over/under is on this game, but I think I would take the under. I see a low scoring game, because both teams will play it close to the vest. Refer to the last Cowboys/Giants game a few week back. Both team just bearly scored in the teens. When teams know each other pretty well, like in this case, it seems to be low scoring.

Looking at it purely objectively, both teams have weapons on offense.

Moss, Portis, Cooley, Patten, Brunell = Toomer, Barber, Shockey, Burress, Manning

I'd give a slight edge to our receivers and QB. Our defense IS far superior to the Giants defense. Lately is has been open to the big running play, but I don't think that our secondary will give up many big plays.

Both teams have elite running backs and both teams have great TEs. If the Redskins win, it will be because of the defense. Both teams will put up points, but if the Redskins take care of the ball, they win easily.

One thing that no one has mentioned is that the Giants will have motivation in trying to win it in honor of the late Mara. That being said, they won't.
I agree with others in that the two offenses seem to even each other out in terms of talent, but the Skins' D is far superior to the Giants. As always, turnovers will be key. The media loves Ellie right now after his lucky win vs. Denver, but he will turn back into a typical "deer in the headlights" second year QB going against the confusing Redskins defense.

Time for the Redskins to assert themselves on the road against a good team, and earn the respect the national media is so reluctant to give them!

Redskins 28
Giants 17

I think the best stat about their defense was the 3rd conversion percentage they give up which is worst in the league (49.4%) were as we are one of the best in the league (2nd) in offensive 3rd down conversions (46.1%). What this means is we win the game that looks close on the scoreboard but dominated statistically by TOP, yards, and GOD WILLING the turnover battle.

Redskins 24
Ginats 13

I posted this after Dallas beat the Giants.

What we did was,

1.) Demarcus Ware eating Pettigouts lunch with outside speed rushes. And Greg Ellis eating up RT McKenzie at will.
(Do you guys have an edge pass rusher with deceptive size and speed? I mean besides the one you have but isn't allowed to play) Now you have arrington playing this is where you need him.

2.) Bring it on ELI!! When we dropped 8 back, he ate us up. When we went blitz and got pressure, the throws were either long, short, or picked off. He will pick you apart in prevent, he is good and he doesn't play like a 12 game starter. Plus He is more athletic than you would think. He ran down Anthony Henry and almost knocked the ball out of his hands after an int. He. Is. For. Real. I can't stress that enough.

3.) It's nice having the ability to change fronts (3/4 - 4/3) but the real luxury is having a guy like LaRoi Glover. The Giants strayed away from the run and that is when Glover will eat up double teams when he doesn't have to worry about getting sucked in and run behind. He had 2 sacks.

4.) We put our fastest DB on Shockey - Terrance Newman - and he shut Big Mouth Shockey down, untill the second half when we left our LB's and Safetys on him.

You cannot cover Shockey with an LB. He will eat you alive. Arrington cannot cover him, this would be a disaster for you. Put a DB on him and put Spring on Plex, and use your nickel cb on Toomer.


Other than that, get Red zone points.

The Giants will let you win the time of possesion battle, but hope to burn you with turnovers. Brunell will be harder to get at in the pocket than Bledsoe. But Strahan WILL get inside the pocket.