Giants D set to rush the passer
The Giants seem to have a solid defense. In some ways their set up like the Colts – they ahve an offense that can put points on the board which pressures opponents to pass.
With Strahan, Osi, Arrington and a few other pass rushers that can come in on obvious passing situations (Tuck comes to mind and possibly Kiwi) the Giants should be able to come up with the occasional big play.
The real question is what the secondary can do. We have to hope that Webster and Madison will make some interceptions on poorly thrown balls (there should be a few since we’ll be getting pressure on the QB). And since we’ll probably see RW McQuarters and Deloatch on the fiel in nickle and dime situations we have to hope they hold their own as well. Finally since depth is limited, we need our CBs to stay healthy.
Vinny DiTrani wries about the Giants D, which Tim Lewis says will be “funky”. Better still:
“When I watch clips of the old Giants’ defenses, with Lawrence Taylor yelling and screaming up and down the sidelines, they were such a swarming group,” he said. “Very few people got up and down the field on them. I’d like to see us play like that, play smart, play aggressive, play fast. I think we’re good enough to dominate, but we’ll find out.”
Giants.com doesn’t share my concern with the Giants CBs. Well, I agree that madison is a good fit for our defense but I did like Will Allen’s tackling. Anyway, our safety pair of Wilson and Demps should be hard hitting and strong vs. the run. I’m not positive they’ll be excellent against the pass, but few safeties are these days.
June 18th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
i believe mr. arrington is going to play like he’s possessed from game 1 to game 16. this is a guy who was taken #2 overall, made some pro bowls and then lost his job. i look for big things from #55, we haven’t had a sideline to sideline l.b. since armstead. he is going to kill everything in his sights. i also think mr. demps will turn out to be the best f.a. they signed. he has a nose for the football and is a devastating hitter. where this defense will have to succeed is inside the 20′s. they will give up yardage in chunks because teams are going to be playing catch up with their offense. inside the 20′s is where we will have to stop teams and not give up long t.d. passes. we’ll see about madison and webster about 3 minutes in when they play the colts.