September 21, 2004
Giants D
Sure the Giants defense played well, but it might be early to compare them to the 86 Giants.... A couple things I noticed:
1. Fred Robbins had a great game. An interception, forced fumble, some penetration, etc. I was surprised that Fred Robbins was more prominent than the other Giants linemen. Strahan was consistently double teamed, but still managed 5 tackles and a fumble recovery. Norman Hand had good penetration at times.
2. Barret Green left the game and after that the Giants looked a lot slower.
3. The Giants secondary had their moments (Will Peterson had 8 tackles and made a nice play to break up a pass to Coles) but got burned once or twice (Will Allen was beaten on a 51-yard pass from Patrick Ramsey to Rod Gardner) and were helped out by some Redskins drops. Shawn Alexander had 2 picks. Gibril Wilson had 1 (almost bobbled it). I'm not used to seeing our safeties catch the ball.
4. There was a nice team effort, but calling the Giants defense dominant, seems like a bit much.
Posted by James Trotta at September 21, 2004 6:23 AM