October 26, 2004
Giants offense vs. Vikings defense
Gary Myers argues that the Giants can not afford to lose two in a row. However the Vikings are a more talented team than the Lions, especially on offense. If the Giants don't score points in Minnesota they will lose.
Last year the Giants were the worst NFL team in the red zone. This year the Giants are doing worse than last year. As Tom Canavan writes, the Giants are keeping some pretty bad company:
The Giants (4-2) have been inside their opponent's 20-yard line 21 times this season and scored just seven touchdowns and 67 points. The 33.3 TD percentage is the worst in the NFC and the tied for the second-worst in the league with Oakland and Miami. Buffalo is the worst at 25 percent.Jason Bartalone agrees, saying that the Giants must be color blind to Coughlin's green zone / red zone distinction. Gary R. Blockus points out that the Lions game was equal in some ways:A year ago, the Giants scored touchdowns on 38.3 percent of their trips into the red zone.
Other than that, the game was a statistical oddity. Both teams ended the day with 325 yards of offense and 22 first downs, the first time teams have done that since Buffalo and Miami had the same number of yards and first downs (254 and 15) on Oct. 8, 2000.But unequal in other ways:
Red zone efficiency? The Lions went 4-for-4 for 28 points. The Giants went 0-for-3.That probably won't beat any team, especially the Vikings.Third-down efficiency? The Lions went 6-for-10 for a 60 percent conversion rate. The Giants went 4-for-12 for 33 percent.
Posted by James Trotta at October 26, 2004 7:25 PM
The Giants have the best Quarterback that has ever touched a football and they can't score in the redzone, Maybe they should inform the receivers that they get paid a HUGE amount of money to CATCH the ball, not prima donna around like they are really something. This offense has operated at less then 50 percent of what it could do. The Giants need to cash in on Warners ability to two step drop and hit a wideout crossing on the fly, no one does this better then he, this helps stop the blitz and also opens the run.It is very, very hard to stop.
Posted by: Ted at October 27, 2004 1:46 PMGreat take(s) on the Giants (sorry about their year so far), Thanks for the great posts.
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Posted by: HuggyBear at October 28, 2004 8:20 AMHi Ted. I agree with you about the receivers underperforming. In fact while Warner has taken a lot of heat for that interception in the end zone, I think we have to point our fingers at Toomer too. Sure it was a lazy throw, but when a receiver wants the ball he fights for it. Toomer didn't show me any fight as he let the ball get picked off right in front of him.
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