January 11, 2005
Sacks and the Giants offensive line
Yesterday I asked What do the Giants need to do in order to put a scary explosive offense on the field? One commenter answered better pass protection.
What does Luke Petigout the highly paid left tackle say about all the sacks Warner took? "The sacks went down when Eli came in because he had more of a sense to get rid of the ball," says left tackle Luke Petitgout. "You can't hold the ball forever. You can't do that."
Warner took 39 sacks, including 24 in his final four games. Manning was only sacked 12 times in the final seven games according to the Daily News. So how much help do the Giants really need on the offensive line? Reminds me of the controversial post: How bad is the Giants offensive line?
Posted by James Trotta at January 11, 2005 2:33 AMI think it's a mistake to measure a line's effectiveness on sacks alone. While I realize that a subjective argument is necessarily weaker than one back up with statistics, I'd have to say my sense of the line's problem comes from just watching the games. Does it look like Eli has enough time to make good throws, most of the time? It just doesn't to me.
Posted by: Matt at January 12, 2005 10:00 AMI agree. More time would be good. But I can't help wondering if they best thing to do is find a faster receiver to replace Hilliard or get Shockey into pass patterns more often...
But you certainly won't hear me complaining about good offensive lineman heading to NY for workouts...
Posted by: James Trotta at January 12, 2005 4:30 PMOh yes, I believe that lack of speed in our receivers is a big part of this as well. Have there ever been a pair of WR who have fallen off as quickly as Toomer and Hilliard? The wide receivers had, what, two touchdowns on the year?
I think it's time that some of the younger guys got more playing time.
Posted by: Matt at January 13, 2005 1:27 PM