January 15, 2006
Focus on defense or offense?
With tons of Giants fans chanting "draft defense", it was interesting to see a Redskins defense that had been dominant come up small in Seattle.
As an aside, the fact that the Seattle offense didn't miss a beat (against a good Washington D) without Shaun Alexander shows that we Giants fans were right: Alexander is not the most valuable player in the league. He's not even irreplaceable.
Anyway, while Washington lost because of its offense, the defense still gave up some yards and some points. The Seattle defense (which wasn't supposed to be great) played really well. This means that defense isn't always enough to win championships - you at least need an offense that can score off of turnovers.
Speaking od Seattle's defense, it would be nice if we could draft a Tatupu equivalent talent at OLB). He went with the 13th pick in the second round, so that tells us there could be some talent available when we pick in the first or possibly even the second round.
To me there's no question that you address left tackle in the draft. They don't become available in free agency often and are expensive when they do so the sooner we draft one the better in my opinion. The question is do we draft a receiver and when?
Posted by James Trotta at January 15, 2006 3:28 PMGiants need a replacement for Petigou (false starts) and more offensive line help . wide recievers they are okay . corner back they need help and a better strong saftey. Hopefully they can pick up another real linebacker from free agency. James i disagree with you on that part that defense dosent win chapionships. You omitted the Denver team . defense won it Carolina's defense did what it had to do when it counted . I am a long long time Giants fan in Az. I go to the games out here when i can . Saw giants in SF this year .
I enjoy your writings .
Stan.
Ps . get eli to stop throwing off his back foot . maybe better line play so he can step up.