On defense one of our problems is that Cushing played terrible and the rest of them are undrafted or street free agents, meaning not much talent and it showed. Other than JJ our defensive line is not so hot. We all know our 2013 draft turned out to be crap but look at 2014, how many are starting?
Beating the Bills is going to be harder than you think. Our defense was giving up 5.8 years per carry BEFORE the Giants game, I am sure it is way higher now.
Originally Posted by BigLouie
Cushing led the team with 17 tackles. Kendrick Lewis had 12.
The problem with defense is they stayed in the dime package for most of the game which gave Jennings plenty of running room and Manning plenty of time.
Why are they so scared of Eli?
They ran away from JJ damn near every time effectively taking him out of the game and I'm not sure I can recall a blitz. The rest of the defensive line looked horrible. Brooks Reed had 4 tackles.
We got pushed around on the line of scrimmage all game long. Once again, Fitz just looks lost to me. I just don't think he understands the nuances of the game. The Giant's forced him out of the pocket way too many times and he was uncomfortable with that.
Blue had a couple of decent runs but I don't think he understands the offense especially his blocking assignments. AJ dropped some balls he normally wouldn't. Hopkins made some great grabs.
With all that said it was a poor game plan and I don't think the players had any confidence in it. This one is on BoB.
They'd better get back to some smash mouth football, running the ball and controlling the clock.