Oswlek
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I've seen all but 1 Patriots game, and I've seen about half the Giants games. As for getting pressure, you seem to be confused. However, I did type that badly, so I can see your confusion. What I meant, and what that post looks like does differ. I meant it as "New England gets almost as much pressure with 3 players on the line as the Giants get with 4". That's the difference between a 4-3 and a 3-4, but I should have been more explicit.
My apologies for my poor typing in that post. However, the Giants' pass rush is still not 'significantly better' than the Patriots' pass rush. The difference is that the Giants get more of their sacks from their D-linemen, while the Patriots get more of their sacks from the linebacker that attacks, and from the pass rushing specialist known as Jarvis Green.
Having said that, the notion that the pass rush is this defense's biggest weakness is just nowhere near accurate. This defense's biggest weakness if the pass defense of the two interior linebackers and the two safeties.
I just wholeheartedly disagree. Just look at the last NE/NY game. They both got one sack, but NY was in Brady's face all game long while NE didn't lay a hand on Manning until most of the way through the 3rd quarter when they rushed 7 guys. Even after that, despite blitzing repeatedly from then on, NE rarely put much pressure on Eli.
Vrabel had a dominant run around mid-season, but aside from that NE has been inconsistent at rushing the passer. They seem to be good at taking the guy down when they get there but they don't get there very often. It is what it is. There is nothing that will convince me that NE's pass rush is anywhere near the level of NY's.