condon84
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3) I have never seen a better opportunity for BB to create a scheme to exploit an offense. First, the Giants have struggled against us, as noted above and dont realize it. Second, Eli has worked himself into a position where, in his brothers house, he must prove he is elite, and in Bradys class. Third, the best way to defend the Giants is to dare them to run, play a deep shell and force them to take yards in small chunks, be patient and be consistent on long drives. Eli is not normally patient, and will be less so with eliteness on the line. Also, disguising coverage will cause Eli to think the intermediate and deep throws will be there presnap. That will cause either poor decisions or late checkdowns, which will lead to him trying to extend the play, leave the pocket and get our pass rush to him (this happened a lot vs SF too). Eli has struggled against us, and SB 46 will be no different.
I see us doing the same thing. Whether Eli will play smart (kinda like Rothelisburger did against us earlier this year) is going to be the key. Personally, I think he will and take what the Pats give him.
I see both teams moving the ball pretty well between the 20 yard line. What they do in the red zone will determine this game.
I think we have to run the ball enough to keep them honest and take advantage of play-action in the red zone. Brady does extremely well in play-action situations in the red zone and usually finds the open guy. That's how we're gonna score touchdowns. We can't allow them to sit back in a zone in the redzone playing pass all the time. There will be not enough space especially if we have 4 - 5 receivers going out on routes in a confined area. We must run the ball for us to have success in the red zone.
That being said, I see us being able to run when we are in a hurry up and have them stuck out on the field with the wrong personnel. They'll move the ball too, but I see us exchanging TDs with FGs.
Final score:
Pats 38 - 5 TDs, 1 FG
Giants 23 - 2 TDs, 3 FG
One final thing: Giants will fake injuries to slow our tempo at least 5 times.