robbomango
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I was timing the Giants pass rush in SB 42, I could hardly count to 2 seconds after the snap. It didn't see to let up much until the very end.
Unbelievable painful--probably just how the Seahawks felt after this last SB.I to this day have not watched any of the 2 losses to the Giants and I don't think I ever will. Winning another one last year I thought would ease it but nothing will ever help with '07.
Unbelievable painful--probably just how the Seahawks felt after this last SB.
Given how what goes around comes around, I believe RG has a very painful embarrassing comeuppence coming at him.
Kaczur and Mankins got beat.
In addition to that though, a good chunk of the rush is because the Giant's fake blitz/delay blitz packages. They would basically occupy a guard (or center) with a fake blitz, and drop back that blitzer only to leave that Guard blocking no one. The Giants would then use that opportunity to delay-blitz on the outside (thus an overload due to the Guard not engaging in a block), or even use that same fake-blitzing inside linebacker to actually blitz that Guard (who's now looking around elsewhere). Sometimes they'd just send the LB to fake blitz -- paired up with a LB or a DB on a delay to hit that very same gap. The Guards were being manipulated left and right. It was a mess. You'd see guys with their heads on a swivel trying to look around, only to get beat one way or another. I can't help but think that's a big reason why the line, especially Mankins, sucked...even when there was no blitz.
Look at 25:47, 26:03, 28:02, 29:01. Those were just the ugly ones, too. Untouched blitzers. Ugh.
Oh, you want to know why the Giants could blitz? Cause McDaniels really didn't spread it out in regards to their formations. If they went 4 or 5 wide more often - like they did in the reg season - you wouldn't give the D an opportunity to keep 7 in the box on a consistent basis; and give them the opportunity to blitz, delay, or fake. You'd spread them out and Brady could really get the ball out quicker.
That's another issue too. Brady. There were times where he'd look deep when he really should have just checked down.
Really a bad game on all levels for that O; it's hard to argue that they deserved to win that game.