Ask a Giants Fan: Part Dos: The Manning Menace

Well it depends.

When the o-line opens up holes, he’s a beast. When they don’t, he gets stopped pretty easily. He’s a big guy, so when he gets to the second level it’s mostly unadulterated fear of him, especially vs the secondary. The problem is springing him there.

As for the fanbase, it follows that same pattern. I think when all is said and done, there will be more love than hate for him, even with some of the stupid things he’s said and done. He set the Giants record for TDs this year with fifty something.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s not on the team next year, just because he doesn’t fit the Giants system anymore, but I’ll sure be sad. If he goes to a team like the Texans or somewhere else with a good o-line, he’ll crack heads again

his strength is when he gets 3 untouched yards. He is hell on LBs and DBs (Youtube Brandon Jacobs trucks ____ ) and I think it helps the physicality of our game.

What doesn’t get recognized is that B-Jake is one of the emotional leaders of our team. He’s a hotheaded jerk who will fight on the field and cost us penalties. But at the same time I think teams need a brash, mean, fightin’ bastard to set their tone.

I love brandon jacobs. He gives is fire and fight. As a RB, he’s maybe a little above average. But as a man, as a whole, i think he’s very good.

That said, I would be shocked if we ran for more than 90 yards this Sunday.

And, let me add this:

I love your football team. I love defense, I love team cohesion. I love the way the 49ers play ball. I can’t wait for this game. I LOVED you guys beating the Saints, I loved the Whitner KO of Pierre, I LOVED Vernon Davis. I have so much respect and admiration for your team it’s going to be impossible to hate on you this week.

It’s time to bring back the great 80s rivalry! This is what football is ABOUT!

Congratulations on your great season. Good luck.

he’s a football player, not a politician…..and he’s a big dumb animal sometimes.

Can’t say I’d rather play the Saints in their little house of horrors, but I know that this one, much like the last, will go down to the wire.

Many of us wanted the 49ers to beat the Saints as you are already aware but watching the way in which you guys did it woke us up to a harsh reality. Namely, this 49er team is playing on the same level that our Giants are playing on. Not a good feeling at all.

Dallas twice (though the first time, we injured Demarco Murray)
Redskins
Jets
Falcons
Packers

Falcons, Dallas, and Jets are some pretty good rushing teams…It was a matter of our LBs finally getting healthy and our rookies getting their feet wet.

in the first match up, they shut us down pretty well. Frank Gore is healthier now, however.

our ability to stop your run (or lack thereof) will be the number one factor on that side of the ball. To me, it is equivalent to your DBs preventing a big-play TD

JPP has neen playing RDE a lot lately and he is extremely good against the run. Yes, Osi is weak against the run but je has contributed to run defense and has done quite well since his return from injury. I don’t think that will be a problem come Sunday.

Our problem was absolutely zero chemistry along the OL front…as well as injuries to the OL and Ahmad Bradshaw FINALLY (he was playing with a broken foot before) healthy.

They started to get some push up front with Baas healthy and Boothe/Petrus at LG instead of Diehl. Diehl upgrades Will Beatty in run blocking, but not pass protection.

The only way for Jacobs to get successful is by a) letting him get a full head of steam and b) have him go north-south

The only way he can do that outside is via a toss play….and for that we need perfect blocking. You’ll see Ahmad for much of the game, and then Jacobs will come in later when the defense is more tired. That’s how they’ve started playing it.

if the Gisnts break 100 in this game it is a major win for us. Our run game has been aided by week-to-week circumstances. We are still not running the ball well.

has been atrocious the second half of the season. If we lose to the Giants, the #1 problem will be o-line play.

He’s been getting scraps for YEARS (Chris Snee was a 2nd round pick and that was it) and has consistently put forth a solid OL for the past 6 or 7 years. This year, we lost Shaun O’Hara and Rich Seubert…two starters…plus lost Will Beatty for the season as well as our primary backup at C in Adam Koets, and he somehow made the patchwork OL work. 90% of our success on the OL goes to him.

Giants fans love to hate the guy, and he’s not famous like a lot of the “name” offensive coordinators around the league, but I think he generally does an amazing job. He has definitely played a huge part in making Eli the player he is today, and the offense has been very good for a while now.

He gets almost no recognition. He was our WR coach for many years, working with guys like Amani Toomer, Plax, Steve Smith, Dominic Hixon. Needless to say I think he helped the careers of these men and Eli’s.

He is now in his second year as QB’s coach and I have to think he has something to do with Eli’s continued progression to greatness. Despite the 25 picks last year Eli had his best statistical year before breaking all of his own records this year.

And this year we have seen the progression of Eli’s footwork and pocket mobility hit the elite level. He very well may be the best in all of football at avoiding a rush, finding a spot and a lane to throw in, and keep his eyes downfield and deliver the ball accurately.

Mike Sullivan has been here through all of this.

So, yes.

2) I think the game will be close in the fourth quarter, but that it won’t come down to a last-minute drive. For some reason I think the game will not be that close in the end, whoever wins.

3) Frankly, yes. This probably comes off as cocky, but they completely dismantled the Falcons and should have held the Packers to 13, if not for a TD gifted by the officials. If you factor in the drops that game gets closer, but if you factor in the officiating it goes back to a blowout. We have two linebackers who match up very well with athletic tight ends like Vernon, Michael Boley and Jacquian Williams, and two good safeties in Antrel Rolle and Kenny Philips. I’d bet that every giants fan is very confident about the defense going into this game. That being said, the Niners offense really showed something last game. Sometimes guys just elevate their game, and even good defenses can’t stop them. The Saints aren’t a good defense, though, and the Giants will not be sending the reckless blitzes that the Saints were pulling seemingly every down. I could be wrong, though, and the niners could explode again.

We should have had the ball on the five yard line with another FG opportunity. Black eye for the NFL on that one.

was the schematic change in coverage. All year we were playing a soft “read and react” zone with a ridiculous amount of complicated coverage duties and audibles.

The result was 12-18 yard soft spots that superstars like Rex Grossman was able to take advantage of and march his team down the field, or, routinely blown coverages that resulted in opponents doing end zone dances while our DB’s looked at each other like “I thought you had him.” It was every week.

About a month ago the players forced change in this coverage and now we are playing more traditional cover 2 with alot of man press and the results have been miraculous.

We are a much better defense for this reason, and because of the health of the Dline. These two components working together have sparked this run through the playoffs.

I think he’s sorta the 4th CB, as Corey Webster is #1, Ross is #2 and often Rolle comes in as #3 and we have Deon Grant fill in at safety

we havent heard his name called at all, so i guess thats a good thing?

was the most snaps he’s had in a while.

Rodgers immediately went to look for him when he was in, but Prince didn’t give up any catches, which means he must have played well

you can see them talking about having a three-peat because the Saints were knocked out.

No joke. three peat.. having not played a playoff game yet going for the repeat.

I can’t even think about the super bowl yet. These freaking coin flip heart attack inducing madness games.

I don’t see how anyone can refute that.

The opportunity to get a big pass play or two, usually when one our safeties makes a mistake. Most teams can’t take advantage but the best QBs have (Romo, Vick, Eli, Brees) and the primary culprit has been one of our safeties caught out of position. They don’t make errors often but the one time or two that they do, the top QBs have taken advantage. For this to happen of course, the OL has to block our rush, a feeling that I’m sure is duplicated on your side. It never matters if a DB is beat or out position if the QB is on the ground.

Big plays. While I think the secondary is pretty good, we do give up a lot of big plays.

Intense for sure. Quite confident in himself. Hyper aware of all that is going on. But the great ones at their profession often are the types you love to have on your side and get rubbed the wrong way if they’re on the other side.

The secondary of NY is underrated though. We may have played an excellent game against Brees, at least until the last two minutes, they just played a possibly better game against Rodgers, which is about as hard. The only reason Rodgers ran so much is because no one was ever open. Still, I’d take our unit which has proven itself consistently.

But again, I’d take Davis and possibly Walker over him, especially after last week.

From what I have seen of your Dline, I can see why you would think so highly of them. But I think ours is the best in football. Not to say that yours couldn’t outplay ours this Sunday, I realize how good your boys are. But once again, I don’t think you can compare any teams Dline to ours. DE’s,and DT’s are all beastly.

QB: NYG
RB: SF
OT: SF
OG: Push
OC: SF
TE: SF
WR: NYG

Front Seven (Overall): SF
Front Seven (Pass Rush): NYG
Front Seven (Run D): SF
Front Seven (Pass coverage): Push/slight edge SF
CB: SF
S: Push

K: SF
P: SF
PR: SF
KR: SF

Coaching: Push/Slight edge NYG

I know coaching will be a sticking point for everyone, but I think TC’s experience and resume give him a very slight advantage over obvious HC of the year. I think its mostly a push though.