Re: Predictions for NY?


"RichL" <rpleavitt@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Bob Rudd <bobrudd@verizon.net> wrote:
>> In article <242b6379-cfbd-4adb-9e90-2c57bb103630
>> @i76g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, eweinkam@attbi.com says...
>>> I have no idea. I can give some thoughts.
>>>
>>> The Giants usually start the season slowly.
>>>
>>> When the 'skins have the ball:
>>> The Giants aren't going to be able to produce the same kind of pass
>>> rush as they did last year...this was their bread 'n butter.
>>> They run an aggressive 4-3, that is very similar to what the 'skins
>>> run. Perhaps Campbell will be confortable with that.
>>> Portis doesn't usually play well up there (remember Southeast
>>> Jerome). Who knows what the offense will look like. Will they do a
>>> lot of horizontal short passes to many different targets like a true
>>> Walsh WCO?
>>> Will they lean heavily on the running game like Gibbs?
>>> I really have no idea of what to expect from the 'skins offense.
>>> They showed very little in pre-season. The starters appeared to run
>>> only 2-3 variations each of about eight plays.
>>>
>>> The G-Men's offense is based on bludgeoning the defense to death with
>>> their big backs, and then launching deep when an opportunity arises.
>>> The 'skins appeared vulnerable to this kind of approach against
>>> Carolina.
>>> I'm not sure Carter and Taylor can sustain high performance against
>>> that kind of heavy run assult.
>>> However, the 'skins have many decent DE's that they can rotate in.
>>> The key is that the LBs need to make solid hits and wrap Jacobs
>>> up...last year McIntosh whiffed on Jacobs many times because he was
>>> going for the big hit instead of the solid tackle. He needs to know
>>> that if he can just wrap the guy, help will arrive in seconds...gotta
>>> trust your teammates.
>>> They really need to focus on preventing big gains on early downs by
>>> Jacobs, so the DEs can pin their ears back, and the CBs can jump the
>>> routes of the G-Men wide-outs. None of them run very clean routes. If
>>> you can just keep Plex bracketed, the others can be handled man v
>>> man.
>>>
>>> Shish'Em has a good track record in the swirly-wind up there.
>>>
>>
>> In a surprise upset, the Skins win by 10. For all the talk, the Giants
>> will miss Shockey and Manning will return to pumpkin status from his
>> SB chariot.
>>
>> At the same time....there exists the possibility of a Gibbs 1.0 start
>> and lots of locker room/GM/owner issues.  Until the past three weeks,
>> I thought Zorn might be a surprisingly good/borderline great
>> selection. Now, I'm wondering if he's a seat holder for Cowher. If
>> so, it would have made better sense to let Bugel have been HC for the
>> year and keep Zorn as OC.
>
> I don't think Zorn's as good as he looked in the first couple of games
> but he's not as bad as he looked in the last two, either.  Renaldo Wynn
> may be able to help them out a bit ;-)
>
> The Giants' D suffered, no doubt, with the loss of both Umenyiora and
> Strahan.
>
> Shockey's a big loss, no doubt about it.  Comparable to us losing Sean
> Taylor last year, in my view.
>
> Overall, I see a big decline for the Giants compared with last year, and
> a smaller decline for us.  Still, a shaky offense loses a low-scoring
> game for us.
>
> Giants 13, Redskins 7.
>
For what it's worth I think we'll be fine. The G-men have lost their two
biggest pass rushers so they'll either blitz for pressure, in which case we
can hopefully pick em apart with quick passes or they try to bend but not
break. If the latter, we should be able to run on them. I reckon it's all
down to the OL.

I think our D can cope with them as long as we contain the run game.

May be a close one though - Skins 20-17.
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