The Giants got out of Dallas with a win, so there shouldn’t be a whole lot to lament about this morning, but I’ll give it a shot…..
Dallas OT Flozell Adams should never be voted to the Pro Bowl ever again…what a low-life bum he is. His “bush-league” trip of Justin Tuck in the second quarter was the mark of a real sore loser. Tuck injured his shoulder on the play and spent the rest of the evening on the sidelines with his arm in a sling.
Adams was penalized for tripping, negating a huge gain for Dallas, so some justice was served. It turns out that the trip is a signature move for Adams. Tuck was upset after the game, telling the News’ Ralph Vacchiano:
“I would’ve liked to have the rest of the game to punish him for that, but it didn’t happen.” Next time…..
The Giants got the bounces all game long, and some of them were Disney-like. The one that hit off Jason Witten‘s ankle into Kenny Phillips’ bread basket was as rare as they come. Felix Jones’ fumble of the ensuing kickoff right into Sinorice Moss’ hands (who then fumbled himself – Bryan Kehl fell on it) was gift. Mario Mannigham showed great concentration on loose balls twice in the game. First on his bobbled TD catch in the corner of the endzone and then on the tipped pass in the 4th quarter on final drive.
The O-line had a hard time run-blocking for the second straight week. The Giants had only 97 yards rushing on 26 carries for a 3.7 average – well below their usual 5.0.
I don’t know about you, but if I were Tom Coughlin I would consider utilizing the no-huddle more often and even employ it in the first half of games. Eli Manning seems to be unstoppable when he calls the plays from the line. This would give teams something to think about. primarily the fact that the Giants can score on you any time they want to…..
The defense was opportunistic, but not steady. Antonio Pierce called an audible which resulted in rookie corner Bruce Johnson intercepting a Tony Romo pass and taking it in for six. The D-line recorded no sacks and got shredded by the Dallas rushing tandem of Marion Barber and Felix Jones. That was unnerving. Hopefully Chris Canty can come in and plug up some of that middle.
I agree with Rich on the freezing of kickers…..they should a put a rule in that if the defense calls a time out once the linemen are set in their stance, the ball gets moved up five yards……that will surely stop this idiotic ‘tactic’
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Great idea John. But why doesn’t Coach use the no-huddle in the “Red” (sic.) I mean “DEAD ZONE”?
I think they should…..but Coughlin is old school and is slow to change…..If they continue to sputter, he might give it a try….
Their red zone failures were supposed to be solved with Ramses Barden….who was inactive last week and had no receptions this week.
BTW, did anyone see Kyle Kosier rip off Coffield’s helmet from pulliing his faceguard on the 1st quarter Marion Barber 2 yd. TD run? I wonder why there were no flags?
Also no flags on Bradshaw’s 3rd quarter run where his faceguard was also grabbed. Why is it that I always feel that there are 12 men (the officials) on the Cowboy side of the field when we play in Dallas. What about the Phillips INT? There was no whistle and nobody would have even come close to catching him.
The Kosier play was ridiculous….I’m assuming the officials didn’t see it….the Bradshaw play I think was unintentional but it’s still a penalty…
The Phillips TD should have stood up because the whistle wasn’t blown until he reached the end zone…..I’m not going to complain about those because a) we won and b) we won’t be going back there for at least 12 months
A few things here….Flozell Adams is a dirty player and should be fiend and suspended. I remember a few years ago Flozell talked described a fine as “ludicrous” for only(only?) being $7,500 that was imposed on then-Vikings defensive end Duane Clemons for punching Adams in the crotch. Well Flozell if it all works out you will be fined much much more for a play that was even dirtier than that. It would have been one thing if it happened once. I can almost deal with it because you are trying to protect your QB from being killed because of your mistake since you are slow and Justin Tuck beasted you BUT when he tried to do it AGAIN to Osi I almost lost it….
Also is there any report on Tuck? I know they said he was having an MRI today was there any word on him yet?
And this red zone offense is killing me. Our offense looks great from the 20 to the 20 but once we get in the red zone we die. Is this Gilbride calling the plays? because if so it is just awful. I think we got down there 4 or 5 times and I saw Two passes to the endzone. That is unacceptable. We did the last year to and it is getting very frustrating. Something needs to be done about this. We can’t keep winning by kicking FGs when they should be TDs
FYI…there is no news on any of the injuries…the Giants will make health announcements on Wed….
The red zone offense needs Ramses Barden …..you don’t have to throw it to him…just send him out there….the other team HAS to cover him with 1 or more players….he’s too big for them to not to address…..but that’s just me talking