Die Hard Giants Fan

After today’s cuts, Michael Eisen provided a list of his predictions, and here it is:

Offense: 26

Quarterback (3): Eli Manning, Jared Lorenzen, Anthony Wright.

Running Back (4): Brandon Jacobs, Reuben Droughns, Derrick Ward, Ahmad Bradshaw.

Fullback (1): Robert Douglas.

Tight End (3): Jeremy Shockey, Kevin Boss, Michael Matthews.

Wide Receivers (6): Amani Toomer, Plaxico Burress, Sinorice Moss, Steve Smith, David Tyree, Anthony Mix.

Linemen (9): David Diehl, Rich Seubert, Shaun O’Hara, Chris Snee, Kareem McKenzie, Zach Piller, Grey Ruegamer, Guy Whimper, Adam Koets.

Defense: 24

Ends (3): Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck, Adrian Awasom.

Tackles (5): Fred Robbins, Barry Cofield, William Joseph, Manny Wright, Jay Alford.

Linebackers (7): Antonio Pierce, Kawika Mitchell, Mathias Kiwanuka, Chase Blackburn, Reggie Torbor, Zak DeOssie, Gerris Wilkinson.

Cornerbacks (5): Sam Madison, R.W. McQuarters, Corey Webster, Kevin Dockery, Aaron Ross.

Safeties (4): Gibril Wilson, James Butler, Michael Johnson, Craig Dahl.

Specialists: 2

Punter (1): Jeff Feagles.

Kicker (1): Lawrence Tynes.

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At 8:00 p.m., the New York Giants will host the Carolina Panthers at Giants Stadium.  The game will be televised on NBC.  Are you ready for this Die Hard Giants Fans?  This is my favorite time of the year.

Tonight, all of our draft picks and our young players will continue to battle for their respective position as Phessional and I have mentioned before.  The 2006 Giants ranked 21st in the NFL in pass offense, and that’s with Eli Manning, Tiki Barber, Jeremy Shockey, Plaxico Burress, and Amani Toomer (1/2 of the year).  This is the best offensive unit (as far as individual talent is concerned) that I’ve ever seen the Giants put on the field, and they ranked 21st in pass offense…That’s just pathetic.  The 2006 Giants ranked 7th in rush offense, which is much better considering we had Tiki as our Running Back. 

The 2006 Giants ranked 28th in pass defense, and I wrote a post the other day how this has been the weakest part of the entire team the past few years.  The 2006 Giants ranked 14th in rush defense which is mostly a result of our defensive ends and linebackers getting hurt like Michael Strahan and Lavar Arrington.  This year, we need to stay healthy because we have lost too many impact players during the last 2 years.  As soon as we got into the playoffs, we got bumped right out. 

As soon as Big Blue drafted Steve Smith from USC, Carolina drafted Dwayne Jarrett from USC and they get to face each other head-to-head tonight.  We need to see how much of an impact these players make tonight: Brandon Jacobs (RB), David Diehl (at Left Tackle), Guy Whimper (T), Mathias Kiwanuka (at Line-backer), Jared Lorenzen (QB), Kevin Boss (TE), and Sinorice Moss (WR).  The following players will not be able to play tonight due to injury: Aaron Ross, Amani Toomer, Plaxico Burress, and Justin Tuck.  It’s all good though because we’ll be able to see Sinorice Moss and Steve Smith play more than normal.

On top of paying attention to those individuals battling for their positions, we need to see how far along the Giants’ implementation of the Eagles defensive scheme is.  Our 2006 defense ranking is indicative of how weak our ‘D’ is and has been the past few years.  Steve Spagnuolo, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles, is our new Defensive Coordinator after taking over the reigns from Tim Lewis.  Spagnuolo needs to bring Big Blue’s ‘D’ up to a level where they are feared again.  We weren’t at the level of the Ravens or the Bears, but we were a notch down from that and pretty damn good.

So let me know what you guys are looking forward to in tonight’s match-up and concerned about.  After the game, I will write a game summary so tell me what you thought about it once it’s over.

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Here is an article that Clark Judge, from CBSSportsline, wrote about the ‘Position Battles’ in the NFC East. Judge didn’t have much good to say about our Left Tackle position between David Diehl and Guy Whimper. Definitely take a look at his article. I kind of agree with him even though I don’t want to. Diehl has a little bit of experience and Whimper is right out of college. This position is critical for Eli’s success because he blocks his blind side so we need this person to step up as big as Eli himself.

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Well,

A.) a good offensive line creates better runners

B.) a good running back makes the offensive line look better

For the first one all I gotta say is Edgerrin James. For the second one all I gotta say is Tiki Barber. Now, James is not a bad player but the credit obviously goes to the offensive line that used to make the path for him to go through. They gave him time and allowed him to work it at his own speed. On the other hand, we have Tiki who used half of a rookie line and David Diehl with a new position. Tiki used his slow linemen to position himself and use his experience rather than speed.

I think the importance of these two positions are based on percentage. If the line gives 60% than the running back has to at least give 40%. Vice-versa, if the line gives 40% than the running back must be at least a solid 60% to make a team strong from the ground attack. What do you think???

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