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Problem is he had a defensive end bearing down on him. I don’t know if he makes it more than a yard or two. Thats why Dawkins was standing there guarding no one.

Watch the ALL-22 and you will find this to be not as accurate as you would hope. Are there plays where they get separation? Sure. Is it common? No. My hypothesis is that this happens because Diggs is the only receiver Allen trusts to get separation.

I can confirm this. Allen 100% relies on Diggs to get separation against man, but he finally works through progressions against zone.

We need some WR's that can separate. Look at this play - Diggs is double covered and not a single other receiving option can get seperation.

This was exactly my takeaway. Williams played the run fairly well, though he missed a few tackles he at least shot the right gap which is encouraging. However he played the pass really poorly. How many times did Tyrod throw a 5 yard pass for a first down right in front of him? He had another stop of Barkley in the 4th that was bone jarring. He is so good.

I don't want him bulldozing linebackers, but I wouldn't mind him taking 5 yards and sliding.

Completely agree. It was the right call. Part of me wonders if Bass’ confidence was shaken when McD punted from the 37 yard line. If I was Bass I would shook my head at that. But i’m just pulling that out of my butt to be honest.

When analyzing a player you can’t just look at what he does when the ball goes his way. Especially when the opposing QB is not very good. Watch him on every single play. He plays his leverage wrong at least 30% of the time, and he gets turned around very easily by double moves. There were several plays last night where he was straight up beaten with speed, but thankfully Tyrod is Tyrod and didn’t throw. A better QB would have picked on him over and over and over again. He had some good moments too, but it was an extremely demoralizing performance once again considering who the Giants have at WR. I mean, we are talking about some of the worst starting WR’s in the NFL and he played below average in coverage. Oh and on the longest run of the game (30-some yards), this was Elam. He plays angles so so so poorly sometimes and is easily blocked.

Elam had a couple really solid tackles. One of them was late in the game and kept the clock running. However, in coverage, he was pretty bad again. You just didn’t notice him much because… well… Tyrod Taylor.

I totally get what you’re saying and for many positions I would agree with you. QB is one of those positions i’d agree with you. But look at Bernard and Milano - they are both considered undersized LBers but they are football players through and through. I just don’t think we should be drafting or not drafting players on 1” of arm length. That’s the difference between McDuffie and Elam. 1 inch of arm length. I also agree with you that CB was an overreaction. Imagine George Pickens opposite Diggs.

Speaking only of this game… We run the most amount of play action in the NFL and the Giants called our bluff the entire first half. The LB’s we’re not biting on the play-action at all (they weren’t even moving). Thats why the running attack was so successful when we finally ran it (when the linebackers aren’t crashing the gaps, you can run nearly at will). It was a scenario where the Giants were begging us to run the ball but Dorsey didn’t figure it out until the second half.

Quite frankly I thought Allen played a great game, and was shocked to see that some people thought he played poorly. He had Gabe fumble the first drive away and a tipped ball INT. He also had a couple amazing first down throws into extremely tight coverage and the TD to Morris was bonkers. Inbetween 2 defenders with a rocket. But Cook probably scores on this play if Josh sees him:

I simply never want to see a handoff from shotgun ever again. Not because it can’t work sometimes. but because I don’t trust Dorsey to know when NOT to run it. Like at the freaking goal line.

$52M contract and we can’t rely on him to catch the ball. It is simply inexcusable. Collinsworrh was going on and on about Allen throwing it short (and it was a little short), but Knox HAS to catch this.

NO! NO! You don’t take a timeout there! Youre giving Daboll time to get a play together.

This is horrible.

Announcers were railing against Josh but that ball hit Knox in both of his hands.

Knox has to catch that.

Glad it worked out but I hate defensive timeouts in that situation.

ANOTHER SHOTGUN DRAW!!!???

I don’t think the defense has played particularly well. We have given up 130 yards on the ground, and 15 first downs. We are lucky they have Tyrod at QB.

Daboll has to be on the other sideline in just pure bewilderment at what the offense he built has become.

Put Allen under center and run the darn ball on 3rd down. Then do it again on 4th down.

It’s beyond idiotic. Instead of a running head start, the RB has to accelerate when he gets the ball and has to go 5 yards to get 1 yard.

McD needs to tell Dorsey that he gets 1 shotgun handoff per game. It’s out of control.