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Another positive I could point out is if you watch the All-22, Elam was extremely active with communication while in zone. Intentional communication. He was constantly pointing/indicating to his teammates mid play about (what I assume to be) ownership of coverage areas.

That’s an 80%+ allowed catch rate on targeted passes for both DB’s.

You’re looking at the symptom instead of the disease. Diggs is the only receiver on this team that gets consistent separation. This has resulted in Allen targeting Diggs repeatedly in man coverage. In zone coverage, he starts to get the others more involved. One difference from last season (at least the first half of the season) is Allen targeted Gabe deep, in man coverage, more often.

If it was just the notes in the lawsuit, I’d likely agree with you. However, it’s the lawsuit, plus several reports of McD and Daboll not seeing eye to eye, plus McD’s comments in the past, and now this video where they seem reticent to shake hands. Fans can shove their head into the sand if they desire, but I don’t see what good it does. This whole thing reminds me of something McD said about a month before Daboll left for the Giants: "Well I didn't think, honestly, we took advantage of opportunities tonight. I really didn't. The ball is at the 40-yard line. We're 1-for-4 in the red zone… If you were in the team meetings in training camp, you would know what style of offense I want" For a coach that is notorious for not calling our players, that statement was pretty alarming at the time.

I know I had a bit too much to drink last night, but did I stumble into a courtroom accidentally? Where am I? PS, there are exceptions to hearsay which do allow it in court. One example is a recorded recollection that accurately reflects the witness’s knowledge.

Sorry but this is ridiculous. There is more than enough circumstantial evidence, including information contained in a lawsuit, to show that Daboll and McD are not friendly.

In the Flores lawsuit it’s mentioned that Daboll wanted out of Buffalo, even if it was for just a lateral move. A lot of fans dismisses it, but I never had any reason to doubt it.

Agreed. He is in no way an apples-to-apples replacement for Harris. He is more of a Murray replacement, who he is still healthy.

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.