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My broad view on this series is I think Florida is a tougher opponent than Carolina. They have a much better goalie, they have snipers all over the place, and they have some bruisers on D.

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I also think we will be better. It's no more than a hunch, but I feel like we bottomed out in that Carolina series. I don't think we'll see this team lay an egg again the way they did in game five.

With that said I feel like this one is going to go to seven, even if we play our absolute best. We're going from facing a bad goalie to facing a great one. Bobby is likely HOF material. Freddy Anderson was a sieve.

DeVito has officially jumped the shark.

Not my best performance.

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I thought this was on the tricky side today.

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Quote from: AZGiantFan on May 21, 2024, 07:05:59 PMReally?  In his first 3 years, which were his best 3 years, the Giants were 9th in fewest sacks, t4 in fewest sacks, and t3 in fewest sacks.  They've never come close to this proficiency in pass blocking in the post-Eli period, during which their league ranking in sacks allowed averaged 26th fewest.  Even in OBJ's 2 good years after his injury year the OL was middle of the road, 22nd and 19th - rankings that would mark a huge improvement if they were able to achieve that this year.

Per PFF, the line was comfortably below average (ie bad) in each of Beckham's biggest three years. Phrase it how you like, but it was not good. The point was that an elite receiver can still produce at a high level behind a not good O line, depending on other circumstances. I never made a precise equation to the current line. You inferred that for some reason, even though I clearly said it has been varying degrees of bad since 2012, a statement I firmly stand by.


https://www.pff.com/news/2014-pff-offensive-line-rankings

https://www.pff.com/news/pro-ranking-all-32-offensive-lines-this-season

https://www.pff.com/news/pro-ranking-all-32-nfl-offensive-lines-this-season

Quote from: Philosophers on May 21, 2024, 10:24:06 AMHe's not so special that if the OL only allows a very short amount of time before a QB gets hit that he will be effective.  NFL CBs can tie him early for a split second to screw up any effectiveness.  It's about the OL. 

Our O line was never good when OBJ was on the Giants. It has been varying degrees of bad since the 2012 season.

The Eagles' D completely imploded last year. It's hard to imagine an established, solid DC like Fangio not being helpful to them.

Nice one Ed.

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Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 20, 2024, 07:01:17 PMHe turns 25 before the season starts.

Ah ok.

To what extent will you be rooting for Saquon this season?

How is Creed Humphrey not on this list? Guy is the best or second best center in the league.

If a 25 year old rookie running back from an ivy league school and who nobody heard of until a month or two ago makes good in the NFL, it would be a hell of a story, and also one that I'm fairly sure has never happened before, or at least probably not any time in the last 60-70 years.

There's a first time for everything, and it's always fun to root for these underdog/longer shot type guys like Platzgummer, Bryce Ford-Wheaton, Elerson Smith, etc. We'll see what happens. It would be fun to see him somehow make an impact, but I'm not sure I view that as base case.

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