The nature of Shane Bowen's defense

[MightyGiants]

John Schmeelk: Our player interview series on the "Giants Huddle" podcast is underway, with our defensive interviews set to begin next week. The nature of Shane Bowen's defense was a huge topic of conversation with all the defensive players I spoke to. Here was the consensus:

• More zone with players watching and reading the quarterback on the second level.
  More two-high safety looks.
• Fewer blitzes with more adapting the scheme to the offense lined up across from them.
• Aggressive one-gap penetrating scheme on the defensive line while maintaining rush lane integrity.
• Not a passive zone scheme.
• There will be a combination of pattern match and drop zone.
• Do not expect a lot of uncontested short passes.
• There are man principles in many of the zone coverages.

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https://www.giants.com/news/shane-bowen-defensive-coordinator-scheme-brian-daboll-coaching-staff

[Painter]

Generally- I don't mean detail specific- it's exactly as I expected it would be. It does seem sensible/ well-suited to the current personnel given our early impressions.

Cheers!