The great thing about the NFL is that there are so many positions that every year, there is almost always at least one player who has a breakout year on every team, no matter how good or bad the team is. This is one part in a 32 part segment detailing one potential breakout player [...]
The Giants have a pair of recent 2nd round picks at defensive tackle (Linval Joseph 2010, Marvin Austin 2011), but the latter has had a ton of trouble staying healthy in his career, not playing a snap in 2011 and playing just 109 last season. After cutting veteran Chris Canty, they were left with very [...]
William Beatty had a very good season last year and left tackles don’t grow on trees, I know that. ProFootballFocus’ 12th ranked offensive tackle this season, Beatty committed 11 penalties, but allowed just 3 sacks and 22 combined hits and hurries, while making 15 of 16 starts on the incredibly valuable blindside. However, this is [...]
With two Super Bowl rings, some people put Eli Manning in the same tier as Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Aaron Rodgers. While, the two rings undoubtedly makes him “elite,” those other 3 guys are clearly in another tier and this season once again showed why. In 9 years as a starter, Eli Manning has [...]
Last week: 13 (-1) Record: 8-7 Net points per drive: 0.28 (12th) DVOA: 9.8% (9th) Weighted DVOA: 5.4% (12th) Studs LT William Beatty: Did not allow a pressure on 34 pass block snaps, run blocked for 3 yards on 1 attempt DT Linval Joseph: 3 quarterback hurries on 27 pass rush snaps, 5 solo tackles, [...]
Philadelphia Eagles (4-11) at New York Giants (8-7) The Giants are in a must win game here, but that doesn’t mean that this means more to them. The Eagles would love nothing more here than to play spoiler and eliminate a division rival. That being said, I actually really like the Eagles here. There’s absolutely [...]
New York Giants (8-6) at Baltimore Ravens (9-5) The Giants stunk it up last week in Atlanta, getting shut out, losing 34-0. I generally like taking teams off a blowout loss. Teams in this situation tend to be overlooked, undervalued, and embarrassed. The most recent case of this was the Cardinals’ blowing out the Lions [...]
Last week: 13 (+0) Record: 8-6 Net points per drive: 0.42 (8th) DVOA: 13.3% (7th) Weighted DVOA: 10.5% (8th) I went back and forth on Chicago/NY Giants for the final playoff spot. The Giants control their own destiny, but the Bears have very winnable games against Arizona and the team who lost to Arizona (Detroit) [...]
New York Giants (8-5) at Atlanta Falcons (11-2) Every year in the Tom Coughlin era, the Giants have a 2nd half slide. Since he took over in 2004, they are 53-19 in the first 8 games of the season and 29-40 in the second 8 games of the season. This year has been no different [...]
Last week: 13 (+0) Record: 8-5 Net points per drive: 0.67 (3rd) DVOA: 20.3% (7th) Weighted DVOA: 21.8% (5th) They got their big win this week, but the more important thing is the Redskins did too. The Redskins have a very easy schedule the rest of the way and if they win out, the Giants [...]
New Orleans Saints (5-7) at New York Giants (7-5) Earlier this week, I outlined why the Redskins should be considered the favorites to win the NFC East. The Redskins, presumably, have the tiebreaker, by virtue of their better divisional record. They are a game back right now, but they are almost definitely going favored in [...]
Last week: 14 (-6) Record: 7-5 Net points per drive: 0.55 (6th) DVOA: 16.5% (8th) Weighted DVOA: 18.4% (7th) Studs RB Ahmad Bradshaw: Rushed for 103 yards (47 after contact) on 24 attempts, 2 broken tackles, caught 2 passes for 13 yards on 2 attempts, allowed 1 quarterback hurry on 16 pass block snaps WR [...]
New York Giants (7-4) at Washington Redskins (5-6) Since Tom Coughlin took over as Head Coach of the New York Giants before the 2004 season, the Giants have always been a much better 1st half of the season team than 2nd half of the season team. In the first 8 games of the season, they [...]
Last week: 14 (+6) Record: 7-4 Net points per drive: 0.59 (6th) DVOA: 18.2% (7th) Weighted DVOA: 18.1% (7th) Tier 3: Former Super Bowl champs who could be scary if they get hot Studs RB Ahmad Bradshaw: Rushed for 58 yards (19 after contact) and a touchdown on 10 attempts, caught 2 passes for 61 [...]
Green Bay Packers (7-3) at New York Giants (6-4) What’s wrong with the Giants? That’s what everyone is asking. Well, they do this every year. Since Tom Coughlin took over, the Giants are 53-19 in the first 8 games of a season and 27-39 in the last 8 games of the season, including these last [...]
Last week: 14 (+0) Record: 6-4 On bye.
Last week: 8 (-6) Record: 6-4 Under Tom Coughlin, they are 53-19 in the first 8 games of a season and 27-39 in the final 8. They have a brutal schedule upcoming, as they host Green Bay, New Orleans, and Philadelphia and go to Washington, Atlanta, and Baltimore. They’ll probably end up somewhere around the [...]
New York Giants (6-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) If it wasn’t for Hurricane Sandy, I would have picked against the Giants last week. I thought they were in a really bad spot at home for the Steelers, but because the Steelers had to travel on the day of the game because of the Hurricane, I [...]
Last week: 5 (-3) Record: 6-3 I picked the Giants to win last week, but it wasn’t confident and I only picked them because the Steelers had to travel on the day of the game because of Hurricane Sandy. In normal conditions, I would have picked the Steelers because this is right around when the [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) at New York Giants (6-2) Last week, the Giants won in Dallas in the exact type of game they normally win. They are now 18-7 ATS as road favorites under Tom Coughlin. On the road in general, they are 50-25 ATS under Tom Coughlin, as opposed to 34-38 ATS at home. As [...]
Last week: 5 (+0) Record: 6-2 The Giants are now 53-19 in the first half of the season under Tom Coughlin, though they are also just 27-37 in the 2nd half of the season. Looking at their schedule, we could see something similar happen. This week, they host the Steelers, then they go to Cincinnati, [...]
New York Giants (5-2) at Dallas Cowboys (3-3) This line opened as Cowboys -1 and I was ready to make a big play on the Giants for several reasons. For starters, in the Tom Coughlin era, they are 39-21 ATS as a dog. Also in the Tom Coughlin era, they are 49-25 ATS on the [...]
Last week: 6 (+1) Record: 5-2 Under Tom Coughlin, the Giants are 52-19 in the first 8 games of a season and 27-37 in their final 8. Their schedule this year suggests a similar thing could happen this year. After going to Dallas this week, the Giants host Pittsburgh, go to Cincinnati, go on a [...]
Washington Redskins (3-3) at New York Giants (4-2) When I first saw this line, I instantly thought, trap line. The Giants were coming off a huge win in San Francisco and yet this line was suspiciously only at -7. My belief was furthered when the line started to actually fall even more and now it’s [...]
Last week: 13 (+7) Record: 4-2 The Giants making a big jump this week is more indicative about how tightly packed this league is than it is indicative of anything else. If they lose to an underrated Washington team who could easily catch them off guard this week off a huge win, they could be [...]