Sunday noon on FOX. Announcers have not been officially announced yet but the consensus at The 506 is that it should be the A or B teams from Fox. I'll adjust this when I see something official, most likely by tomorrow.
As long as the end result is the same, I don't really care how Eli looks. ...but yea, I hope he's concussed by the end of the game, even just a little.
We've GOT to start playing better at home. We're only 5-5 in our last 10 home games. That's unacceptable for a team talking about winning the division.
Looking forward to seeing what the secondary can do with a struggling Eli. Cushing is backkkk! :grin:
I say we see the Texans win. Hell we better. I'm in town this weekend and specifically bought tickets to go to the game since it will be my only chance this year. Texans 21 Giants 17
Let's hope the secondary plays better. Looking forward to see if Nolan can keep it up. The NYG passing has looked pretty mediocre thus far, but they have talent with Manning, Hakeem Nicks, and steve Smith.
Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Pass Protection Focus on getting the run to set up the pass - the Giants are no where near as formidable stopping the run (#22 out of 32 teams) as they are the pass (#2). Cutler and the Bears wrote the book on what not to do: in the first half, the Bears called 17 pass plays to 6 runs until Cutler was finally crushed like a soda can. Virtually 3:1 pass:run ratio when your QB goes down in literally half your passing attempts of absurd, and helps demonstrates Mike Martz's severely close-minded stubborn approach. Issue #2 - don't hold onto the ball waiting for something to develop downfield. Collinsworth picked up that the Bears were calling 3 step drops, and Cutler kept trying to extend things looking for a home run to develop. Against most teams, the spider sense needs to start tingling just before the 3 second mark, and the alarm should be blaring after 4. Against the Giants, it's more like 2 and 3 seconds, respectively. Bootlegs are dangerous against this front four. Very, very dangerous. They're bad against the run partially because Tuck and Umenyiora are so bent on getting into the backfield that you can slip past them. Run a boot, and Schaub is very likely to turn around right into a full speed mack truck about to crush him. Foster should be effective catching dumps into the flat. Slants should work well. You can pick on this secondary, but you can't give into the temptation of waiting for something to develop downfield. With the return of Cushing, I'm not so worried about their offense. Their run game is going to get shut down, and our blitz should be much more effective. Pollard nand Nolan should be allowed to both stay back in coverage and help keep a cap on Smith and Nicks.
Buck is just about the most talentless hack in sports broadcasting and the poster boy for nepotism. As bad as he is at football, he's even worse at baseball. At least Aikman sometimes provides useful insight
There's also the fact that he admits to rarely even watching sports. http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/07/joe-buck-admits-he-rarely-watches.html I can't stand the guy.
I'd rather listen to the damn thing via the Giants radio broadcast than watch Joe Buck and Troy on Fox.
In monotone, with few words larger than four letters. It's the worst. And yes, Joe Buck is awful, too. None of the rest of Fox's game announcers are very good, either. I like Fox's pre-game show, but they scrape the bottom of the barrel for their broadcasters.
Oh, I know, believe me. I'm just saying that *at least* he occasionally provides something useful, however vapidly it's presented. NOBODY is more straight-up annoyingly useless than Joe Buck.
