Thread: Practice / press conference notes - week 6 (Giants week)

Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne

I'm going to claim this Ed Eagan guy for my fantasy team. He'll likely torch us.

I'm trying to claim Lewis, IMO he's the most likely to burn us if anyone will. He's been on the team and participating previously and has had time to develop more chemistry with Eli.

Evan Engram is going to have a big day.

Originally Posted by slim

Evan Engram is going to have a big day.

TE's always give us trouble, but Engram is basically a slightly bigger WR. One of our corners should be fine on him.

I predict Shane Vereen gets the most targets from Eli, FWIW

Originally Posted by VonDoom

I predict Shane Vereen gets the most targets from Eli, FWIW

Smart money is on Harris, Jr.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Smart money is on Harris, Jr.

I predict a stat like of 3 for 95 and 2 TD for Talib this week.

12 points? Damn.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

12 points? Damn.

I mean, he's gotta get that record this year, who better to throw him some pick sixes than Eli. That man is to interceptions what Peyton Manning is to Touchdowns.

Originally Posted by Freyaka

I mean, he's gotta get that record this year, who better to throw him some pick sixes than Eli. That man is to interceptions what Peyton Manning is to Touchdowns.

Yeah - I was talking about the spread. Not sure I like the 12 point giveaway there. The Giants have major problems on offense, but their defense is still a bit better than OK.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Yeah - I was talking about the spread. Not sure I like the 12 point giveaway there. The Giants have major problems on offense, but their defense is still a bit better than OK.

It's not actually though. They have zero pass rush (8 sacks so far this year) 26th overall defense, 17th against the pass, they've given up 10 passing TD's (more than us) and only have in INT.

There really is not a single thing the Giants excel at which is why they are 0-4.

In theory...we should probably win by 50 points. But any given sunday an opponent can play above and beyond their rank so... who knows.

Originally Posted by Freyaka

It's not actually though. They have zero pass rush (8 sacks so far this year) 26th overall defense, 17th against the pass, they've given up 10 passing TD's (more than us) and only have in INT.

There really is not a single thing the Giants excel at which is why they are 0-4.

In theory...we should probably win by 50 points. But any given sunday an opponent can play above and beyond their rank so... who knows.

I'm not into the "trap game" theory, but as someone else mentioned, the Broncos have a history of playing either up or down to their competition. Let's hope this new coaching staff nips that in the butt.

The Giants have also lost their last three games by five or fewer points. And we rarely blow teams out. Not sure why we would think this is the week

Originally Posted by VonDoom

The Giants have also lost their last three games by five or fewer points. And we rarely blow teams out. Not sure why we would think this is the week

I don't remember being favored by this much since the Jags came in a few years ago to face the juggernaut Manning offense.

Originally Posted by Buff

I don't remember being favored by this much since the Jags came in a few years ago to face the juggernaut Manning offense.

I remember that game well. We were much bigger favorites, though, I think 26 points or something insane like that. I remember the fans booing when we were only up by two at halftime. No game should be treated as an "easy" win in this league.

Originally Posted by VonDoom

I remember that game well. We were much bigger favorites, though, I think 26 points or something insane like that. I remember the fans booing when we were only up by two at halftime. No game should be treated as an "easy" win in this league.

I went and looked it up - 27 points, biggest spread in NFL history. https://www.si.com/nfl/photos/2013/1...-nfl-history#1

Originally Posted by VonDoom

The Giants have also lost their last three games by five or fewer points. And we rarely blow teams out. Not sure why we would think this is the week

I don't disagree with you, like I said, any given sunday and all that. But if we were ever going to blow a team out, it would be this team. We probably won't because as you mentioned, we often play at the level of our opponents (we're nice like that I guess). But in theory, on paper, we should decimate them.