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I've never seen anything like this season, for any team. I'm just amazed at how we continue to have these types of games, and how we lose in these types of games. I'm amazed at the rash of injuries this team has had. I'm amazed that once againa dynamic rookie offensive player has suffered a season ending injury (Jones in 2008, Bryant in 2010, Murray this year).
1) Barring a surprising 3-0 finish, we will miss the playoffs. It was hard to imagine any season where Jones would make a coaching change after one season, but I think a scenario warranting it is starting to play out and I have a feeling Garrett and probably this entire coaching staff is going to be replaced, esepcially if the next 3 games are as bad as these last two. The team just doesnt seem to be improving and is too up and down in virtually every area. I like Garrett, but with Jones being so close to soemone like Jeff Fisher and obviously extremely disappointed over these last two games and the way thigns played out, I could see him making the big shakeup. Hiring Fisher might insure Ryan keeps his job here by the way, as he played and coached under Rob's dad.
2) No way to defend it, Ryan's defense is just awful. Gave up 35 pts, 28 first downs and over 500 yards of offense. The Giants are a good offensive team, but they had some more injuries to their OL and had to make adjustments, and you'd have never known it by how we played. People can throw some stats up to try and argue about it, but even in some of the "good" games we've had the defense's "success" has been because the other teams QB grossly missed on some easy throws to open receivers. You cannot make a living off this. Manning dropped back 47 times last night. He wasnt sacked, and was knocked down only twice the entire game despite rushing 6-7-8 guys constantly. The run defense was pretty bad too, especially considering this was the worst rushing team in football we played. The defense was one area where I thought we'd see significant improvement as the season wore on, because they didnt have an offseason to implment the changes Ryan wanted to do. But we also didnt have to break in alot of young or rookie players. You'd think they'd be really starting to get it by now, but instead we still see way too many plays where the right guys dont get on the field or get lined up right, and way too many busted coverages.
3) Romo had a great game except for a couple or three awful misses to wide open guys. The Austin miss in the 4th qtr was a killer, as we probably run out the clock or come close to it (unless Austin would have scored a TD, which was certainly possible). Just cant miss those types of plays with the game on the line though.
4) There's no way in hell any level headed fan can say last nights game was an example of "quality" or "fair" officiating. It was bad, again. The PI call on Jenkins (should have been Sensabaugh I guess, as Jenkins did nothing) was a bad call. They could have probably called illegal contact, but thats not what they did. They called PI, and in that case it was the WRONG call because the ball was not catchable by the receiver. They inexplicably picked up the flag on Jones' play where he was tackled by the facemask. Then on the subsequesnt play the DB grabbed Dez Bryant on the facemask as he was taking off the LOS, and it was also ignored. (He badly beat their DB off the line, and Romo badly missed on what should have been an easy completion). Scott Green also incorrectly tried to call Dallas for 12 men on the field once, and it took them a good 10-15 seconds to get the intentional grounding (which was obvious) called on Manning.
5) Really tough luck for Demarco Murray, feel bad for him. Tremendous rookie year wiped out by a broken ankle. Lots of other guys injured or reinjured during the game as well, have never seen a rash of injuries like this. Mike Jenkins keeps taking a pounding but keeps coming back. He probably played alot of the game with basically one arm. In a season full of alot of disappointments with the defense in general, he's definitely been a bright spot along with Ware, Sean Lee, Hatcher and Sean Lissemore. Lee also resprained his injured wrist last night (I think it came on the play where he got the pick) but stayed in.
6) Was impressed again with Kevin Kowalski. They (Giants) threw alot of stuff at him and from initial views he seems to have only messed up one or two plays, including one where he caused a delay of game. Wouldnt hurt my feelings if Costa was out the rest of the year, would love to see more of Kowalski, as he looks like he might be a legit long term answer in the middle. Tyron Smith is a lock for multiple probowls during his career, and while Free hasnt been as good as he was last year (just my opinion, not sure how the grades would compare) I think he'd be alot better at RT anyway, which should happen in the offseason with Smith going to LT.
7) Great game for Felix Jones, except for the costly fumble. Ran hard and made some outstanding cuts. Also was really good on blitz pickups. In addition to going over 100 yds rushing, Jones also caught 6 passes.
8) Even if Garrett survives I dont see how there's not major staff shakeups here in the offseason. I dont see how Joe DeCamillis can be kept. There's just been too many games where the special teams has had a negative impact on a game, including last night when McBriar had a bad punt at the worst possible time, and then the kick protection unit allowed the game tying FG to be blocked. The secondary is a disaster with the exception of Jenkins, I dont see how Campo and Maxie are here next year. Offensively, even though they have said Garrett was fine in his dual role, I think they'll hire a proven offensive coordinator (like a Norv Turner) to help or assume those duties. Not that there was anything wrong with the playcalling last night, but clearly there are games when it could have been better and perhaps by taking all that responsibility off him, some other areas would hopefully improve.
That said, I still think #1 above may end up playing out.
1) Barring a surprising 3-0 finish, we will miss the playoffs. It was hard to imagine any season where Jones would make a coaching change after one season, but I think a scenario warranting it is starting to play out and I have a feeling Garrett and probably this entire coaching staff is going to be replaced, esepcially if the next 3 games are as bad as these last two. The team just doesnt seem to be improving and is too up and down in virtually every area. I like Garrett, but with Jones being so close to soemone like Jeff Fisher and obviously extremely disappointed over these last two games and the way thigns played out, I could see him making the big shakeup. Hiring Fisher might insure Ryan keeps his job here by the way, as he played and coached under Rob's dad.
2) No way to defend it, Ryan's defense is just awful. Gave up 35 pts, 28 first downs and over 500 yards of offense. The Giants are a good offensive team, but they had some more injuries to their OL and had to make adjustments, and you'd have never known it by how we played. People can throw some stats up to try and argue about it, but even in some of the "good" games we've had the defense's "success" has been because the other teams QB grossly missed on some easy throws to open receivers. You cannot make a living off this. Manning dropped back 47 times last night. He wasnt sacked, and was knocked down only twice the entire game despite rushing 6-7-8 guys constantly. The run defense was pretty bad too, especially considering this was the worst rushing team in football we played. The defense was one area where I thought we'd see significant improvement as the season wore on, because they didnt have an offseason to implment the changes Ryan wanted to do. But we also didnt have to break in alot of young or rookie players. You'd think they'd be really starting to get it by now, but instead we still see way too many plays where the right guys dont get on the field or get lined up right, and way too many busted coverages.
3) Romo had a great game except for a couple or three awful misses to wide open guys. The Austin miss in the 4th qtr was a killer, as we probably run out the clock or come close to it (unless Austin would have scored a TD, which was certainly possible). Just cant miss those types of plays with the game on the line though.
4) There's no way in hell any level headed fan can say last nights game was an example of "quality" or "fair" officiating. It was bad, again. The PI call on Jenkins (should have been Sensabaugh I guess, as Jenkins did nothing) was a bad call. They could have probably called illegal contact, but thats not what they did. They called PI, and in that case it was the WRONG call because the ball was not catchable by the receiver. They inexplicably picked up the flag on Jones' play where he was tackled by the facemask. Then on the subsequesnt play the DB grabbed Dez Bryant on the facemask as he was taking off the LOS, and it was also ignored. (He badly beat their DB off the line, and Romo badly missed on what should have been an easy completion). Scott Green also incorrectly tried to call Dallas for 12 men on the field once, and it took them a good 10-15 seconds to get the intentional grounding (which was obvious) called on Manning.
5) Really tough luck for Demarco Murray, feel bad for him. Tremendous rookie year wiped out by a broken ankle. Lots of other guys injured or reinjured during the game as well, have never seen a rash of injuries like this. Mike Jenkins keeps taking a pounding but keeps coming back. He probably played alot of the game with basically one arm. In a season full of alot of disappointments with the defense in general, he's definitely been a bright spot along with Ware, Sean Lee, Hatcher and Sean Lissemore. Lee also resprained his injured wrist last night (I think it came on the play where he got the pick) but stayed in.
6) Was impressed again with Kevin Kowalski. They (Giants) threw alot of stuff at him and from initial views he seems to have only messed up one or two plays, including one where he caused a delay of game. Wouldnt hurt my feelings if Costa was out the rest of the year, would love to see more of Kowalski, as he looks like he might be a legit long term answer in the middle. Tyron Smith is a lock for multiple probowls during his career, and while Free hasnt been as good as he was last year (just my opinion, not sure how the grades would compare) I think he'd be alot better at RT anyway, which should happen in the offseason with Smith going to LT.
7) Great game for Felix Jones, except for the costly fumble. Ran hard and made some outstanding cuts. Also was really good on blitz pickups. In addition to going over 100 yds rushing, Jones also caught 6 passes.
8) Even if Garrett survives I dont see how there's not major staff shakeups here in the offseason. I dont see how Joe DeCamillis can be kept. There's just been too many games where the special teams has had a negative impact on a game, including last night when McBriar had a bad punt at the worst possible time, and then the kick protection unit allowed the game tying FG to be blocked. The secondary is a disaster with the exception of Jenkins, I dont see how Campo and Maxie are here next year. Offensively, even though they have said Garrett was fine in his dual role, I think they'll hire a proven offensive coordinator (like a Norv Turner) to help or assume those duties. Not that there was anything wrong with the playcalling last night, but clearly there are games when it could have been better and perhaps by taking all that responsibility off him, some other areas would hopefully improve.
That said, I still think #1 above may end up playing out.
