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The team has yet to bring in any outside help, meaning New York is putting hope in the players on their own roster to step up, starting this week in New Orleans.
“You’re trying to figure out, ‘OK, who can we build our concepts off as the No. 1 person?’” Orlovsky said. “When you’re building pass concepts to try to attack coverages, you’re trying to get your main people as the early part of the progression. ‘If we get the perfect coverage, we want this person to catch the ball.’ So when you lose that player, you’re much more hamstrung with what you can expect from your pass game. … It’s going to demand a fair amount of creativity, and it’s going to demand a fair amount of over-performance by basically the whole group.”
Speaking of guys that could be leaned on more, the second-year tight end matched Robinson with four targets following Nabers’ departure and was the recipient of Dart’s first career touchdown, which came on a shovel pass close to the goal line. Johnson finished the game with three receptions for 17 yards and the touchdown while playing nearly 70 percent of the offensive snaps.
Through the first four games, Johnson is tied for third on the team with 15 targets. With Nabers’ team-leading 35 targets now out of the equation, it opens up more for the rest of the pass-catchers. While his season got off to a bit of a slow start, Johnson now has an opportunity to step up and become a focal point of the passing game.
Pass rush is just warming up. Defensive end Brian Burns is tied for the NFL lead in sacks (5.0) and has a sack in each of the Giants’ first four games this year. Rookie linebacker Abdul Carter had eight pressures and five QB hits last week against the Chargers. Linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux had a sack last week and has 0.5+ sacks and a tackle for a loss in five of...
