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Good morning and happy Thanksgiving, New York Giants fans!
Bullen has had some good teachers in his career. Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph is one of his mentors after working with him in Arizona and Miami. Joseph currently oversees the third-ranked defense in yards and scoring. Joseph’s defenses are known to be aggressive. They blitz at the fifth-highest rate (34.0%) in the league. They put a lot of bodies at the line of scrimmage to try to create confusion and play a lot of man coverage behind it.
Bowen’s defenses with the Giants weren’t nearly as aggressive. They blitzed at a modest 27.5% rate (middle of the league) and weren’t focused on disguising rushers. The Giants have just two unblocked sacks this season. Only the 49ers have fewer. The Broncos are second in the NFL with nine.
Perhaps Dart can learn a little something from Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Or at least that’s how former Washington coach Jay Gruden sees it.
“The quarterback has got to understand he holds the keys to the franchise. He’s got to protect himself. That’s not all on the coach calling these runs. You watch Jalen Hurts run — and he hardly ever takes a big shot. He knows when to get down. He plays low. He gets out of bounds,” said Gruden. “It doesn’t look pretty, but he stays healthy. Josh Allen does the same thing. There is an art to running the football as a quarterback and staying out of harm’s way.”
It must be the offensive line, right? It must be that position group once again screwing everything up on that side of the ball.
It must be the continued failings of the line that compromised the play of whichever quarterback the Giants put out there. It must be the lousy pass protection that ruined the passing game.
While the...
