A quick glance at the NFL playoff standings will tell you one clear fact: The Niner’s are the only team locked for a spot. That means 6 other NFC teams have a chance. Among those are… wait for it… The Giants? Yeah. That happened. The G-men managed to stumble back into relevance after a three game win streak that, honestly, could and should have been a 4 to 5 game win streak. They have been in nearly every game they’ve played in spite of one of the most lackluster offenses I’ve seen and, according to ESPN, the second worst offense in the NFL. Yeah, the Jets are first, but we don’t want to bring that up in this blog because there really isn’t enough time to unpack that hot ass mess.
The Giants are relevant because of defense. Over the past few weeks they have posted terrific defensive numbers. They’ve schemed expertly against multiple teams — all despite the drama surrounding the so-called relationship issues between Daboll and Wink. Here is the issue between Wink and Daboll as I see it: Daboll blames shit on people and Wink says, yo, we doing our part. Even when they weren’t killing it on D he was building towards that. No comment on O though? I mean the line stuff is a pure issue, but I have to ask: How is Kafka really doing? Nobody hears from the guy. It’s like he’s in witness protection–very Jersey of them.
I will say this: The QB issue is solved. The offense can run so long as there is someone with confidence a la Purdy. They need a guy with a big arm. They need to spend the cash on a line and not a QB. Once that is truly fixed, they’ll put up numbers. This last week showed it especially in the second half.