The POSITIVES ONLY....A Futile Experiment 1.0?

[boondocksaint88]

A Highly expect loss by everyone.

My approach to watching this game (and hopefully getting some enjoyment) was to expect a loss and try to look for the positives while watching.  This team needs some positive building blocks to grow on to become a respectable team.

The Challenge: 
Post something positive you observed while watching this game.  The Giants IMO weren't TOO bad.  There was big contrast of good plays and absolutely horrible plays.  For the sake of this experiment post just something good that you observed.  I consider this a big challenge on this board because I've seen some members make well over 500 posts without contributing a single positive note.  Post something good you saw and feel free to create a separate NEGATIVES thread to unload our pessimism (I'll be happy to contribute).

I expect this to go horribly but I'll start....

***Dave Mayo is a guy that I totally wrote off as another Gettleman failed draft pick he's trying to resurrect.  I've posted a lot of WTF's when they signed him.  I take it all back, DAVE MAYO CAN PLAY.  He was always near the ball both on defense and special teams.  14 Tackles .5 sack. this guy is a welcome relief to guys like Tae Davis and Nate Stupar.  A position riddled with injuries.  Cudos to Gettleman and moreso Mayo


What do you got?

[saygonebarkley]

The defense is learning the system and playing hard. There is a lot of potential and room for growth. I like this team

[goldenratio]

Oct 10, 2019 23:24:22 GMT -5 boondocksaint88 said:

A Highly expect loss by everyone.

My approach to watching this game (and hopefully getting some enjoyment) was to expect a loss and try to look for the positives while watching.  This team needs some positive building blocks to grow on to become a respectable team.

The Challenge: 
Post something positive you observed while watching this game.  The Giants IMO weren't TOO bad.  There was big contrast of good plays and absolutely horrible plays.  For the sake of this experiment post just something good that you observed.  I consider this a big challenge on this board because I've seen some members make well over 500 posts without contributing a single positive note.  Post something good you saw and feel free to create a separate NEGATIVES thread to unload our pessimism (I'll be happy to contribute).

I expect this to go horribly but I'll start....

***Dave Mayo is a guy that I totally wrote off as another Gettleman failed draft pick he's trying to resurrect.  I've posted a lot of WTF's when they signed him.  I take it all back, DAVE MAYO CAN PLAY.  He was always near the ball both on defense and special teams.  14 Tackles .5 sack. this guy is a welcome relief to guys like Tae Davis and Nate Stupar.  A position riddled with injuries.  Cudos to Gettleman and moreso Mayo


What do you got?

I was going to say mayo also.  Dude played out of his mind effort wise and made some plays... shot the gaps with quickness... yeah he missed a tackle or assignment or or two but all lbs do.  He looked very impressive tonight to my eyes.

the overall effort and heart the team has is great. Compared to the lack of effort we've seen from guy like vernon the past few years, it is so refreshing to see guys giving their all for an entire game.  Say what you want about the whole culture thing or the shurmmeister but his guys play hard for him and the whole culture thing seems to have some merit.  Love to see some guy with some heart out there for a change.  Much different then the past few years in that regard.  This team is actually competing for 60 minutes.

PS The negative posters you refer to are the same ones that will claim to be objective.  Ask them to find 3 posts that are more positive than negative of the thousands of posts they've posted, I bet they can't do it.

Good thread man. The team was fun to watch most of this game. It was pretty close and exciting most of the game, and the NYG team was banged up.

[bronxpinstripes]

Despite having a punt blocked, Riley Dixon continues to impress.

[boondocksaint88]

Oct 11, 2019 0:03:01 GMT -5 bronxpinstripes said:

Despite having a punt blocked, Riley Dixon continues to impress.

You get a D- for effort. 

As a Giants fan you're the kid that is eating paint chips in the corner and Loves to point out that Eli Manning actually threw an Interception in Super Bowl XLII.

[amanitoomertoedrag]

Oct 10, 2019 23:24:22 GMT -5 boondocksaint88 said:

I expect this to go horribly but I'll start....

***Dave Mayo is a guy that I totally wrote off as another Gettleman failed draft pick he's trying to resurrect.  I've posted a lot of WTF's when they signed him.  I take it all back, DAVE MAYO CAN PLAY.  He was always near the ball both on defense and special teams.  14 Tackles .5 sack. this guy is a welcome relief to guys like Tae Davis and Nate Stupar.  A position riddled with injuries.  Cudos to Gettleman and moreso Mayo


What do you got?

I was impressed with Daniel Jones. Playing against the #1 defense in the NFL and also the #1 team in the NFL (NFL power rankings). His first interception to Golden Tate was an unfortunate deflection interception. The other he was hit in the elbow. What I loved to see was his ability to thread passes against an elite secondary. Some of his passes were "wow" worthy. Like the deep pass to Golden Tate (for a touchdown). He put it in a fantastic location. He also gives his WRs a chance to earn their paycheck. He throws balls up when there's nothing there (watching the CB's body language) and lets his WR go and get it. That's an elite trait. A lot of subpar QBs need to see someone being wide open or they panic, hold onto the ball too long, and bad things occur. Daniel has the ability already, to throw guys open. Again, a trait of the truly elite level QBs in the league. You very rarely see young talent have the ability to process that information. What I would like to see from our WRs is take advantage of that. They need to understand body positioning better (a trait of elite WRs like Larry Fitzgerald or Deandre Hopkins for instance... two perfect examples of this). To be more specific, when the ball is in flight you box out your guy (like in Basketball) to seal the defender off, then at the last moment you move towards the ball. That is a Larry Fitzgerald special. Body positioning is such a crucial skill to master to take your game to the next level. Slayton has a lot of physical gifts, that is one area he needs to improve on because Daniel Jones is giving him passes to let him show his WR skills. Ask any WR who is confident in his game. "Just throw it in my vicinity and I'll make a play on the ball". That might sound like a negative but that's what I'm seeing with my eyes... and my eyes don't lie! 😉

[calliesdad2019]

OK positives,
Lawrence is pushing the pocket and getting good rush ,
Baker is improving,
the giants made a smart move in signing Golden .

[giants4life]

That was more like it. I can handle a loss but they played hard and made this Pats team look beatable. Hopefully DJ can use the rest of the year to gain more experience and start to lower the INT's, but I like the kid.  The only play that bothered me was that he may have had a TD to Slayton but he threw it over his head out of bounds.  

[56801steve]

Post a positive.

The aggressive defense until they tired.

[giants4life]

Oct 11, 2019 4:44:32 GMT -5 calliesdad2019 said:

OK positives,
Lawrence is pushing the pocket and getting good rush ,
Baker is improving,
the giants made a smart move in signing Golden .

Yeah Golden is panning out, love his motor.  Our D line is starting to come around.  We still give the QB too much time but once we get a rush, look out.

[calliesdad2019]

I was totally wrong on Golden, credit to gettleman and mostly Golden, for rehabbing his acl and working hard
Hopefully, his market isn't too crazy as he is a UFA, and you know the pass rushing market gets crazy.

[goldenratio]

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[richinpa]

Lawrence- a beast.

Golden- do we resign him? he is showing what we need at the Edge. Tired out but so did the entire D

Baker-improved.

[jeffhostetlerfan]

Slayton is a good looking WR out there. I just hope he gets a little more fight in him to take it to the next level, but he appears to be understanding his responsibilities within the routes/plays and he is doing ok out there and can be a deep threat.

Eli Penny might be a pretty darn good #3 option out there for the Giants at RB. I wish Shurmur would attempt to use him a little more.


Nice overall effort by the defense. My main schematic complaint remains about us not having our 3 best DL out there at all times, but all things considered we are looking better out there. Mayo was active which was nice. He wasn't great, but he was solid (which is better than what we've seen in the 2010s).

Not a bad effort by D Jones. Tough ask to go against this defense without even 1 of your main weapons.

[ctgiantsfan1]

DJ continues to grow and doesn't let mistakes shake him, good trait in a young QB.

Lawrence and Tomlinson are starting to become a formidable run stopping combo.

Slayton continues to impress and I can see him becoming a nice weapon.

Golden has been much better than I had hoped for. Look forward to him being resigned.

Baker has been showing improvement and should become a very solid DB.

Carter keeps showing flashes of being a real contributor and pass rush menace.