![]() Overall the Giants’ blockers gave up 27 pressures, compared with the six yielded by Dallas’ line. John Michael Schmitz, in his first NFL action, was poor in both run and pass blocking. However, linemate Mark Glowinski recorded a Lemieux-esque 1.0 pass block grade, quite the accomplishment. Most of the vitriol was directed at Evan Neal, whose 25.7 pass block grade was in line with his worst 2022 performances, including the DeMarcus Lawrence three-sack game. ![]() It was the right side of the line that was truly offensive.The left side of the offensive line - Andrew Thomas before his hamstring injury Matt Peart, who lasted all of four snaps replacing him before he was injured too and left guard Ben Bredeson - were not great but were at least acceptable.Exactly one player on offense for the Giants was deemed by PFF to have played above average - Josh Ezeudu, who only played 14 snaps on offense after the game was already decided, and whom former Giant Lawrence Tynes accused of missing a block that caused the blocked field goal that was the beginning of the end for the Giants’ chances.Let’s look at them anyway, though, just for fun (?) OFFENSE PFF grades Courtesy of Pro Football Focus Even the snap counts, which are usually indicative of the pecking order and how the coordinators see the usefulness and roles of individual players, don’t mean as much in a game like this that was effectively over by early in the third quarter. You can probably assign your own set of grades and come pretty close to what PFF says. ![]() Sunday night’s New York Giants’ massacre at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys was not one of those games that required detailed analysis. That’s why Pro Football Focus grades can be useful even if they are subjective - none of us watches a game closely enough to monitor all 11 players on the field at once and we’re likely to miss things that a trained eye dedicated to a single game will notice. He had three carries for 27 yards and one catch for one yard, but the combined production on the ground suggests the biggest issue for the Titans was continuing to call plays that put the ball in Tannehill’s hands on a day when he couldn’t get the job done.Some games really benefit from detailed analysis by people who are paid to watch every player on every play and assess their performance. While Spears played more, he touched the ball less than Henry. “Derrick will be a huge part of that, I can assure you.” “Everybody making sure that we get into a rhythm and that we figure out things we can do consistently,” Vrabel said, via Nick Suss of the Tennessean. Vrabel said it was “probably” an outlier due to falling behind the sticks too often in the second half of the game. Given the score and Tannehill’s performance, Henry’s usage was surprising and head coach Mike Vrabel was asked about it at Monday’s press conference. Spears played 34 snaps and Henry had 30 in a game the Titans lost 16-15 with Ryan Tannehill throwing three interceptions. Henry ran 15 times for 63 yards and caught two passes for 56 yards, but just five of those touches came in the second half and he wound up playing fewer snaps than rookie in Tyjae Spears over the course of the game. Recent Titans seasons have featured an offensive formula heavy on running back Derrick Henry, but that wasn’t the one they employed against the Saints in Week One. ![]()
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