What did we study from Giants’ Week 14 PFF grades?

And the beat(ing) goes on. Think about saying to your self after the New York Giants’ thrilling 29-20 win in Seattle that the Giants will most likely not win one other sport all season. But right here we’re staring that risk within the face after the Giants let maybe their greatest probability for one more victory slip away in a 14-11 loss to the New Orleans Saints.

Nonetheless, there gave the impression to be a number of fascinating developments in Sunday’s sport, so let’s see whether or not the Professional Soccer Focus grades and snap counts bear these out.

Offense
PFF grades

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I don’t should let you know that Drew Lock performed a fairly dangerous sport, though his ultimate grade of 51.1 is boosted a bit by main the Giants again into place to tie. A part of the issue was that he noticed a major quantity of stress and didn’t reply nicely:

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Lock was pressured on 46% of dropbacks regardless of solely being blitzed 18% of the time. He was (barely) sufficient when stored clear however very poor, together with two of his three turnover-worthy performs and his solely interception, when pressured.

On condition that, you could be stunned to see all seven offensive linemen with not less than common PFF grades, and 6 of them above common. Look nearer, although. The Giants had their greatest run blocking sport of the season, however their move blocking as a unit was the sixth-worst of the season, with Jake Kubas and to a lesser extent John Michael Schmitz being the worst offenders, together with tight ends Daniel Bellinger and Chris Manhertz being terrible as blockers. The offensive line additionally dedicated 4 penalties, although considered one of them was one other of these dreaded unlawful formation calls (on Josh Ezeudu) which have simply gotten out of hand league-wide. Wanting nearer on the blocking:

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Lock was solely sacked twice (considered one of them that PFF deemed his personal fault) and hit twice, however the OL gave up 17 hurries (plus three extra by RBs and TEs), with 9 of them being Josh Ezeudu’s fault. Evan Neal alternatively had a reasonably respectable sport, with simply three pressures. The place have you ever gone, Tyre Phillips, Giants Nation turns its lonely eyes to you? Actually Tyre Phillips was elevated from the apply squad Sunday. Possibly he’ll begin to get snaps.

As for the opposite talent gamers, Malik Nabers, taking part in by way of accidents, had 5 catches in 9 targets and no drops for 79 yards and a 73.1 receiving grade. The opposite receivers graded close to common or barely beneath, the most important cause being Tyrone Tracy’s two drops and Wan’Dale Robinson’s one. The operating backs didn’t distinguish themselves carrying the ball both, with solely 53 yards gained (together with Tracy’s 1-yard TD, which was effort by him). Lock out-rushed each operating backs.
Snap counts

All it’s worthwhile to know concerning the state of the Giants’ offense is within the offensive line snaps. Evan Neal and Ezeudu (regardless of being listed at guard) performed your entire sport at sort out. The attrition was on the within, the place solely Greg Van Roten lasted your entire sport. Jon Runyan Jr. and John Michael Schmitz left with accidents within the second half and have been changed by Jake Kubas and Aaron Stinnie. Stinnie noticed his first motion of the yr and Kubas his first NFL snaps ever. It’s superb that the OL performed in addition to it did. Thanks, Carmen Bricillo.
Wan’Dale Robinson, Malik Nabers, and Darius Slayton have been all on the sector for a lot of the offensive snaps because the Giants continued to play loads of 11 personnel with Theo Johnson performed for the season. Daniel Bellinger is now the workhorse TE, with Chris Manhertz getting some motion as a blocking TE and newcomer Greg Dulcich getting on the sector for one snap. It is going to be fascinating to see if Dulcich works his manner into critical motion as a receiving possibility.
Tyrone Tracy has solidified his function as major operating, with Devin Singletary now simply being the change-of-pace man and Eric Grey within the wilderness.

Protection
PFF grades

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It was slightly like Pop Warner participation trophy day, with 23 completely different gamers seeing the sector on the injury-ravaged protection. Issues might have been worse. The patchwork unit did maintain the Saints to 14 factors, with the damaging Alvin Kamara dashing for under 44 yards and Derek Carr passing for under 219 yards.

Kayvon Thibodeaux was the highest-graded Large on protection general at 83.8. Which will shock you since he solely had one sack, one quarterback hit, and one hurry, nevertheless it’s as a result of he was stout in opposition to the run and tackled nicely. That’s the issue with Thibodeaux – he’s not the move rusher that everybody hoped he’d be popping out of Oregon, however he’s typically stable in opposition to the run and in protection (although Shane Bowen has hardly dropped him into protection in any respect). Brian Burns graded solely common general (65.5) however had two extra pressures than Thibodeaux and graded 81.4 in move rush.
Micah McFadden had an excellent sport general (77.7) and was wonderful in run assist (84.5), with eight solo tackles, three assists, and just one missed sort out; six of the tackles have been “stops” (failures by the offense), and 5 have been TFLs. He additionally solely gave up three receptions in six targets for 4 yards. Darius Muasau, nevertheless, had a nasty sport throughout the board (31.5), although he did have seven tackles and two assists. His largest downside was move protection (5 completions in 5 targets for 50 yards, 31 of them YAC).
The secondary held up nicely. Tre Hawkins III had maybe his greatest sport as a professional (79.3), with an interception and solely 4 catches allowed in seven targets for 60 yards; not excellent, however takeaways, few and much between for this protection, depend rather a lot. Greg Stroman (62.7) and Adoree’ Jackson (58.2) have been OK on the different cornerback positions. Jason Pinnock (71.4) and Dane Belton (70.1) have been barely above common at security, with Tyler Nubin barely beneath common (59.1), although stable in run assist (77.7).
The defensive position was actually the story of the sport – not as a result of they have been wonderful, however as a result of they have been general competent regardless of being from the Island of Misfit Toys. They solely accounted for 2 pressures, each by Cory Durden, however they have been stable in opposition to the run, an IDL weak spot all season, particularly Elijah Chatman (77.8) and Elijah Garcia (70.8).

Snap counts

The story of this sport on protection was the inside defensive position. In lowering order of utilization, Elijah Chatman, Jordon Riley, Elijah Garcia, Cory Durden, and Casey Rogers all performed not less than 30% of defensive snaps. That’s a seventh-round decide and 4 UDFAs taking part in your entire sport. Wonderful.
Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns performed a lot of the snaps on the sting, given breathers by Tomon Fox and Patrick Johnson.
Micah McFadden performed each snap at off-ball linebacker and Darius Muasau performed three-quarters of the snaps subsequent to him, with Isaiah Simmons getting the opposite 25%. Greg Stroman was additionally on the sector greater than half the time as a result of the Giants have been in a dime protection fairly a bit. Artwork Inexperienced acquired a number of cornerback snaps as nicely.
Adoree’ Jackson performed each snap at cornerback, and Tre Hawkins III most likely would have as nicely had he not gotten injured late within the sport. Jason Pinnock as traditional performed each snap at security, whereas Tyler Nubin, who was injured final week, and Dane Belton shared snaps.