I couldn’t agree more with the play calling in the Eagles game-that it was absymal.

The one thing that sticks out most in my mind is the end of the first half where the Giants tried to run that crazy screen pass to Derrick Ward instead of handing it off to Jacobs to try to pick up the first down, or at the very least get much closer to field goal range=especially anyone watching the first half of the game saw that passes were harder to come by.

I think the Giants missed a few opportunities in teh beginning of the game and a few catches by Hixon and Toomer that were difficult, but had they been made would have led to an entirely different results.

I think there also was no way the Cardinals would have beat us in Giants stadium the next week.

Thanks for the comment.

I was speaking in generalities in that statement about trusting my eyes, even so that statement was clarified in the next sentence.

“I trust what I see and look for statistical data to back up what my eyes are telling me, sometimes all stats do is open up a way to see something different than I initially thought. That’s my goal here today, if you’re a big time Giants fan with concerns heading into the season take some time out of your day read the post and reflect on what the season might bring.”

That’s My Goal here today (presenting different ways of seeing things through stats)

“open eyes” “might bring” are ways of presenting information but not saying things are definitive.

You can also read my respond to Mark M. Which adds more clarification to the Buress situation.

Hixon outperformed Plax last season

This was also bolded. Note it says “last season” as an isolated instance and not for his career or is better than Plaxico as well.

I think you misinterprted somethings.

I implore you to re-watch some film from last year and trust your own eyes about how good Plaxico Burress was last year.

Or how “open” he’s ever been in his career and imagine the perception of Hixon if he catces that ball against Philly and takes it 70 yards to the house.

Hixon at this point of his career is more explosive than Plaxico was LAST YEAR and I think Plaxico was content after the Superbowl Win and was not as focused as he could have been, and last year was not the same WR the Giants had 2-3 years ago, which is not only true of what I saw, but also of what any statistical measure indicates.

I also think a lot of pundits have the Giants finishing 2nd or third (with the Cowboys finishing first) from what I’ve seen.

I don’t think the WR problems are all that bad, really.

Thanks for you comments

P.S.

I’ve read and re-read this and it sounds condescending or combative, and that’s not my intent I meant for it to be more explanatory than anything, so sorry about that.

I truly do appreciate anyone who takes the time to read what I’ve written and re-act in anyway.

Thanks,

Bartolis

good observations about the hixon/ burress stats… i was thinking the same thing… actually, i was wondering why there was not some clarification in the blog since the blogger claims to use his eyes and not just stats

I hope you’re right about Brandon imporving his catching out of the backfield. Hard work can make up for some of his inability to do so well, but part of me thinks he just has stone hands, which is O.K. not everyone can do everything well, so that’s Jacbos’ weakness on a fiel the G-men will live with it.

Mark M.

I agree with you in part, however, I do not believe Plaxico Burress was the same player even last year he was two years prior. Plaxico is not a young man (over 30), 13.0 yards per reception was the fewest yards per reception he averaged since his rookie year in 2000.

I have serious doubts as well about how motivated Plaxico was last season after the Superbowl the year before. I think a majority of players have a natural let down, amazingly most Giants players avoided this, but there were exceptions.

Burress seemed uninterested to me, Pierce looked heavy and there were a few others.

Hixon will Never be the Presence of Plaxico, but he is 6-2 and does have speed to burn and can certainley be a better team mate and such. Hixon was not the WR that Plaxico has been in the past, but I think isolated just last year, Hixon played better.

We’ll have to see.

Thanks for the comment.

Thank you, I appreciate that sentiment. I work hard on these posts when I blog and I’m glad it’s being appreciated.

Gary

Thank you as well.Glad you enjoyed it.