Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 20, 2008
Encroachment

I'm not much of a football fan. At the end of the World Series, I look to see how the NY Giants are doing, and follow the team if they are playing well. So this year, I've been watching.

The Giants strike me as a similar team to the Arizona Diamondbacks. They're not really that good, but seem to make key plays at the right time. However, Eli Manning appears to have developed an excellent skill. I just saw on a 3rd and 1 in the first quarter, Manning drew the Packers offsides. Over the last few weeks, I've seen this happen a number of times with Eli. It seems to me most flags at the line of scrimmage are false starts, but with the Giants there seem to be a lot of encroachment calls. Can anyone with football knowledge confirm this?


Posted by David Pinto at 06:56 PM | Other | TrackBack (0)
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In this case, you are correct. The Giants set a team record for the least penalties in a season this year.

I do disagree that they aren't that good however. Their defensive front is stellar, which helps take pressure off their secondary (think a rotation of sinkerballers who take pressure off a limited range OF.)

In addition, they are the Giants after all, which means a solid running game. Couple that with a few decent receivers and a Qb who can get them the ball, and you have something. The problem with the team was that up until the final week of the season, Eli wasn't that Qb.

Posted by: Dave at January 20, 2008 07:29 PM

I don't consider myself a huge football fan, but I have noticed how often Eli brings the play-clock down to 3,2,1 seconds. I would theorize that the defense is just trying to time the cadence with the play-clock and this plays to the offenses advantage and Tom Coughlin's notorious discipline...

Of course I could be wrong.


Posted by: Nate at January 20, 2008 08:50 PM

Pretty much every team brings the play clock down to below 2 seconds...

Posted by: Kevin at January 21, 2008 12:05 PM

Football sucks.

Posted by: Bunk Moreland at January 21, 2008 10:29 PM
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