Jets vs. Giants: Against Whom Will Gang Green Corners Line Up?

Revis – Nicks
Cromartie – Manningham
Wilson – Cruz

probably most advantageous for the Jets.

Depending on the TE situation , there may be more spread formations . That would mean 6-5 R Barden (hoping) and or Travis Beckum (bad blocker,but shifty H back type) on the field. Not sure how the Jets would counter.

Revis and nicks is obvious, but i think Cromartie can hang with nicks as well. Cro has stepped his game up over the past weeks and hasn’t been targeted often. Wilson and cruz is a great matchup. Wilson can get physical, and can keep up with cruz’s quickness at the line. If cruz is hurting us… I can see Wilson placed on manningham, Cromartie on Nicks, revis on cruz. I wouldnt be surprised if the jets rotate coverages. But i think our defense has an advantage vs their one-dimensional offense.

Revis is good on anyone. WRs can talk how they want, especially Cruz in his 2nd year, but the fact is Manning is smart then them and won’t force it at Revis with the other weapons he has. It would be counterproductive and just the way you gameplan for our defense.

Wilson is versitile enough to cover all three receivers, IMO. His skillset and greatly improved technique have been an advantage that has gotten little love due to him being the 3rd CB in coverage. His versatility gives us the ability to switch Cro around where needed.

From what I’ve seen Manningham is the best route runner of the 3 and makes me worry about putting Cro on him. Nicks has a one and done ability (As in one wrong move and Cro will either be grabbing jersey or getting smoked) that as is pretty scary, especially due to Cros lapses. Cruz has decent route running but excellent straight line speed, again, one lapse and he’s held or wide open If this happens our only hope is that they drop it.

Credit is due to Cro for his play over the last few weeks, but you’d be hard pressed to name all of the WRs he’s covered over the last few weeks because they really aren’t that good. This game will be telling to if his play is due to him improving (Hopefully) or just a factor of his lack of competition over that timespan.

Based on skill sets, it makes the most sense to start that way and see how it goes. What a luxury it is to have a Revis who you can put anywhere, and on anyone, and not worry about him.

Nicks is excellent at being able to keep a defender off of him when getting off the line and this helps him tremendously as he is not the fastest guy. But he can fight for the ball, and win, at the point of attack as well as any receiver in football this side of Larry Fitz. I would expect Nicks to make some catches because, well, he’s really good.

Cruz runs insanely savvy routes. Nobody has been able to disrupt him at the LOS and he sells a false route exceptionally well. He gets more open than any of the Giants receivers for this reason and once he catches the ball, he racks up the YAC.

MM is the speedster, but he is not the smartest guy and he runs the wrong route, or breaks off a route with waaaaay too much frequency. All you have to do is go to last weeks game and watch him cut off a corner route to the end zone, where the DB ran his route for him and caught the ball for an INT. And it’s not just this year, he has done it throughout his career. Maddening, cause he’s good, and makes big plays, but…..

What I find so intriguing, and encouraging, is that the Jets have a weak pass rush. And they rely on the blitz. Eli kills teams who blitz. It’s when teams can get pressure with four, or three, that he doesn’t do as well because guys are covered down field.

This plays to the Giants strengths. Eli with time to throw, or picking up the blitz while there is less guys in coverage, has more often than not moved the chains or made big plays this year. We have more 40 + yard pass plays than anyone in the league.

If you want to see examples of Eli avoiding and beating the blitz, see the Dallas game. Guys were blitzing and in his face consistently yet Eli would step up, slide step, or scramble and make the play down field.

From Manish Mehta:
Cromartie on Giants WRs Nicks & Cruz: “You got guys that are not even Pro Bowl material… Who really cares what they have to say?”

Cromartie told me this about Manningham’s comments that AC gives up big plays: “He let a guy named Victor Cruz come in & take his job”

I’m glad to see those guys finally come out of hiding.

Time to trust the man coverage like 2009 and rattle Eli. we cant afford him to stand around all day even with our corners.