Comments on: Two Game Changers From Sunday Loss to New York

By: Jay Sabo

Jay Sabo — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:40:58 +0000

I agree with Rob. And, although Ben does hold onto the ball a lot, he (1) seems to flourish better when he calls his own plays in lieu of the jughead O-coordinator we have and (2) does pretty well considering…What would Peyton or Tom do if they had to run around as much as Ben?!? I agree with the arguments that Ben holds onto the ball to a point but c’mon, this is by far our best QB since Bradshaw (and maybe even better—who knows at this point?) and we’re going to stinking split hairs over his holding onto the ball when our only high round offensive lineman draft pick, Kendall Simmons, sucks and has underachieved most of his career! When will management put good lineman around Ben so that he CAN hold onto the ball like Tom or Peyton. I do realize, in light of my own comments, that there is more synergy in pass protection than I alluded to but it STARTS with the O-line and trickles down from there. We need better players on that line plain and simple and then we can worry about addressing Arians (which needs to be addressed btw) and holding the ball too long!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:36:26 +0000

I thought the defense played a phenomenal game. Keeping the Giants, that have a good passing game and a great running game, out of the end zone on 5 of 6 trips into the red zone, can’t be applauded enough. Also, there is not another QB in the league–including Peyton Manning AND Tom Brady— that I would rather have when a play breaks down, that Roethlisberger. He gets a lot of sh%^&%& for holding the ball too long or taking sacks but he MAKES things happen a lot more than he causes problems. He should get more credit. Most games he has passer ratings over 100 and I think he gets every drop of production that the offense has to give most games. Give him some props.

By: Collin

Collin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:17:51 +0000

They almost had to go for it on that 4th down because Greg Warren had already been injured. Nobody could reliably get the ball back to the holder for the try. It would have been really interesting had they been able to score a touchdown on the last drive though. It most likely would have led to a 2 point try for the win.

By: moparsteel

moparsteel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:16:52 +0000

maybe if the steelers had gone for a feild goal instead of tring to go for it on 4th down they might of gotten some momentem back with a 17-9 lead

By: Jeffrey Lindsay

Jeffrey Lindsay — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:04:40 +0000

Hi I saw the game and I thought the loss was due to the QB tossing 4 ints. and that the 3rd downs were 1 for 10 and that the 4th downs were 0 for 4 the qb had plenty of guys to throw to besides having santonio holmes sitting on the bench for his dumb mistake getting caught with marijuana the defense did their jobs the offense gave it to the giants

By: Joe d

Joe d — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:15:46 +0000

The pass blocking was not that bad. Either the coverage was good or the recievers were not getting open due to lack of expierience. Ben has to release the ball sooner. He holds it way too long. The Giants should have only had 2 sacks. I also think the pass on 4th down that Eli threw was a key play.