{"id":81840,"date":"2022-09-29T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-defensive-line-looking-to-make-impact-vs-bears\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:16:11","slug":"giants-defensive-line-looking-to-make-impact-vs-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-defensive-line-looking-to-make-impact-vs-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants defensive line looking to make impact vs.  bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>By any measure \u2014 including the one created by defensive line coach Andre Patterson \u2014 the Giants&#8217; pass rush wasn&#8217;t good enough against the Cowboys on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked [for two days] about how we didn&#8217;t get enough pressure on the quarterback,\u201d defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence said.  \u201cI feel like that starts with the guys up front.  Me, mostly.  I put a lot on me to get him off his spot, to get him moving, throwing off his back leg and things like that.  Got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of traditional statistics like sacks, quarterback hits and hurries \u2014 of which the Giants managed zero, two and five, respectively, against the Cowboys \u2014 defensive linemen are credited internally for getting a passer \u201coff his spot.\u201d  Did he plant his back foot and step into the throw?  Or was there disruption that forced a throw too high, too low or too quick?<\/p>\n<p>The intention is to recognize the little things, but the problem is that the Giants didn&#8217;t do enough of those against the Cowboys, either.  An unofficial tally shows that Cooper Rush made an off-balance throw on just six of 31 attempts, not accounting for some designed rollouts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Giants defensive linemen Dexter Lawrence (left) and Justin Ellis wear dejected expressions after the Giants&#8217; Week 3 loss to the Cowboys. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAfffecting the quarterback computes to winning way more than sacks,\u201d Patterson recently told The Post.  \u201cAs a coach, I&#8217;ve got to get them to buy into that.  They buy into what they&#8217;ve been told their whole life: That their value is getting the [quarterback] on the ground.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong: I want to get him on the ground, too.  But their value is more than that, and they have to understand that if your defense is going to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Giants will draw a unique challenge Sunday against the Bears, who have by far the fewest completions (23, next closest is 45) and pass attempts (45, next closest is 79) in the NFL.  And yet the Bears still have allowed the sixth-most sacks (10) as Justin Fields has been sacked on 18.1 percent of his 55 dropbacks, which is more frequently than three other NFL quarterbacks are pressured, according to Zebra Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>So, there might be high-quality, low-quantity opportunities to get a pass rush with just three sacks in three games on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you pay me $12 million and I give you 12 sacks on 650 pass-rushing attempts through the course of 17 games, is that worth $12 million?  Is that my value?\u201d  Patterson said.  \u201cI hope that you don&#8217;t see yourself in that light.  There&#8217;s nothing in professional sports that you could be 12 of 650 and they would pay you a nickel for.  You have to understand what you are trying to do [on the other 638]\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH2967884161&amp;light=true%20\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The flip side of the coin is that the run-heavy Bears must be salivating at a chance to duplicate the Cowboys&#8217; success in averaging 6.4 yards per carry against the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was unacceptable from all of us up front,\u201d Lawrence said.  \u201cThey schemed us up well, got good leverage.  We&#8217;ve just got to play harder and more disciplined with our techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday was the Giants&#8217; first game without Leonard Williams.  More are likely coming.  And top edge run defender Jihad Ward&#8217;s reduced role to make way for pass-rushers Azeez Ojulari and Kayvon Thibodeaux won&#8217;t help, either.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?resize=1024%2C745&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Giants defensive line were unable to pressure Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush in their Week 3 loss.\" class=\"wp-image-24049006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Cooper-Rush.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Giants defensive line were unable to pressure Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush in their Week 3 loss.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were just out-leveraging us on the edge,\u201d Lawrence said.  \u201cThat&#8217;s what you saw on movie.  We&#8217;ve just got to do a better job of knocking the guys back as a unit and pressing the running back hips just to get him down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only the Browns have run the ball more frequently and for more yards than the Bears (104 attempts for 560 yards), who are led by second-year back Khalil Herbert&#8217;s 7.3 yards per carry, three touchdowns and 93 rushing yards over expected, according to NextGenStats.  Overly aggressive pass-rushers could get caught out of position in unexpected rushing situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that they like running the ball a lot,\u201d Lawrence said.  \u201cOn third-and-long, they like running the ball.  It&#8217;s just a game that we&#8217;ve got to bring our lunch pails and go to work.  Put our hard hats on and stop the run.  It&#8217;s just going to have to be the ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No creative way needed to define that measure of defensive success.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By any measure \u2014 including the one created by defensive line coach Andre Patterson \u2014 the Giants&#8217; pass rush wasn&#8217;t good enough against the Cowboys on Monday night. \u201cWe talked [for two days] about how we didn&#8217;t get enough pressure on the quarterback,\u201d defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence said. \u201cI feel like that starts with the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-defensive-line-looking-to-make-impact-vs-bears\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Giants defensive line looking to make impact vs.  bears<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[4544,27466,661,9026,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94414,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-dexter-lawrence-earns-high-praise-from-aaron-rodgers\/","url_meta":{"origin":81840,"position":0},"title":"Giants&#8217; Dexter Lawrence earns high praise from Aaron Rodgers","date":"October 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"First, Dexter Lawrence's coaches suggested that he is becoming a dominant player for the Giants. 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