{"id":96752,"date":"2022-10-14T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T08:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-defense-presents-big-opportunity-for-giants-pass-game\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T08:43:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T08:43:45","slug":"ravens-defense-presents-big-opportunity-for-giants-pass-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-defense-presents-big-opportunity-for-giants-pass-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens defense presents big opportunity for Giants pass game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Giants barely do what the Ravens can&#8217;t stop.<\/p>\n<p>Something has to give Sunday when a Giants offense with the second-fewest passing yards in the NFL faces a Ravens defense that has allowed the most passing yards.  The smart bet on paper seems to be in favor of former All-Pro cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters and veteran safety Chuck Clark getting right against an injury-plagued and unknown receiving corps, but the Giants have defied all the odds during a 4- 1 start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have ballhawks in the back end that do a good job of tackling, stripping and punching at the ball,\u201d Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said.  \u201cI know maybe the stats don&#8217;t show it or whatever, but we&#8217;ve got to be prepared for a physical game and \u2026 put our best foot forward as far as being fundamentally sound and doing the things we want to do on offense. \u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Daniel Jones and the Giants offense can open it up through the air against the Ravens.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ravens have allowed 16 completions of 20 yards or more on the way to 290.2 passing yards allowed per game.  It&#8217;s been a two-year trend as the Ravens allowed the most explosive passes in the NFL last season, leading to replacing Wink Martindale with Mike McDonald as defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhere we&#8217;re at right now is not where we want to be,\u201d McDonald said.  \u201cI&#8217;m not satisfied, but I think we&#8217;re on the right trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, the plays are there to be made for David Sills, Richie James, Darius Slayton and Marcus Johnson (a practice squad call-up who led all Giants receivers in snaps played last week), especially if the Ravens see those names and ease up after facing tandems like Stefon Diggs-Gabriel Davis, Ja&#8217;Marr Chase-Tee Higgins and Tyreek Hill-Jaylen Waddle during the first five games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis league is so tricky because records and statistics can be very misleading,\u201d Johnson said.  \u201cWe know they have a veteran group that&#8217;s very well knit working well together, with All-Pros all over the field.  We&#8217;re not worried about how many passing yards they&#8217;ve given up.  They could come in and play the best game of their lives \u2014 and we could, as well.  We have to win our one-on-one matchups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH5896270883&amp;light=true%20\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The play-action-pass-heavy Giants have just six completions of 20 yards or more \u2014 no other team has fewer than 11 \u2014 figured into 171.8 yards per game.  Minimal contributions from Wan&#8217;Dale Robinson, Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney have stifled the numbers, and only Robinson is close to returning from injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf everyone continues to have good weeks of practice,\u201d Kafka said, \u201cwe&#8217;ll be able to piece together a game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A hallmark of the Giants&#8217; offense thus far is using different formations and personnel packages from one week to the next based on the opposing defense&#8217;s weaknesses.  Can an offense that went until the final 45 seconds of the first half without a receiver touching the ball two games ago suddenly start pushing the ball downfield?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re very well capable of it,\u201d Johnson said.  \u201cWith this revolving door of guys going down with injuries, we&#8217;re still trying to figure out what works for us and who&#8217;s going to step up.  Against Green Bay, we saw a glimpse of it, but that&#8217;s one game.  In our minds, it&#8217;s like, &#8216;Let&#8217;s keep proving it and showing the world.&#8217;  More importantly, however we win, is how we win and we&#8217;re happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants barely do what the Ravens can&#8217;t stop. Something has to give Sunday when a Giants offense with the second-fewest passing yards in the NFL faces a Ravens defense that has allowed the most passing yards. The smart bet on paper seems to be in favor of former All-Pro cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Marcus &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-defense-presents-big-opportunity-for-giants-pass-game\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ravens defense presents big opportunity for Giants pass game<\/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":[1478,16160,9026,423,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101057,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ravens-sign-wr-desean-jackson-to-practice-squad\/","url_meta":{"origin":96752,"position":0},"title":"Ravens sign WR DeSean Jackson to practice squad","date":"October 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Wide receiver DeSean Jackson will play a 15th season in the NFL after being signed to the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad on Tuesday, agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN's Adam Schefter.The expectation is for the 35-year-old Jackson to get elevated on game day and boost the Ravens'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":114663,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-do-the-stats-and-analytics-tell-us-about-the-giants-loss-to-the-seahawks\/","url_meta":{"origin":96752,"position":1},"title":"What do the stats and analytics tell us about the Giants&#8217; loss to the Seahawks?","date":"November 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The New York Giants dropped their second game of the season, losing 27-13 on the road to the Seattle Seahawks. 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