Wilson Has a Coming Out Party

After months of this blog begging Coughlin to give the guy another chance rookie first round pick David Wilson had his coming out party yesterday.  He set all kinds of team and league records, in returning kicks for 224 yards (including a 97 yard TD return) and running for 100 yards on 13 carries for a slightly injured Ahmad Bradshaw.  The 97 yard TD return was immediately following a pick 6 by the Saints, just when you got that bad feeling in your stomach that the game and the season were slipping away.  The play felt much like Cruz’ 99 yard TD against the Jets last year and the Ahmad Bradshaw run against the Bills in 2007.  It seemed like the play that could turn around a season.  Time will tell.

The Giants offense has actually looked alright for a few weeks now, even if it didn’t always show on the scoreboard. 
The defense has looked horrendous.  Last week’s 17 points by the Redskins was a mirage. The defense was much worse than that and a few well times turnovers masked yesterday’s ineptness.  The Giants can’t control the line of scrimmage and can’t stop the other team.  They were fortunate to do it in special team and on offense and to put the Saints in a desperate situation forcing them to take chances that the Giants could capitalize on  This will eventually cost them.  Can you imagine this run defense facing the Vikings in the post season and trying to stop Adrian Peterson?  This could be a 300 yard game.  JPP is not the same player he was a year ago. This can’t all be explained by the extra attention he gets.  He looks like he has put on some weight. He seems  step slower.  In good news, Jacquan Williams finally returned and had a material impact in defensing the pass against Jimmy Graham, the Saints all-world tight end.  He also had a couple of nice pass defenses and is an actual difference maker on the defense.  

The Giants really hurt themselves with the loss to the Redskins.  They now lose just about every tie breaker against the Skins or Cowboys who both had big come from behind victories yesterday.  The Giants have the toughest schedule (although neither the Ravens nor the Falcons look as scary as they once did).  We will have  a preview of the Falcons game later this week.