There’s been a lot of debate and uncertainty regarding what the New York Giants defense will look like this year under new head coach Joe Judge and defensive coordinator Patrick Graham.
Judge has kept his plans close to the vest thus far and since we haven’t been able to witness the team line up in a practice or drill, the mystery had lingered.
In a conference call on Tuesday with reporters, Judge did his best to further convolute the issue by saying, well, a lot of nothing.
“It’s going to be a multiple answer and everyone says, what does that mean?” Judge responded. “The easiest way to describe that is you go back to last year in Miami where Patrick was, you can follow that through the different systems he’s been a part of whether it’s New England. He had experience in New York and Green Bay, and there is a little difference in flavors of defense as well.”
So, will they be employing a 3-4 base or a 4-3? Judge went on to say they’ll be ready to do both depending on the type of offense they’re up against. We think.
“We’ll be a team that’s multiple by game plan and how we have to matchup and attack the opponent. The elements of the defense you can really look through and what it will closely resemble will really be the other stops that Patrick has been along his way that I have been there as well. The New England system, some of the Houston system, the Tennessee system, the Miami system. Those families of defense will be the biggest influences that go into ours. Of course, ours will be mostly dictated by the players we have in the games,” he said.
This makes sense because in his introductory press conference Judge said his strategy would change from game to game, week to week to meet the challenge at hand. A lot like his old team, the New England Patriots, do.
In addition, the Giants have set their roster up to handle any type of alignment. They have an abundance of versatility on defense now with a slew of new talent coming in the door the past two years. They have the linebackers to play a 3-4 and the linemen to play the 4-3. They also have the defensive back depth to play nickel and dime packages.
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