Skins versus Giants

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Originally Posted by scowan

Is is too soon to start this thread? What a big matchup coming for the Skins. Here are my concerns:

Who matches up with a big, tall Plaxico Burress?
Who matches up with Shockey?
Can the Skins get to and rattle the little Manning?
Can Portis continue to run well and score on the ground?
Can the Skins keep Brunell upright?

These are all questions that Gibbs and company will come in and start to think about today.

It is never too early!

-I think Springs can cover Plaxico pretty good. Plax is big but not exactly a fast type guy. He is really a poor mans TO. He'll get some catches but we need to keep him outta the endzone.
-Shockey will get bracket covered all day. Chipped off the line by a LB and dumped into the secondary to be covered by Taylor. He is the biggest threat in this game.
-Blitzing him like crazy worked well last year. But I think he'd handle it much better now. I am wondering what sitting back and making him think a little would do to him?
-Giants have played pretty weak D this year. I'd think we'd commit to running the ball and keeping their offense off the field. That's the way to win this game.
-They haven't gotten too much pressure on the QB this year but they do have Strahan so I would think we'd max protect initially and loosen up as the game moves on then go back max protect if we have a lead late.