Fewell: “We Just Have to Play Better”

The Giants’ offense is going like gangbusters. With three games to go, QB Eli Manning has already set the team’s single-season high for passing yards (4105) and for the first time in team history the Giants have two 1,000-yard receivers: Victor Cruz (1159) and Hakeem Nicks (1014). One or both have a shot at shattering Amani Toomer‘s club record of 1343 set in 2002. The defense has been going in the other direction. Ranked 30th in the league, the results continue to disappoint regardless of the measures taken by DC Perry Fewell. Injuries have strafed the defense all year long. They have not had their “ones” out there all together at the same time at any juncture during this bizarre season. But they still have enough to compete. Currently, confusion has set in in the back seven. Opposing receivers are finding their way into pasture-like openings in the Giants’ secondary. The players say they are just following orders. Fewell says they are not. Last ...