Massive Blue’s protection took the saying “bend however don’t break” too significantly.
Beginning with the optimistic, the move rush appeared higher as they had been capable of sack Jayden Daniels 5 instances, though none really got here off the sting. Additionally they held the Commanders to no touchdowns, limiting them to area objectives on every of their crimson zone journeys.
Nevertheless, this additionally meant that the Giants allowed a rating on seven of eight drives and the one drive that they didn’t rating was a kneel on the finish of the primary half. Most of the crimson zone stops had been additionally as a consequence of Washington penalties somewhat than New York’s defensive prowess.
The primary drawback was the run protection. They allowed 6.1 yards per carry for a complete of 215 dashing yards. The dashing lanes had been huge open and the Commanders took full benefit of it.
The unit might additionally not make the large performs. An instance of this was Jason Pinnock, who had a terrific day with two sacks however missed an enormous alternative on a choose when he was outmuscled by Zach Ertz. And throughout the board, they might not power incompletions (the rookie accomplished 79 p.c of his passes) or make tackles. A recipe for catastrophe.