Dear Matt Dodge

[mgoblue2290]

And the other 10 guys? What were their instructions? To not tackle the returner?

Stop blaming the punter. Bottom line, if you are winning 24-3 at half and 24-10 in the 4th quarter ... it's not your punter's fault.

Yup. Its the fact that your team turned into the Detroit Lions and failed miserably when it counted.

And lets be honest here guys, Dave Rayner makes that tackle.

 

[Deviant]

And the other 10 guys? What were their instructions? To not tackle the returner?

Stop blaming the punter. Bottom line, if you are winning 24-3 at half and 24-10 in the 4th quarter ... it's not your punter's fault.

It's not just because he's the punter. If Corey Webster had blown coverage on DeSean Jackson and let him scott-free with fifteen seconds to go, I'd be yelling at him too.

Yeah, I know there were 10 other guys on the field, but when DeSean Jackson has time to fumble the ball, take his time picking it up, look up and figure out where he's going to go with the football before actually making the first move, I have to place most of the blame on the punter.

It also doesn't erase the fact that he should have kicked it out of bounds.

 

[MvP]

Dodge has been complete shit all year, how he remained on the team after about week 2 is beyond me. He is definitely worth writing a hate note to.

 

[theMINI]

ITS ALL THE PUNTERS FAULT ROFL

 

[Cody]

Over or Under he loses his job in this week

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

Over or Under he loses his job in this week

doubtful. outside of the last punt his other punts were fine. coughlin said after the game he took "full responsibility" for the finale of the epic meltdown so id say dodge is safe for now.

 

[Lumpkin]

Honestly this didn't surprise me in the slightest. I don't know how you can blame Matt Dodge when he only did what he's done the entire season. Not that it should even have come down to this. To blow a 31-10 lead in the 4th quarter is an absolute disgrace that requires a team effort of eregious mistakes.

The Giants stuck with a shaky punter all season and when it came down to a critical play, he fucked up. big surprise. The Giants have had the amazing ability this season to wildly vacillate between world beaters and cellar dwellers.

 

[Woy]

You will seriously stop being a Giants fan if they don't cut their punter?

Come on man.

This x 1000. It sickens me how spoiled some fans are.

"If the Titans don't cut Donnie Nickey next off-season, I'm not supporting them anymore!"

:smh:

 

[Obst]

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[RainboUnicorn]

And the other 10 guys? What were their instructions? To not tackle the returner?

Stop blaming the punter. Bottom line, if you are winning 24-3 at half and 24-10 in the 4th quarter ... it's not your punter's fault.

Exactly. Don't try and blame this on the punter when im sure the Giants would have lost the game anyways had the game gone into overtime with all the momentum going Phillys way.

 

[for surtain 22]

You can thank your dumb ass DC for nano-blitzing Vick for four straight quarters, single covering Maclin and Jackson all game, and dropping Justin Tuck into coverage. Also thank the kickoff return team for not being ready for an onside kick. Also thank Kenny Phillips for wiffing on a tackle and letting Brett Celek go for 60 yards. And so many more lulworthy mistakes.

Punters don't cause 21 point implosions. Teams do.

single covering jackson all game? did you watch the game?

 

[NAHSTE]

single covering jackson all game? did you watch the game?

Yep. The one I saw had at least 7 guys blitzing on every third down. Maclin and Jackson were wide open all second half. Unless you think it's possible to rush 7 and still double receivers.

 

[Obst]

single covering jackson all game? did you watch the game?

Even Jackson talked about it in his post game interview. "Vick could see I was getting frustrated by all the double coverage"

 

[NAHSTE]

Even Jackson talked about it in his post game interview. "Vick could see I was getting frustrated by all the double coverage"

:fuckyocouch:

Okay, so they were doubling Jackson... Does that change any of what I said? The Giants defensive gameplan was to blitz, blitz, blitz. They were rushing 7 and 8. It came back to burn them.

 

[packersfan4eva]

That return wasn't the punter's fault completely. Jackson just shot through the hole like a fucking bullet.

 

[Hasselbeck]

This was such a beautiful game to watch. Even more so when you have Mike Vick and Jeremy Maclin in your fantasy playoffs.

 

[NAHSTE]

This was such a beautiful game to watch. Even more so when you have Mike Vick and Jeremy Maclin in your fantasy playoffs.

I found the assraping of Matt Hasselbeck to be a bit more enjoyable.

:smug:

 

[DJ Rhude]

Don't Blame Matt Dodge

Don't Blame Matt Dodge

I don't blame Dodge

I missed the discussion last night because I was too busy throwing up, so I'll start my own thread

To pin this horiffic Giant loss on Matt Dodge is short sighted, Giants failed on so many levels and there's plenty of blame to go around

Manningham: You fumble when no one has even hit you as you're falling out of bounds......way to be careless with the rock

Fewell: So you go prevent and start dropping Justin Tuck back into coverage.....Tuck's only been our most consistent pass rusher all season and has given Vick fits.....yet you have him trying to cover Celek who's an above average tight end....good call....there's a reason why they say the prevent defense prevents you from winning

Coughlin: How do you not have the team prepared for an onside kick up 14 with only 7 minutes left? You should know that your offense was moving the ball pretty effectively all game and that Reid is not going to want to give you the ball back if he can help it....it's the coaches job to manage the game, and Coughlin failed miserably there

Aaron Ross: It's 3rd and 12 and Eagles are pinned deep on their own 12....so Fewell finally decides to blitz Ross and you inexplicably cut inside knowing damn well that is death to a defense in a cover zero with no one outside...Vick thanks you for the hospitality and cuts outside and picks up a huge gain

Deon Grant: You got Vick dead to rights on a blitz up the middle yet you whiff when Vick pulls a school yard move....Vick is gone

Coughlin: We get the ball back with 55 seconds, at this point with your team reeling and the Eagles have all the momentum, lets not do anything stupid here....Eagles have no timeouts so we can run the clock down.....first down, Eli overthrows Boss and it's almost picked off.....okay so I figured right there you have seen enough and you'll run it on second down and we can regroup for overtime.....but Eli throws incomplete stopping the clock.....WTF coach??...third down you call another pass and Eli takes a sack which actually benefits us because the clock doesn't stop......that was the worst series of play calling I've seen in a long ass time...just horrible game management

Dodge: All the aforementioned mistakes lead to us asking a erractic rookie kicker to kick it out of bounds, something he hasn't done consistently ALL YEAR....yet we are counting on you kid and when you don't deliver, you are the scape goat....better yet Coughlin screams at you on the field when he decided back in the summer that going with a rookie kicker was a wise decision to follow up Jeff Feagles who taught us how important directional kicking was....something he excelled with.....but the coach has enough faith in you to not bring in a veteran

Coughlin may as well been screaming at himself

 

[MrBill]

I know the punt by Dodge was a bad mistake by the rookie but like you said, the Giants had to fail at every level from the coach on down to blow a 21 point lead with 8 minutes left.

 

[NAHSTE]

Don't forget the awful missed tackle by Kenny "Joseph Addai's Son" Phillips.