Look At John Fox Comment, And Tell Me If I'm Reaching Or Not

[beastson]

For those dont know, reaching means you thinking too much or you kinda pushing it

Actually READ & THINK about this comment

“We’re in the playoffs,” said coach John Fox. “That was the goal for the season. The team that won it a year ago (the Giants) wasn’t the first season. It hasn’t been that way for a while. So the playoffs were a priority. Tonight wasn’t meant to be.”

What if Dallas didn't lose yesterday, and Tampa didn't lose today. We wouldn't have been in the playoffs before this game. Somebody made a thread saying do you think us finally being in, will affect this game? We all know Fox. Am I reaching for saying yes to that question

[fieryprophet]

I agree with him somewhat. He's been in the league long enough to know that, as nice as home field advantage and bye weeks and all of that are, it's more important to make the field first and worry about the rest later. The last time the Giants clinched the #1 seed, he was their defensive coordinator and they lost to the Ravens in the Super Bowl. The Ravens, who had Trent freaking Dilfer at QB. So, you fight hard for the seeds, but don't run for the hills if you come up short. Everything changes in the playoffs.

[chbright]

meh, idk if we go out there and spring all the tricks even if we didnt have a spot wrapped up. more likely we save them for the saints if we lost and needed 1 W to get in. no reason to show them everything tonight,. kinda like the nyg NE game last year. i think the giants were in a similar boat though tonight. they kept it vanilla too.

[mountainpantherfan]

If they would have lost by 20 in regulation, I would agree with you. An overtime lose that could have been a win with 9 seconds left? Do you think Fox told Kasay miss it wide left? Of course not. Yes, he was probably more conservative in the 2nd half than what he would have been if the Cowboys and Bucs won. But overall he tried to get his team a win. No Kemo and losing Lewis in the 2nd didn't help either.

[Jangler]

ppppppfffffffttttttt! So why did they try and kick a FG if it didn't matter. Matter of fact why didn't we just forfeit the game?

[frash.exe]

He's always been a glass half-full kind of guy.

[Fireball77]

Well the goal should be the Lombardi, but I hardly pay that much attention to what Fox says right after a game anyway. He's trying even more to be as vague as possible about what he feels his team needs to improve on.

[ChucktownK]

Good point...this team doesn't respond well when things are handed to them. It's better for us to play with our backs against the wall.

[beastson]

I'm not saying it was our attention to not win. I'm sort of saying what chbright said

Its like we're finally in the playoffs. This game is big, we're going to try to win it, but lets not go all the way out. We're not going to expose everything. Cause all of us know, we had them in the palm of our hands. We could have crushed them. But we kinda let off in the 2nd half

[chbright]

it was a vanilla game play-calling wise. watch the playoff giants d and this one. no where near the same look, not even the same as their more agressive style earlier in the year. look at ours in 03 and 05 playoff D, and anytime we really needed a win in week 17 or 16 compared to this one. this wasnt the time to start pulling out all the stops, that starts week 18. i expect playoff time the D to change a good bit in the play calling department, now if they can execute idk. same on the offense, which is rolling better than any time in the fox era.

this was a great game from vanilla calls, both O-lines dominated in run game. now i think both may dial up pressure in a variety of ways come the playoffs. and the passing game likely will open up, especially if the wind isnt such a factor.

[ChucktownK]

Weren't we the WC in '03? Just sayin'.

[frash.exe]

we won the south division on 03

[ChucktownK]

LOLZ, meant '05!

...but F*ck '05 LOL

[chbright]

oh and if u listened to the giants, they sounded like this meant everything to them and they wanted it really bad for the fans. not saying fox didnt want it for us, but in alot of ways this may have been a bigger game for NYG. we came away with the fact we can beat them in jersey. they also got the cobwebs cleared out with this W. takes some pressure off them. should instill confidence within our O at least. defense, well they may not sleep well tonight or this week, as they need to get their asses whipped into shape for the playoffs. poor performance needs fixing. play calling didnt make the run d that bad.