The New York Giants have a brand new defensive coordinator this season — former Tennessee Titans DC Shane Bowen, and he has a unique strategy to paying protection than his predecessor, Wink Martindale.
Bowen is not going to stress strain like Martindale did however will give attention to general aggressiveness. He defined his technique to reporters on Wednesday because the group ready for the common season opener in opposition to Minnesota this Sunday.
“I would like these guys to assault,” Bowen mentioned. “I would like them to have an attacking mentality with all the pieces they do, whether or not it’s attacking the road of scrimmage up entrance, enjoying with our fingers, main with our fingers, being violent with our fingers.
“Whether or not it’s linebackers getting downhill violently, bodily, DBs getting out of breaks, displaying up within the run recreation, staying on their toes, tackling, placing their chest on guys. It’s a play fashion. You play defensive soccer, I don’t care if it’s Pee Wee or if it’s as much as the NFL, whenever you play defensive soccer, there’s an expectation of physicality, toughness, aggression and being aggressive all through. Completely completely different than scheme and what that’s and the place that goes, nevertheless it’s extra about play fashion to me.”
Bowen has a stable monitor report, particularly in opposition to the run the place the Titans allowed the fewest yards per recreation (76.9) in 2022. Underneath Martindale, the Giants had been within the backside quadrant of the league in that class.
The Giants had been twenty eighth in sacks final 12 months beneath Martindale’s strain schemes. The Titans had been fifteenth beneath Bowen final season.
The Giants can have extra firepower on protection this season, particularly of their entrance seven. Bowen will let his stars, comparable to Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, and Kayvon Thibodeaux, lead by instance.
This week, we’ll lastly see this dynamic trio in motion.
