DTs Pickett/Harrell/Williams/Jenkins vs. Brandon Jacobs AND Ahmad Bradshaw
- The last time the Packers played the Giants, the Giants were without their top RB and Bradshaw had yet to emerge. Despite not facing them, the Packers allowed the Giants starting RB that game, Derrick Ward, to rush for 90 yards on 15 carries. That is a whopping 6.0 YPC average. The Packers have to do a better job, and with Johnny Jolly out, it is up to Harrell to pick up the slack. Pickett and Harrell are big bodies best suited for stopping the run, and I'd say Harrell is coming off his best game as a Packer, so this bodes as a positive for the Packers.
But Jacobs and Bradshaw are good runners, and the last thing we can afford is having Barnett start over pursuing. Gap control will be of utmost importance.
Greg Jennings/K-Rob/Ruvell Martin vs Giants secondary
- Last time we played the Giants, we were without Greg and K-Rob, and Ruvell was not playing up to the level he has recently. The Giants secondary is beat-up, and it will be up to these WRs to exploit the match-up advantages that should result.
Packers O-line vs Giants D-line
- In week 2, the Packers o-line was sub-par overall. They were downright terrible in run blocking, and average at best against the pass, but even then had pass pro breakdowns.
In run blocking, it seemed on more than a couple of instances, the Giants players were in the back-field an instant after Favre handed the ball off to RB B-Jack. That was with a Giants D-Line featuring an out-of-football-shape Strahan, and an injured Osi Umenyiora. Fred Robbins also seemed to get the best of our Guards that day.
The best thing that can be said is that the same o-line starters that played in the Week 2 win had their best game against the Seahawks, who blitz with their LBs somewhat similar to how the Giants like to blitz.
