There's Only One Way To Get the New York Giants' Offense Moving

The key to beating the New York Giants is simple—concentrate all of your resources on stopping the passing game.

If you are successful in doing that, you can more or less paralyze the Giants’ entire offensive unit.   

While most NFL teams have the luxury of handing the ball off to horses, if not a galloping thoroughbreds, the Giants are stuck with two lame dogs.

Brandon Jacobs has yet to rush for more than 100 yards in a single game this season and Bradshaw has done it just once.

During the Thanksgiving Day massacre in Denver, Jacobs rushed for only 27 yards on 11 carries.  To save you reaching for your calculators, that’s an average of 2.4 yards per carry…real explosive stuff.

Now, the offensive line is partially to blame. 

Brandon Jacobs would have a better chance of spotting a mythical unicorn galloping down the New Jersey Turnpike than he would seeing a real life hole to run through on the football field.

Not even a 6'4", 264 pound running back can be expected to create his own hole every time he touches the football.

Eli Manning is a solid quarterback, but he cannot, and should not, be expected to carry an entire offense upon his back.

As we have seen time and time again this season, Manning will eventually make bad decisions and throw into traffic, which can be partly blamed on the fact that he is left with no other choice.

How often can Eli take a sack, throw the ball away, or attempt short screen passes?

He has no one to hand the ball off to, the pocket is already collapsing by the time he’s taken a three-step drop, and defenses are concentrating all of their resources on smother the passing game.

Eventually Eli is left with no choice but to attempt the impossible and try to literally throw the ball through defenders. Needless to say, that is a virtual impossibility in the National Football League.

The play calling has been questionable as well as Eli’s decision making.

However, there’s really only one way to get the Giants’ offensive unit moving, and that’s to kick Brandon Jacobs in the behind…right after you kick the behinds of every member of the offensive line.