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00:05John Harbaugh brought in an elite defensive coordinator
00:08to fix the Giants' defense.
00:10That before the season, we thought was going to be dominant
00:13in the least top 10 in the league.
00:15Denard Wilson needs to come in and turn this defense around
00:18in year one.
00:20The way he did with the Titans' defense back in 2024.
00:23They went from a bottom tee.
00:25Defense in the league to top two in the league
00:27in both total and passing defense.
00:30Plus, they added 32 total sacks and 11 interceptions.
00:33He's going to bring a different scheme.
00:35And a different mindset than former Giants' defense coordinator
00:38Shane Bowen.
00:39You're going to see a lot.
00:40A lot of simulated pressures, and he wants his corners
00:42and secondary to be aggressive.
00:45At the line of scrimmage and press.
00:48I got three plays from the Titans.
00:502024 season, that's going to show you guys
00:52how Wilson could get the most out of...
00:55Each unit within the defense.
00:57The D-line versus the run.
00:58Linebackers in coverage.
01:00And, of course, the secondary being aggressive
01:02at the line of scrimmage to create a turnover.
01:05Start with how he attacks with run blitzes
01:07from his backers, and that could potentially...
01:10get Dexter Lawrence back to Pro Bowl form
01:12like he did with Jeffrey Simmons.
01:15All right, we want to focus on these three players.
01:20Right here, the two linebackers, and, of course,
01:22number 98 here, Jeffrey Simmons.
01:24Let's quickly watch...
01:25Watch the play, then I'm going to break it down to you.
01:27We need Dexter Lawrence, so the Giants defense needs Dexter...
01:30Dexter Lawrence back in this form.
01:32Just the way he was in 2024.
01:35But I want you...
01:36So now that you saw Jeffrey Simmons blow it up,
01:38I want you to watch these two...
01:40Linebackers, notice how they are attacking.
01:42Too many times the Giants defense or the Giants...
01:45Linebackers were waiting and reacting,
01:48and that was allowing double...
01:50teams or guards or centers to get up and get hands-on.
01:54And because of that...
01:55They constantly stayed behind or teams constantly stayed ahead of...
02:00the chains because they were getting four or five yards a pop.
02:03So watching these two linebackers...
02:05Blitz and attack, violently attack these A-gaps,
02:09a lot of times...
02:10is going to make these double teams come off faster and allow Dexter...
02:15Dexter Lawrence to have more of a one-on-one situation and get more...
02:20penetration chances.
02:21Now right here, you see them coming up, attacking, bad...
02:25by the Jets offensive line.
02:28But by attacking, what that's going...
02:30to do is free Dexter Lawrence up a lot more when it comes to these...
02:35double teams and Dex, Sexy Dexy's got to get back to wreaking this sort of...
02:40I think again, because the Giants defense is always better, one against...
02:45the run to overall, when he is getting penetration and...
02:50playing behind the line of scrimmage in the other team's backfield.
02:55Fixing the Giants' run defense has to be power...
03:00priority number one.
03:01And that starts in the spring and it starts by the scheme.
03:04You want Dexter...
03:05and the rest of that interior defensive line...
03:07to reset the line of scrimmage...
03:09not just occupy...
03:10space.
03:11And as far as for Dex, less Holden Reed, more Wreck the...
03:15play.
03:16I also believe that Wilson's gonna get the most out of the linebacker position too.
03:20not just in the run defense, because way too many times, last season...
03:25we saw linebackers out of phase or a step behind in pass coverage.
03:30as well.
03:31Wilson's gonna show six to blitz, then he's gonna back out...
03:34and that can get you...
03:35turn...
03:36if you don't have backers that can't read routes...
03:38and keys in the passing game.
03:40So...
03:40whatever he taught his backers in 2024...
03:43it worked.
03:44and imma show you...
03:45why.
03:46Alright, we're keeping our eyes on the linebackers...
03:50right here, because too many times in 2025...
03:52we saw linebackers lost...
03:55in space or a step behind...
03:57when we saw deep crosses...
03:59in routes...
04:00just any sort of route concepts...
04:02across the middle...
04:03um...
04:04here, through...
04:05communication...
04:06and through technique...
04:07this is where...
04:08Coach Wilson will get the most.
04:10out of the Giants linebackers...
04:11into Bobby Okereke...
04:12or...
04:13or whomever...
04:14Michael McFadden...
04:15wherever it is...
04:16you see...
04:17let's watch the play...
04:18you see them go rob...
04:19you rob the 6th route...
04:20on the SIN concept...
04:22so...
04:23when we talk about the route concept...
04:24first...
04:25you see this guy...
04:26right here...
04:27running the seam...
04:28and then you got the dig...
04:29we call this a SIN...
04:30seam...
04:31N...
04:32with the N behind...
04:33but...
04:34behind it...
04:35he attacks...
04:35uh...
04:36touches paint...
04:37and gets in...
04:38in there...
04:39to get into this space...
04:40but...
04:41right here...
04:42through communication...
04:43and through coverage...
04:45you know this backer...
04:48is well trained...
04:49this backer...
04:50has his eyes...
04:51on number 2...
04:52carrying...
04:53number 2...
04:54vertical...
04:55with his eyes...
04:57gets his eyes...
04:58back...
04:59to the quarterback...
05:00to CJ Stroud...
05:01but one thing...
05:02that he does great...
05:03this is great...
05:04rock record...
05:05by now knowing...
05:06okay...
05:07two goals...
05:08vertical...
05:09two is covered...
05:10I know...
05:10I don't need...
05:11to go chase that...
05:12I have no work...
05:13over here...
05:14and then we have this...
05:15corner...
05:16right here...
05:17that's falling off...
05:18to help...
05:19play anything...
05:20from a shallow...
05:20cross...
05:20to anything...
05:21into the flats...
05:22this corner...
05:23that's why he has...
05:24his back turned...
05:25because he knows...
05:25he has help...
05:26on this side of the field...
05:27they're walling off...
05:28this coverage...
05:29right here...
05:30carrying number two...
05:31and he's waiting...
05:32for anything...
05:33to come back...
05:34into his zone...
05:35for him to read...
05:36and react...
05:37so now...
05:38that he's kind of...
05:39put his foot...
05:40into the ground...
05:41he's looking...
05:40he knows...
05:41he's got no work...
05:42over here...
05:43he knows...
05:44that these two guys...
05:45can handle...
05:46anything...
05:47that comes over here...
05:48he knows...
05:49and because his back...
05:50is turned...
05:50he knows...
05:51he has help...
05:52when it comes to...
05:53any of these routes...
05:54crossing over...
05:55you see...
05:55safeties...
05:56doing a great job...
05:57with communication...
05:58him knowing...
05:59there's no work...
06:00over here...
06:00he's gonna squeeze...
06:01and I'm gonna help...
06:02hope...
06:03pray...
06:04that CJ Stroud...
06:05throws that ball...
06:05cause I'm gonna go...
06:06rob it...
06:07now you look...
06:08at this linebacker...
06:09here...
06:10puts his foot...
06:11into the ground...
06:10sees...
06:11the six route...
06:12the dig route...
06:13that's coming...
06:14that's...
06:15coming back here...
06:16has...
06:17his feet...
06:18stuck into the ground...
06:19he has his feet...
06:20here...
06:21and now CJ Stroud...
06:22thinks that he has...
06:23this back window...
06:24to...
06:25throw this football in...
06:26he has time...
06:27and he knows...
06:28I'm just waiting...
06:29for this receiver...
06:30to...
06:31to...
06:32to cross...
06:33and he's gonna throw it...
06:34before he crosses...
06:35this back...
06:35his body...
06:36you're gonna throw it...
06:37before this receiver...
06:38hits the hash...
06:39because you're thinking...
06:40that he's...
06:40he's either gonna drive...
06:41on this shallow cross...
06:42or his feet...
06:43or his...
06:44I'm gonna beat him...
06:45with the throw...
06:45no...
06:46puts his foot into the ground...
06:47redirects...
06:48gets under it...
06:49and goes...
06:50and makes...
06:50a hell of a play...
06:51you wanna see...
06:52the Giants linebackers...
06:53do that next year...
06:54in...
06:55in the past...
06:55coverage...
06:56create plays...
06:57create turnovers...
06:58and the past coverage...
06:59and it all starts...
07:00by...
07:01route recognition...
07:02communication...
07:03and then going...
07:04and making a...
07:05play...
07:06on the football...
07:07you saw a lot of...
07:09aggressive zone...
07:10dropping...
07:11walling routes...
07:12it's all...
07:13talk...
07:14it's all...
07:15part of the...
07:15team...
07:16last but not least...
07:17he has to get...
07:18more...
07:19out of this...
07:20secondary...
07:21the secondary...
07:22we all can agree...
07:24they're a liability...
07:25last season...
07:26they were not an...
07:27asset...
07:28but in comes...
07:29a coordinator...
07:30who stresses...
07:31press technique...
07:30physical reroutes...
07:31and corners...
07:32disrupting...
07:33timing...
07:34at the line of scrimmage...
07:35that's gonna help...
07:36a pass rush...
07:37that's full of guys...
07:38who can generate...
07:39quick pressures...
07:40but they didn't get...
07:41the sack last season...
07:42because the ball...
07:43was out of the...
07:44quarterback's hands...
07:45really fast...
07:45and here's how...
07:46he's gonna get it done...
07:49Coach Wilson...
07:50is all about...
07:51disrupting...
07:52timing...
07:53route timing...
07:54play design...
07:55all of that...
07:56and you do that...
07:57by getting these corners...
07:58pressed...
07:59at the line of scrimmage...
08:00being violent...
08:01disrupting...
08:02the timing...
08:03of the route...
08:04of route concept...
08:05helps...
08:06and that helps...
08:07everyone...
08:08from pass rush...
08:09to backers...
08:10to safeties...
08:11over the...
08:10top...
08:11so let's quickly...
08:12let's watch it...
08:13and then we'll get into...
08:14how...
08:15how the route...
08:15disruption...
08:16and being violent...
08:17at the line of scrimmage...
08:18helps create a turnover...
08:20boom...
08:22big play...
08:23big play...
08:24against a division rival...
08:25boom...
08:26alright...
08:27again...
08:28I know this is 2024...
08:29but this is the attitude...
08:30this is...
08:30the philosophy...
08:31that's now going to be...
08:32implemented...
08:33on this Giants defense...
08:35with both these guys...
08:36you're getting this...
08:37too high shell look...
08:38looks like it could be...
08:39some covered...
08:40some storm...
08:40some form of...
08:41cover 2...
08:42right here...
08:43right...
08:44playing outside...
08:45technique...
08:46on that outside...
08:47shoulder...
08:48corner...
08:49playing outside...
08:50technique...
08:51usually trying to...
08:52funnel these guys...
08:50into the safeties...
08:51over the top...
08:52but at the snap of the ball...
08:55you're getting pressed...
08:57you're getting these guys...
08:58pressed...
08:59these guys...
09:00look...
09:00looking like...
09:01now it looks like...
09:02it turns into...
09:03some sort of...
09:04cover 4...
09:05with...
09:06with some sort of...
09:07press man technique...
09:08it's hard...
09:09if we can't identify...
09:10right here...
09:11and...
09:12we're playing...
09:13what...
09:14Monday morning...
09:15quarterback...
09:16it's hard for any...
09:15quarterback...
09:16in the heat of it...
09:17in the heat of the battle...
09:18when the play is snapped...
09:20it's hard for them...
09:21to identify...
09:22what the coverage...
09:23could be...
09:24he's being funneled...
09:25inside...
09:26he's being funneled...
09:27inside...
09:28so...
09:29I'm looking at this...
09:30as some sort of...
09:30cover 2...
09:31some sort of...
09:32cover 2 look...
09:33no need for him to play...
09:34heavy over the...
09:35top...
09:36because this corner...
09:37is...
09:38is applying pressure...
09:39and rerouting...
09:40this receiver...
09:40to go inside...
09:41to his help...
09:42same thing...
09:43go inside...
09:44to his help...
09:45this muddies...
09:46the water...
09:47when it comes to...
09:48where...
09:49this quarterback...
09:50wants to go...
09:51with the football...
09:52it's hard for...
09:53to read...
09:54and now you know...
09:55it's not...
09:56cover 2...
09:57because now you got...
09:58this safety...
09:59driving...
10:00this...
10:00in...
10:01breaking...
10:02rounds...
10:03now you know...
10:04it's cover 4...
10:05because now...
10:06this safety...
10:07knows...
10:08alright...
10:09I got...
10:05no work...
10:06this guy...
10:07he's playing...
10:08press...
10:09outside...
10:10you guys are...
10:10one-on-one vertical...
10:11same thing...
10:12one-on-one vertical...
10:13I can have...
10:14my eye...
10:15is looking to...
10:16rob...
10:17and help out...
10:18with anything...
10:19over top...
10:20of the middle...
10:20because anything...
10:21that goes...
10:22deep...
10:23he's...
10:24getting...
10:25rerouted...
10:25into me...
10:25I don't have to...
10:26come off this...
10:27hash...
10:28or I don't have to...
10:29come off this...
10:30landmark...
10:31this spot...
10:30that much...
10:31to help...
10:32over the top...
10:33now I can be...
10:34greedy...
10:35and help...
10:36the linebacker...
10:35and I can help...
10:36this nickel wheel...
10:37right here...
10:38with anything...
10:39that goes...
10:40across the middle...
10:40now you've got...
10:41the pressure...
10:42from a defensive line...
10:43you've got...
10:44your Brian Burns...
10:45you've got...
10:45your Abdul Carter...
10:46your Kayvon Thibodeau...
10:47whoever this is...
10:48coming off...
10:49that edge...
10:50beating the chip block...
10:51beating bad...
10:52you know...
10:53bad...
10:54technique...
10:55by the tackle...
10:55in the back...
10:56beating that chip...
10:57and now...
10:58causing havoc...
10:59making this quarter...
11:00make an...
11:01arid throw...
11:02it gets tipped...
11:03to the backer...
11:04and now...
11:05that creates...
11:05a turnover...
11:06violence...
11:07aggression...
11:08violence...
11:09in a...
11:10aggression...
11:11will create...
11:12turnovers...
11:13and I think...
11:14that's what...
11:15Wilson wants to do...
11:16with his secondary...
11:17muddy up the waters...
11:19so even...
11:20even your most...
11:21experienced...
11:22quarterback...
11:23has a hard time...
11:24figuring...
11:25out...
11:26where to attack...
11:27because he knows...
11:28what the coverage...
11:29is going to be...
11:30disrupt the timing...
11:31at the line...
11:32you give...
11:33your pass rush...
11:34an opportunity...
11:35to get...
11:35there...
11:36and that...
11:37in itself...
11:38can create...
11:39a sack...
11:40or even better...
11:41a turnover...
11:40you see it...
11:42Giants need more...
11:43turnovers...
11:44but bottom line...
11:45this could be...
11:46John Harbaugh's...
11:47most important hire...
11:48this defense...
11:49needs an identity...
11:50and...
11:50he's gonna bring one...
11:51tough...
11:52violent...
11:53and disciplined...
11:54football...
11:55which version...
11:55of Denard...
11:56Wilson's defense...
11:57are we going to...
11:58get in 2026...
11:59though...
12:0020...
12:002024...
12:01or 2025...
12:02the only way...
12:03is up...
12:04with the Giants...
12:05defense...
12:05and if...
12:06all those guys...
12:07buy in...
12:08they become...
12:09one of 11...
12:10this...
12:10this unit...
12:11won't just be...
12:12better in 2026...
12:13it'll be a problem...
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