PHILADELPHIA – Sharing is great.
Sharing is also rare.
One of the hallmarks of a top-level offensive line is continuity — five starters on the field, playing every snap together as a unit. The Giants are the exception to this rule, as they have two healthy left fielders and will use both during the game. Nick Gates starts and Ben Bredeson rotates. Desirable.
“It’s worked for us so far,” Bredeson told the Post. “Nick and I, everyone thinks it’s meant to be, or I have it in me and he has it — we work really well together. We are here to help each other and help the team win. It doesn’t matter if he’s there or if I’m there, we’re just trying to move the ball and score goals. When it’s my turn to come in Nick comes out and gives me all the tips and vice versa when he’s about to come in. “Come in and tell me what I saw there. These are completely open lines of communication.”
The role was reversed last week in a 31-24 playoff win over the Vikings. Gates went on the field and had a total of 22 offensive tackles. Bredeson finished with 50 tackles. It remains to be seen how they fare against the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Saturday night’s NFC divisional playoff game.
Last week’s picture distribution was a bit misleading. Gates was on the offense’s first two series and the Giants broke through the Vikings’ defense with ease, scoring on five plays and 75 yards and four plays and 81 yards on punts. Bredeson entered the third set on a 20-play, 85-yard drive that chewed up 10:52 of the clock and ended with a Graham Gano touchdown.
“It was a lot, 20 game practices, it was exhausting,” Bredeson said. “We joked, I was 18 the first time I came back from a knee [plays] in Washington, D.C., but we had TV breaks and practice stops. He had none, 20 in a row. We liked to finish with the ball, but it took us more than 10 minutes to get the basket. Good way.”
In the fourth quarter, Bredeson went on the field to make it 12 tackles.
Bredeson said the split time cools him down, but he noted that it’s sometimes difficult to warm up on the sidelines when Gates is in the game.
Another challenge: facing an Eagles defense that led the NFL with 70 sacks this season.
“I’ve got to be ready to defend the pass,” Gates said. “They have good defensive players, that’s no secret. I think we have a good game plan and we should be ready to go.
The Giants are 0-2 against the Eagles this season – their second loss with the Giants playing as a substitute. Since 1970, 24 teams have gone 0-2 against their opponent and met that team for the third time in the playoffs. These teams are 9-15 in Game 3s and 6-12 on the road. The Giants were one of the winners. They lost twice to the Cowboys in the 2007 season and beat Dallas in the playoffs.
Something to watch: In Week 14’s 42-22 rout of the Giants, Philadelphia may have played fast and loose with the rules. According to Football Zebras , Eagles kicker Arrin Sipos used a small white object to locate the ball and raise it slightly off the ground on Jake Elliott’s extra point attempt.
This is not allowed. Rule 11.4.5 states: “No object may be placed or used in any way on the court to assist a player in hitting the ball and/or attempting to hit the ball. “Judgment”.
An NFL spokesman told The Post that playoff teams are reminded: The rule does not allow any substance of any kind to be placed on the field or used in any way. to help the player execute the shot. In this process of putting the ball, nothing but the hand or finger indicating the placement of the ball should be used.
The Eagles are the first team in NFL history to have two No. 1 seeds in five years with different head coach-quarterback combinations. They did it in 2017 with coach Doug Pederson and Carson Wentz and Nick Foles and won a Super Bowl — and they did it this season with coaches Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts.
The fact that it was a night game didn’t sit well with the Giants players when it came to the reaction from the always hostile Eagles fans. The 8:15pm kick-off will give fans more time for the game.
“Yeah, when you think about it, when the Philadelphia fans started at 1 o’clock, they were going crazy,” safety Julian Love said. “They are excited. Now you add the 8pm box office, they’ve been stalking all day. For them, this level of excitement will increase even more. They are fans not only in football but also in all sports. So we have to understand that.”
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