Hard for anyone to guess.
Last month despite leading the Eagles to a win, Vick had one TD, on a 3/4-yd run. Vick also fumbled twice and lost one or two balls. The Giants went more with a cover 6 -- and the extra man was covering their TE. It was very effective -- The Giants strategy was based on blitzing Vick from his left, forcing him to roll out to his right, which makes a Cover 6 defense very effective.
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Rather than having the three deep defensive backs split the field into thirds, one takes half of the field (in this case, the offensive left) and the other two each covers a quarter.
Therefore, by forcing Vick to his right with a blitz and leaving just one safety deep to his left, the Giants were able to split the field in half and provide good coverage in the secondary on the play side.
The Cover-6 also typically features man coverage on the best receiver on the field, which would be DeSean Jackson for the Eagles. It makes a lot of sense against Vick, who is difficult to sack and able to launch the ball deep down the field, making him a defensive coordinator’s nightmare.
The Giants mixed the Cover-3 and Cover-6 in with a lot of zero blitzes, leaving no safeties down field, keeping Vick guessing throughout the game.
“You put so much on out on the line when you bring that type of blitz and we had a plan for it,” Vick said. “We really didn’t think we would see it as much and it was good that we had an opportunity to get that a lot today because we had a chance to work on it and be ready for it next time out.”
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The Giants defense are changing it up for game 2.