Could Giants' Offense Be Sparked By No Huddle? Kevin Gilbride Weighs InQuote
Combining struggles up front, under center and in the backfield, the Giants are now looking for something -- anything -- to spark the offense.
Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride has long been a proponent of keeping the two-minute drill in two-minute situations, but is a no-huddle look the answer?
"We went into this game thinking that we needed to be more balance because of the turnovers and that wasn’t as successful as we would’ve liked it to be," Gilbride said. That first half was probably about as low as you can be. We went to the two-minute and we moved the ball, but we still didn’t put any points on the board. We’ll try to do whatever we can to galvanize this group and give them a chance and the big thing is can you intellectually handle the scheme, the schematic challenges that are inherent in their defensive approach, which is quite significant."
We've written about Gilbride's thoughts on a rapid-fire offense before. The Giants practiced it heavily in the preseason. It's in their arsenal.
When asked if maybe more intermediate passes and trap runs might be the answer, Gilbride had this:
"That’s what we did, like the traps that we hit last time, those were the big runs we had," he said. "You try to do some things like that to give yourself a scheme when you’re not just able to line up and knock people off the ball. You try to give illusions of one thing and, in fact, come back and do something different. That’s what we did. You can only do that so many times. You’re not going to do that 60 plays a game. You’re not going to fool them 60 plays a game. You need to execute and that’s where we have to upgrade."
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2013/09/could_giants_offense_be_sparked_by_no_huddle_kevin_gilbride_weighs_in.htmlIf this guy Kevin Gilbride... I want to call him Killdrive but I'm going to support him tomorrow in HOPE that he wakes the fuck up and realizes we need more shallow and intermediate passes AND to utilize to no huddle offense to off-set the defense and gain ANY possible advantage over the defense that we can get. I've been screaming for that since the Dallas game.