T-Rock's Take on the Giants

If you saw last night's game between the Eagles and Cowboys, you can see that each of them is vulnerable to a deep pass (provided the ball actually crosses the goal line!). That's probably one of the reasons that the Giants have been trying to improve their quick-strike capabilities, as I wrote about here. I mention in the article that it's been an objective since the first plays of training camp. Actually, the desire for the big play goes back deeper than that.

Here's a quote from Tom Coughlin in April after they drafted Mario Manningham in the third round of the draft:

"I think the wide receiver Mario Manningham gives us what we wanted, which was an ability to put the fear of the deep ball to try to do some things with our compensation for the way in which coverages occur as we play not only in this division but in this league. It gives us another young receiver who does have the ability to go deep and to be productive in terms of the deep ball."

And here's Kevin Gilbride, asked at rookie minicamp if Manningham can be a vertical threat:

"We're hoping. That is why we drafted him. We thought that he not only had quickness that reminded us of some of the guys, a Steve Smith type quickness, but we thought that he has been labeled as a guy with great speed. Obviously that is something we thought we needed so we are looking forward to seeing what he can do.