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Rank |
Player |
Last Week |
Change |
Notes |
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1 |
A.J. Green |
1 |
-- |
Green may have mistakenly ruffled some Giants feathers but didn't they know he's the best receiver in football? It was refreshing to see a Bengals player back up their comments, even if they were meant to be harmless. |
|
2 |
Geno Atkins |
2 |
-- |
Giants' best lineman, Chris Snee was hurting and Geno Atkins showed no mercy. |
|
3 |
Andre Smith |
3 |
-- |
Did you notice Justin Tuck, Pierre-Paul or and of the Giants defensive lineman? Me either. |
|
4 |
Leon Hall |
4 |
-- |
Hall was back in the slot this week and shut down maybe the most explosive slot WR in the NFL, Victor Cruz. |
|
5 |
Andy Dalton |
6 |
+1 |
Welcome back to the top 5, Andy Dalton. The best part about Sunday's game was how under-control Dalton was with the offense at the line. |
|
6 |
Andrew Whitworth |
5 |
-1 |
Tremendous pass blocking performance, crappy run blocking day. They don't even ask him to push his man anymore; just wall him off. Strange. |
|
7 |
Kevin Zeitler |
7 |
-- |
I saw the rookie get blown up once from a blitzing LB, but that was his only negative play that jumped out at me. |
|
8 |
Carlos Dunlap |
15 |
+7 |
This is the Dunlap we need every week but the one I'm afraid we'll never consistently get. |
|
9 |
Adam Jones |
19 |
+10 |
Adam Jones had a game to remember. He started it off with a crazy punt return and followed it up with a few pass breakups and a forced fumble. |
|
10 |
Jermaine Gresham |
10 |
-- |
He wasn't heavily involved but Gresham answered the call every time he had an opportunity. |
|
11 |
Michael Johnson |
8 |
-3 |
Johnson has reached no-man's land recently. He's just out there. |
|
12 |
Andrew Hawkins |
12 |
-- |
Hawkins caught a TD and would've had another if he could've kept his feet in. Sanu has started taking some of his slot reps. |
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13 |
Clint Boling |
14 |
+1 |
He doesn't make any "wow" blocks but he also doesn't make any bone-head plays. I'll take that. |
|
14 |
Vontaze Burfict |
11 |
-3 |
Burfict is a lightning rod for praise and criticism. He electrifies the defense with big hits but he's also been getting a little wild in coverage and with run fits. |
|
15 |
Reggie Nelson |
9 |
-6 |
Nelson was hurt last week and to be honest, the defense didn't miss him. Having two smart, veterans safeties in Crocker & Clements was refreshing. |
|
16 |
Mike Nugent |
13 |
-3 |
Nugent's kickoffs were much better this week and the Giants had an average start behind their 20. |
|
17 |
Domata Peko |
17 |
-- |
Maybe he's one of those guys that plays better when he gets more rest in the form of Pat Sims. Peko had his first good game this year. |
|
18 |
Terence Newman |
18 |
-- |
I'm more impressed with Newman's tackling because it's better than it ever has been in his career. Credit to Zimmer. |
|
19 |
Nate Clements |
20 |
+1 |
That was the most comfortable game Clements has had this year in the CB/S role. |
|
20 |
Rey Maugaluga |
NA |
-- |
His best game of the year as he finally looked close to 100% healthy... 10 weeks into the season. |
Just Missed the Cut: Mohamed Sanu, Chris Crocker, Kevin Huber, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Pat Sims