Bob Glauber
Bob Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets
Let’s not mistake this year’s Giants defense with the ’85 Bears, the ’86 Giants, the 2000 Ravens, or even the 2007 Giants. It’s simply too soon to elevate this group with any of those great defenses, or put them on a level with Pete Carroll’s Seahawks, who are as good as it gets on that side of the ball in today’s NFL.
But if what we saw on Monday night against the Bengals was any indication, and if defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s previous work with this scheme — including that 2007 Super Bowl unit — then there may be something special going on here.