I’ve been as harsh (or harsher) on James Bettcher than almost anyone else throughout his lackadaisical tenure as the New York Giant defensive coordinator. Despite that, I’m going to give the coach his due here, as he played a major part in the crucial win Big Blue picked up yesterday. Even though many of the problems were started by him to begin with, he finally reached into his toolbox and tried new things — the results were terrific.
At halftime, you would have been hard-pressed to find a worse defensive performance over two-plus games in the history of the NFL.