The last time we looked at a play from the New York Giants’ defense, it was an exotic blitz.
Based on both James Bettcher’s history and the Giants’ moves over the off-season, it seems like a solid bet that the Giants will rely heavily on using various blitz packages to generate their pass rush in 2019. But while we can always appreciate the scheming involved in creating that pressure, we must also always remember that blitzing is, by definition, a risk.
Defensive coordinators always try to mitigate that risk through coverage schemes that try to cover up or compensate for the weakness created by sending a player normally in coverage as a pass rusher.