The Giants aren't good at much of anything, but they have 31 sacks, which is by far the most in the NFL.

And one would think, at least one would think, that it would affect the plan of attack against them.

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Of those 31 sacks that the Giants have, nine of them belong to the great Dexter Lawrence.

Those sacks are going to be a problem, he's going to be a problem.

To an extent, maybe.

If there was one slice of news that stood out from the Steelers practice on the

south side yesterday, it's that Cordero Patterson was back in full swing and looks as if he'll be

ready to return by next Monday night. If that happens, and do not undersell this, you'll have the trio of

Najee Harris, Jalen Warren, and Patterson on the field together for a full game, really,

for the first time. And you will want to run for more reasons than one.

The Giants rank sixth in the NFL in past defense,

25th in run defense, which means they're really good at pinning their ears back and going after the backfield,

not so good when whoever happens to be in the backfield

gets by them. And it stands to further reason that they can't sack your quarterback if he

doesn't have the football. So draw it up with me and you've got an offensive plan that says

run the ball, run the ball, run the ball every once in a while, do something

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