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And what's crazy is now you look at this offense, and the offensive line is hush,

hush, pretty good.

Yeah.

They can run the football.

Think about over the last two weeks how often they've run on first and second down and how effective they've been. They've gotten some pretty out-of-the-box play-calling decisions, and they're scoring enough points to win. So the thing that was such an issue a year ago, even with a backup quarterback right now, in fact, I guess you could argue a third-string quarterback, at least the way the season started, with one of your top running backs being out and clearly your top wide receiver being out, look at the results. Yeah, last year, the Giants were 16th in defensive scoring and 31st and offensive score. Now it's reversed? It's flipped to the complete opposite. They're 30th in defense, and offensively they're probably in that range. Yeah. That's crazy. Junior is in Jersey City. Hey, Jr. What's up, boys? Happy Monday. That's up. Be Monday, sir. What's on your mind? What bothers me with the Giants is that I wouldn't go for it on fourth down. I would have taken the points and make the lines beat me with a touchdown.

Yeah, I mean, I guess so, but I'm not arguing that.

They're trying to win a game.

They're trying to make it a two-possession game at the end.

If they were five and, I don't know, what would be the record then be, five and

seven, and it's like, oh, maybe we can do something here. Perhaps you trust your defense,

but they're two and nine at this point. I would agree with you that. It's like, who cares? Just try to

win the game. They're doing it in an aggressive way. I would agree that there are moments where you look at your record. The jets are in the same boat and say, why not be more aggressive? But there's also that line in the sand where you say, yeah, but that's too crazy. Right. And it's really just defining where that line is. To me, a fourth and goal from the three-yard line is a screw it, let's go for a moment.

Right.

But eventually, there's a moment where you say, I don't know if this is smart. And maybe for you, it's not fourth and six, but if it was fourth and 11, and that sack previously, or it wasn't a sack, but let's say there was, and it was an eight-yard loss, then at some point you would have said, just kick the field goal. No, of course. To me, fourth and six was that moment to do it.

The second and third down plays were the issues.

So you throw it on second down. then at some point you would have said, just kick the field goal. No, of course. To me, fourth and sixth was that moment to do it.

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