What Happened to the Once-Feared New York Giants Defense?

November 12, 2014   ·   Patricia Traina   ·   Jump to comments


Hard as it might be to believe given the meltdown in Seattle last week, there was a time when the New York Giants run defense was one of the better units in the business.
These days, that’s not the case, as Perry Fewell, who has been the Giants defensive coordinator since the 2010 season, has seen his one-time top-10 run defense morph into the 32nd-ranked run defense in the league.
Just how bad has it been for the Giants run defense, a unit that this past Sunday gave up a ridiculous 350 rushing yards?
The Giants are 1-4 this year, and 5-12 dating back to last season, in games where they have allowed 100 or more rushing yards.
With Sunday’s meltdown against the Seattle Seahawks, the Giants have now allowed at least 423 yards in four consecutive games for the first time in their franchise history, according to Mike Eisen of Giants.com.
What has been behind the struggles on the run defense and how do they fix it?
The first step is ...

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