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Did the Eagles know Manning's cadence?

Great little nugget from Peter King about a conversation he had with Stewart Bradley after the game.

In the regular season, the Giants rushed for 5.0 yards a carry, for 157 yards a game, both league-bests. The Giants did rush for 138 yards Sunday, but they were surprisingly feeble when it counted. The offensive line is tremendous, the runners emerging as stars. And the way they ran with the season on the line ... shocking. Like the first 16 and a half games this year were a collective mirage. Afterward, I asked Bradley what happened. He said the Giants' backs did a great job using their blocks and sliding off them earlier in the year, and the Eagles were able to better fill the gaps in short yardage this game. And he had an interesting theory: Blame Manning's cadence.

"We had a pretty good idea of his cadence,'' Bradley said on the bus ride back to Philadelphia. The happy bus ride, from the sounds in the background. "When you play a guy three times in a season, you can pick up certain things. The tempo of his voice, how he puts his head up when he's getting ready to snap the ball ... it helped us today.''

This makes a lot of sense. When a team has less than a yard to go, it takes more than just being strong to stop them. You have to be able to anticipate the snap, you have to be faster off the ball than the offense.

If the Eagles had picked up nuances of Manning's cadence and mannerisms, that obviously would have been a huge advantage especially in short yardage situations.

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But even I know his snap count:

“One, two…Omaha…I wish I was Peyton…hut!”

by ajay on Jan 12, 2009 4:48 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

haha

http://www.libertyballers.com/

by Remis on Jan 12, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

you know

that is all i hear from Eli…. mumble… Omaha… mumble… Omaha… hut!

Who wants to play Leapfrog with Trent?

by anuj on Jan 12, 2009 9:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I love tidbits like this … stuff you haven’t seen/read before in the 8 million other game stories/reports from on site.

In other words, more reporting, fewer talking heads.

by D3Keith on Jan 12, 2009 6:03 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Why did he snitch, he should have kept that quiet, we could have used it again

 in the future. Now they are gonna correct that.

Philles (80 & 08)
Team of Destiny!

by yophillybro on Jan 13, 2009 8:12 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Well I think the things he said… Tempo of his voice, when he raises his head… that’s just mannerisms. It would be one thing if he said they had the snap count. That can be mixed up, but if he’s saying they just have a feel for the guy… I’m not sure what could be done to correct that.

by JasonB on Jan 13, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

labotomy….

might improve his play as well…

how many mississippis does Eli think the defense has to count before rushing?
I say 5…

"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel

by foos05 on Jan 13, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

how many mississippis does Eli think the defense has to count before rushing?
I say 5…

LMFAO

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Jan 13, 2009 11:04 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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