The bottom line for me at this point is that it just doesn't even matter. People can talk about the fumbles or say he can't block or whatever, but the bottom line is that the offensive line is abysmal. They may be the worst in the league. I didn't get to watch much of the game yesterday, but on one carry, Wilson got mauled by 2 guys a step after taking the handoff. Both of those guys made it through the line untouched. Wilson's pass blocking wouldn't even be as much of an issue if the actual offensive line had any ability to pass block. The RBs are being charged with picking up defenders that they shouldn't have to be picking up. If Coughlin had any desire to fix the actual problem with the offense, he'd cut his son-in-law and chew the butts out of all the rest of the linemen. Because they could stick the best blocking back in the league back there and it's not going to improve a darn thing. So even if Wilson became an excellent pass blocker it still wouldn't matter because there's simply no place to even run the ball. The Giants are a joke.
Good point I was thinking same thing.. the one poster in here was saying how wilson missed a block in the last den game but I remember there were 2 guys rushing in on the play the poster mentioned and wilson picked him up and stood him up and Eli got mauled by 2nd defender... Im regret all my fellow Wilsoners that I am gonna have to put dwilson on the bench for this week as I don't trust cough LIN to make the right call and the team is just pure #####.
Coughlin has been holding this team back from reaching its true potential for years
They won 2 Super Bowls under coughlin!
I'm not defending him but to say that he has held them back is silly. I know that people are pissed at him BC of how he is treating the David Wilson situation and coughlins doghouse might have totally sapped Wilson's confidence to the point of no return.
BUT - is it coughlins fault that Wilson can't hold on to the ball???
Is it coughlins fault that Wilson can't protect his $100mm franchise qb?!?
Wilson has PLAYED himself into coughlins doghouse.
The giant's defense in the 1st 2 games has also been a problem for Wilson. They have been playing in catch up mode all season so far and since he is not going to be involved in the passing game (since HE can't pass pro) he gets shut out of the 2nd half of games.
Wilson can come back from this but he is going to have to show better pass pro in practices and keep not fumbling in real games like yesterday. I would say by midseason he will be back to 12-15 carries per game but he won't get GL touches with Jacobs and then Andre brown returning.
His value will be limited this year but I think salvageable...maybe rb3 with upside by midseason. If you can get him for a bag of peanuts rt now do it.