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Steve Spagnuolo: There’s no switch to flip to bring 2007 defense back
Posted by Josh Alper on May 11, 2015
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The Giants brought defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo back to the team this offseason after watching the unit slip under Perry Fewell while going 13-19 over the last two years.
Spagnuolo’s earned a Super Bowl ring during his previous stint with the Giants when he put together a defense that stifled a previously undefeated Patriots team in Arizona after the 2007 season. The team went 12-4 behind a similarly productive unit the next year before Spagnuolo left to become the Rams head coach, although the coordinator said over the weekend that his return doesn’t ensure the same kind of results.
“This isn’t an on-and-off switch where, boom, all of a sudden we’re back to 2007 and we pick up where we left off,” Spagnuolo said, via ESPN.com. “It doesn’t work that way. It’s a different challenge. It’s a different year. It’s different personnel. I’m not a magician. Things aren’t going to happen like they may have happened in a different time. But hopefully, something exciting will happen. At least that’s the goal.”
Spagnuolo’s time in St. Louis and one miserable season as the Saints’ coordinator in 2012 are good reminders that he’s not capable of conjuring effective defenses out of thin air. To put one together in Jersey this year, Spagnuolo’s going to need to find a couple of starting defensive linemen, a couple of starting linebackers, a safety to play alongside rookie Landon Collins and a couple of cornerbacks to play in sub packages.
Spagnuolo says it is “going to take a little while” to get the defense in shape, but progress can’t wait too long if the Giants are going to end their playoff drought.
Steve Spagnuolo: There’s no switch to flip to bring 2007 defense back
Posted by Josh Alper on May 11, 2015
The Giants brought defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo back to the team this offseason after watching the unit slip under Perry Fewell while going 13-19 over the last two years.
Spagnuolo’s earned a Super Bowl ring during his previous stint with the Giants when he put together a defense that stifled a previously undefeated Patriots team in Arizona after the 2007 season. The team went 12-4 behind a similarly productive unit the next year before Spagnuolo left to become the Rams head coach, although the coordinator said over the weekend that his return doesn’t ensure the same kind of results.
“This isn’t an on-and-off switch where, boom, all of a sudden we’re back to 2007 and we pick up where we left off,” Spagnuolo said, via ESPN.com. “It doesn’t work that way. It’s a different challenge. It’s a different year. It’s different personnel. I’m not a magician. Things aren’t going to happen like they may have happened in a different time. But hopefully, something exciting will happen. At least that’s the goal.”
Spagnuolo’s time in St. Louis and one miserable season as the Saints’ coordinator in 2012 are good reminders that he’s not capable of conjuring effective defenses out of thin air. To put one together in Jersey this year, Spagnuolo’s going to need to find a couple of starting defensive linemen, a couple of starting linebackers, a safety to play alongside rookie Landon Collins and a couple of cornerbacks to play in sub packages.
Spagnuolo says it is “going to take a little while” to get the defense in shape, but progress can’t wait too long if the Giants are going to end their playoff drought.
