{"id":138279,"date":"2020-12-21T08:35:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-bradberrys-absence-vs-browns-proved-his-giants-worth\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T08:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:35:19","slug":"james-bradberrys-absence-vs-browns-proved-his-giants-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bradberrys-absence-vs-browns-proved-his-giants-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Bradberry’s absence vs. Browns proved his Giants worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#James Bradberry’s absence vs. Browns proved his Giants worth<\/strong>”
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Save the highlight clips of interceptions, forced fumbles and blanket pass coverage.<\/p>\n

The game<\/a> film that should get Giants cornerback James Bradberry selected to his first Pro Bowl took place Sunday when he presumably was quarantined in a hotel room watching his teammates get picked apart in a 20-6 loss to the Browns at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

With all due respect to dynamic running back Saquon Barkley (sidelined since Week 2 with a torn ACL) and quarterback Daniel Jones (missing his second game with leg injuries), Bradberry is the Giants\u2019 most irreplaceable player in 2020. And his inability to play because of a mistaken assumption that led him to be a high-risk close contact of COVID-19 loomed as large as expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t replace James Bradberry,\u201d safety Logan Ryan said. \u201cWe really weren\u2019t good on third down or in the red area, which is situationally how you win football. James missing wasn\u2019t the only problem tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps Bradberry would\u2019ve shadowed Jarvis Landry (six catches, 71 yards, touchdown) into the slot or taken away Rashard Higgins (four catches, 76 yards) to allow double teams elsewhere. But Bradberry\u2019s decision to visit a chiropractor he thought was following the NFL daily COVID-19 testing protocol \u2014 instead of a Giants-app<\/a>roved doctor \u2014 made those potential chess matches impossible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how it\u2019s a mistake,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cThis [virus] is something that I don\u2019t know is 100 percent avoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baker Mayfield completed 27 of 32 passes, including nine of his first 10, for 290 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n

The Giants moved No. 4 safety Julian Love to outside cornerback opposite Isaac Yiadom and settled into a zone that simply did not work. Of course, it wasn\u2019t helped by a pass rush that generated just one quarterback hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sold out to stop the run and made Baker be a pocket quarterback,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cHe was extremely efficient at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Love played on the perimeter at Notre Dame and was moved to safety as a rookie last season because of speed concerns. Yiadom was acquired via trade with the Broncos for a seventh-round pick in September and benched for three games earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Not exactly Bradberry\u2019s NFL-leading 17 passes defended or team-high three interceptions. Actually, it was more of a painful reminder of recent failed cornerback draft picks Deandre Baker, Sam Beal and Corey Ballentine.<\/p>\n

The Giants also played without rookie slot cornerback Darnay Holmes, who missed his second straight game with a knee injury. Safeties Xavier McKinney, Ryan and Jabrill Peppers rotated through the slot, the box and deep center field.<\/p>\n

But Mayfield wasn\u2019t rattled. At all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey used the run game to set up the pass,\u201d coach Joe Judge said. \u201cThey found some open windows and took advantage of them. It\u2019s our responsibility to have the players at the game coached up and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Setting the Browns\u2019 franchise record for completion percentage was a result of Mayfield recognizing soft spots in the zone \u2014 especially the one in front of Love.<\/p>\n

On the surface, holding the Browns to 20 points is a good enough job to win. But it\u2019s a little bit of fool\u2019s gold because the Browns did not need to risk mistakes or push the tempo.<\/p>\n

Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham has been a master of disguised coverages and adjustments this season. So, why didn\u2019t he break from the zone for man-to-man coverage?<\/p>\n

Simply, the Giants didn\u2019t have the horses without Bradberry.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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