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Who is Dennard Wilson and why was he hired as the Giants' Defensive Coordinator?
But I'm coming home to you
Now we're back. Now we're back. Welcome to Giants Nation Show. I'm your host, Bobby Skinner, here with my co-host, the football grump. And we are live from Mobile, Alabama. You guys can hear us now? All right. That's why we don't do live podcasting as much as people probably want us to. We're live here from Mobile, Alabama. The Giants have hired defensive coordinator Denard Wilson, special teams coordinator Chris Horton, and a bunch of other hires. How are we doing? Our favorite week of the year, and we're not muted now.
Yeah, it's our favorite weekend of the year. It's our home away from home, and every single time we come here, we're in a new home. This one is the best home by far, I think.
Yeah, I mean, hotels I prefer. Airbnb is, you know, I'll never advertise with them because I don't like them. But out of the Airbnbs, this is definitely the best one we had. And we'll give you a full recap of that in our Senior Bowl recap. But this one's nice. We got our cow that welcomed us here.
What are the implications of hiring Chris Horton as Special Teams Coordinator?
We got a pool out back, so... Usually this is a Senior Bowl preview, and this is just a fun episode for us that we don't really care that much about views or anything. We have work to do this time.
Why did the Giants retain coaches Charlie Bullen and Tim Kelly?
This is a major episode. This is the Giants hired Denard Wilson as their defensive coordinator episode. So, I mean, let's jump right into it. Denard Wilson was the guy that I wanted two years ago, right? When we were down here two years ago trying to figure out who the next Giants defensive coordinator was going to be, if Mike Kafka was going to stay on OC, Denard Wilson was that number one guy for us.
What can we expect from RB Coach Willie Taggart?
He goes to the Tennessee Titans, you know, chooses that clean slate with Brian Callahan instead of being on the hot seat right away with Brian Dable. And they didn't have good results. We're going to break that all down. I know this sounds crazy because we're going to go through some of his rankings and stuff. I am genuinely excited about him as a defensive coordinator. Maybe that's confirmation bias because of the fact that I did like him a couple years ago. But listening to some Titans people, diving into the film, some of the numbers, he is just kind of what I like in a defensive coordinator, which is built in disguise, aggression, and relying on players, playing smart. You can't just have a single assignment and stick to it.
What is the significance of the Senior Bowl for the Giants?
This defense, I think, is going to expect excellence, especially those guys on the back end.
It's early and we'll have to see it, but from everything that we've looked into, it sounds to me like Denard Wilson is the perfect blend of defensive coordinators that I like. He's had a varied background. We're going to get into all this stuff in depth, but he seems like a good blend of Wink Martindale and Patrick Graham to me, right? Like somebody who likes to put pressure on the opposing quarterback to in terms of varied looks and also with that Patrick Graham of disguised coverages in the back end and make quarterbacks do a lot more post-snap, which is sort of what Wink Martindale did, but that was always with an emphasis on bringing pressure from exotic places, which we don't know yet if that's going to be what we saw because Denard Wilson didn't really do a lot of that in Tennessee, but then also the roster there was severely lacking on the defensive side of the ball, especially in the back half, which really limits when you...
You really just can't blitz out of control like that.
How will the Giants' coaching changes impact their defensive strategy?
So but yeah, I mean, a guy with a very diverse background, you know, went through, you know, Greg Williams, Todd Bowles as our premier influences for him. And those are very attacking style defensive coordinators. But then also was with Jonathan Gannon, which is not really that situation.
Yeah, and then Mike McDonald. So he's kind of switched, like, he's not the lineup everybody in the line of scrimmage, play a lot of man coverage or aggression the way that guys like Todd Bowles and even Greg Williams are. He has adopted more of a Mike McDonald, more so than I would say Jonathan Gannon.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Dennard Wilson and why was he hired as the Giants' Defensive Coordinator?
0:39–1:40
2
What are the implications of hiring Chris Horton as Special Teams Coordinator?
1:40–1:51
3
Why did the Giants retain coaches Charlie Bullen and Tim Kelly?
1:51–2:12
4
What can we expect from RB Coach Willie Taggart?
2:12–2:54
5
What is the significance of the Senior Bowl for the Giants?
2:54–3:59
6
How will the Giants' coaching changes impact their defensive strategy?
3:59–5:10
7
What are the key players to watch during the Senior Bowl?
5:10–6:32
8
How do these coaching changes align with the Giants' future goals?
6:32–50:54