The New York Giants pressured Cleveland Browns quarterback DeShaun Watson 36 times with eight total sacks in their 21-15 victory in Week 3. Pro Football Focus has that as the most pressures ever for the Giants’ defense in a single game since they started calculating the statistic (2016). This includes the Osi Umenyiora six-sack game — 14 pressures game — in 2007 against the Eagles; the Giants finished that game with 35 pressures.
Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen leaned on heavy man coverage, a Cover-1 approach with varying 5+ man blitzes. Bowen also diversified how he played Cover-1 on the backend.