Going in to their week 8 bye week, New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo promised that the Giants would self-scout and make the necessary adjustments. They knew they needed to inject some life into the Giants’ sputtering offense that was averaging more than a touchdown per game less than 2015.
The Giants needed to shake things up on offense. They needed new concepts and wrinkles, more formations, different personnel groupings, and to rotate in more players.
So who got to play more, and who played less?
It wasn’t planned — injuries never are -- but former CFL star lineman Brett Jones got thrown into the fire and had to fill in for Justin Pugh.