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]]> http://gmenden.com/2010/01/05/picking-up-the-pieces-of-a-broken-season/#comment-23 buljos Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:48:40 +0000 http://gmenden.com/?p=430#comment-23 This defense needs an on-field leader, and I don't think that's Antonio Pierce. Sure, AP is the named captain of the defense. But I agree with coach Jimmy Johnson when he told Michael Strahan that this Giants team hasn't had an on-field leader since he left two years ago. The on-field leader must lead from a position of authority, and that necessarily means play making performance -- leading by example, not by mouth. An appointed leader won't be followed if he can't consistently make plays himself as he asks others to get the job done. That presents a problem for the Giants -- who's available in FA to bring in and assume that role? Lots of LBs who are past their prime and no longer making plays, and they've got that already with AP. Maybe Barrett Ruud or DeMeco Ryans... lots of cash to drag them away from their teams, but after John Mara's expression of anger and declaration that changes must be made, maybe the time's right for JR to ask Mr. Mara to open up that wallet. This defense needs an on-field leader, and I don’t think that’s Antonio Pierce. Sure, AP is the named captain of the defense. But I agree with coach Jimmy Johnson when he told Michael Strahan that this Giants team hasn’t had an on-field leader since he left two years ago. The on-field leader must lead from a position of authority, and that necessarily means play making performance — leading by example, not by mouth. An appointed leader won’t be followed if he can’t consistently make plays himself as he asks others to get the job done. That presents a problem for the Giants — who’s available in FA to bring in and assume that role? Lots of LBs who are past their prime and no longer making plays, and they’ve got that already with AP. Maybe Barrett Ruud or DeMeco Ryans… lots of cash to drag them away from their teams, but after John Mara’s expression of anger and declaration that changes must be made, maybe the time’s right for JR to ask Mr. Mara to open up that wallet.

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