{"id":363978,"date":"2026-10-04T03:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T03:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363978\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T03:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T03:12:39","slug":"giants-defense-looking-for-more-sacks-despite-brian-burns-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363978\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants defense looking for more sacks despite Brian Burns\u2019 absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saying it does not make it so, but it does offer some perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all going to come together,\u2019\u2019 defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019s early. It\u2019s not like a catastrophe out here.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

No, the Giants\u2019 defense is not a catastrophe. Not even close. The unit is ninth in the NFL in points allowed (18.3 per game) and coming off a 12-7 victory over the Titans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we did play a game where a team we just faced only scored seven points,\u2019\u2019 Wilson said. \u201cWe had six three-and-outs on the first possessions. They had 54 total yards in the first half, all right? It\u2019s there.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

It was there against the Titans, one of the worst offensive outfits in the league. Will it be there Sunday against the Cardinals, who are 1-2 but are averaging 21 points a game?<\/p>\n

One player who will not be there is outside linebacker Brian Burns, who had 16.5 sacks last season and tore his ACL last week<\/a>, taking the most productive defensive player off the field for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Even with Burns, the Giants generated only one sack in three games \u2014 from Abdul Carter in Week 2 on Matthew Stafford. That puts the Giants ahead of only the Dolphins (zero) in the sack department.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs coaches, we\u2019re looking at it, we have to put them in better positions for them to go ahead and take off a little bit,\u2019\u2019 Wilson said. \u201cA lot of it is moving pieces around, trying to get different players in different spots so they can have more success, being able to dent the pocket in the A and B gaps.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\"AbdulAbdul Carter (above) and the rest of the Giants\u2019 defensive line need to start getting more sacks, even with Brian Burns out for the season. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n

Wilson also put the onus on the players to improve their \u201cinitial get-off\u2019\u2019 on their pass rushes.<\/p>\n

Kayvon Thibodeaux will move into the starting lineup to replace Burns. Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett has been sacked five times in three games.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never want to see a guy go down, but there\u2019s a bunch of top, high picks in that room, guys who can rush the passer and guys who are just waiting for the opportunity so it should be a fun time,\u2019\u2019 nose tackle DJ Reader said. \u201cWe got more than enough guys around here who can get after the passer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson should have his full assortment of defensive backs to choose from, with cornerback Deonte Banks and safety Tyler Nubin both returning from calf injuries.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of empty seats last week at MetLife Stadium for the first game played after Jaxson Dart\u2019s season-ending injury<\/a>, a game played in rain and wind. <\/p>\n

Running back Cam Skattebo wants more from the paying customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people come to the games to see certain players,\u2019\u2019 Skattebo said. \u201cAnd if that\u2019s why they didn\u2019t come to that game and that\u2019s why they weren\u2019t rowdy, then I understand. But there\u2019s still \u2014 we have 14 more games to play at minimum. We have to continue to bring our fan base in, have people coming in and giving their efforts and spirit to us. You know, that\u2019s \u2014 teams are built off of what\u2019s surrounding them.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Giants will honor their 1986 championship team with a halftime ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary season of the franchise\u2019s first Super Bowl triumph. <\/p>\n

This is a legacy game, and the Giants will wear their 1986 Legacy Blue uniforms. The first 25,000 fans will receive a Mark Bavaro bobblehead.<\/p>\n

Jake Haener was activated from the practice squad. He is expected to serve as the No. 2 quarterback behind starter Jameis Winston, with J.J. McCarthy likely to be the emergency third quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saying it does not make it so, but it does offer some perspective. \u201cIt\u2019s all going to come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19888,4507,75989,9,2683,11,10,22,319],"class_list":["post-363978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-abdul-carter","tag-brian-burns","tag-dennard-wilson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}