The New York Football Giants didn’t have the greatest season ever last year.

They won 3 games.

Out of 17.

That’s a very small number of wins.

But Giants owner and free Pepsi merchant, John Mara, allowed the front office as well as the coaches, one more year to prove their worth—including defensive coordinator, Shane Bowen—a DC who helped put together the 24th-ranked defense in the league.

A big part of their problem was their inability to create turnovers—finishing 28th in the league.

They had only 5 total interceptions. (31st in the NFL).

If you were a quarterback playing against the Giants defense, you could do whatever the fuck you wanted. Close your eyes and chuck that shit into double coverage—the ball certainly will not be landing in the hands of anyone in a Giants jersey.

But Bowen has a new strategy, a new mentality he’s instilling in the 2025 New York Giants:

“You’ll hear our guys say it. I say it ad nauseum: ‘Be a damn pirate,’” Bowen said Thursday, via team transcript. “We got to find ways to get the ball. And, again, you get what you emphasize. We’re making it a priority this year to make sure we find ways to get the ball.”

“We’ve got to be better forcing takeaways,” Bowen said. “Got to get the ball away. Twelve of the 14 playoff teams were in the top half of the league taking the ball away.”

“We got to do better job of that, making sure we don’t miss opportunities to catch them when they’re there, don’t miss opportunities to try to attack the ball when they’re there, matching the hand, whatever that might be. That’s a big area of focus for us right now.”

 

Let’s. Fucking. Go.

No one in the world is better at their job than someone whose boss just warned them they’re about to lose it.

Shane Bowen is spitting. The Giants defense cannot allow offenses to walk them up and down the field all game long.

 

Enter The Captain of the Pirate Ship

Every Abdul Carter sack from 2024 pic.twitter.com/OIjn85YM3P

— Talkin’ Giants (@TalkinGiants) April 25, 2025

 

With the no. 3 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, the New York Giants selected defensive end, Abdul Carter, out of Penn State.

He was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, finishing his college season with 12 sacks and leading the entire country with 24 tackles for a loss.

Throw him into a pass rushing unit with Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns and Kayvon Thibodeaux—and you have a group of pirates who are about to make balls explode out of quarterbacks’ hands like Sonic’s rings.

Their pressure will cause QBs to rush their throws and it sounds like Shane Bowen has his secondary ready to capitalize on those mistakes.

Don’t be shocked if the Giants finish with a Top 10 defense next season.

Here, have a sip.

The Kool-Aid is ice cold, baby.

Come on back to my place and let’s watch some Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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