The New York Giants’ defense in 2024 and beyond will look very different under new coordinator Shane Bowen than it did under Wink Martindale.
Oh, sure, it will still be a 3-4 base. But if you’re looking for a continuation of Martindale’s blitz-happy schemes, be prepared for a letdown.
“I think the big thing for Giants fans is you’re going to see a defense that wants to do different things,” said Tyler Rowland, host of the Locked On Titans podcast, during an appearance on the Locked On Giants podcast.
It’s no secret that Wink Martindale had his pressure packages.
He wanted to get a lot of blitz pressures up there.
He wanted to play a lot of Cover 1 in the back end.
And it’ll be interesting for Giants fans to track because Shane Bowen wants to do different things on defense.
And that’ll require different skill sets from the players. So I think there will be a big philosophical change on the defense.
Rowland consistently opined that Bowen is a “good but not great” defensive coordinator, questioning how much of an influence Mike Vrabel, the former Titans head coach during Bowen’s time with the team, had on the defense.
“It’s hard to say because Vrabel only had one year as defensive coordinator, but I think Mike Vrabel, through what we’ve learned anecdotally and through stories about his time there, he wants to be a more varied guy, wants to be more multiple in the coverages that he runs,” Rowland said.
