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They have Matt Ryan at quarterback. They have an offense that is scoring 27.8 points per game. The New York Giants have given up 100 points (33.3 per game) in their last three games Aldrick Rosas Jerseys 2019 , are last in the league in sacks with seven and are 24th overall in points allowed at 27.0 per game.Giants defensive coordinator James Bettcher stood in front of the media on Friday and said that having success Monday has “nothing to do with Atlanta.”“We talked to them today about some things that each position group, what do we need to do better? Nothing to do with Atlanta. What do we need to do better at each position group?,” Bettcher said. “It’s like when sometimes you go to the doctor, you go see him, what do they give you? They give you a prescription for what you need. We look at it that way, it’s a prescription. Here are the things we need to do better at each position group, and some places, it’s individually, then what we focus on in our individual is we focus on those things. To play better defense, that’s what it comes down to. To execute better, that’s what it comes down to. To call games better, that’s what it comes down to, is focusing on the small details, the fundamentals, the techniques it takes to play good defense.”Here are some other takeaways from Bettcher’s time with the media on Friday.On the play of Landon Collins “I think one thing Landon is doing really well is he’s playing with a ton of energy. You see him running around the field, you see him in position to make some plays White Andrew Adams Jerseys , and he’s just got to keep playing hard and those game-changing plays are going to come, and they’re going to come in a bunch for him. We’re keeping him, and he loves being, close to the ball. Wherever the ball is, he wants to be close to it because he’s a playmaker who when he’s playing with great eyes and when he’s playing as hard as he has been, he is disruptive. I know this, I know that when he’s on the field, (other teams) recognize where he’s at, I know they recognize where he’s lined. He’s just got to keep playing hard and those plays are going to come.”Has he been as creative as he would like to be?“Any time you come into year one, and I think it was the same way when I was in Arizona, we build up in terms of whether it’s the volume or the type of things we do, we build up. That’s part of a building process, that’s part of building a defense that’s not going to be a flash in the pan, that you’re going to build something that’s going to stand the test of time. I think that’s part of it. The second thing is in regards to that, each and every week as a group of coaches and with our players involved, we’re going to put together a plan that we think is going to help us win the game. Do we ever short change ourselves? No Andrew Adams Jerseys 2019 , but I think there is a growth process when you come in year one and you’re starting, working through things. We want to build this thing on concrete ground. We want to build on playing with good fundamentals and playing hard. Those things are much more important than scheme.”On Janoris Jenkins’ rough game vs. the Eagles“I don’t think there’s any one guy that I’ll ever stand in front of you and point that, ‘hey, this guy is not playing good football.’ The game is a team game on defense, and I think there is probably plays you might look at and you might say, ‘Oh, that’s Janoris’, and I might look at and say that’s someone else. I might look at it and say that’s the rush, I might look at the quarterback’s holding the ball too long, I might look at it in different ways.” INDIANAPOLIS 鈥?Andrew Luck has a one-track mind.With two regular-season games left, the Indianapolis Colts‘ quarterback insists he’s paying no attention to playoff possibilities, scoreboards or other teams’ schedules. Instead, he’s focused on the only thing he considers important this weekend 鈥?beating the New York Giants on Sunday.“I’ve been a part of teams where you sit and say, ‘We need this to happen with this.’ It doesn’t work like that,” Luck said. “You’ve got to handle your own business.”Few teams can match what the Colts (8-6) have done lately. They’ve rebounded from a 1-5 start to win seven of eight and put themselves back in the postseason hunt. After losing their first two home games, they’ve won five straight at Lucas Oil Stadium White Robert Thomas Jerseys , and if they can beat the Giants (5-9), they could control their own playoff path.Coach Frank Reich doesn’t do business that way, though.The former NFL quarterback simply asks his players to do their jobs: Keep two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and Offensive Rookie of the Year contender Saquon Barkley in check; prepare for the possible return of Pro Bowl receiver Odell Beckham Jr.; and expose the holes in New York’s defense.New York, meanwhile, hopes it can continue a strong second half after starting 1-7. While winning two of three and four of six, the Giants already have knocked off NFC North champion Chicago and playoff hopeful Washington. They will be playing spoiler at Indianapolis.“You’re chasing wins,” Manning said. “We’re football players and this is what we do. We play football, that’s our passion, that’s our job, and we’re going to go out there and do it well and be able to celebrate some wins.”It won’t be easy.Indy pitched its first shutout in four years while rushing for 178 yards against Dallas’ No. 3-ranked run defense last week. Luck is playing the best football of his career and the defense looks as stout as it has in almost a decade.The combination has made Indy a trendy pick as the team nobody wants to play, and if the Colts can win their last two, they could end a three-year playoff absence. But the Colts know they must stick to the plan.“I am just very convinced there is no other way to approach it,” Reich said. “I have been around a lot of good coaches, a lot of good players, (and) that is just what I have come to believe, experience and learn. There can’t be any wavering from that (focal point).”SACK HAPPYIt’s been feast or famine when it comes to sacks for the Giants. They had 14 in the first 11 games and then picked up five each in the next two weeks against Chicago and Washington.The added pressure resulted in four interceptions Robert Thomas Jerseys 2019 , including touchdown returns by linebacker Alec Ogletree against the Bears and Curtis Riley against the Redskins. Things got back to the norm in last week’s shutout loss to Tennessee when New York had one sack and no interceptions.Facing the Colts might not help. Indy has allowed just 16 sacks this season, tied for fewest in the league.TACKLE WATCHRookie linebacker Darius Leonard acknowledged he was “heartbroken” not to make the AFC’s Pro Bowl team this week despite leading the league with 146 tackles.And he hopes to take out his frustration on the Giants this weekend. Leonard says his weekly goal is to get 25 tackles, though he’s upped the ante this week by saying he’s hoping to finish with 40. If he hits either mark, Leonard will break Jeff Herrod’s 27-year-old franchise record for tackles in one season.Leonard needs 15 tackles to move past Herrod (160).BARKLEY REBOUNDSPro Bowl running back Barkley was held to 31 yards on 14 carries in the loss to the Titans, his second-lowest total this season. The rookie ran for just 28 yards against Dallas in Week 2.The second pick overall in the draft also had 56 yards from scrimmage last week, marking the second time in 14 games he’s been held below 100.Despite the bad game, Barkley is third in the league in rushing with 1,155 yards and he is not looking for a break even though the Giants have been eliminated from playoff contention.“I would love my workload to be whatever it can be to help the team win,” Barkley said. “I’ve said multiple times, if that’s 10 carries or if that’s 40 touches. I bumped it up to 40 this time.”THE COMEBACK KIDLuck’s comeback season has been better than expected.His completion percentage (67.3) is at a career high and he’s six completions away from a career best in that category, too.What else? Luck heads into the final two games needing 810 yards and seven TD passes to break his previous career highs.100View Gallery Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta