November 29, 2003
The chart in the Giants' weekly media packet that lists William Joseph's contributions is a grim list of zeroes, one column after another of invisibility.
Tackles? He has four, one in the past seven games.
Sacks? One, when he got the Rams' Kurt Warner in the end zone on opening day.
The most startling entry, though, is not a zero. It is the one for Monday's game against the Buccaneers: INA. That's short for inactive.
That was not what the Giants had in mind when they used the 25th overall pick on Joseph, a defensive tackle who was to give them depth in the front four and be groomed to replace Keith Hamilton.
Faced with enormous expectations, Robertson is slogging into the homestretch of a nondescript rookie year. His statistics aren't impressive (30 solo tackles), and there haven't been many impact plays.
Only 11/2 sacks. Only four quarterback pressures. In the last two games, he managed only four tackles in 105 plays. For someone who plays the so-called "3 Technique," a playmaking position in the Jets' 4-3 scheme, that production isn't nearly enough.
"It goes in spurts - some good and some not consistent enough," Edwards said.
"I'm not dissatisfied with my play," Robertson said recently, giving himself a C-minus for the season.
The Jets are protective of Robertson, and with good reason. After trading two No. 1 picks and a No. 4 to move up in the draft, and later giving him a contract containing $13 million in signing and option bonuses, the Jets aren't about to start griping about the player whose development could go a long way toward determining success or failure for the Edwards-Terry Bradway regime.
Nonetheless, the Jets are preparing to reduce Robertson's playing time.
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The chart in the Giants' weekly media packet that lists William Joseph's contributions is a grim list of zeroes, one column after another of invisibility.
Tackles? He has four, one in the past seven games.
Sacks? One, when he got the Rams' Kurt Warner in the end zone on opening day.
The most startling entry, though, is not a zero. It is the one for Monday's game against the Buccaneers: INA. That's short for inactive.
That was not what the Giants had in mind when they used the 25th overall pick on Joseph, a defensive tackle who was to give them depth in the front four and be groomed to replace Keith Hamilton.
Faced with enormous expectations, Robertson is slogging into the homestretch of a nondescript rookie year. His statistics aren't impressive (30 solo tackles), and there haven't been many impact plays.
Only 11/2 sacks. Only four quarterback pressures. In the last two games, he managed only four tackles in 105 plays. For someone who plays the so-called "3 Technique," a playmaking position in the Jets' 4-3 scheme, that production isn't nearly enough.
"It goes in spurts - some good and some not consistent enough," Edwards said.
"I'm not dissatisfied with my play," Robertson said recently, giving himself a C-minus for the season.
The Jets are protective of Robertson, and with good reason. After trading two No. 1 picks and a No. 4 to move up in the draft, and later giving him a contract containing $13 million in signing and option bonuses, the Jets aren't about to start griping about the player whose development could go a long way toward determining success or failure for the Edwards-Terry Bradway regime.
Nonetheless, the Jets are preparing to reduce Robertson's playing time.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/140796p-124885c.html
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