I hope you are right but Mitch didn't exactly light up the NYG D last year and THIS isn't the Giants D last year.
New coordinator, new scheme, new philosophy. DC Patrick Graham is very creative in his blitzes. He has Steelers OL confused and looking bad all first half. Jones gifted them the short field with that Watt INT.
He likes a lot of man coverage so Trubisky will probably do well IF he can read it in time:
"Many of Graham's initial formations feature multiple players in two point stances around the line of scrimmage.
On one play, there is only one player with their hand in the dirt over center. The right cornerback blitzes first, followed by a delayed blitz by outside linebacker after faking a dropback into zone.
They play zone behind this blitz and don't allow the QB to ever set his feet to find an open receiver.
They didn't always bring the heat. They often showed a blitz and then dropped back into coverage and Graham LOVES press man coverage and LOVES to blitz out of a cover one set."
John Schmeelk looks at the tape to learn more about the new defensive coordinator.
www.giants.com
PS. I will say that the D hasn't found their groove yet with Graham, but they put together a long stretch that stymied PITT's very good OL and made Big Ben very uncomfortable most of the first half.
Maybe they got a little lightning in a bottle for a bit and cannot sustain it for any entire game all this year??
Maybe they will be better and won't be gassed in the second half with possible poor conditioning coming off no preseason??
Time will tell, but I do not share your optimism.