Giants' McAdoo On WFAN: We Want More Plays On Offense

NEW YORK (WFAN) -- The entire NFC East enters Week 9 with winning records, and the Giants and Eagles, both 4-3, will battle to try to keep pace in the race Sunday.

Giants coach Ben McAdoo told WFAN's Mike Francesa on Thursday that he's excited about the matchup.

"We believe in physical, heavy-handed football," McAdoo said. "I know I have an offensive background, but we realize what it takes to win championships, and having a physical defense that creates messes out there on the field with special teams that plays physical and combatitive and heavy handed, and an offensive line to match -- that's the formula for a championship and for a victory on Sunday."

McAdoo said a point of emphasis during the Giants' bye week was trying to lengthen drives. Big Blue ranks last in the NFL with an average of time of possession of 25:57. That has led to the Giants ranking just 26th in scoring offense with 19 points per game.

"We want more plays," McAdoo said. "We want more attempts at the plate. And to do that, you can't turn the ball over because you need series. And you need to run the ball better. But to run the ball better, we need more attempts. And we need to make the plays that are there, whether it's a dropped ball here or there, a turnover here or there, a missed throw here or there or a minus read here or there, we can't have them."

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On the defensive side, McAdoo praised second-year safety Landon Collins, who had two interceptions -- one returned for a touchdown -- in the Giants' last game, a 17-10 win over the Rams in London.

McAdoo said the coaching Collins received at Alabama has helped ease his transition to the NFL.

"He's been very productive for us," McAdoo said. "It helps when these young players play at good (college) programs and they come out. They play at high competition, and you throw them in and it's not too big for them. He's been coached, whether it was in college or whether it's here, high-level X's and O's and fundamentals. But he's been productive. He's a good tackler, which is something that's important. Very physical. He plays safety like a linebacker does. He's physical that way. And his ball skills are coming. That's something he's worked very hard on."

To listen to the full interview with McAdoo, click on the audio player above.