The New York Giants continued to seek out distinctive methods to embarrass themselves in Monday’s 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots. The Giants’ seventh straight loss noticed them fall to 2-11. Let’s get to the ‘Kudos & Moist Willies’ evaluate.
‘Kudos’ to …
Darius Slayton — The veteran large receiver had a 30-yard catch-and-run landing within the first half and a 2-point conversion seize on a wild play by Jaxson Dart within the second half.
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Devin Singletary — This was by far Singletary’s best sport of the season, highlighted by a 22-yard landing run on a faux reverse out of the ‘Wildcat’ formation. Singletary completed with 12 carries for 68 yards (5.7 yards per carry) and three receptions for 34 yards to present him 102 yards from scrimmage. He additionally had two kickoff returns for 54 yards (27.0 yards per return), giving him 156 whole yards on the night time.
Zaire Barnes — The backup to the backup to the backup inside linebacker (that makes him the fourth choice behind Micah McFadden, Darius Muasau and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles had the sport of his life. Getting into Monday, Barnes had 15 tackles in 10 profession NFL video games. Towards the Patriots, he had 11 tackles, his first profession sack, a quarterback hit, and a sort out for loss. He made essentially the most of an unlikely alternative.
‘Moist Willies’ to …
Giants particular groups — I might say the particular groups show by the Giants on Monday night time was a comedy of errors, besides there wasn’t something humorous about it.
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The Giants gave up a 94-yard punt return landing to Marcus Jones. Jones completed the night time with 124 yards on three punt returns, a 41.3 yard common.
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Placekicker Younghoe Koo didn’t even get off a kick when he stubbed his toe within the turf on what ought to have been a 47-yard discipline aim try. Holder Jamie Gillan appeared to bobble the snap, throwing off Koo’s strategy to the ball. That led to a New England landing.
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Gunner Olszewski fumbled a kickoff return when he was concussed by a large hit. That led to a New England discipline aim.
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The Giants gave up a 39-yard kickoff return to Terrell Jennings on the sport’s first play.
Perhaps the Giants can go for the trifecta and exchange Michael Ghobrial with an interim particular groups coordinator.
Mike Kafka — The Giants’ interim head coach raised the white flag and might need tossed away any hope of getting the full-time head teaching job when he refused to go for the primary down on fourth-and-1 on the Giants’ 40-yard line down 20 factors with 1:13 left within the first half. Your crew is 2-10, you’ve pounded away on the concept of being aggressive and also you hand the Patriots one other scoring alternative? Which they, after all, took benefit of. Kafka additionally didn’t go for the primary down on fourth-and-8 from the Giants’ 27-yard line down 30-15 with lower than eight minutes to play.
Sooner or later, Kafka clearly selected to play to try to maintain the rating from turning into too embarrassing. That isn’t the way in which to persuade anybody you’re the proper option to turn into the subsequent full-time head coach.
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The way in which the Giants performed early within the sport was embarrassing. Horrific particular groups. Usually porous, if barely extra aggressive, protection. A cussed quarterback who appears decided to get himself badly damage. An offense that tries arduous however isn’t adequate to cowl up the remainder of the issues mistaken with this crew. Not search for anybody, Kafka included.
Kafka’s post-game press convention, throughout which he refused to present any particulars on the reasoning for Carter’s first-quarter benching, was additionally not a powerful efficiency.
Giants’ protection — The Giants had been extra aggressive on protection in Charlie Bullen’s first sport as defensive coordinator. They weren’t any higher. The Giants allowed 30 factors within the first half for the primary time since Week 17 of the 2009 season after they allowed 31 to the Minnesota Vikings.
The protection performed with some effort within the second half. It simply clearly just isn’t adequate.
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‘Kwillies’ to …
Abdul Carter — Carter was benched for the second time in three weeks, this once more being a “coach’s resolution” by interim head coach Mike Kafka. The primary time, two weeks in the past, towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers, was for lacking a walk-through follow. Regardless of the cause for this one is, it isn’t factor for a participant the Giants chosen with the third total choose within the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Giants anticipated Carter to be an issue for opposing defenses. Proper now, although, he seems to be an issue for the Giants.
Carter, no less than, was a power as soon as he entered the sport within the second quarter. He received his first official profession sack on a third-and-1 cease of New England quarterback Drake Maye, was credited with 4 hurries and was the Giants’ highest-graded defender within the stay Professional Soccer Focus grades.
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Jaxson Dart — The rookie quarterback performed decently in his return after lacking two video games with a concussion. He accomplished 17 of 24 passes for 139 yards and a landing with out turning the ball over. However, geez, the child has received to study to not topic himself to hits just like the one he took on the sideline early within the sport.
Right here is Dart on taking massive hits:
Theo Johnson — That is principally as a result of deserves some props for being the primary Large to come back to Dart’s protection after the massive hit the quarterback took from New England’s Christian Elliss. Johnson had three catches for 29 yards, however missed an opportunity for a giant landing on a protracted go from Dart within the second quarter that will have pulled the Giants inside one rating. As a substitute, we received the Younghoe Koo stubbed toe fiasco.
