The New York Giants have been embarrassed by the Philadelphia Eagles, 28-3, at dwelling on Sunday afternoon however what might have been essentially the most embarrassing second was when cornerback Deonte Banks backed off on tackling Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Hurts took off out of the pocket on the primary play of the fourth quarter and zipped up the precise sideline. Banks was bearing down on Hurts however appeared to deliberately whiff as Hurts went on to realize extra yards earlier than going out of bounds.
Defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson, who publicly known as out Banks for a scarcity of hustle earlier this season, screamed on the younger cornerback from the sideline.
Two different instances on the identical drive, Banks appeared to shrink back from participating on a play.
Head coach Brian Daboll was questioned about Banks’ effort after the sport however had little to supply.
“We’ll check out all that stuff and no matter we have to tackle, we’ll tackle. However, the blokes are placing effort into it every week. We’re simply, sadly, not getting the outcomes and it’s a outcomes enterprise,” he instructed reporters.
When it was instructed that Banks’ actions wanted to be addressed in the meanwhile on the sidelines.
“I’m not going to get into the sideline or teaching a part of it. However, none of it was ok at this time,” Daboll mentioned. “I’ll depart it at that.”
Dropping has begun to seep into the psyche of this group. There could also be little or no Daboll can do at this level to show issues round. However that received’t forestall him from making an attempt.
“Nobody was completely satisfied concerning the consequence,” mentioned Daboll. “I believe we’ve a robust group. That you must have a robust group on this league. There’s a number of ups and downs. Sadly, we’ve had extra downs. However, our guys will come again. We’ll regroup and we’ll do every little thing we probably can do, like we do every week, to be at our greatest on Monday night time.”
The Giants are actually 2-5 on the season. In the event that they lose to the Steelers subsequent Monday night time in Pittsburgh and drop to 2-6, it will likely be the seventh time previously eight years that they may start the season with two or fewer wins on the midway mark.
Having gamers stop in performs definitely doesn’t assist — not in outcomes or in optics. Maybe some self-discipline is so as.
