The New York Giants continued their downward spiral on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in a 14-11 loss to the lowly New Orleans Saints.
The Giants had a possibility to ship the sport into additional time, however Graham Gano’s game-tying area aim try was blocked with simply seconds remaining. It was a becoming finish to an unsightly sport and a reminder that Brian Daboll’s group finds new, fascinating, and embarrassing methods to lose on a weekly foundation.
Now the Giants head right into a Sunday sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens by which they opened as 14.5-point residence underdogs. Yeesh.
As we enter Week 15, right here’s a have a look at the place the Giants place in a large number of energy rankings.
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY:
ICYMI, they’ve been in existence for precisely 100 seasons. They’re additionally two losses from the primary 10-game skid in franchise historical past.
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Barry Werner, Checklist Wire:
The Giants discovered one other option to lose this 12 months as a Saints lineman leapfrogged the road and blocked a field-goal try that might have tied the sport. Workforce is terrible.
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NFL Nation, ESPN:
There’s no motive to get too fancy. Positive, the Giants are averaging an embarrassing 5.2 yards per move play and rank useless final with eight landing passes in 13 video games, but it surely all ties into their lack of ability to attain factors. The Giants are averaging 14.9 factors per sport, which is greater than two full factors worse than another crew. When requested Sunday why their passing sport struggled so badly in opposition to the Saints, coach Brian Daboll mentioned, “It’s a collective factor, put it on me.” Honest sufficient, as a result of he took over playcalling this season.
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Vinnie Iyer, The Sporting Information:
The Giants confirmed some resilience with their protection however ran out of what they wanted from their offense and particular groups. The destiny of Brian Daboll continues to be not wanting good.
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Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports activities:
The Giants performed terribly however nonetheless had a 35-yard FG try and ship the sport to additional time. And it received blocked. This season can’t finish quickly sufficient for them.
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Eric Edholm, NFL.com:
Sunday began with a airplane flying over MetLife Stadium, bearing a message begging John Mara to repair the crew. It ended with Graham Gano’s 35-yard game-tying field-goal try being blocked within the ultimate seconds in opposition to the Saints. The Giants’ protection performed gamely whereas battling accidents, and Drew Lock overcame a brutal first half to present New York an opportunity late. Nonetheless, there was nothing fairly about this one, which dropped the Giants to 0-7 at MetLife this season, with two playoff-relevant groups (Baltimore, Indianapolis) left on the house schedule. In reality, all 4 remaining video games (together with street matchups in opposition to Atlanta and Philadelphia) are in opposition to postseason-hungry opponents. Brian Daboll has a month left to salvage one thing from this misplaced season, however the vibes appear to be fairly dismal proper now.
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Alex Kennedy, Professional Soccer Community:
This has been a season to overlook for New York. The Giants misplaced their eighth consecutive sport on Sunday, dropping their Week 14 contest in opposition to the Saints 14-11.
Daniel Jones was benched and subsequently launched after 10 video games, and the crew has been enjoying Drew Lock and Tommy DeVito since. No matter who’s beneath middle, this offense has struggled mightily.
Will probably be fascinating to see if the Giants half methods with head coach Brian Daboll. Whereas he’s had some powerful outings, loads of franchises would love to rent him if New York fires him.
