These are words you almost certainly didn’t expect to listen to coming out of the newest Giants loss at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
“The offense played well enough for us to win. They gave us a likelihood to win and we didn’t benefit from it. The defense just got beat up today.”
The creator of those spot-on, honest words was Dexter Lawrence, the Giants defensive tackle, captain and best player, after the Giants lost 27-22 to the Commanders to fall to 2-7.
You ought to beat up on Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, the fans’ favorite piñata, for this loss?
Have at it.
You ought to point to the undeniable fact that Jones by some means had zero yards passing in the primary half despite completing 4 passes, including one for a touchdown?
Be my guest.
You ought to point to the Giants’ inexplicable and unfathomable offensive ineptitude in their very own stadium this season, entering Sunday having produced exactly one offensive touchdown at MetLife in 4 games there — and 31 total points?
Go ahead, but those anemic numbers were irrelevant to Sunday’s result, a fourth consecutive loss for the Giants overall and their fifth loss in five 2024 home games.
The Giants defense lost this game.
Washington (now 7-2) punted just twice in the sport, which ended with Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels kneeling three consecutive times once they got to the Giants 1-yard line with 1:37 remaining in the sport and the Giants out of timeouts.
So, those 27 Washington points could easily have been 34 or 30 had it not been for the compassion of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn to call off his dogs at the top.
Each time the Giants offense gave the team some life, their defense would quickly yield soul-crushing plays and suck the life out of the team and the stadium.
“[We] gave up some big plays there, right before the two-minute [warning] at the top of the half,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said. “Those are game-changing plays that we want to make.”
The top of the primary half is where this mess really began.
The Giants, trailing 14-7, allowed Daniels to finish a 31-yard pass to receiver Noah Brown, whom neither Giants corner Nick McCloud nor safety Jason Pinnock were in a position to cover or get down before damage was done.
First down Commanders on the Giants 44.
“You possibly can’t [give up] that many explosives,” Pinnock said.
Moments later, on third-and-18 from the Giants 42, Daniels hit receiver Dyami Brown for twenty-four yards with nickel back Dru Phillips not inside an area code of covering him. Brown got 20 extra yards from the purpose Phillips first tried to tackle him.
It was the one catch Brown made all game.
First down on the Giants 18 on the two-minute warning.
And on the subsequent play, Terry McLaurin beat Giants cornerback Deonte Banks for an 18-yard touchdown reception for a 21-7 lead with six seconds remaining within the half.
Within the second half, after the Giants cut the Washington result in 24-16, their defense allowed the Commanders to march 63 yards on 11 plays to take a 27-16 lead with a field goal. The killer play on that series was a third-and-8 pass from Daniels to running back Austin Ekeler, who nobody was covering, that went for 28 yards. Giants safety Tyler Nubin called himself out on that play, saying, “I’ve got to have the option to do my job, get [Ekeler] down on the bottom.”
The ultimate dagger on at the present time from the Giants defense got here after they’d cut the Washington result in 27-22 with 2:48 remaining.
Second and nine from their very own 31 and Daniels connected with receiver Olamide Zaccheaus on a 42-yard pass play with Nubin again the closest player to him (but not much closer than the fans in Section 118). That play, which moved the Commanders to the Giants 27, brought the sport to the two-minute warning within the fourth quarter and sealed it.
“We’ve got to be higher,” Lawrence said.
“It’s a team game and ultimately you wish to play complementary football,” Giants linebacker and captain Bobby Okereke said. “Defensively, we didn’t do an ideal job holding up our end of the cut price for the offense.
“The offense was working well. They were scoring touchdowns, they were sustaining long drives on the sphere. We just didn’t answer the bell from that aspect of getting off the sphere, giving them a chance to get a go-ahead rating.”
The Giants defense entered the sport leading the NFL in sacks with 35 and didn’t get Daniels to the bottom once on Sunday.
“We didn’t have any sacks [and] we didn’t have any turnovers,” Daboll said. “So, not ok.”
Nothing has been ok for the Giants this season.
Sunday at home was a tragic symbol of that.
These are words you almost certainly didn’t expect to listen to coming out of the newest Giants loss at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
“The offense played well enough for us to win. They gave us a likelihood to win and we didn’t benefit from it. The defense just got beat up today.”
The creator of those spot-on, honest words was Dexter Lawrence, the Giants defensive tackle, captain and best player, after the Giants lost 27-22 to the Commanders to fall to 2-7.
You ought to beat up on Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, the fans’ favorite piñata, for this loss?
Have at it.
You ought to point to the undeniable fact that Jones by some means had zero yards passing in the primary half despite completing 4 passes, including one for a touchdown?
Be my guest.
You ought to point to the Giants’ inexplicable and unfathomable offensive ineptitude in their very own stadium this season, entering Sunday having produced exactly one offensive touchdown at MetLife in 4 games there — and 31 total points?
Go ahead, but those anemic numbers were irrelevant to Sunday’s result, a fourth consecutive loss for the Giants overall and their fifth loss in five 2024 home games.
The Giants defense lost this game.
Washington (now 7-2) punted just twice in the sport, which ended with Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels kneeling three consecutive times once they got to the Giants 1-yard line with 1:37 remaining in the sport and the Giants out of timeouts.
So, those 27 Washington points could easily have been 34 or 30 had it not been for the compassion of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn to call off his dogs at the top.
Each time the Giants offense gave the team some life, their defense would quickly yield soul-crushing plays and suck the life out of the team and the stadium.
“[We] gave up some big plays there, right before the two-minute [warning] at the top of the half,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said. “Those are game-changing plays that we want to make.”
The top of the primary half is where this mess really began.
The Giants, trailing 14-7, allowed Daniels to finish a 31-yard pass to receiver Noah Brown, whom neither Giants corner Nick McCloud nor safety Jason Pinnock were in a position to cover or get down before damage was done.
First down Commanders on the Giants 44.
“You possibly can’t [give up] that many explosives,” Pinnock said.
Moments later, on third-and-18 from the Giants 42, Daniels hit receiver Dyami Brown for twenty-four yards with nickel back Dru Phillips not inside an area code of covering him. Brown got 20 extra yards from the purpose Phillips first tried to tackle him.
It was the one catch Brown made all game.
First down on the Giants 18 on the two-minute warning.
And on the subsequent play, Terry McLaurin beat Giants cornerback Deonte Banks for an 18-yard touchdown reception for a 21-7 lead with six seconds remaining within the half.
Within the second half, after the Giants cut the Washington result in 24-16, their defense allowed the Commanders to march 63 yards on 11 plays to take a 27-16 lead with a field goal. The killer play on that series was a third-and-8 pass from Daniels to running back Austin Ekeler, who nobody was covering, that went for 28 yards. Giants safety Tyler Nubin called himself out on that play, saying, “I’ve got to have the option to do my job, get [Ekeler] down on the bottom.”
The ultimate dagger on at the present time from the Giants defense got here after they’d cut the Washington result in 27-22 with 2:48 remaining.
Second and nine from their very own 31 and Daniels connected with receiver Olamide Zaccheaus on a 42-yard pass play with Nubin again the closest player to him (but not much closer than the fans in Section 118). That play, which moved the Commanders to the Giants 27, brought the sport to the two-minute warning within the fourth quarter and sealed it.
“We’ve got to be higher,” Lawrence said.
“It’s a team game and ultimately you wish to play complementary football,” Giants linebacker and captain Bobby Okereke said. “Defensively, we didn’t do an ideal job holding up our end of the cut price for the offense.
“The offense was working well. They were scoring touchdowns, they were sustaining long drives on the sphere. We just didn’t answer the bell from that aspect of getting off the sphere, giving them a chance to get a go-ahead rating.”
The Giants defense entered the sport leading the NFL in sacks with 35 and didn’t get Daniels to the bottom once on Sunday.
“We didn’t have any sacks [and] we didn’t have any turnovers,” Daboll said. “So, not ok.”
Nothing has been ok for the Giants this season.
Sunday at home was a tragic symbol of that.
