#new-york-giants

#new-york-giants

It's been over a year since the Giants left an opposing stadium with a win. They've lost eight straight away from MetLife since their upset win at Seattle last Oct. 6 (including a "home" loss vs. Carolina in Germany last year). Their most recent road game followed the high of Dart's debut win over the Chargers at home and they gave it away with five turnovers in New Orleans.

After the NFL Draft in April, Giants coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen often used one word to describe their picks: toughness. Daboll said it was something the Giants coveted in free agency, too. Fast-forward six months, and it's starting to manifest more since Jaxson Dart became the starting quarterback. Consider Thursday night's 34-17 win over the Eagles.

Hyatt lost his starting receiver spot during his sophomore season at Tennessee in 2021. Two games into the year, he was benched. It was a wake-up call and it showed him that his game preparation wasn't good enough. Four years later, he called that memory a blessing and motivation for his current situation: a player running out of time to impress but facing his best chance to do so with Malik Nabers sidelined for the season.

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The name of Patrick Mahomes has been used around the Giants for years. It goes all the way back to when head coach Ben McAdoo was lobbying for the Giants to draft him in 2017. He was already off the board and selected by Kansas City by the time they got around to picking Evan Engram. Then general manager Dave Gettleman began evoking Mahomes after he drafted Daniel Jones with Eli Manning already on the roster in 2019.

the Giants and the Jets both are 0-2, a pitiful reflection of their overall ineptitude and yet a steep disappointment based on where we were less than a month ago. Back then everything was rosy, optimism was high and there was legitimate hope that this season would be different from so many of recent vintage. Aaron Glenn was the coach who was going to change the Jets. Russell Wilson was the quarterback who was going to fix the Giants. So far everything feels morbidly similar.

The Giants' shaky left-tackle situation was exacerbated by James Hudson's epic meltdown on Sunday in Dallas against the Cowboys. One drive, one sack allowed, four penalties, including two 15-yard personal fouls, and a benching which led to an explosive sideline rant. It forced head coach Brian Daboll to turn to rookie Marcus Mbow, a natural right tackle, who held his own just enough to keep the offensive line secure enough for Russell Wilson's big afternoon.