Giants never show up in New Orleans slaughter

SAINTS 49
GIANTS 24

Justin Tuck said after the Giants loss to the Eagles, that the season could spiral out of control if the team didn't pick it up.

Consider the wheels off, and the sparks flying.

The Giants didn't bother to show up in their Monday night clash with the New Orleans Saints, watching Drew Brees and company roll up 49 points on the Giants soft defense, as New York fell to 6-5, with a colossal task against the unbeaten Green Bay Packers on the horizon.

The Giants defense, which has been battered by injuries all season, and even watched as Osi Umenyiora left this game with an injury that could sideline him for a while, yielded 577 total yards to the Saints, 300 of which came in the first half alone as the Saints built a 21-3 halftime lead.

The Saints made things look easy, as Drew Brees connected with all of his receivers with great ease. In the second quarter alone, Brees threw three touchdown passes, two to Lance Moore, and one to soon-to-be pro bowl tight end Jimmy Graham to help the Saints built an nearly insurmountable lead.

Offensively, the Giants didn't have much of an answer. They once again struggled to run the football early in this contest, failing to establish any consistency, but once the Saints went up two scores, the Giants could throw away their pathetic running attack, relying mostly on the arm of Eli Manning. While Manning looked great, throwing for 407 yards on 47 pass attempts, including a 72 yard touchdown to Victor Cruz, it was not enough; not with a Giants defense that was so pathetic.

One a side note, in a week where we have seen some pretty bone-headed decisions by players, from Ndmakong Shu to Stevie Johnson, Brandon Jacobs did something amazingly stupid. In the third quarter, Jacobs scored a Giants touchdown to cut the Saints lead to 21-10, then decided to dance in the faces of the Saints. It was a totally classless move by a completely classless player who is doing everything in his power to get himself out of town. It was a selfish move by Jacobs, who clearly showed no interest in the fact that his team was getting killed in the ball game. What a fool.

So now the Giants gravy train is starting to spiral completely out of control. It is clear that Tom Couglin is losing this football team, the coordinators have been ineffective in their play calling and coaching, and the players play like a group playing out the string. It's over for the Giants. If this team has any pride left they would show up for the final five games of the season and try to win these games. I don't know if that pride is there right now.