If it wasn't already, the season is over for the New York Giants, and it is only October 12. Stuck in what has to be the worst stretches of Giants football since the mid-1970s, Big Blue was lifeless for 60 minutes in a crucial game in the NFC East against the World Champion Philadelphia Eagles.
The Giants had no answer for the Eagles on either side of the ball. Offensively, the only Giants' player who came to play was running back Saquon Barkley, who had 220 all-purpose yards on Thursday night, including 130 yards on the ground.
He dominated. Nobody else seemed to care.
Instead much of the game was a case study in ineptitude. Quarterback Eli Manning was under duress all night, sacked four times and hit a dozen times more. Eli never got comfortable, because his offensive line wouldn't given him time to do so. Eli was also culpable, pitching a horrendous game for the Giants, and raising serious questions about whether Pat Shurmur should consider benching the two-time Super Bowl Champion.
That is how bad it was.
The Manning-led Giants managed to convert only four third downs, all of them coming in the second half. By halftime the Giants could only muster two field goals, and the only touchdown Big Blue had on the day came when Barkley broke free of tacklers and dashed 50-yards to pay dirt.
As for Philly, the tore apart the Giants defense. Carson Wentz was back to his old self for 278 yards and three touchdowns.
The Giants own ineptitude on offense gave Philly plenty of short fields to work with, and the Eagles seemingly cashed in every time as they built a 24-6 halftime lead.
After the half, Wentz led Philadelphia on a long 12-play 75 yards drive to open the second half with a touchdown to Alshon Jeffery to make it 31-6.
Suddenly MetLife Stadium felt like a preseason game as Giants fans couldn't wait to get out of the rain and head home.The Giants problems are deep. They have a cultural decay in the locker room that this new regime of Shurmur and GM David Gettleman still can't seem to solve. They were brought into to fix the problems left by Ben McAdoo, instead, all they have done is add to the misery.
The Giants head to Atlanta next week to face the Falcons on Monday Night Football. That game could get ugly. The Falcons are a potent offensive team, and the Giants can't stop a nose bleed right now.
At 1-5, the Giants are now 4-18 in their last 22 games dating back to the 2017 season. This is certainly the darkest hour for Giants football.
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