The Giants have nobody to blame but themselves. The Giants were outclassed, outplayed and out-coached by the typically lousy Arizona Cardinals 27-21 on a soggy day at MetLife, as New York's offense completely unraveled, leaving head coach Pat Shurmur with no answers."We all have to do better," Shumur said afterwards. That would be an understatement.
In one quarter of play the Giants had only one first down, three total yards of offense and a little less than four minutes of possession. They trailed 17-0 before anyone could blink. It wasn't just uncompetitive, it was embarrassing.
The Cardinals took the opening possession of the game and marched 75 yards on 13 plays, eating up nearly seven minutes before Chase Edmonds went untouched into the end zone from 20-yards out to give the Cardinals a 7-0 lead.
Edmonds wasn't done for Arizona. After Giants quarterback Daniel Jones threw a costly interception on the Giants first possession, Edmonds gashed Big Blue with another 20-yard touchdown to push Arizona's lead to 14.
On just two drives Edmonds had 59-yards on the ground and two scores, and there was 4:15 to play in the first quarter!
While the Giants did get back into the game with a couple of second quarter scores, including recovering a blocked punt in the end zone for a score, it was not nearly enough. It was too much of Chase Edmonds, and too many mistakes by the offense.
Case in point, second possession of the second half found the Giants with the football at the Cardinals 37, but a huge strip-sack fumble of Daniel Jones gave the Cards the football right back. Arizona wasted no time putting the ball into the end zone when Edmonds dashed 22-yards down the left side for the score to put the Cards up 10, 24-14.
Later in the fourth quarter with New York still, miraculously in the football game, down 24-21, Pat Shumur pulled out some of the most curious play-calling known to man when he decided to run the football on third and 18 at the Giants own 30 yard line. The play barely garnered three yards. Shurmur then decided to go for it on fourth and 15, and predictably it blew up in his face as Jones was strip-sacked again! Cardinals recovered and converted it into three more points to make 27-21.
Ball Game Over.
Talk about incompetent. That Giants were lucky to even have a shot in this game, because they certainly didn't deserve to win. For a team that wasn't expected to win much this year, look at the upcoming schedule and it is hard to find many wins coming up for the Giants. This was their best shot to get back in the win column and they blew it.
It's going to be a long, twisted and horrifying season for Big Blue.
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