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Giants Offense Again Lifeless Against Red-Hot Dolphins

 DOLPHINS 20 - GIANTS 9 


It was going to be a tough slog for the Giants when word came down Friday that quarterback Daniel Jones was not going to play Sunday at Miami, and the G-Men lived up to those low expectations. 

Mike Glennon was bad. The offense, anemic. The Giants mustered only three field goals in a 20-9 loss to the Dolphins, that drop Big Blue to 4-8, all but eliminating its fleeting playoff hopes. 

Glennon struggled to move the Giants offense. He finished 23-of-44 for 187 yards, and threw an interception. He was lucky it wasn't two or three, or even four interceptions, because the Dolphins had numerous chances at the football as it bounced in and out of the hands of Glennon's intended receivers. 

 And it's not like the Giants didn't have chances. They did. Defensively the Giants did an excellent job containing Tua Tagovailoa and Miami's offense, holding the Fish to 10 points through three quarters. In fact New York was down 10-6 for most of the third quarter, but managed only two yards on 15 plays after converting on a Graham Gano field goal that cut the Fish lead to four points. 

Miami put the game away early in the fourth quarter when Tagovailoa finally got hot. 


He hit Jaylen Waddle for 25-yards to the Giants' 33 on a critical second and seven. Next Tagovailoa hit DeVante Parker for 11 and Albert Wilson for 13 more yards to the Giants' nine-yard line. Three plays later, Tagovailoa hit Isiah Ford down the edge of the end zone for the touchdown to push Miami to a 17-6 lead, and that was pretty much all she would write. 

At 4-8 the Giants are entering an uncertain immediate future. Will Daniel Jones play again this year is one of the biggest questions. And if he doesn't, what does that mean for head coach Joe Judge, who was rumored to be 'safe' amid reports last week that GM David Gettleman would not return in 2022. It feels like the drama is only building around the Giants before the end of the season.

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