WASHINGTON 22 - GIANTS 7
What will be the fate of head coach Joe Judge? Well, if you ask Giants fans and pundits, they want to see Judge handed a pink slip. Outrage on social media has grown louder by the day, and it hit a fever pitch on Sunday in the second quarter of the Giants 22-7 loss to the Washington Football Team.
With Big Blue trailing 3-0, the Giants decided - TWICE - to go for a quarterback sneak deep inside their own territory in order to avoid the potential for a safety. Giants fans lost their cool, and one can understand why. The Giants offense has lacked creativity all season, and ever since Judge fired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett in the middle of the season, the offense has spiraled into mind-numbing proportions.
Where was the aggression? Where was the passion? The Giants are a 4-13 football, there should have been a willingness to do something to get the offense moving, and there was nothing.
When asked about the play Judge said, "We were backed up, I wanted to get room. We gave ourselves room for the punt, we protected it, and we held them on the next drive."
To be fair, Judge's tenure is not going to come down to two plays in the shadow of the Giants own goalline. But what will determine it is the fact that the Giants scored only 53 points in their final five games; ended the year on a six game losing streak, and has held one bizzaro press conference after another.
Against Washington, the Giants were once again inept offensively. They managed only 177 total yards, and Jake Fromm was bad once again, throwing for only 103 yards with two interceptions, including a pick six.
The only positive, a 22-yard touchdown pass by Fromm to a wide open Darius Slayton was quickly nullified as Washington chewed up and spit out the Giants defense on a nearly five minute drive that culminated on a Antonio Gibson 18-yard touchdown to give the Football Team a 19-7 lead.
A decision on Judge probably won't be made quickly. The Giants are in the process of evaluating candidates for General Manager. In house candidate kevin Abrams is believed in many circles to be the favorite for the job. If he gets it, Judge might not be going anywhere.
In addition, both John Mara and Steve Tisch have to ask themselves if they are willing to fire their third straight head coach after two years on the job? That is a terrible pattern to be in, and not one conducive to rebuilding a winning culture, a culture that seems very, very far in the distance for the Giants.
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