Players with passion, pride and poise all were back in the building on a glorious October afternoon, wearing white Giants jerseys. Unfortunately, all of those players are retired and their presence was a reminder that the bad days are here, again, in force.
Memories of better times are all the Giants have now. The present is disgraceful. There are no signs the future will be any better.
Better to salute and remember the Super Bowl XLVI team, as the halftime ceremony on Sunday commemorating the 10-year anniversary, was the only reason to be in attendance at MetLife Stadium. You cannot live in the past, but it sure beats the garbage these Giants are trying to sell as competitive football.
“It’s not acceptable,’’ safety Logan Ryan said. “I mean, honestly, it’s not acceptable and that’s just it.’’
Honestly, no one is saying otherwise.
There have been lowlights aplenty over the past decade and especially in the terrible past five years. Still, this felt like a low point amid all the other low points. The Rams (5-1) entered MetLife Stadium and treated the home team like some junior varsity outfit as the Giants were thrashed 38-11. At least the weather was spectacular.
It was so bad so early that coach Joe Judge said he “challenged guys at halftime,’’ with the Giants down 28-3 and showing no signs of life.
“I wanted to see who’s going to finish the game,’’ Judge said. “I wanted to see what type of fight some of these guys have.’’
All losses are equal but not the same. This one was as bad as it gets.
“We have to play with heart,’’ receiver Sterling Shepard said. “When you look up at the scoreboard, you can tend to get down. People’s heads start to drop. No matter what the situation is, we have to fight.’’
There was little fight in the Giants.
To add to the desultory tone of the day, the Giants lost star rookie receiver Kadarius Toney and left tackle Andrew Thomas to ankle injuries, as the beat goes on.
Tom Coughlin, the former Giants head coach, took to the podium at halftime and offered an emotional reminder of how his upstart 2011 team won it all.
“We shut the noise out,’’ Coughlin said, his voice rising. “Fire the coach. Fire the coaching staff. Fire the players. You know how that goes.’’
The noise around this current Giants team is full of discord.
Daniel Jones, knocked out of last week’s loss in Dallas with a concussion, regressed, with three interceptions and one lost fumble, often running for his life, with little or no help around him. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (four touchdown passes) did as he pleased.
At 1-5, the Giants are in another downward spiral and all-in on a miserable season, which is fitting, considering the events of the day. “All in’’ was the rallying cry of the 2011 Giants, who were 7-7 after 14 games and did not lose again, defeating the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. That really was the last time this franchise was what it purports itself to be.
There was booing, of course, because this is what Giants fans do when their team is stinking up the joint, week after week.
“Yeah, they’re upset,’’ Jones said. “We didn’t play well, we’re certainly upset about that, too. I get it.’’
Defensive linemen Leonard Williams did not get it.
“Obviously, we’re in our own home stadium,’’ he said. “I don’t want to be hearing boos from my own fans. I understand that they have a right to be upset as well because they’re coming to see us put good football on the field. We haven’t been winning up to date. But at the same time, I don’t know, I don’t like that.’’
No one likes anything having to do with these Giants.
Toney had three catches on the first series, then exited. Just like that, whatever dynamism the Giants had on offense was gone.
Shortly after the Rams broke through for a 7-3 lead in the second quarter, Jones was sacked when Matt Peart — in at left tackle when Thomas went down — was beaten by linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo. The ball was sitting there, Peart was there and all he had to do was fall on the ball on the Giants’ 12-yard line. Peart muffed the recovery. The Rams took over and Stafford hit Cooper Kupp, who easily beat cornerback Adoree’ Jackson in the right side of the end zone to make it 14-3.
Jones was intercepted by safety Taylor Rapp (who picked off Jones twice) to put the Rams on the Giants’ 14-yard line. Four plays later, it was 21-3.
Stafford hit Kupp for 25 yards, with safeties Xavier McKinney and Julian Love colliding with each other. It was 33 seconds before halftime when Stafford lofted a pass to running back Darrell Henderson, who ran past linebacker Tae Crowder for a 25-yard scoring hookup. It was 28-3, the crowd was growing weary of booing. There were plenty of empty seats as the Super Bowl XLVI team came out for the halftime celebration. Ten years never seemed so long ago.
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