The New York Giants’ offensive woes continued on Sunday night time of their 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Giants entered the sport averaging 17.8 factors per recreation and had been dealing with a reeling Bengals protection that was permitting 34.5 PPG over their final three.
This was an enormous alternative for the Giants’ offense to get untracked, even with out their high wideout (Malik Nabers) and operating again (Devin Singletary).
It didn’t occur.
“Hats off to the best way the protection performed,” head coach Brian Daboll stated after the sport. “Missed two alternatives within the kicking recreation. After which didn’t rating sufficient factors offensively. That begins with me.”
“It is onerous to win soccer video games whenever you rating 7 factors, that is the truth of it.”
– Brian Daboll pic.twitter.com/BDD6hloz4z
— Giants Movies (@SNYGiants) October 14, 2024
Daboll did all he may. He dialed up 5 fourth down makes an attempt — three of which succeeded — in an try and jumpstart the flagging offense. The execution merely simply wasn’t there.
“It’s in all probability quite a lot of issues. I’ll return and watch the tape,” Daboll stated when probed about why the offense sputtered once more. “I assumed we had some alternatives all through the sport. Whether or not it’s run, whether or not it’s cross. We turned the ball over down there on that drive, which was a very good drive, to return away with no factors. I feel we had been 5-of-15 (on third-down), someplace round there.
“Now we had been aggressive on fourth down as a result of I assumed we would have liked to be towards this offense. We simply couldn’t generate any explosive performs. We had the penalty. Then apart from that, we didn’t hit many explosive performs. That’s in a nutshell, earlier than watching it.”
The Giants are averaging 16.0 factors per recreation after six weeks. That’s twenty ninth within the NFL proper now. The three groups behind them — Cleveland (15.8 PPG), New England (13.8), and Miami (12.0) — all both have or have had quarterback points/accidents this season.
