Grading the Giants’ 27-13 highway loss to the Seahawks on Sunday.
Offense
Merely not ok. Not one sustained landing drive, 225 complete yards and solely 78 speeding yards — a mean of two.8 yards per rush. The Seahawks didn't let Daniel Jones (six runs for 20 yards) beat them together with his legs and clamped down on Saquon Barkley (20-53, 1 TD). Jones (17 of 31, 176 yards) didn't have almost sufficient round him and was not at his finest within the fourth quarter. Apart from Darius Slayton (5-66), there was as soon as once more no downfield presence among the many large receivers. Jones ended up getting sacked 5 instances. Tyre Phillips, making his first begin at proper sort out, was known as for 2 false begin penalties amid the noise. This unit wants extra firepower, badly.
Grade: D
Protection
The excellent news is rookie RB Kenneth Walker (18-51) was held in verify, apart from his 16-yard TD run. The dangerous information was Geno Smith (23 of 34, 212 yards, 2 TDs) at instances carved up the secondary. CB Adoree’ Jackson saved the Giants within the sport together with his pressured fumble (and restoration) on Tyler Lockett on the Seattle 2-yard line. Jackson later was overwhelmed on a double transfer by Lockett for a 33-yard TD. Facemask penalty on Jihad Ward was expensive on Seattle’s first TD drive. With the sport even at 13, Smith went 5-for-5 on a scoring drive, with out a lot resistance. Sacks for rookie Micah McFadden, Xavier McKinney and Leonard Williams. McKinney missed the sort out on Walker’s TD run. Large image: Giants allowed solely 277 complete yards and turnovers put them in two robust spots.
Grade: C
Particular Groups
Richie James coughed up the ball on a punt return late within the second quarter, costing his crew momentum and three factors. James took a giant hit and misplaced the ball once more, this time within the fourth quarter, an absolute killer turnover, and there's no doubt his function might be evaluated with the bye week right here. James’ 42-yard return was worn out by a blind-side hit penalty on Jason Pinnock. Jamie Gillan’s first punt sailed excessive and went for 49 yards, with no return. Justin Layne expertly downed Gillan’s punt on the 2-yard line within the second quarter. Dexter Lawrence bought a hand on Jason Myers’ 35-yard discipline purpose that glanced off the crossbar. Matt Breida was known as for a block within the again penalty on the kickoff return crew to begin the second half. Graham Gano hit discipline objectives of 31 and 45 yards.
Grade: D
Teaching
Given among the deficiencies on the roster — significantly on the offensive playmaker spots — it's exceptional the Giants are 6-2. Brian Daboll bought his crew into the fourth quarter in an in depth sport however, this time, couldn't pull it out. Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka got here out calling passes and possibly ought to have put the ball in Barkley’s fingers sooner than he did. Wink Martindale’s protection did a significantly better job in opposition to the run, limiting the Seahawks to solely 87 yards, however there was nothing near constant warmth placed on Smith within the pocket.
Grade: B
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