In Sunday’s 17-10 victory against the Los Angels Rams, four interceptions for the New York Giants‘ secondary did not allay fears about the team’s future or prevent weekly malaise of Big Blue’s faithful.
The Giants looked like they came to the game gimpy when they allowed a touchdown and field goal in the first half hour of the game.
“Old habits die hard” is something the Giants need to take more seriously. Big Blue seemed to be falling into the same trap when the offense could not score with Beckham or Cruz, two wideouts considered to be the best either now or at some point in their careers in the NFL.
A look at the numbers will confirm knowledge that is self-evident, namely, that the Giants lead in statistical criteria that would better go unreported. Isolation tackles made the Giants looked silly. Passes thrown by Keenum for completions likely exaggerated his value as a quarterback and inflated his quarterback rating.
The Giants official website reported on October 24, 2016 of highlights worthy of mention such as how great the defensive secondary was but did not go in such great depths into the mistakes of earlier in the season such as how the Giants still are the laughing stock of the league in penalty yardage allowed. According to Pro-Football-Reference.com, in Sep. 25th game against Washington,the Giants yielded 128 yards in 11 plays, or more than a touchdown in essence.
The Rams have malaise of their own to deal with. It is no longer a question of should but when head coach Jeff Fisher decides to start Jared Goff.
It was a headache to watch as the Giants sauntered to victory in a game that GMenHQ predicted they would win by a higher margin. Staying quiet about this fact as usual, head coach Ben McAdoo will probably affirm his tempered anger caused by his wish that he would have liked to see fewer missed tackles by his Steve Spagnuolo-inspired defensive arrangement, and have Eli Manning’s confidence higher than it has been in recent times and for his wide receivers to live up their reputations as league leaders.
Malaise could set in with the usual feelings of a headache, dry mouth and upset stomach as they are watching helplessly the Giants’ offense putting up a weak fight against the defense. Before the defense takes the field, the offense looks like it a game of electric football with the offensive buzzing about with little positive gains. Then the defense takes the field and looks like pushovers, allowing defensive splits that allowed Keenum to convert 1st downs with ease, scoring a touch down and reaching field goal scoring territory before the Giants in the first half of play.