NY Giants studs and duds from disastrous 17-14 loss to Atlanta Falcons

NY Giants DB Logan Ryan: DUD

Put it simply, this was a burn the tape game for Logan Ryan.

Ryan dropped a pair of would-be interceptions, that easily could have turned the tide in the NY Giants’ favor, and was frequently beat when it coverage.

Afterwards, Ryan leaned on his routine and took solace in the fact that he was in a position to pull down those interceptions, even if they wound up hitting the turf.

"“People can sit there and say there are misses and drops,” Ryan said. “But half the safeties in this league can’t get to those balls. Listen, I want to be an upper-echelon safety, I want to make those plays in this league, that’s what they pay me to do and that’s the guy I want to be around here. “Put it on me, put the loss on me, put the drops on me, that’s fine. I get on the JUGS machines – I’m here four hours early before the game catching 100 footballs if anyone’s here early. My routine is there, my confidence isn’t shaken.”"

In addition to the dropped interceptions, Ryan also committed a costly third-down pass interference penalty that set up the Falcons’ final touchdown of the game.

The NY Giants pay Ryan to make the kind of plays that he was unable to come up with on Sunday afternoon, and while he was just one piece of a defense that has surrendered consecutive fourth quarter game-winning drives, the Giants need more out of their captain than he gave against Atlanta.