Kenny Golladay reflects on dreadful first season with NY Giants

Kenny Golladay came nowhere close to living up to even the most modest expectations of his impact, after signing with the NY Giants last spring

This wasn’t how Kenny Golladay envisioned his first season with the NY Giants, after signing a massive contract that includes $45 million guaranteed early in free agency last spring.

Entering Sunday’s season finale against the Washington Football Team, Golladay has as many touchdown receptions as the average fan who will be sitting in the seats at MetLife Stadium.

Zero.

Through his first 13 games of this season, Golladay has caught only 34 passes for 399 yards. Golladay’s 14.7 yards per reception is the lowest of his career, including an injury-riddled five game 2020 campaign, last season in Detroit.

“Just not good enough on my part,” Golladay said following Friday’s practice. “I wasn’t playing terrible or anything, but just not good enough.”

What Kenny Golladay blames for poor first season with NY Giants

Golladay has had to navigate catching passes from three different quarterbacks; Daniel Jones, Mike Glennon, and Jake Fromm, after Jones was shut down in early December with a season-ending neck injury.

However, Golladay was the NY Giants’ prized free agent addition and a player who was supposed to lift the offense from the doldrums of finishing 31st in scoring offense last season. The same position the Giants find themselves entering Sunday’s game.

Between a revolving door at quarterback over the second half of the season, and adapting to Freddie Kitchens calling the offense once offensive coordinator Jason Garrett was fired prior to Thanksgiving, Golladay believes all of those changes played a role in a woefully disappointing season.

“A lot goes into it,” Golladay says. “Different personnel goes into it in terms of who’s playing. Different personnel, even coaching-wise, a lot goes into it. A lot goes into making a football team go.”