Giants great sounds alarms about lingering issues after Week 12 meltdown

The New York Giants have dropped six straight games, and things have not gone the way they anticipated since they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in their Week 6 primetime matchup. This year, the G-Men have blown five leads in the fourth quarter, including in each of the last three games.

During that stretch, the organization has fired head coach Brian Daboll anddefensive coordinator Shane Bowen. Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has served as the team's interim head coach for the past two weeks, and although the offense has been playing well, the team's inconsistent second-half efforts have not been enough to close out games.

After Week 12's overtime loss to the Detroit Lions, former Giants running back turned radio host, Tiki Barber, took his comments to WFAN's airwaves to rip Kafka's play-calling and the Giants' offense's inability to score more than seven points in the second half.

Tiki Barber roasts Giants for second-half play-calling in Week 12 loss

Although Kafka is just two games in as interim head coach, he has done a decent job running Big Blue's offense even with Jaxson Dart sidelined with a concussion. He's quickly learning the challenges and pressure of being a head coach in this market, which bodes well for his own development.

But when you don't succeed in New York, you'll have the fans and media talking... and it's not typically positive. Kafka may have already known that from being Daboll's right-hand man over the last three-plus years, but he learned that the hard way after Week 12's overtime loss to the Lions.

After dropping to 2-10 on the season, Barber took his comments to his radio show, Evan and Tiki, where he called Kafka and his play calling down the stretch "too predictable." He went on to say, "You can't just score seven points in the second half and expect to beat a team as good and as prolific as the Detroit Lions."

Although the Giants have already been eliminated from playoff contention, people still want to see the team be competitive with all the talent on their roster this season. For Kafka, the next few weeks are his official audition for the vacant head coaching job.

Sometimes you need a reality check and criticism, and Barber is right to call out the second-half play-calling. It’s in no way a personal dig at Kafka or the Giants’ offense, which, all things considered, has been performing well, especially in the first half of games.

But things can continually improve, and there’s always room to clean things up.