4 NY Giants who can't see significant playing time moving forward

The New York Giants were expected to lose to the Miami Dolphins in an ugly fashion on Sunday, which is precisely what happened. Miami beat New York 31-16 in Florida Sunday afternoon, and their offense cooked. The Dolphins had 302 yards in the air and 222 on the ground. Despite forcing three turnovers, including a pick-six, the porous Giants defense just could not stop Miami.

New York's offense continues to be dreadful. The Giants offense scored just nine points and has still not scored a first-half touchdown. The defense now has more first-half touchdowns than the offense, which is just pathetic. The offensive line looked as inept as ever. Daniel Jones was nothing spectacular and suffered a neck injury in the fourth quarter after getting sacked.

A lot went wrong, and some players deserve more blame than others. If New York wants to win more games, these four players must have their playing time substantially reduced:

4. Giants CB Tre Hawkins

The Giants rookie corner was the preseason star but has been brutal in the regular season. As we have seen this year, nothing in training camp practices or preseason games indicates what will happen in the regular season.

Tre Hawkins, the absurdly athletic sixth-rounder, has been burned in coverage time and time again. For some reason, he was matched up one-on-one with Tyreek Hill on Sunday and things went about as poorly as you could have imagined - 69 yards later, the Dolphins were back up two scores.

Hawkins had to run 40 yards across the field right before the snap and was beaten instantly. Before Week 5, opposing quarterbacks had a 155.8 passer rating when targeting him. For reference, 158.3 is a perfect passer rating.

Rookie Deonte Banks has been fantastic to start the season, and though Adoree' Jackson has struggled, he's the leader of the cornerbacks room. Those two should start outside, with Cor'Dale Flott in the slot for the foreseeable future.

3. Giants OG Marcus McKethan

Marcus McKethan replaced Mark Glowinski as the Giants right guard before the Arizona game. Despite playing strongly in his debut, the second-year North Carolina player has struggled immensely. Last season, McKethan tore his ACL in training camp and missed the entire season, so this is his first year making plays.

McKethan barely played this preseason and has been thrown into the fire. PFF gave McKethan a dreadful 35.6 offensive grade for his efforts Sunday, the third worst on the Giants. McKethan's pass-blocking grade for the season is abominable and second worst among Giants line members, only ahead of Shane Lemieux, who is somehow still on New York's roster. McKethan's missed block during the Seattle game completely changed the game.

Glowinski is not a great option for New York at guard, but he is a better player than McKethan. It should be noted that McKethan suffered a knee injury against Miami Sunday, and the extent is unknown.

Justin Pugh was just added to New York's practice squad, and when he's ready, he should become Big Blue's starting guard alongside Bredeson. Pugh, on the right side of the line, would provide a much-needed veteran partner for Neal if Neal is still the Giants right tackle.

2. Giants OT Josh Ezeudu

You have to feel for Joshua Ezeudu. The Giants drafted Ezeudu, McKethan's college teammate, in the third round of last year's draft to be a guard, but he has been forced to play tackle due to Giants injuries, and the results have been ugly. Ezeudu has started the last four games and played 257 snaps at left tackle, allowing 11 pressures and five sacks. He is also tied for most penalties among Giants linemen, with six, three of which happened Sunday, including consecutive false starts.

Ezeudu was given a dreadful 34.8 PFF grade (out of 100) for his performance Sunday, including a 24.2 blocking grade, dragging his season grade down to 43.4. Of the 20 NY Giants players involved in blocking Sunday, PFF has Ezeudu ranked 19th.

Offensive line coach Bobby Johnson deserves some blame for Ezeudu's struggles and the collective struggles of the offensive line. Unlike the other struggling linemen, mainly Evan Neal, Ezeudu received zero reps in the preseason at his current position. Ezeudu exclusively played guard this summer, which, in hindsight, was a disastrous decision by the Giants coaching staff.

Considering Matt Peart is the only backup tackle on the roster, it's a crime they didn't add another tackle or give Ezeudu reps on the outside of the line. If Andrew Thomas is healthy this Sunday, he will start over Ezeudu; if not, it may be Peart time in Buffalo.

1. Giants OT Evan Neal

I want to make it clear: I by no means want to give up on Neal yet. He was drafted in the first round for a reason and has a much higher ceiling at right tackle than any other player on New York's roster. That said, he could use a reset, especially given his recent asinine comments, and sitting on the side and learning from a different perspective could do him wonders.

His numbers this season are unimaginably bad. Out of 23 Giants who have made at least one block this season, Neal is ranked 22nd by PFF. In 260 offensive snaps this year, all at right tackle, the Alabama product has allowed 20 pressures (most on the Giants), 15 hurries (most on the Giants), and four hits (most on the Giants).

He stunk up the joint again in Miami, giving up six pressures, and went viral for this awful play, which sums up his season:

After his comments last week, many are out to get Neal, and his play gives them plenty of material. Plenty are noticing his poor play, including Pro Football Hall of Famer and current commentator Shannon Sharpe. Neal continues to haunt this team with his play - either move him to guard or find a replacement at RT.