In an attempt to salvage their diminishing playoff chances, the New York Giants have announced that for the remainder of the season, they will not play any more home games.

Not really, but would you blame them if they did decide to abandon the air conditioner with seats that is called MetLife Stadium and just played on the road all the time?

You don’t need me, or a stat sheet, to tell you that the Giants played well on defense but execrably on offense in their 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals last night. Still, it’s of some use to see who played how much, and who the folks at Pro Football Focus thought played well or poorly, so here we go.

Offense

Snap counts

• As has been the case all season, Daniel Jones and the starting offensive line played every snap. We’ll see if the streak ends next week with Andrew Thomas having injured his left foot. We’ll also see how long the streak lasts at quarterback if Jones continues to fail on home turf.
• With Devin Singletary out, Tyrone Tracy has clearly become the lead running back, only being spelled occasionally for a series by Eric Gray. The only question now is whether Tracy’s eye-opening play has won him the RB1 position permanently when Singletary returns.
• With Malik Nabers still out, the Giants played a lot of 11 personnel, with Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Jalin Hyatt all playing most of the snaps and Isaiah Hodgins seeing the field occasionally.
• Once again Theo Johnson got most of the TE snaps, with Chris Manhertz and Daniel Bellinger getting onto the field occasionally. Josh Ezeudu again got one play as a jumbo TE.

PFF grades

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• Befitting an offense that could only reach the end zone once against one of the league’s worst defenses, no Giants offensive player graded as elite (80 or greater).
• Among the skill players, Darius Slayton and Tyrone Tracy were at the high end of PFF’s average category overall, with Tracy scoring above average in receiving. Tracy had 107 total yards – 57 of them were receiving yards, but he had 61 YAC, i.e., he did all the work himself. That is one promising looking player for a fifth-round draft pick.
• The offensive line didn’t have a great game, but PFF didn’t see them as being that bad:

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Overall, Greg Van Roten and Andrew Thomas graded above average overall, although Thomas gave up two sacks to Trey Hendrickson. The other three offensive linemen were slightly below average, with John Michael Schmitz allowing 3 pressures and a QB hit.

• Daniel Jones had a terrible game(54.5 overall but 48.2 passing):

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Jones was not quite average even when kept clean last night, and he was just awful when pressured. His stats under pressure and when blitzed (33.3% of drop backs) were almost identical, suggesting that much of the pressure last night came from the blitz. His disastrous interception in the red zone was on a blitz. Opposing defenses will take note; he’d better figure out hot reads. He had no big time plays last night, even though the Bengals’ safeties played shallow, inviting him to go over the top of the coverage.

Defense

Snap counts

• The Giants dominated time of possession; the defense was only on the field for 53 snaps vs. 79 for the Bengals defense. The fact that Cincinnati only had 10 points until the game was almost over speaks to a great effort by the defense.
• Brian Burns and Azeez Ojulari played most of the snaps on the edge but were spelled occasionally by Boogie Basham.
• The same was true in the interior for Dexter Lawrence and Rakeem Nunez-Roches, with D.J. Davidson, Elijah Chatman, and Jordon Riley, in decreasing order, substituting for them.
• As usual Bobby Okereke played every snap and Micah McFadden about three-quarters of the snaps.
• Also as usual Tae Banks and Jason Pinnock played almost every snap, and Tyler Nubin every snap. Cor’Dale Flott and Dru Phillips were on the field more than half the time, while Isaiah Simmons and Adoree’ Jackson played occasionally.

PFF grades

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• Unsurprisingly, given that the defense held the potent Bengals offense in check most of the night, six players, including five who played more than half the snaps, graded above average.
• Brian Burns (87.8) played his best game as a Giant; although his pass rush grade was only 69.1, he had five pressures including a sack and a QB hit. Azeez Ojulari only graded 67.2 but he had six pressures, including two sacks. Boogie Basham graded 64.9 but had a batted pass.
• Bobby Okereke had one of his best games of the season (75.0), but Micah McFadden had one of his worst (38.6), mostly due to a poor coverage grade (five receptions in five targets for 49 yards and 26 YAC). All but one of those were against Tee Higgins or Ja’Marr Chase, though.
• Dru Phillips had another very good game (74.5), especially in run support. Tae Banks was OK (63.9); he gave up four receptions in four targets for 47 yards and 28 YAC. Against Tee Higgins, that’s not too bad. Tyler Nubin (59.2), Jason Pinnock (51.9), and Cor’Dale Flott (49.5) were all somewhat below average.