The Giants are still ranked among the worst teams in the NFL
The New York Giants’ struggles on offense were evident on Sunday night as they lost to the Cincinnati Bengals. Especially without Malik Nabers and Devin Singletary, the Giants struggled to find the end zone, an area the media discussed widely in this week’s NFL power rankings.
Unsurprisingly, the media still views the Giants as a below-average team, ranking them among the worst teams in the NFL.
Here are some of the power rankings that were released following the Week 6 action.
They don’t have a lot of “key” players but nearly all of them have been out of the lineup with injuries. A tribute to HC Brian Daboll – and, frankly, QB Daniel Jones – that the G-Men have remained competitive.
New York has scored one touchdown in three games at MetLife Stadium. That came via Tyrone Tracy Jr. in the third quarter Sunday, and the Giants had their chances after that but wilted on three straight fourth-quarter possessions in spite of crossing at least the Cincinnati 36-yard line on all of them. They’re now 0-3 at home this season. Somehow, Big Blue is 1-14 in prime-time games with Daniel Jones at quarterback. In early-window games, he’s thrown 45 touchdown passes against 20 interceptions. In afternoon slots, those numbers are 11 and four, respectively. Yet somehow, he’s thrown 12 TD passes and 20 INTs in those 15 night games. Jones had played well in recent games, but he fell back in this one. He’ll need to rally fast with three tougher games upcoming. And a warning: Jones and the Giants play at Pittsburgh on Monday night in Week 8.
You can’t win a lot of games scoring seven points, which they did against the Bengals. They missed Malik Nabers in a big way, but he could be back this week.
Lesson learned: The Giants still struggle to score points.
New York’s offensive line is improved, it added a No. 1 wide receiver in Malik Nabers and coach Brian Daboll is calling plays. It’s still not enough. This team struggles to score points … again! The Giants are 29th in the NFL, averaging 16.0 points per game. This is after being 30th in the league with 15.6 PPG last season. “The ultimate goal is to score points,” Daboll said. The Giants just haven’t figured out how to do it consistently. — Jordan Raanan
