Here is a look at what others are saying after the New York Giants fell to 2-10 on Sunday with another awful loss, this one to the Detroit Lions in overtime 34-27.
If the Giants tell you it’s a bright and sunny day, pack your umbrella and rain boots. It’s gonna be a deluge.
If the Giants tell you it’s Sunday, make sure you put on your work clothes and head into the office, because it actually is Monday.
If the Giants tell you to jump, you should slide. If they tell you to speed up, slow down.
Here is the deal: Whatever the Giants say, do the opposite. Because they are always wrong.
And so, interim head coach Mike Kafka passing up a chip-shot field goal that would have put his team ahead 30-24 with 2:59 to play turned out to be the wrong call Sunday inside Ford Field. Now then, in real time, these eyes and this mind did not see anything at all wrong with the call, because putting a game in the hands of the Giants defense is what a fool does, considering the rap sheet Shane Bowen’s unit has rung up this sorry season.
Shane Bowen needs to pay price for his endless Giants failures — finally | New York Post
Shane Bowen should have been relieved of his duties as the Giants defensive coordinator weeks ago.
He probably knows it himself.
If Brian Daboll, who was fired as the Giants head coach two weeks ago, wasn’t so fiercely protective of his coaching staff and had let Bowen go, he might still be the head coach of the Giants.
Bowen should be fired by the Giants on Monday morning as soon as the coaches reconvene at the team facility.
Giants’ Mike Kafka shows shades of Bill Walsh (or at least Dan Campbell) on trick plays | The Athletic
The Giants blew a double-digit lead and lost for the fifth time in 11 games this season, but if that was your takeaway from a 34-27 overtime defeat at Detroit, my condolences.
While those other collapses contributed to Brian Daboll losing his job as coach, the way the Giants played against Detroit should improve interim coach Mike Kafka’s standing.
The Giants, with nothing to lose as 13.5-point underdogs in their second game with Kafka in the interim role, jumped to a 7-0 lead with a trick-play touchdown pass on the fourth play from scrimmage. The Giants scored another trick-play touchdown in the fourth quarter. That was largely how, for only the sixth time in their history, they had at least 500 yards, at least 25 first downs and at least a 50 percent conversion rate on third down in the same game, per Pro Football Reference.
“Why did the New York Football Giants (NFL) not kick that Field Goal???” the president wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “Who would have done such a thing? It was CRAZY! I got to watch the end of the game and thought, when they went for the touchdown instead of the 3, ‘That’s Weird!!!’”
Why do the Giants keep losing in such excruciating fashion? | ESPN
The Giants just can’t finish. This was their fifth loss this season in a game in which they had a double-digit lead. All were on the road, and that ties an NFL record. They couldn’t get in the end zone despite reaching the 2-yard line on a seven-minute drive late in the fourth quarter. Then, they couldn’t stop the Lions from kicking the tying field goal with less than a minute to play or take down Gibbs on his overtime touchdown run. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Mike Kafka or Brian Daboll as head coach. The Giants’ inability to make big plays in the clutch and close out games remains a problem.
Mike Kafka a winner despite another loss | CBS Sports
The Giants didn’t beat the Lions on Sunday. The fact they came close at all is a minor miracle … and a testament to Kafka squeezing maximum results from a cast of mostly replacement characters, none more notable than Jameis Winston and Wan’Dale Robinson, the latter of whom racked up 156 receiving yards to help push the Lions to overtime. Kafka, who replaced Brian Daboll atop New York’s staff in Week 11, is faring well with the interim tag.
Time to move on from Shane Bowen | A to Z Sports
While there can be multiple reasons to attribute the late loss to the Lions, it couldn’t be clearer that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen needs to be relieved of his duties or have play-calling taken away. That has been a demand of the Giants fan base since September, and it begs the question of what’s preventing New York from making a change.
The Giants have two wins and have officially been eliminated from playoff contention. Firing Shane Bowen on Monday won’t exactly save the Giants’ season. However, after Giants fans have been beaten down all year by frustrating defensive performances, they can’t allow Bowen to hold onto his role. Out of principle, they need to make a change. At least they can let a different coach prove if they have the skills to call plays in the remaining games on the schedule.
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