Giants fall to Bears: Winners, losers and those in between

The New York Giants fell to 2-9 with a 19-14 loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 12, and here’s a look at the winners and losers from that game.

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Losers

Daniel Jones: Jones had his first taste of an elite defense on Sunday and he did not fare all too well. He finished the game completing 21 of his 36 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns, but he also lost a fumble and had two other interceptions dropped. He missed several of his targets and just generally appeared out of sorts.

Eli Penny: Penny missed a block on the first run of game and later committed a holding penalty on a punt return. After that, he fell silent and that includes in the running game, where the Giants have now proven themselves incapable of blocking at any level.

Zak DeOssie: It’s a sad reality, but DeOssie’s NFL career has run its course. Once an automatic long-snapper, he’s become one of the Giants’ many liabilities this season and cost them some points on Sunday. He rolled a snap leading to an Aldrick Rosas miss, which was his fifth consecutive game with a sailed kick.

Aldrick Rosas: An All-Pro a season ago, Rosas is arguably the worst kicker in football right now. Sunday yielded two more missed field goals (one off a bad snap) and a kickoff out of bounds. He’s now missed at least one FG or PAT in five consecutive games.

Corey Ballentine: Sunday was a true “welcome to the NFL” moment for Ballentine, who was determined by Matt Nagy to be the weak link after halftime adjustments. The Bears began to exclusively target Ballentine, who at one point in the third quarter surrendered five straight completions for well over 100 yards.

Others: Jon Halapio, run blocking, play-calling, coaching