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New York Giants safety Logan Ryan is frustrated. He’s frustrated with losing, he’s frustrated with poor play and he’s frustrated with himself.
In a 37-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Ryan was on the wrong end of several plays. Among them was a 59-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Justin Herbert to wide receiver Jalen Guyton.
The play was back-breaking. It essentially ended the game in the second quarter and what makes it worse, Ryan was in position to make a potential stop.
“Third-and-9, third-and-10, something like that. We were in a cover two, two-high defense, pretty safe defense. I saw they had Guyton in the slot, speedster. Herbert’s got one of the strongest arms in the league and the ability to role to his right and throw it across field. It’s an opportunity there and we practiced it and you saw it in practice. We prepared for it,” Ryan recalled.
But when push came to shove, Guyton beat Ryan. Even though the defensive captain saw the play coming, he could do nothing but watch it play out.
“I felt like I just didn’t track the ball well,” Ryan said. “It’s just very frustrating. I’m frustrated with myself. As a pro athlete you have to make split second decisions and you get judged on them and I didn’t make the right one there. I’m frustrated for my teammates. I’m frustrated for the coaches.
“We practiced that play, and we were prepared for that play, and I just didn’t make that play. That’s on us. That’s on the players there. That’s on me. Very frustrating, but the kid’s got arm talent and he ripped it down the middle of our defense. We’ve done a good job all year of preventing plays like that for the most part and unfortunately today, he got that one in.”
The Chargers got several other plays in, too. The only time Los Angeles slowed down was when they chose to slow down. Ryan and the Giants’ defense offered very little resistance.
Ultimately, Ryan says, he feels bad for his family, Giants fans and the organization as a whole.
“I wear that one heavy. It’s on me. I’m not too happy about that, but you don’t get to have them back in pro sports. You don’t get to. You get judged on one play at a time and that one didn’t go in my favor,” Ryan said.
“I’m frustrated for the fans that travel. We’ve got a great fan base that made it a trip. They traveled to Miami, as well. My fans, my family back at home who are supporting, I just really feel like I let a lot of people down with that. But that’s just the weight you bear when you’re a captain in this position. You care about your job. You care about your livelihood. You care about it for the franchise. I felt like I’ve got to get it back.”
Ryan and the Giants will return in Week 15 against another tough offense in the Dallas Cowboys. Can they put the brakes on this sudden slide? If they do, it won’t come in front of many Giants fans. Despite playing at MetLife Stadium, early expectations are that Cowboys fans will take over the stadium.
That’s where things are for Ryan and these Giants.
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