The New York Giants could not overcome themselves on Sunday, falling to the Los Angeles Rams, 26-25, in a game that featured countless self-inflicted wounds.
It was a maddening display of Murphy’s Law — whatever could go wrong, did go wrong. And it was a theme that played out over all four quarters.
The Giants cost themselves with several huge penalties, missed kicks, dropped passes, poor throws, bad play calls, and just about everything and anything else you could think of.
Here are the snap counts that contributed to the Giants’ most recent defeat.
Offensive snaps: 74
Defensive snaps: 62
Special teams snaps: 30
Wide receiver Sterling Shepard took just five snaps in what’s likely his second-to-last game as a Giant and he dropped a pass that hit him right in the hands. That is not an ideal way to end a career so, hopefully, he gets one final opportunity in Week 17.
With Deonte Banks out, it was Nick McCloud who got the nod, taking all 100 percent of the snaps (joined, once again, by safety Xavier McKinney and linebacker Bobby Okereke). Rookie Tre Hawkins remains relegated to special teams play.
Safety Dane Belton saw 46 snaps in place of the injured Jason Pinnock and certainly made that pay off.
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