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5 reasons Giants could upset Eagles in Week 14

The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles square off in Week 14, and here are five reasons Big Blue could come away with the win.

The New York Giants are currently on an eight-game losing streak and are heading to Philadelphia (where they haven’t won a game since 2013) to take on the struggling Eagles on Monday night.

The Eagles are on a three-game losing streak of their own after an embarrassing 37-31 loss to the lowly Miami Dolphins last week. At 5-7, they are watching their divisional championship hopes dwindle away if things continue to trend in the wrong direction.

With the Dallas Cowboys in a rut of their own at 6-6, the Eagles absolutely need to win this game, which arguably makes the Giants even more dangerous in the role as spoiler.

Here are five reasons why the Giants can pull off an improbable victory in a city they haven’t won in since 2013.

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Eli Manning

Rookie Daniel Jones seemingly unseated Manning from his 16-year starting quarterback throne with the Giants for good in Week 3 when he took over. Unfortunately, Jones suffered what they are calling a high ankle sprain last week against the Green Bay Packers, despite finishing out the contest.

On Monday Pat Shurmur initially stated that Jones did not require any further tests on the ankle Monday expecting him to be fine. However, on Wednesday Shurmur announced that Jones would not practice while also revealing he suffered a high ankle sprain.

Paging doctor Manning, it now looks more than likely that Eli will start on Monday for the first time since being benched in favor of Jones in Week 3.

While Jones has shown promising signs this season, he still has the expected growing pains of a rookie quarterback. With Eli, the Giants get a veteran Hall of Famer, who has been around the block a few times and has battled it out with the Eagles for close to 20 years. He also eliminates the turnover issues that come with Jones in his first year.

It is expected that Eli will return with a chip on his shoulder and make the most of his surprise playing time. But, keep in mind that Manning has struggled against the Eagles in his career with a 10-22 record, and a 59.3% completion percentage. The Eagles have won their last five meetings with the Giants and nine of their last 10 games. Monday could give us a better idea of whether Pat Shurmur pulled the plug on Eli too early this season. We shall find out.

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Julian Love was Giants’ highest-graded player in loss to Packers

Rookie safety Julian Love was the New York Giants’ highest-graded player in a Week 13 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

The New York Giants crumbled in the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers in Week 13, allowing a very close game to get out of hand in a hurry, ultimately sending Big Blue to consecutive loss No. 8.

But forget all the negatives for a moment. In a season overloaded with pessimism, let us instead focus on some reasons for optimism.

Case in point: defensive back Julian Love.

Love was thrust into a larger role a week ago against the Chicago Bears and played quite well. He drew his first NFL start in place of the injured Jabrill Peppers in Week 13 and again, he played well.

In fact, Love was the highest-graded Giant on the day courtesy of Pro Football Focus.

What’s most impressive about Love’s play wasn’t necessarily the PFF grade, but the utility that led to his grade.

In PFF ReFocused, they offered more praise of Love, while taking aim at Janoris Jenkins and Sam Beal for poor performances, although we clearly did not see the same things they did when it came to Jenkins, who surrendered zero receptions to the players he was assigned to cover.

One of the bright spots for the Giants’ defense was the play of rookie Julian Love. Love was able to come up and make plays in coverage with his sure tackling, and he did his best to keep the Packers off schedule.

The Giants’ other cornerbacks did not make many positive plays. Sam Beal and Janoris Jenkins were both beaten deep this afternoon. Jenkins also really struggled to tackle and was run over on a couple of occasions. Beal was charged with giving up a touchdown as well as a pass interference penalty.

Despite his three-interception day, rookie quarterback Daniel Jones also graded out relatively well.

The grade of Jones is somewhat ironic given that we’ve seen PFF give Manning a “0” grade on a touchdown pass previously, so there may be some personal bias going into these grades, but that’s not exactly any sort of revelation.

Either way, Giants fans have a reason for optimism in Love, who could turn out to be one of the steals of the 2019 NFL Draft.

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3 takeaways from Giants’ Week 13 loss to Packers

Here are three takeaways from the New York Giants’ Week 13 loss to the Green Bay Packers, which dropped them to 2-10.

The New York Giants’ latest loss, a 31-13 slopfest against a recently struggling Green Bay Packers team, has all but put the lid on Big Blue’s designs of becoming a competitive team this season.

In front of a large throng of Packer fans, the Giants once again displayed for the whole word that thy are officially one of the NFL’s worst and most poorly run franchises.

Here are three takeaways (click away now if you’re looking for a silver lining).

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Numbers don’t lie

At 2-10, the Giants are officially the doormat of the NFC. There is no further to fall. They are it. John Mara and Dave Gettleman can be proud of the mess they’ve made of this franchise. Sure, you can blame Jerry Reese, but Gettleman has had two full offseasons and the team has gotten worse. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

How do you get to 2-10? Easily. The other team scores more than you every week, that’s how. They are averaging 19.2 points per game but have scored only 13 and 14 points respectively in the past two games. That’s not going to get it done when you’re allowing 28.2 points each week.

Who is to blame? Just about everyone. The team is not coached very well, has two many inexperienced players and the veterans who are here are under-performing.

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Giants vs. Packers: Statistics, numbers and broken records

The New York Giants fell to the Green Bay Packers in Week 13 and here’s a look at some of the statistics, numbers and broken records.

Another week, another loss for the New York Giants, who fell to 2-10 on the season following a 31-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

The Giants remained very much in this game for the first three quarters, but things slipped away from them in the fourth as Green Bay scored 14 unanswered points and Daniel Jones became a little erratic with his throwing.

Here’s a look at all the noteworthy stats and records to come from the Week 13 loss:

  • The Giants have now lost eight consecutive games, which is tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history and puts them one loss away from the all-time mark.
  • Aldrick Rosas kicked a field goal following an 18-play drive in the second quarter, which was the most plays run by the team on a single drive since November 30, 2014 when they had a 19-play drive.
  • Daniel Jones threw a touchdown in his 10th consecutive game on Sunday, which is the fourth-longest such streak to start an NFL career since the 1970 merger.
  • Jones’ 10-game touchdown streak also sets an all-time franchise record, surpassing Charlie Conerly, who had a streak of nine games and held the record for 71 years.
  • Jones’ 10-game streak is also the longest by a Giants quarterback since Eli Manning did it in 2014-2015 and is tied for the fourth-longest streak in franchise history.
  • Jones had his interception-free streak snapped at 110 attempts.
  • With his 240 yards passing, Jones now has 2,374 yards on the season, surpassing Conerly (2,175) for the Giants’ all-time rookie record.
  • Jones increased his own rookie record for attempts (370) and completions (207).
  • Cody Latimer tied a personal career mark with a 43-yard receptions.
  • Da’Mari Scott played in his first career game and drew the start.
  • Julian Love made his first career start in place of Jabrill Peppers.

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Giants-Packers Week 13: Offense, defense and special teams snap counts

The New York Giants lost their Week 13 game against the Green Bay Packers. Here are the snap counts on offense, defense and special teams.

The New York Giants fell to the Green Bay Packers, 31-13, on a snowy Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, extending their current losing streak to eight games, which is the second-worst such streak in franchise history.

Although the Giants managed to hang around for three quarters, the wheels came off in the fourth quarter and the Packers never looked back.

Here’s a look at the snap counts that contributed to New York’s latest loss.

Offensive snaps: 67
Defensive snaps: 67
Special teams snaps: 22

An interesting development on the offensive side of the ball was the use of Buck Allen and Eli Penny in place of Wayne Gallman, who did not receive so much as a single snap in Week 13.

Defensively, R.J. McIntosh has had his role almost completely wiped away, while Julian Love has been completely thrust into the starting role.

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Giants dropped by Packers, 31-13: Instant analysis

Instant analysis of the latest New York Giants loss in which they fell to the Green Bay Packers, 31-13, in a snow storm.

The New York Giants are thisclose to having the first overall selection in next year’s NFL Draft. With the 31-13 loss this afternoon to the Green Bay Packers at icy MetLife Stadium, Big Blue fell to 2-10 on the season and just may be the worst team in the NFL right now.

They didn’t exactly embarrass themselves against the Packers on this lousy weather day, but just like nine other times this season, they just didn’t do enough again to win the game.

To their credit, the Giants kept things close for three quarters but the lack of depth and experience caught up with them as the Packers scored two touchdowns in the final frame to put the game away.

The team continues to be poorly run. On offense, timeouts are being used haphazardly and the play calling leaves a lot to be desired.

On defense, the coverage dogged them again, surrendering too many big plays in the passing game while committing costly penalties.

At this rate, it’s going to be difficult for general manager Dave Gettleman and the coaching staff to convince Giants’ ownership they deserve to return next season.

Some highlights…

Sterling Shepard from Daniel Jones for a TD.

A 43-yard completion to Cody Latimer.

Notes

  • The loss was the Giants’ eighth straight, which is tied for the second-longest skein in franchise history. They lost eight consecutive games on three other occasions: 1966 (Oct 23-Dec 18), 1980 (Sept 14-Nov 2) and 2004 (Nov 7-Dec 26). They will be attempting to tie the franchise record of nine next Monday night in Philadelphia. The record was set in 1976 (Sept 12-Nov 7) and matched from Nov 9, 2003 through Sept 14, 2004.
  • The Giants were without their two top tight ends again. Evan Engram (foot) and Rhett Ellison (concussion). They were replaced by rookie Kaden Smith and Scott Simonson.
  • Latimer started for Golden Tate (concussion) at wide receiver and rookie Julian Love was in for Jabrill Peppers (back) at safety.
  • Daniel Jones now has a touchdown pass in each of his 10 starts this season.
  • Wide receiver Darius Slayton had six receptions for 44 yards but his best play of the game – a 29-yard gain down the sideline in which he made a fingertip grab – was wiped away due to a penalty.

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Giants’ Julian Love will see more action in Jabrill Peppers’ absence

New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur says rookie Julian Love will see more action at safety with Jabrill Peppers ailing.

Prior to Week 12, New York Giants rookie defensive back Julian Love had played just three defensive snaps in the team’s first 10 games. Then, last week in his hometown of Chicago against the Bears, Love played 42 of the Giants’ 76 defensive snaps, many of them due to the absence of starting safety Jabrill Peppers, who left the game with back injury.

Peppers will be out for some time — maybe the rest of the season if things don’t break his way — and the Giants will now turn to Love, a fourth-round draft pick out of Notre Dame, and veteran Michael Thomas.

“We’ll have a combination with Love back there, Michael Thomas,” head coach Pat Shurmur said on Wednesday as the Giants began preparation for Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers’ visit this Sunday. “We’ll fill in. I thought Love did a good job with his first extended action last week. He’s displayed a lot of the things that we thought he might have. We’ll just try to build on that if for some reason Jabrill can’t make it.”

Jabrill has a fracture in his transverse process, an injury that heals itself with rest. Very few plan on seeing him anytime soon.

Many were wondering with all the rookies playing extensively this season why Love was the one that was held back. Shurmur said it was simply a matter of time and finding the right role for him.

“He was ready to play. He was ready to play, and we just made a decision coming off the bye week that it was time. That’s all,” Shurmur said.

Love had only one tackle in the game but managed to come away with his first career interception on an errant throw by Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. After all the waiting, he was ready.

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Giants’ David Mayo, DeAndre Baker earn high PFF grades in loss to Bears

New York Giants LB David Mayo and CB DeAndre Baker earned high PFF grades in a Week 12 loss to the Chicago Bears.

The New York Giants lost their seventh consecutive game in Week 12, falling to the Chicago Bears, 19-14, at Soldier Field. And as disheartening as another loss was, there were a few positives to come out of the game.

First and foremost, rookie cornerback DeAndre Baker played well a week removed from being called out in front of the entire team, earning his highest Pro Football Focus grade of the season.

In addition to Baker, linebacker David Mayo also graded out well, earning a team-high grade of 92.4.

Our friends at PFF also singled out Mayo during their ReForcused segment, specifically making note of how well he played against the run.

David Mayo was an absolute beast for the Giants’ defense at linebacker. He was all over the field, leading the way in defensive stops. His run defense was phenomenal, as he constantly snaked through blockers and was able to make multiple tackles for loss.

Finally, rookie defensive back Julian Love also earned a little love for his play, finishing the game with a 81.2 grade.

It may have been another hard to swallow loss for Giants fans, but if you’re desperately seeking out a silver lining, Pro Football Focus has provided it.

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Stock up, down after Giants’ 19-14 loss to Bears

Whose stock is up and whose is down following the New York Giants’ loss to the Chicago Bears in Week 12?

For the first time in franchise history, the New York Giants were able to accomplish something, although it wasn’t exactly an honor to be proud of.

The Giants have lost every game played in the months of October and November, falling to the Chicago Bears, 19-14, on Sunday at Soldier Field.

The last game the Giants won came back in September against the Washington Redskins, which seems like a million years ago given how the last two months of the season have transpired — a horrendous down spiral.

With that said, whose stock is up and down for the Giants following the loss to the Bears.? Let’s take a look.

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Stock up: Markus Golden

With each passing game, Golden continues to show that he is, in fact, back to his former double-digit sack self.

Golden added another sack to his 2019 total, which is rests at 7.5. He also had a few batted balls at the line of scrimmage and several pressures, making his presence known and felt on defense.

Given the way his season has gone, Golden is going to be in line for a much bigger payday and if the Giants were smart about it, they would sign him to a contract extension immediately.

Stock down: Aldrick Rosas

A year ago. Rosas was an All-Pro kicker and looked like he finally had turned the corner as far as his career goes. A year later, Rosas has reverted back to the guy we saw in 2017, making critical mistakes and costly misses.

Rosas missed two field goals, although granted, one was due to a botched snap. But the miss still goes to Rosas’ record, plus he’s had a tendency for missing kicks over the last few games.

To go along with the two missed field goals, Rosas also had a kickoff go out of bounds.

Rosas is struggling, and if he continues, he might find himself out of a job really soon.

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Giants vs. Bears: Statistics, numbers and broken records

The New York Giants fell to the Chicago Bears in Week 12 and here’s a look at some of the statistics, numbers and broken records.

The New York Giants were defeated by the Chicago Bears, 19-14, on Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field, but the game could have ended in an entirely different way had Big Blue been able to channel any late-game magic.

Unfortunately, Eli Manning’s heroics have yet to wear off on Daniel Jones & Co., who were unable to get anything of substance going, instead watching their consecutive loss counter tick over to 7.

Here’s a look at some of the noteworthy records, numbers and statistics from the Week 12 loss:

  • With the loss, the Giants failed to log a win in either October or November for the first time in their long history.
  • The seven-game losing streak is the Giants’ longest such streak since 2014.
  • The Giants are guaranteed to finish with a losing record for the third consecutive season and the sixth time over the past seven seasons.
  • The Giants amassed just 243 offensive yards, which was their third-lowest total of the season.
  • The Giants’ 134 net passing yards was their lowest total since December 31, 2017.
  • The Giants went just one of 12 on third down conversion attempts.
  • The Giants drove 97 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter on Sunday, which was their longest touchdown drive in terms of yardage since November 11, 2012.
  • The Giants held a 7-3 halftime lead, which was their first such lead since defeating the Washington Redskins in late September.
  • Daniel Jones attempted 36 passes on Sunday, increasing his Giants rookie record to 333 on the season.
  • Tight end Kaden Smith started his first career game and scored his first NFL touchdown.
  • Rookie DB Julian Love recorded his first career interception.
  • Aldrick Rosas became the first Giants kicker to miss two field goals in a game since Lawrence Tynes did it on September 26, 2010.
  • Rosas also became the first Giants kicker to miss two or more consecutive field goals since Jay Feely did it against the Seattle Seahawks on November 27, 2005.

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