Brian Daboll<\/strong> \u2014 This is four times the Giants have led games on the road by 10 or more points. This time, Daboll will be heavily criticized for not accepting a fourth-and-goal penalty with 10:9 to play that would have given the Giants a chance to go for a touchdown and a two-touchdown lead from inside the 1-yard line. Instead, he accepted a 19-yard Younghoe Koo field goal that made the score 24-10.<\/p>\nThe Giants, without Jaxson Dart, never scored again as the Bears rallied for an improbably victory.<\/p>\n
Here is Daboll explaining taking the three points there:<\/p>\n
Whether you think the decision was right or not, again and again we find questionable game management at the heart of losses for the Giants that should have been victories. I understood the decision. The field goal made it a two-score game, and you should be able to win at that point. I also understand the \u2018go for the touchdown\u2019 argument. It forces the opponent to get two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The game shifted after that. There is no argument there. Was it the fourth-down decision? The absence of Dart? Just the fact that these are the 2025 Giants, and a meltdown was inevitable?<\/p>\n
Fourth-quarter defense<\/strong> \u2014 Whatever you want to say about the absence of Dart in the final quarter, the decision-making by Daboll, or even the late-game play of Chicago quarterback Caleb Williams, the Koo field goal gave the Giants a two-score lead with 10 minutes to play.<\/p>\nThe defense should have been able to close the game out. It was not. Even with a win probability of 95% with as little as 8:41 to play.<\/p>\n
The Giants still had that 10-point lead when Chicago got the ball at its own 9-yard line with 6:13 to play. They still had a 94% win probability with the Bears facing second-and-10 at their own 26-yard line and 5:35 to play.<\/p>\n
Then, the defense fell apart. Williams consistently eluded pass rushers and made plays. The Giants pressured Williams 15 times throughout the game, but let him slip out of their grasp on a number of occasions. That happened several times in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n
The Bears went 91 yards in nine plays for one score, then 53 yards in four plays for the game-winning score. The defense that was supposed to be the backbone of the 2025 Giants, again melted when it mattered.<\/p>\n
Cor\u2019Dale Flott<\/strong> \u2014 Not a great game for Flott in his return from a concussion. He had a third-and-9 holding penalty that negated a Dexter Lawrence sack and led to Chicago\u2019s first touchdown. He also slammed into Flannigan-Fowles, missing Swift completely on a fourth-and-2 he probably should have stopped<\/p>\nJamie Gillan<\/strong> \u2014 The punter took over kickoff duties a few weeks ago and had, until Sunday, done a nice job. Against the Bears, though, his kickoffs were penalized twice. One went out of bounds. One missed the landing zone. He was replaced on kickoffs by Koo. Gillan also shanked a 26-yard punt that helped set up Chicago\u2019s game-winning touchdown.<\/p>\nIsn\u2019t there always a shanked punt that contributes to a late comeback.<\/p>\n
Kayvon Thibodeaux<\/strong> \u2014 In its early, unofficial grading, Pro Football Focus credited Thibodeaux with six pressures. Unfortunately, none of those turned into sacks. That is because Thibodeaux missed four tackles, most of those on Williams.<\/p>\nDeonte Banks<\/strong> \u2014 Banks had a terrific 39-yard kickoff return to set up a Giants\u2019 scoring draft. He also gave up three receptions in four targets and committed a pair of penalties. One of those penalties negated an Abdul Carter sack. The other went for 19 yards and set up a Bears\u2019 first-and-goal they turned into three points in the third quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants did what they do on Sunday, turning a game they should have won into…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":367911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,130754,405,403,100947,177643,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-367910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-kudos-wet-willies","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-giants-analysis","13":"tag-new-york-giants-scores-results","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115522335135227485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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