Daniel Jones had no chance against the Ravens, no chance against Lamar Jackson on a day when Joe Judge Giants were exposed more as suitors than suitors, and yet they somehow stand up anyway.
The Cowboys who beat the Eagles 37-17 mean that Jones, a 27-13 loser, somehow has one last chance to turn a 5-10 ugly duckling into a beautiful swan dressed in an NFC crown. win the showdown against Andy Dalton and the Cowboys next Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
And then expect more help from the Eagles, among all the enemies, who must defeat the Washington football team.
The joy of the six, anyone?
No 5-10 team deserves to be alive on the last Sunday of the season, but after the Giants’ disturbing lack of execution on both sides of the ball, the football gods decided to grant them suspension of execution.
Defending the Cowboys, unlike defending the Ravens, will have to be what Dr. Jones commands. Jones gave a chance to finish the 37-34 loss in Week 5 to the Cowboys, but failed, and a goal in the last second from Greg Zuerlein saved the Giants 0-5.
He wasn’t 100% healthy against the Ravens with that healing hamstring, but he had no excuses now.
The giants need him to meet this moment more than they ever needed him to meet at any moment.
Jones did not have legs, but more than that, he did not have the kind of protectors and game players to overcome the crazy, exasperating and unexpected chaos all around him, on both sides of the ball.
The judge has done a manly job of laying the groundwork and building the culture, but you need more than foundation and culture to beat a greedy team and a regular class program with sustained success.
Jones is a fighter, and his teammates are fighters, all right, but most of the time it’s better to be Sugar Ray Robinson than Jake LaMotta. The Giants are simply out of their weight class against the big NFL boys.
Because, even when the judge has to put up with the toughest opponent, hitting his team in the nose for 60 minutes, Jones & Co. he can only punch.
Jones did not run away until a single lone desperate attempt to escape in the last minute and could not hide behind an offensive line that gave six sacks and let’s not forget that he threw just like Austin Mack, CJ Council and Dante Pettis. No wonder Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale dared to beat Gregg Williams’ zero-flash.
There was virtually no danger of Jones continuing to suffer a hamster injury in the first half, as he stood on the sidelines at 22:38, watching Jackson use his arm when Big Blue came to the limit. feet and legs (80 meters) when he felt he wanted to laugh at the failed attacks and lead a 249-yard attack that rushes against a crushed and disoriented defense.
It was the beginning of the fourth quarter when a series represented the sad state of the Big Blah crime. It went like this:
Bag. Bag. Bag.
Three dropbacks, three bags.
“I just have to do a better job with all that stuff – identifying and quickly getting the ball out,” Jones said.
No offense, but the New York Football Giants have no offense. They have failed to score 20 points in any of the last five games. Jones missed two games, but his Sterling Shepard takeoff was his first of the second quarter against the Washington football team on November 8th.
It was 20-3 when the case against GM Dave Gettleman raised his ugly head, while Jones, to his credit, completed the permits to Board and Pettis, a pair of passengers. Mack takes a third pass in the first half.
He couldn’t have helped OC Jason Garrett – just another game for him next week, right? – coordinated during the week over Zoom because it was in the COVID protocol and any appearance of a vertical game plan turned out to be just a wing and a prayer. Jones’ 20-yard finish for Pettis was the longest of his day.
The false start in the back in the third down sabotaged Jones’ first possession. The Giants knew that their best chance, perhaps their only chance, was to force Jackson to play from behind.
“We didn’t start the game properly,” Jones said. “We shot ourselves in the leg.”
It was 14-0, when Shepard made a short shake, when Jones expected to scratch deep against Cover Zero, and the ball fell harmlessly to the ground.
“I have to dig deeper into this, so it’s my fault,” Shepard said.
Jones could not or would not give a percentage of how healthy he felt.
“I feel good. I felt like I could move and get out of my pocket and do what I had to do. I felt good about it,” he said.
For a man, the pope’s head coach players every day.
“I feel that we are on the right path and we are going in the right direction,” the judge said.
He needs someone to hurry with the passerby. Jackson tried 26 passes. He was not fired. And he needs better protectors and players for his defender.
“There are no moral victories and not getting the desired result is disappointing,” the judge said. “By no means is anyone okay with that, but there are positive aspects that we can take today, positive ones that we can take from where we have improved throughout the season as an offense and as a team. … Throughout this season, this team has improved from week to week. “
But not on the scoreboard. It’s great that the judge likes the toughness and commitment of his players. But it doesn’t make sense if your defender strives to bring his team to the final zone. D-day now for Daniel Jones.