{"id":288334,"date":"2023-09-11T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288334"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:04:00","slug":"skunked-giants-embarrassed-by-40-0-loss-to-cowboys-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/nfl\/skunked-giants-embarrassed-by-40-0-loss-to-cowboys-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"'Skunked' Giants embarrassed by 40-0 loss to Cowboys on opening night"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Giants came up small Sunday night, getting shellacked 40-0 versus the Dallas Cowboys in a streaking rain at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n

There was no sugarcoating the loss for Big Blue coach Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n

“We just got skunked here, 40 to nothing,” he said after the game, via the official transcript. “When you play a game like that and coach a game like that, there’s nothing that’s good enough. Our job is to go back and look at it with a critical eye, just like we would do in any game, but 40 to nothing is not a good score, obviously. So, a lot to work on, and that’s what we’ll do.”<\/p>\n

Bury the tape, burn the tape, jettison the tape into the nearest black hole. Whatever the Giants do moving forward, it literally cannot be worse than what they put on film Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The offense committed three turnovers and generated 171 total yards (2.6 yards per play), got to the red zone a single time in 12 possessions, and put up a goose egg on the scoreboard. The defense got run over, allowing scores on four of the Cowboys’ first five possessions. And the special teams had a field goal blocked for a score, and Graham Gano yanked another 36-yarder.<\/p>\n

“This wasn’t our best game, there is no doubt about it,” quarterback Daniel Jones said. “This wasn’t who we are capable of being. We’ve got to show that. We’ve got to put that on the field and play that way. We didn’t do that tonight, and we have a lot to work on going forward.”<\/p>\n

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