Big Blue View
The New York Giants did what they do on Sunday, turning a game they should have won into a 24-20 loss to the Chicago Bears. The Giants are now a miserable, inexcusable 2-8, have lost four straight games, have lost four road games this season they led by at least 10 points, and have now lost 11 consecutive road games.
Let’s get to the ‘Kudos & Wet Willies’.
Jaxson Dart — Until he was forced to leave the game, Dart was outstanding. He did have a game-changing fumble when the Giants were on the verge of potentially taking a three-score lead in the third quarter, but otherwise the outstanding rookie quarterback did little wrong.
He completed 19 of 29 passes for 242 yards in wet, cold conditions. He ran six times for 66 yards and two scores, one of those a 24-yard scamper where he expertly maneuvered around a Wan’Dale Robinson block.
Do the Giants win the game if Dart doesn’t suffer a concussion? I don’t know. I do know the young man wasn’t going to escape without suffering one of those eventually.
Theo Johnson — The second-year tight end had a dominant first half with six receptions for 71 yards, many of them difficult catches. He finished with seven receptions for 75 yards. That was the kind of play the Giants need from him.
Darius Slayton — I have given Slayton a hard time for not making difficult plays and for dropping some easy plays this season. The spinning, left-handed catch he made in the first half to set up a Giants’ scoring drive was as difficult a catch as I can ever recall Slayton making. He finished with four catches for 89 yards, though he had only one catch for 4 yards while playing through a hamstring issue in the second half.
Brian Burns — As usual, Burns was the Giants’ best defensive player. He had five tackles, one for loss, two quarterback hits and a pass defensed. Like the rest of the Giants’ defenders, though, Burns couldn’t get Caleb Williams on the ground.
Gunner Olszewski — Forced into action at wide receiver when Slayton went out in the first half, Olszewski saved Dart a turnover and saved the Giants three points by turning into a defensive back — which he was in college — and knocking a terrible Dart pass into the end zone out of the hands of Chicago’s Nayshon Wright.
The white throwback uniforms — I love them. They are the best uniforms the Giants have. I am a big fan of ‘GIANTS’ on the helmets.
Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles — The veteran inside linebacker played well with seven tackles, one for loss, and a quarterback hit. He nearly had a fourth-and-2 stop in the second quarter but DeAndre Swift bounced off of him for a 9-yard gain. The fact that Cor’Dale Flott missed Swift and slammed into Flannigan-Fowles didn’t help.
Brian Daboll — This is...
