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Good morning, New York Giants fans!
Well, the New York Football Giants have succeeded in something as they strengthened their inexorable attraction to failure.
The team that specializes in losing at least could feel good about selecting, developing and putting on display their franchise quarterback. That was to be the light within this dark, dank and dreary tunnel.
The same Flores who prevented the 2-13 Giants from scoring an offensive touchdown Sunday as Minnesota’s defensive coordinator, just like he prevented them from scoring an offensive touchdown last year. In fact, including his victory over the Giants as Miami’s head coach in 2021, Flores has allowed them a grand total of ZERO offensive touchdowns in their last 12 quarters of shared competition.
That’s a total shutdown of three Giants coaches — Joe Judge, Brian Daboll, and Mike Kafka.
The performance continued a downward trend since Dart returned from a concussion suffered against Chicago, aligning with the firing of Daboll. Through his first seven starts — all under Daboll — Dart averaged 202 passing yards, 45 rushing yards and 2.4 total touchdowns per game. Following the concussion and Daboll’s dismissal, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka took over coaching responsibilities. The expectation internally was that the change would help them finish out games. It has not.
Over his last three starts, all losses, Dart is averaging 139.3 passing yards and 30 rushing yards, with his touchdowns down to one per game. His turnovers have increased as well. After committing four total in his first seven starts, Dart has two in his last three — a number that could easily be higher, if not for drops.
There have been moments this season when Dart has looked the part of a future franchise quarterback, but we haven’t seen one of those moments in a while. And now Brian Daboll, the coach who pounded the table for him, is no longer around, and Joe Schoen, the general manager...
