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A good effort against a good team wasted by mistakes
It’s still the same old story. A fight for love and glory. A case of do or die. But for the New York Giants, it’s die, mostly, as time goes by.
Monday night was the type of dispiriting loss the Giants have had too many of this season - another game against a two-loss playoff-contending team that they could have won (there have now been three of them) but lost because of mistakes and failures to rise to the occasion at key moments. Yes, you are what your record says...
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New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll benched cornerback Deonte Banks in the second quarter of a 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night.
Banks’ benching came just days after Daboll said he would not sit his starting corner due to a lack of effort displayed in Week 7. However, things changed after Banks failed to take down a leaping Najee Harris.
“I think he said it was missed tackles, I guess,’” Banks said, via the New York Post. “He really didn’t tell me what was going on, he just said stay ready I guess… I didn’t really...
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Head coach Brian Daboll confirms that Banks will be back in the lineup after Monday’s mid-game benching
Deonte Banks, benched for more than half of Monday night’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, will start at cornerback on Sunday for the New York Giants when they host the NFC East-leading Washington Commanders.
“He will,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said when asked if Banks would be in the lineup against Washington, which features star wide receiver Terry McLaurin.
Daboll was vague Sunday night as to why Banks was benched in the middle of the second quarter.
“Just thought needed a little...
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Probably not, but it’s worth discussing
The New York Giants could use help at cornerback, and an interesting name has surfaced on the trade market with the NFL trade deadline just a week away. The Los Angeles Rams have given two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Tre’Davious White permission to seek a trade.
White, 29, visited the Giants during the offseason but ultimately signed a one-year, $4.25 million contract with the Rams, $3.25 million of which was guaranteed.
White was a first-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in 2017. He spent seven seasons with the Bills and made the Pro Bowl in...
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The Giants hold a top-10 pick, but is it high enough?
The season isn’t over yet for the New York Giants, but at 2-6 their odds of making the playoffs are slim indeed.
So while the Giants aren’t (yet) mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, we’re left looking ahead at the 2025 NFL Draft. And after the Giants’ 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, they currently hold the ninth overall pick, per Tankathon.
The Giants are one of seven 2-6 teams in the NFL after Week 8 (the Miami Dolphins are 2-5), and have the strongest strength of schedule among them...
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The Giants lost to the Steelers 26-18 in Week 8 dropping them to 2-6. Check out their complete schedule and results for the 2024 season. All times are Eastern Time.
The New York Giants are 2-6 through Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season. They sit in last place in the NFC East. They lost to the Steelers 26-18 on Monday.
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The New York Giants fell to 2-6 on the season after a 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. It was another winnable game that got away from them.
Veterans such as Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, and Greg Van Roten pushed the younger players during and after the game to step up their efforts. Either their words fell on deaf ears or this team simply isn’t ready to win in its current form.
The latter is likely the answer. The Giants made the same mistakes they’ve been making for years, playing just well enough to fall short.
“The...
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Last week against the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants second-year cornerback Deonte Banks displayed a lack of hustle when chasing down Eagles’ quarterback Jalen Hurts.
By admission, Banks gave up on the play, saying he could have made the tackle but chose not to. It was an incident worth some type of discipline but Banks ended up starting Monday’s game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
After a missed tackle on Steelers running back Najee Harris right before halftime, Daboll had seen enough. An exchange occurred on the sidelines afterward in which the coach told Banks that he was being replaced...
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The New York Giants (2-6) have opened as 3.5-point underdogs to their NFC East division rivals, the 6-2 Washington Commanders, for their upcoming Week 9 matchup this Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.
The over/under opened 43.5 total points and the moneyline is Commanders -185, Giants +150, per BetMGM.
It’s the 24th consecutive game that the Giants have been listed as an underdog — a continuing franchise record.
The Giants are coming off a frustrating 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football while the Commanders defeated the Chicago Bears at home, 18-15, on a last-second Hail Mary pass....
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