Foxboro – Giants there was no need to worry about losing the edge on this one.
Joe Schon's pathetic team, led by an interim head coach, an interim offensive coordinator and an interim defensive coordinator, embarrassed the team in Boston's 33-15 Monday Night Football massacre of the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
Rookie quarterback Jackson Dart, in his first game back from a concussion, was transported into another dimension during an early rush to the sideline by Patriots linebacker Christian Ellis.
That set the tone for a historic seventh-loss loss for the Giants at Shawn's annual farewell press conference on Tuesday – if he's still the general manager by then.
Turns out there's nothing worse than blowing five double-digit leads like the Giants did when Bowen was DC.
The Giants (2-11), in their first game since firing defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, scored 30 points in the first half and had a nuclear 269-yard rush before halftime, with outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen taking over as interim.
The Patriots' 30 points, including Marcus Jones' 94-yard punt return for a touchdown, were the most points scored by a Giants team in the first half since the final game of the 2009 season, a stretch of 256 regular-season games.
The humiliation did not end there.
Kicker Youngho Koo slammed his right foot into the grass while attempting a field goal in the second quarter and didn't even swing his leg to try to kick when punter Jamie Gillan was hit.
Rookie rusher Abdul Carter remained on the bench. for the entire first quarter for being late for a meeting—his second disciplinary action in three weeks.
Interim head coach Mike Kafka waved the white flag at 27-7 with 1:13 remaining in the 2nd quarter and a 4th-and-1 at the Giants' own 35-yard punting line.
Patriots MVP candidate Drake May completed 24 of 31 passes for 282 yards, two touchdowns and a 126.0 passer rating. Seven different Patriots receivers had at least three catches.
Edge rusher Brian Burns sat alone on the bench for a long time after the rest of his team headed to the visiting locker room at halftime. It was easy to see why:
It's a despicable product – for a national network like ESPN that has to televise it, and for the fans that have to watch it.
How can the Giants organization allow Sean to move forward with the search for Brian Daboll's replacement in good conscience?
The Giants are 0-8 on the road this season. They extended their franchise-record losing streak to 13 straight games, dating back to an Oct. 6, 2024 win in Seattle.
Last season, they set a new franchise record by losing 10 straight games overall.
Sean now has a 3-22 (.120) record in his last 25 Giants games, a 5-25 (.166) record in his last 30 games, a 5-17-1 (.217) record against NFC East opponents, a 2-14-0 (.125) record against the Eagles and Cowboys, and an overall record of 20-43-1 (.313). in four regular games. seasons.
Shawn's Giants became the first NFL team to be officially eliminated from the playoffs for the second straight season after losing last week in Detroit.
And they were a laughing stock on Monday night. Again.
The Giants organization should have higher expectations than that.
There is only one thing left to do: fire Sean and search for a completely new regime that will lead them into the future.
Because the team that played Monday night didn't even belong to an NFL stadium.
