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Giants Week 16 report card: We’ve seen sufficient of this sorry lot

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Grading the Giants’ 34-7 loss to the Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sunday:

Offense

Acquired any extra quarterbacks to trot on the market? We’ve seen sufficient of this sorry lot.

Drew Lock (22 of 39, 210 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs) is a turnover ready to occur, with two extra pick-six interceptions and a misplaced fumble.

Drew Lock looks to pass during the Giants-Falcons game on Dec. 22, 2024.

Drew Lock seems to cross in the course of the Giants-Falcons sport on Dec. 22, 2024. Getty Photographs

The road, at instances, invited jail breaks for the Falcons, as Lock was on the run and sacked 3 times.

Malik Nabers (7 rec., 62 yards) has to cease with these unlawful shift penalties. He set the group rookie report for receptions in a season, so that’s one thing, proper?

Large job by rookie Tyrone Tracy making a leaping seize behind the tip zone for a TD to start out the second quarter.

RT Evan Neal had three false-start penalties, and he and Greg Van Roten received run over on the proper facet of the road on the second pick-six, inflicting a deflected cross.

C John Michael Schmitz had a late holding penalty. A holding penalty on Wan’Dale Robinson within the closing minutes referred to as again a Tracy TD run. Solely 234 complete yards and 14 first downs. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

Grade: F

Protection

This unit put up a battle early however received worn down and couldn’t get to rookie QB Michael Penix Jr. to make him really feel uncomfortable in his first NFL begin.

Penix (18 of 27, 202 yards, 1 INT) didn’t should do a lot.

Michael Penix looks to pass during the Falcons-Giants game on Dec. 22, 2024.

Michael Penix seems to cross in the course of the Falcons-Giants sport on Dec. 22, 2024. USA TODAY Sports activities through Reuters Con

CB Deonte Banks returned after lacking three video games and on the primary play had a cross breakup on Ray-Ray McCloud.

Banks was as much as his outdated methods with a 30-yard cross interference penalty for mugging Darnell Mooney.

Kayvon Thibodeaux confirmed some burst chasing down Penix from behind for a 1-yard acquire to drive a punt. CB Dru Phillips confirmed his power hauling down Bijan Robinson after a catch for a 4-yard loss.


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Boogie Basham stopped Tyler Allgeier for a 1-yard loss.

Brian Burns had a deal with of Robinson for a 2-yard loss. CB Cor’Dale Flott was alert with a goal-line interception late within the second quarter after Dane Belton separated the ball from TE Kyle Pitts.

Robinson (22-94, 2 TDs) received his yards, however needed to work for many of them. Falcons went 8 of 14 on third down.

Grade: D

Particular groups

Jamie Gillan’s first punt sailed 51 yards for a good catch on the Atlanta 10-yard line.

He had a 46-yarder that put the Falcons again on their 14. Was his 21-yard punt within the fourth quarter partially deflected?

If not, it was a mishit. Eric Grey had a 37-yard kickoff return late within the second quarter.

Grade: B

Brian Daboll looks on during the Giants-Falcons game on Dec. 22, 2024.

Brian Daboll seems on in the course of the Giants-Falcons sport on Dec. 22, 2024. USA TODAY Sports activities through Reuters Con

Teaching

Brian Daboll seemed like he was going to blow a gasket after a delay of sport penalty within the second quarter and once more after Lock’s first pick-six.

Daboll desires to name for passes however he did that too usually early within the sport.

It’s Drew Lock on the market, not Josh Allen.

Shane Bowen received his three prime cornerbacks again and they didn’t get beat deep however the protection stays too gentle at instances.

Strain on Penix (zero sacks) was minimal.

Grade: F

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