Giants defense uncharacteristically folds when needed most

These are words you probably didn’t expect to hear coming out of the latest Giants loss at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.

“The offense played well enough for us to win. They gave us a chance to win and we didn’t take advantage of it. The defense just got beat up today.”

The author of those spot-on, honest words was Dexter Lawrence, the Giants defensive tackle, captain and best player, after the Giants lost 27-22 to the Commanders to fall to 2-7.

Jayden Daniels runs with the ball during the Commanders' win over the Giants on Nov. 3, 2024.
Jayden Daniels runs with the ball during the Commanders’ win over the Giants on Nov. 3, 2024.Bill Kostroun/New York Post

You want to beat up on Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, the fans’ favorite piñata, for this loss?

You want to point to the fact that Jones somehow had zero yards pᴀssing in the first half despite completing four pᴀsses, including one for a touchdown?

You want to point to the Giants’ inexplicable and unfathomable offensive inepтιтude in their own stadium this season, entering Sunday having produced exactly one offensive touchdown at MetLife in four games there — and 31 total points?

Go ahead, but those anemic numbers were irrelevant to Sunday’s result, a fourth consecutive loss for the Giants overall and their fifth loss in five 2024 home games.

The Giants defense lost this game.

Washington (now 7-2) punted just twice in the game, which ended with Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels kneeling three consecutive times once they got to the Giants 1-yard line with 1:37 remaining in the game and the Giants out of timeouts.

So, those 27 Washington points could easily have been 34 or 30 had it not been for the compᴀssion of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn to call off his dogs at the end.

Every time the Giants offense gave the team some life, their defense would quickly yield soul-crushing plays and suck the life out of the team and the stadium.

“[We] gave up some big plays there, right before the two-minute [warning] at the end of the half,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said. “Those are game-changing plays that we need to make.”

The end of the first half is where this mess really started.

Noah Brown makes a catch during the Commanders' win over the Giants on Nov. 3, 2024.
Noah Brown makes a catch during the Commanders’ win over the Giants on Nov. 3, 2024.Bill Kostroun/New York Post

The Giants, trailing 14-7, allowed Daniels to complete a 31-yard pᴀss to receiver Noah Brown, whom neither Giants corner Nick McCloud nor safety Jason Pinnock were able to cover or get down before damage was done.

First down Commanders on the Giants 44.

“You can’t [give up] that many explosives,” Pinnock said.

Moments later, on third-and-18 from the Giants 42, Daniels hit receiver Dyami Brown for 24 yards with nickel back Dru Phillips not within an area code of covering him. Brown got 20 extra yards from the point Phillips first tried to tackle him.

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