EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The little things often mean the difference between profit and loss. For the New York Giants, who lost to the Washington Commanders 27-22their who, in their 27-22 loss to the Washington Commanders, which was their fourth loss in a row and their fifth loss at home this season, the little things came back to bite the Giants again.
The blame is widespread, but one of the problems was a third straight game in which the Giants had a penalty that wiped a touchdown off the board, receivers running a yard short of the first-down marker, dropped passes, missed tackles and even heads down. eliminate coaching decisions.
It all added up to yet another disappointment for a Giants team whose season is now 2-7 and essentially over – caused by a lack of attention to detail, inconsistent play and sometimes questionable coaching decisions.
While many of the Giants lamented another missed opportunity, rookie cornerback Dru Phillips, who blew a tackle attempt on a 3rd-and-18 that helped set up Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin’s second touchdown, was beside himself in the locker room as he hit himself. on the plays he didn’t make.
“If I get that tackle on that third down, that’s not going to happen,” Phillips said. “I take it on the chin; I don’t care. I have to be better. I need to be better with my data. I have to grow up.”
Head coach Brian Daboll was asked about the failures on third-and-long plays that the defense gave up.
“I’m not going to go into the details, but we didn’t end up making them,” he said. “So that’s the hard part about it. Those are some big plays. But do not forgive: they made them, and we did not.”
Phillips, however, was more than willing to take the blame for what he did wrong, not only on the third-and-long he gave up, but also on McLAurin’s second touchdown, which initially looked like cornerback Deonte Banks was taking the blame had.
“We play a technique. I have to take the bottom. We need to call in McLaurin. Yes. I have to do that. That’s, that’s me. I have to be better for this team, for (Banks), for this organization.
Phillips, who became increasingly irritated as he spoke, said there was no excuse for botching that or any other assignment.
“I have to mature and take what we do, go through it and practice before the game. Because we’ve seen it. It’s nothing new that we haven’t seen. I have to play better,” he said.
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