Giants lose to the 49ers 34-24

"The Giants started off this game with an opening drive touchdown. Was I impressed? They even said it was the first time San Francisco had allowed a touchdown, by any opponent on their opening drive. Well that sounded real good as to where this game might be headed, but been there and done that before. If you're a Giants fan, it's hard to be fooled at this point in the season as to where things actually end up. As if to prove my point, the 49ers came right back with their own opening drive touchdown to tie the game at 7-7. Then they went on to add another touchdown and a field goal.
Meanwhile the Giants were off the field fast on all their turns. There was a glimmer of hope near the end of the half. With less than a minute left Brian Burns got to quarterback Mac Jones, and when the ball flew in the air, Abdul Carter grabbed it. The Giants had the ball at the San Francisco 27 yard line. There were only 33 seconds left, but having all their timeouts, Jaxson Dart's crew had a chance to maybe score a touchdown from this spot. Three plays later, they were still at that same spot, the 27-yard line. Graham Gano came in to kick a field goal and he missed.
This game was slip sliding away. As the song says, 'You know the nearer your destination (another loss), the more you're slip sliding away'. San Francisco started off the second half with a field goal, and that gave them a 20-7 lead. The Giants showed some life right after that. About midway through the third quarter, they had a first down at the Niners 9-yard line. They gained 6 yards, before Gano came in to kick a 22 yard field goal.
San Francisco scored first in the fourth quarter, and the Giants defense looked terrible. Jones started off with a 13-yard pass to one of his receivers, and then there were 8 straight running plays from Christian McCaffrey and Brian Robinson, that got them the next 63 yards they needed for a touchdown. The Giants offense wasn't quitting. Dart got off a big 24-yard pass to Darius Slayton, Devin Singletary had a nice 14-yard run, and Dart finished things off with a 6-yard touchdown run. With the score now at 27-17, the Giants needed the other units to step up, but they didn't.
The Niners were able to return the kickoff 41 yards. The next big blow was a 2-yard pass to McCaffrey that he took and ran with for 37 more. McCaffrey soon scored on a 3-yard touchdown run. With the score 34-17, the fans started slip sliding away again. Those who stayed got to see Dart throw a long 24-yard touchdown pass to Gunner Olszewski, who usually returns kicks. After a failed onside kick, the Niners ran the clock, to finish with a 34-24 win. It's hard to see the Giants lose a game with the defense giving up so many points."

"The Giants have to learn how to make use of the talent they have on hand. They failed with Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley, not able to get the best those players had to offer. Currently on the defensive side, they have Brian Burns, Abdul Carter, Kayvon Thibodeaux and Dexter Lawrence. Despite any pass rush, by the end of the first half in this game, backup quarterback Mac Jones, was able to complete all 14 of his passes to six different players, for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns. They did hit Jones for 2 sacks, and had a fumble recovery, but the Giants were losing 17-7.
They trailed by at least 10 points for the rest of the game, as no matter what their offense put up, San Francisco's offense matched it or did better. There were no more sacks on Jones, but after he missed on 5 of his first 8 passes in the third quarter, San Francisco switched the balance more over to their ground attack. That worked out well for them, as they added 24 more carries for 98 yards and two touchdowns by the end of the half.
When the defense did do their job, as they did late in the second quarter forcing a turnover, their counterparts didn't do theirs. The offense was set up at the San Francisco 27-yard line, and Tyrone Tracy ran the ball for no gain, and then couldn't connect on a short pass. Dart's throw to Theo Johnson was dropped, and Graham Gano's kick was wide left. Johnson had that one promising 15-yard touchdown in the first quarter, but finished the day catching 3 of 6 for 27 yards.
Wan'Dale Robinson was Dart's top target, and he pulled in 9 of 11 for 46 yards, but had one costly third down drop. Darius Slayton caught 5 of 7 for 62 yards, but couldn't hold onto a touchdown pass he caught when the defender shoved at it. Gunner Olszewski was targeted only once, and caught Dart's other touchdown pass. Cam Skattebo's not in the game anymore, and it was Devin Singletary who had the most carries, 8 for 43 yards. Tracy had one long 11 yard run, but his other 4 amounted to only 7 yards.
Dart was actually the leading rusher, taking off with the ball 8 times for 56 yards and 1 touchdown. The Giants are going to have to figure how to get their act together, and get the most of the players they have available. That falls on the coaches, and the players will have to execute better than what we've been seeing. Next up, the Giants travel to Chicago to take on the Bears."

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