Before there was Travis Kelce and the incandescent Taylor Swift, there was a young country singer named Taylor Swift and a veteran quarterback named … Kerry Collins.
Andrew Thomas and Daniel Jones are in Year 1 of multi-season contract extensions. Saquon Barkley, as detailed time and again, is playing on a one-year deal. The New York Giants are 1-4, their season sinking fast.
Four games into the first season after restoring pride to fans by ending a decade-long playoff victory drought, the New York Giants look a lot like the franchise that owned a share of the NFL’s worst record over the five-season period from 2017-21.
Playing at night, in prime time, on national television is not where the New York Giants do their best work. Two of their first three games were evening affairs. And look what comes next: a “Monday Night Football’’ meeting with the Seahawks at MetLife Stadium.
Zero sacks and zero takeaways on 115 defensive snaps would be an unacceptable lack of productivity for any NFL defense, but it is especially alarming for the Giants. Coordinator Wink Martindale's scheme is designed to create chaos by pressuring quarterbacks into making bad decisions.