What we learned from Giants Week 11 loss: Mike…
There was a sense of newness as Mike Kafka made his debut as the interim head coach and Jameis Winston made his debut as the Giants’ beginning quarterback. That sense pale to the grim actuality that this crew finds a approach to lose just about every week. The shedding streak reached 5 video games and another fourth-quarter lead was blown with the Packers’ 27-20 victory at windy MetLife Stadium.
Here is a day-after look at what went down:
— Seeing Jaxson Dart on the sideline was jarring in that it was a reminder of how fragile this can all be. It was actually a good signal that Dart was in a position to get out on the sphere late last week as he strikes through concussion protocol. If he was having extreme symptoms, he would have remained inside, out of the solar and cold, and wouldn’t have been shifting around the best way he was, displaying no sick results from the earlier week, when he was compelled out of the 24-20 loss in Chicago after hitting his head on the ground following his fumble on a operating play. Winston was largely himself in his first sport for the Giants, throwing missiles that put on show his uncommon arm expertise. Throwing the ball with accuracy and mixing in some passes that might have — and in some circumstances ought to have — been intercepted. (*11*) Carrington Valentine goes to be kicking himself after reviewing the tape, because he ought to have collected two of them. There had been a lot of moments, though, when the pocket was getting sticky and you can envision Dart wriggling out of bother and making a play, with his arm or with his legs. Do the Giants rating more than 20 factors if Dart was in there? Probably. This is why it’s important that if he does return this week to face the Lions in Detroit, we see a more mature participant. A rookie wants to expertise it for himself and now Dart is aware of recklessly throwing his physique around isn’t the reply. It might decide up an further first down or prolong a play but the risk versus the reward must be calculated. Concussions are no joke. In the past, gamers often got here back one week after being identified. This season, only three gamers had been on the sphere the week after going into the protocol. The NFL isn’t dashing something anymore. Once somebody will get a concussion he’s more doubtless to get another. Dart wants to play the long sport right here.
— Kafka simply might have saved it in-house that rookie Abdul Carter broke a crew rule this past week. Kafka might have fined Carter and be carried out with it and no one exterior the power would have recognized a factor. Instead, Kafka determined to sit Carter for the first collection on protection, even though Kayvon Thibodeaux (shoulder injury) was lacking his first sport of the season and that Carter was in line to make only his second NFL start. Tomon Fox, with one earlier start in 4 years and only 16 snaps on protection this season, was on the sphere to open the sport and stayed on the market for your entire six-play first collection. Carter changed him on the next collection and performed the remaining 49 snaps on protection. Carter admitted “I made a mistake during the week that was detrimental to the crew’’ and added he was conscious there could be “penalties.’’ Kafka dealt with this the fitting approach. He didn’t make a big deal out of it, wouldn’t disclose what the infraction was — maybe Carter was late to a crew assembly? — and then praised Carter for “taking part in his butt off.’’ Moving ahead, holding gamers accountable ought to continue to be high on Kafka’s checklist.
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