New York Giants veteran huge receiver Darius Slayton is watching the prime of his profession slip away in one other misplaced season. He may have been traded on the deadline this October however wasn’t because the Giants actually didn’t have the will to take action.
As an alternative, Slayton is wallowing away on a Giants workforce that’s useless final within the NFL in scoring, has used 4 quarterbacks, and has issue shifting the soccer via the air.
The 27-year-old Slayton is wholesome and has made his share of performs this season, catching 37 of 65 targets for 520 yards and a landing, however he’s right here primarily to complement and tutor the workforce’s youthful wideouts equivalent to Malik Nabers, Wan’Dale Robinson and Jalin Hyatt.
Slayton might be a free agent after this season. It appears to be like like he’d to stick with the Giants however one must ask why. His 2019 draft mate, quarterback Daniel Jones, is gone, leaving simply him and Dexter Lawrence because the longest-tenured Giants.
On Sunday, the Giants have been trounced by the Baltimore Ravens, 35-14, at MetLife Stadium. It was their ninth straight defeat, tying the franchise file, final equaled in 2019.
Slayton has seen shedding in his six seasons with the Giants, however nothing like this. They’ve had just one successful season (2022) since he’s gotten right here. Because the starting of 2023, they’ve been a workforce in what seems to be an irreversible demise spiral.
After Sunday’s sport, he had the indignity of evaluating the present steak to the one in 2019.
“I imply from a streak, shedding, it’s considerably comparable, however I imply, very completely different workforce at the moment however I’d most likely say that our roster then isn’t what it’s now,” he stated. “So, yeah.”
In 2021, the Giants misplaced their final seven video games beneath head coach Joe Decide to complete out the season at 4-13. Slayton was round for that mess, too.
“2021 was its personal beast; that was its personal deal however yeah, I wouldn’t examine this yr to that yr,” he stated. “We simply had loads of different stuff occurring that yr that we don’t have essentially occurring now. We’re simply shedding. That’s the solely actual frequent denominator between the 2.”
Slayton doesn’t assume there might be wholesale adjustments this time like there have been again in 2021 when Decide was fired.
“I don’t see it occurring with this workers. It looks as if everyone might be right here,” he stated in a clip that the workforce edited out of their public transcript. “It simply doesn’t really feel like there’s going to be any adjustments made, which is okay”
Not everybody thinks that manner. This yr additionally comes with a fan revolt with planes flying banners over the stadium previous two video games demanding adjustments.
“I’ve not seen both aircraft, both this week or final week,” Slayton stated. “I imply, folks obtained money and time, that’s how they select to spend it, it on them.”
Followers count on higher and Slayton has been round lengthy sufficient to know that. He understands their ache as a result of he’s feeling it, too.
“I imply, everyone’s entitled to their very own opinion,” Slayton stated. “I perceive the followers’ perspective, the frustration and all that sort of factor. On the finish of the day, I believe now we have a proficient roster, I believe they’ve constructed a proficient roster right here and we simply must do a pair issues a bit of bit higher to get it again stepping into the correct route.”
Whether or not Slayton might be round when the Giants lastly get stepping into the correct route stays to be seen. He can most likely get more cash elsewhere and never must endure the shedding he’s seen for the higher a part of six years now.
