The New York Giants have been embarrassed by the Philadelphia Eagles, 28-3, at residence on Sunday afternoon however what might have been probably the most embarrassing second was when cornerback Deonte Banks backed off on tackling Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Hurts took off out of the pocket on the primary play of the fourth quarter and zipped up the proper sideline. Banks was bearing down on Hurts however appeared to deliberately whiff as Hurts went on to achieve extra yards earlier than going out of bounds.
Defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson, who publicly referred to as out Banks for an absence of hustle earlier this season, screamed on the younger cornerback from the sideline.
Two different occasions on the identical drive, Banks appeared to draw back from participating on a play.
Head coach Brian Daboll was questioned about Banks’ effort after the sport however had little to supply.
“We’ll check out all that stuff and no matter we have to tackle, we’ll tackle. However, the fellows are placing effort into it each week. We’re simply, sadly, not getting the outcomes and it’s a outcomes enterprise,” he informed reporters.
When it was steered that Banks’ actions wanted to be addressed in the intervening time on the sidelines.
“I’m not going to get into the sideline or teaching a part of it. However, none of it was adequate in the present day,” Daboll mentioned. “I’ll depart it at that.”
Dropping has begun to seep into the psyche of this staff. There could also be little or no Daboll can do at this level to show issues round. However that received’t stop him from attempting.
“Nobody was joyful concerning the consequence,” mentioned Daboll. “I feel we’ve got a robust group. You might want to have a robust group on this league. There’s plenty of ups and downs. Sadly, we’ve had extra downs. However, our guys will come again. We’ll regroup and we’ll do every part we presumably can do, like we do every week, to be at our greatest on Monday night time.”
The Giants at the moment are 2-5 on the season. In the event that they lose to the Steelers subsequent Monday night time in Pittsburgh and drop to 2-6, it will likely be the seventh time up to now eight years that they are going to start the season with two or fewer wins on the midway mark.
Having gamers stop in performs definitely doesn’t assist — not in outcomes or in optics. Maybe some self-discipline is so as.
