Since the playoff game against the Panthers, particularly in the first half (I think they stopped the bleeding in the 2nd half, but it was too little too late).

I think it’s a strong possibility that a significant part of this game was the short-week/long-flight/high-altitude combination. They’re nowhere near as bad as they looked in that first half; I’m sure of that.

That was a terribly discouraging performance and I’m embarrassed for the Giants. One thing is certain, Eli is nothing like Peyton. They get the ball back with 5:05, down 20 points and run a play about once every 25 seconds. Never during the game did they look like they wanted to even play, much less win. I’m a hard core fan and can usually think of something positive, but I am absolutely at a loss tonight. They didn’t return a kickoff, had what, nine yards of offense in the first half, and it looked like the defense was slogging through molasses. Correction, the whole team looked like it was slogging through molasses. There was no energy. No effort. When was the last time Eli was sacked so many times in a game? Fumbles, interceptions….. and running Jacobs around the outside is like taking a bulldozer to the racetrack. It doesn’t belong there. I’m afraid the season is over.

Can someone Please tell me what the **** happened here…. This is the worst I’ve seen a Giants Team play since Coughlin took over. Defense could not have played any worse had they intended to throw the game . The Offensive line looked like a bunch of old ladies. This team has more talent (supposedly) then last year, yet how could they look this bad..I;m grateful I had a room full of relatives otherwise I probably would have thrown something at the TV. It was embarrassing to watch.

I’m done with him. The D is terrible and the biggest difference is the DC. Sure we have some injuries, but we just got alot of guys back. His scheme isn’t working and the players have no faith in him since he wanted to be in the booth and Osi walked out on him

Mr softee .

I am speechless !!! I never see a Giants team get whip like that by a mediocre team in all facet of the game . It was like hot KNIVES going through butter offensively ,defensively and special team .

Seriously. Is there anything this team does well right now? Besides watching the other team score, that is. Brandon Jacobs is running like he’s scared to get hit, the defense can’t get off the field, and none of the skill positions seem interested in making a play. I see a lot of people have questions about Sheridan’s play calling; no debate here. Gilbride’s needs some examination too. This is a team that should have won the SB last year, but for whatever reason let it slip away, and now this season is looking like a lost cause as well.

I was at this game tonight. It was embarrassing from the opening series. No passion on either side of the ball, nothing different, nothing interesting, just more of the same and I will not make Sheridan my scapegoat although he clearly is overmatched as a DC and I will not make Gilbride my scapegoat as he clearly should not be the OC for this team with this collection of players at this time. I will not scapegoat anyone. Rather I will repeat my call for this to be Tom Coughlin’s last year as HC and that he takes his 2 coordinators with him into exile. Someone must be accountable and as the Head Coach ultimately responsible for signing off on the offensive and defensive game plans, as the Head Coach responsible for the game by game improvement of this team and the motivation of this team and the preparation of this team, all of which we are sorely lacking in, COUGHLIN MUST GO. This team needs a Bill Cowher, this team needs someone who is not Tom Coughlin, he of the red face and the disapproving parent look and the clear inability to change and make this team better. There are huge problems – but the biggest to me is the marked inability to change, to be interesting, to be less thsan predictable. TC is the head coach is charge of not changing. Let’s start changing from the top and at the end of the year bring in a new HC and his 2 new coordinators. That’s the first step.

For weeks I’ve been writing that since Plax shot himself TC has not changed the basic approach to the game and we have suffered as a result. So yes, he has proven that he has the “inability to change this team”. As for this comment – “Coughlin must stay.
If he can’t right this ship, no one can…that’s just a fact.” Yes, clearly that is a FACT. In what universe is that a fact?! No other coach, no other human, only TC. Okay, guess he’s our coach for life. And as for your second point – “And why on earth would you take Cowher over Coughlin? It took him twice as long to win a SB in Pittsburgh than it did for Tom to win one here…that’s just rubbish.” By your logic expressed there, George Seifert is the greatest coach in NFL history since he won in his first or second year. Yes, you’re right, “rubbish”. Enjoy the slow,maybe not so slow descent into mediocrity, overseen by your beloved Tom Coughlin. He must go and he must take his 2 coordinators with him. And if not Cowher, the next Cowher. Somehow Pittsburgh found one. Surely we can.

Last season we were sitting at 10-1. From week 8 through 12 we dominated and dismantled some pretty good team. Steelers eventual SB champs, Eagle NFC conference champ losers, Raverns AFC conferernce champ losers and Cards SB losers. Since then we are 7-9. If we eliminate 4 wins this season vs some pretty bad team. Skins, Bucs, Raiders and Chiefs we are 3-9 our last 12. Are the Giants this bad?

Does anyone think a 3-9 team can suddenly turn around their season and make the playoffs? From what I’ve witnessed the last 6 games I just cannot see this team reaching the playoffs.

As a longtime Giants fan I am not that surprised at what happened in Denver… this team has shown it’s true colors for weeks now. Ok, and I don’t want to hear any ’ it’s not time to panic’ talk, that is so lame and ignores the obvious. To me, the problems are multiple and no ‘quick fix’ can put humpty-dumpty back together again… this year. So let’s start with the coaches, shake up something now so it is understood that the organization recognizes that this 2009-2010 Giants team is not a playoff caliber team, let alone a Super Bowl contender. Start with this poor excuse of a defensive coordinator,
who as defensive coordinators go is truly offensive. Time for some rebuilding, I am thinking of a headline from the sports page during the Ray Handley era (error) ,,,, it said ‘Big Blue Doesn’t Have a Clue’. Well here we go again.

By the way, reading the postings and comments from Giants fans on this site I am very proud of how these fans are so knowledgable …. they know exactly what the deal is. Best football fans in the world,

Let’s face it..Every player on this team spends all week talking the walk and come game time they are not walking the talk..To the man on both sides of the ball they stunk up the joint..I have been saying all along that I can’t believe with all the talent we have that they can perform so poorly..I’m re-thinking the ‘talent’ part..I don’t think we are as good as we thought..That piss-poor showing tonight proves it..The only guy that showed any emotion was Osi..and he also stunk..they were a total embarrassment ..and that includes the coaching staff..Coughlin is a great football coach, but he needs to get his staff in order because they suck across the board..They should have invited that little twirp McDaniels to their sidelines to feed our guys a little: “We just trying to win a M-fing game” speech like they played back on the NFL network screaming at his players..This team is going nowhere..Every player and coach should hang their head in shame..I was so stunned I couldn’t even utter a curse, I just sat there and watched us get spanked..Tommorrow we’ll all hear the same old bullshit from players and coaches and they’ll go back out and lose miserably..Let’s face it our team is nothing more than a bunch of under achieving bullshit artists.

We need some toughness , we are just an all around soft team . Either we change our training scheme or our play calling scheme or our coaching staff or our players .Also I don’t see how we are going to deal with Dallas because they are way more physical than the Broncos .Now I know we are going to be sick after the Cowboys game.

The Giants ran the ball and Eli stood and watched – it was easy – low risk football…… until the other teams figured it out and stopped the run; since then the Giants are not very good, as Eli is a ‘manager’ not an elite QB. When they challenge you to throw the ball to win, you have to find a way to do it. Perhaps copy some of the better offensive teams passing plays? Let’s face it: in 2007 the Giants needed a miracle win in Buffalo (running for 200+ yards in the snow) coming from 14-0 down just to get into the playoffs, and then had one of the more improbable playoff runs in history. They were a medicre team (on a roll) then and they are now. Eli’s career QB rating is in the 70s……if that isn’t mediocrity, then what is??? He will be a one-and-done SB winner, like Dilfer and Brad Johnson………. a ‘manager’ on a team with a great “D” on a roll.

We’d be a lot better off with a playmaker like Merriman……………… and then we’d also have a better QB in Rivers. Accorsi sold us out years ago by making the Eli trade. Big mistake………HUGE!

Last year we had an unjured Tuck , without Osi , and a bunch of squad B free agent and we were putting a lot more pressure on oposing quaterbacks ,that means something is wrong with this new coordinator …

The situations on defense, offense and coaching point to a wonderful opportunity — systematic rebuilding of the Giants during the next couple of years! We could get running backs who actually run! Linemen who can block and tackle! I’m getting excited just thinking about it!

But, alas, we may have to weather an experience similar to those of 49er fans during the past decade: a once great team in many sided decline.

When will we see this guy, he’s a mammoth with great hands, he was the talk of the pre season, will it really hurt the team to get him out there?

been working with him after practice on the helmet catch. Thing is, his hands are so big they don’t have the kind of digital dexterity (like Tyree’s) to make it on a consistent basis. It’s a shame KG doesm’t get the credit he deserves for coming up with that play. Pure genius. I’ve heard TC refuses to use it until the next Giants’ appearance in a SB. It really won’t work if the other team is expecting it and has the right D set up.

Let’s be Frank here,… all the above are at fault and it starts like this, Coughlin got a free pass for us winning a Super Bowl 2 years ago but most of all his football knowledge is not keeping up with how the NFL is evolving. His know-how is just as old as he is. Same thing with old man Gilbride, and old ‘thinking’ Sheridan. The entire coaching staff has a lack of motivation, thus the players have a lack of motivation. These morons had no answer for a hybrid 1-5-5 defensive scheme that rushed 3 at times and droped back eight and completely dominated our offense. I guess Coughlin already got his retirement savings ready so, he could care less. Gilbride was never good at adapting to anything new that has been displayed on the field by opposing defenses, so I can’t blame Eli for looking like a deer in headlights when he sees it in a game. Sheridan is a lame duck DC who is not very innovative with our defensive schemes either. Lastly, the whole attitude and body language of our players collectively,( excluding Terrel Thomas, who is to me the only one ever makes any big plays for the D-fense) is of failure. They just aren’t hungry enough, to win. They play soft, (especially our aging offensive line) stupid, and tired. Hate to say it folks, the players who did get the big bucks in the offseason aren’t worth but a few hundred dollars of it.( Eli and Brandon Jacobs) Jerry Resse definitely over looked our paper thin depth in our secondary and failed to bring in any free agents such as a Brian Dawkins that could’ve helped our D-fense out a little. With Dallas, Philly, and even Minnesota in three of the last five games, I barely see us winning one of these last five the way the Giants have been playing. Sorry my Big Blue faithful, time to stick a fork in us, this season is a WRAP!!!!