Big Blue View - Redskins 20, Giants 14: Sleep-walking Giants lose game, NFC East leadYour place for year-round New York Giants discussion and informationhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47371/bigblueview_fave.png2015-11-29T19:21:42-05:00http://www.bigblueview.com/rss/stream/95775092015-11-29T19:21:42-05:002015-11-29T19:21:42-05:00Ten things we learned in Giants' loss to Redskins
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<p>Ten things from Sunday's loss to the Redskins.</p> <p>Thanks to the incompetence and mediocrity all around them, the NFC East was gift-wrapped and laid at the feet of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> on Sunday. Rather that accept the gift, the Giants stamped it "Return to Sender." Like they have so many other opportunities this season, rather than pick up this gift the Giants kicked it away. Or dropped it. Or ran screaming from it as though it were a grenade, losing to the Washington Redskins, 20-14.</p>
<p>Then again, those actions would have required waking up long enough to even realize there was someone at the door. The Giants slumbered through a game that, realistically, was their best chance to win the division title this season. As though they didn't recognize the game's importance. Or, simply couldn't be bothered to pull off the wrapping paper and open their gift.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9815270/giants-14-redskins-20-post-game-quotebook-locker-room-reaction" target="_blank">Giants players said they were "flat,</a>" had "bye-week hangover," or that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins">Redskins</a> "wanted it more badly."</p>
<p>If the Giants miss the playoffs for a fourth straight year, the odds of which increased greatly with Sunday's loss, it could well bring an end to Tom Coughlin's sometimes glorious run as the team's head coach. If that happens, it won't be because of clock management, the Giants' run-pass ratio, or which players play too much, or not enough. It will be because of days like Sunday when there is simply no way to explain how poorly the Giants played until it was too late.</p>
<p>Coughlin is great in crisis. His players love and respect him. The organization loves and respects him. Too often in recent years, though, the Giants have played their worst when it mattered the most. Sunday's game and the Week 6 debacle against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/">Philadelphia Eagles</a> this season come to mind. We just hear "we were flat" or "the other guys wanted it more" from the Giants too often. Whatever you think of Coughlin -- and long-time BBV readers know how I feel -- that gets laid at the feet of the coach.</p>
<p>That sort of inexplicable inconsistency and inability to play your best when it matters most from a team whose coach craves those things is what could be Coughlin's undoing. He can't seem to get the players to care as much as he does.</p>
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<h5>Jerry Reese deserves a lot of the blame, too</h5>
<p>It's pretty hard to fault a general manager when a team with four starting offensive linemen missing (if you count <span>Will Beatty</span>) struggles to block anyone. Yes, Jerry Reese drafted Odell Beckham. Yes, he signed <span>Dwayne Harris</span> and <span>Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie</span> and made a trade for Brad Wing. Yes, injuries have hurt the Giants -- like they always do. There is still mediocre talent and too many holes on this roster, and that falls at the feet of the GM.</p>
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<li><span>Reese told us all offseason that he wanted to be prepared if <span>Victor Cruz</span> was unable to return. The Giants added Harris, but the frustratingly inconsistent <span>Rueben Randle</span> is still the No. 2 wide receiver, and that's not good enough. Odell Beckham Jr., needs help, and he really doesn't have it.</span></li>
<li><span>Reese has insisted for years that <span>Jayron Hosley</span> is an NFL-caliber cornerback. <span>DeSean Jackson</span> showed you again that he's not. </span></li>
<li><span>The Giants are trying to get by with try-hard veterans <span>Brandon Meriweather</span> and <span>Craig Dahl</span> playing nearly full-time. It's debatable that either guy should be in the league.</span></li>
<li><span>There just aren't any difference-makers on defense. There probably isn't a single player on defense that any offensive coordinator fears, including Jason Pierre-Paul. On offense, same story aside from Beckham. It can't be a good thing when <span>Will Tye</span>, a kid who played for Stony Brook last season, is your second-best receiving option.</span></li>
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<p>Yes, the Giants would be in better shape if injuries hadn't robbed them of several key players. Still, the Giants are continuing to pay dearly for personnel mistakes that have to be owned by the general manager.</p>
<h5>Rueben Randle, sense of urgency don't go together</h5>
<p>Rueben Randle is one of the most talented wide receivers you will ever see. He has all of the physical gifts to be great. A two-play sequence in the third quarter Sunday showed why he will be good, but never great. <span>Eli Manning</span> went to Randle on back-to-back plays in the third quarter with the Giants trailing, 17-0, and inside the Redskins' 10-yard line.</p>
<p>On the first throw Randle made a half-hearted effort , allowing the pass to be tipped and nearly intercepted. On the second play, Randle ran a horrible, looping, lazy crossing route that turned into an interception when Washington cornerback <span>Quinton Dunbar</span> to cut underneath and pick the ball off. That killed an opportunity for the Giants to get back into a game they desperately needed to win. The ball wasn't perfectly thrown, but Dunbar has no chance if Randle runs a crisp route that doesn't allow the cornerback to get underneath him.</p>
<p>Randle later caught a 40-yard touchdown on fourth-and-16, thanks mostly to the Redskins not bothering to cover him.</p>
<p>Randle can be a free agent after this season. As talented as he can be, how do the Giants justify giving a player who can't give all-out effort in the season's most important game a new contract?</p>
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<h5>DeSean Jackson is still a Giant-killer</h5>
<p>The name DeSean Jackson gives Giants fans nightmares, and he reminded them why Sunday in the second quarter. With Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie sidelined temporarily with an ankle injury the Redskins smartly recognized that Jayron Hosley is no match for Jackson. They attacked. Jackson ran right by the helpless duo of Hosley and Brandon Meriweather, and subjected the Giants to his classless backpedaling across the 1-yard line celebration.</p>
<h5>The Giants still can't cover the tight end</h5>
<p>One stop, one play and the Giants would force a punt and get the ball back to Manning with roughly three minutes left and a chance for a miracle victory. One play and the Redskins could seal the Giants' fate and grab first place in the division.</p>
<p>Washington knew where to go. Facing third-and-5 from their 28-yard line with 3:29 to play and trying to protect a six-point lead, <span>Kirk Cousins</span> found tight end <span>Jordan Reed</span> across the middle for a back-breaking 20-yard gain. Dahl was no match, and after the completion the Giants had no real chance.</p>
<p>Reed caught eight passes for 98 yards, again highlighting the Giants' inability to cover tight ends.</p>
<h5>The Giants can still win the division</h5>
<p>The way things are going, 8-8 might win the NFC East. The Giants' schedule is as follows:</p>
<p>vs. <a href="https://www.ganggreennation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Jets</a>; @<a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Miami Dolphins</a>; vs. <a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Carolina Panthers</a>; @ <a href="https://www.dailynorseman.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Minnesota Vikings</a>; vs. Eagles to finish the season.</p>
<p>The Redskins' schedule is as follows:</p>
<p>vs. <a href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dallas Cowboys</a>; @ <a href="https://www.windycitygridiron.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Chicago Bears</a>; vs. <a href="https://www.buffalorumblings.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Buffalo Bills</a>' @ Eagles; @Cowboys</p>
<p>Who knows what might happen? Shoot, the Eagles might end up winning the thing.</p>
<h5>Running back committee has to be pared down</h5>
<p>OK, so using Sunday's game as the reason for this isn't the best way to make the case. The Giants ran the ball only 13 times for 33 yards on Sunday, but with the injury-ravaged offensive line it's hard to blame the backs. Still, splitting time between four backs just isn't working. I continue to believe that <span>Andre Williams</span>, the least versatile of the four backs, should be the odd man out. And I continue to believe that <span>Orleans Darkwa</span>, the guy with the thinnest resume and the fewst opportunities, is the best Giants' back.</p>
<h5>Geoff Schwartz's Giants' career may be over</h5>
<p><a href="http://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9814666/geoff-schwartz-injury-fractured-leg-for-giants-offensive-lineman/in/9577509" target="_blank">Schwartz tried to sound optimistic</a> after suffering a fractured leg on Sunday, but it's very possible that the veteran offensive lineman has taken his final snap as a Giant. The guaranteed portion ($5.7 million) of his four-year, $16.8 million contract has been paid. You have to think the Giants will find someone younger, and healthier, to fill that spot next season. Incidentally, rookie <span>Bobby Hart</span> appeared to hold up fairly well on Sunday.</p>
<h5>Odell Beckham is pretty good</h5>
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<h5>Season on the line vs. Jets</h5>
<p>The Giants seem to keep running up against these games where you think the season is on the line. Well, it just might be next Sunday at MetLife Stadium against the New York Jets. You do, of course, remember the last time the Giants faced the Jets in the regular season, right? That, too, was a late-season must-win game for the Giants.</p>
<p>Can deja vu happen all over again?</p>
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<p>See how the Giants reacted after a crushing loss to the Washington Redskins.</p> <p>It's never easy for the <a href="https://www.bigblueview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Giants</a>. After a Thanksgiving in which the <a href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Dallas Cowboys</a> and the <a href="https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Philadelphia Eagles</a> were blown out, the Giants were in prime position to take control of the division. Instead, sloppy play has led to a 20-14 <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins" class="sbn-auto-link">Washington Redskins</a> victory and the loss of first place for the Giants due to tiebreakers. Here's how the players reacted to the loss.</p>
<h5><b><span>Eli Manning</span> on offensive struggles</b></h5>
<p>The Giants looked so porous on offense against a mediocre defense for the vast majority of the game. The fourth quarter saw some changes but it came too little, too late. Manning explains why the offense looked so flat in the beginning of the game.</p>
<p>"In the first half, we just didn't win our one-on-one matchups," Manning said. "We just weren't completing the ball. They were playing a good bit of man to man coverage and you know we took some shots down the field, a number of shots down the field, figured we'd hit some of those and we didn't hit any."</p>
<p>A major problem for the offense is the loss of the entire interior line as <span>Geoff Schwartz</span> was hurt with a broken leg. <span>Justin Pugh</span> and <span>Weston Richburg</span> were already hurt to begin with and it proved to be a weakness on offense. Manning however only credited his makeshift offensive line.</p>
<p>"I thought the offensive line played tough," Manning said. But, going against a good front with Washington, that's one of their strengths and had some guys filling in. But guys stepped up, and competed and gave us a shot there to get back in the game so I don't think that was the problem. I think we just, from the offense, I think we didn't complete enough passes and get into a good rhythm."</p>
<h5><b> Odell Beckham Jr: "We came out flat" </b></h5>
<p>The theme of the the 2015 Giants are the collapses that have plagued them in the fourth quarter. In this game, the Giants were the opposite. They were awful for the first three quarters of the game and finding life in the fourth quarter, especially thanks to a beautiful catch by Odell Beckham Jr. Unfortunately it was too late.</p>
<p>"It's not good. We came out flat," Beckham said. Even though he made another highlight worthy catch in the end zone, Beckham isn't satisfied. "The catch doesn't mean much because of the loss."</p>
<p>The one simple truth is this, the Giants are a mediocre team with a losing record. "We're 5-6 for a reason," Beckham said.</p>
<h5><b> More Giants reactions</b></h5>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span>Prince Amukamara</span>: "The first half it looked like a bye week hangover."</p>
— Paul Schwartz (@NYPost_Schwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Schwartz/status/671087089119862784">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">JPP: "We waited til the 4th Q to really start playing. By then it was over." Added that "effort" was the difference. "They wanted it more."</p>
— Kimberly Jones (@KimJonesSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimJonesSports/status/671086019551232001">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank you for the kind words and well wishes. Can't believe this happened again. I'll battle to get back asap, just like before.</p>
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/geoffschwartz/status/671086390201991168">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">JPP on the Giants defense: "Terrible. As a unit. We had the chance to seal the deal and we didn’t get the job done.’’</p>
— Paul Schwartz (@NYPost_Schwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Schwartz/status/671094550530818048">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">JPP: "They wanted it more badly. As a group we didn’t play well at all, special teams, offense, or defense. You see the outcome.’’</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">DT Cullen Jenkins: "We came out flat. This wasn’t the game for that. This has to be where we come out and play the best game of the year."</p>
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoNYDN) <a href="https://twitter.com/RVacchianoNYDN/status/671090933220421634">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Devon Kennard: "We had an opportunity today to really grab hold of the division and we didn't do that.''</p>
— Paul Schwartz (@NYPost_Schwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Schwartz/status/671090120464969728">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: Tom Coughlin's Postgame Reactions following Sunday's loss in Washington <a href="https://t.co/f2pDEYC6Xv">https://t.co/f2pDEYC6Xv</a></p>
— <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> (@Giants) <a href="https://twitter.com/Giants/status/671081502139002882">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p>Having<a href="http://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9813856/giants-redskins-final-score-recap-redskins-20-giants-14-nfc-east-nfl-playoff-picture" target="_blank"> watched his team fall</a> to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins">Washington Redskins</a>, 20-14, on Sunday, blowing a chance to take control of the NFC East, New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin reminded that the Giants still have an opportunity to win the division.</p>
<p>"We've got five games to go. If we can get back winning. Again, it's up to us," Coughlin said. "We can be (a playoff team) but we certainly have to continue to put ourselves in that position. This is one you can look at and say shoulda, coulda, woulda all day long."</p>
<p>Coughlin, of course, understands the opportunity his team missed on Sunday.</p>
<p>"We came in here knowing full well what all the circumstances were," Coughlin said. "Had we had a little more time in this one might have been a different story."</p>
<p>The Giants trailed 20-0 before making a late rally.</p>
<p>"I just didn't think we played well, we sleep-walked, whatever the word is," Coughlin said. "We didn't function well early on.</p>
<p>"I thought we would play well. We had some issues, there's no doubt. We just started in such a poor fashion."</p>
<p>Coughlin did commend his players for fighting back.</p>
<p>"I gave the players credit for the way they came back in the fourth quarter," Coughlin said. "You're in it to win obviously, and we didn't. We certainly did make a run at the end."</p>
<p>If they are going to reach the playoffs, the Giants will now have to make a run over the final five games.</p>
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<div class="description"><p><p>It may have been a losing effort but Odell Beckham really handled the bulk of the work for The Giants and did it well.</p></p></div>
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<p>The Giants lose to the Redskins, and lose control of the NFC East.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.bigblueview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Giants</a> entered Sunday hoping to take control of the NFC East. The Giants ended the day having ceded that control, to the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins" class="sbn-auto-link">Washington Redskins</a>. The Giants and Redskins are tied atop the division at 5-6 after Washington's 20-14 victory, but the Redskins have the tie-breaker advantage. The Redskins have a 2-1 division record, to 2-3 for the Giants.</p>
<p>The Giants still have five games left to get this right, and a good chance to emerge with the division title. They looked like anything but a playoff team, however, for most of the day on Sunday.</p>
<p>All season long, the Giants' biggest issue has been finishing games. Sunday, though, they couldn't get started until it was far too late. The Giants fell behind, 17-0, at the half -- including giving up a 63-yard touchdown to Giant-killer DeSean Jackson. They missed an opportunity to get back in the game when <span>Eli Manning</span> was picked off in the end zone by <span>Quinton Dunbar</span>.</p>
<p>"I just didn't think we played well, we sleep-walked, whatever the word is early on," said head coach Tom Coughlin.</p>
<p>Trailing 20-0, the Giants staged a furious fourth-quarter rally. The Giants got within 20-7 on a fourth-and-16 40-yard touchdown from Manning to <span>Rueben Randle</span> with 10:10 to play. They got within 20-14 with 4:57 to play when Odell Beckham Jr. made a spectacular diving grab in the end zone for a 21-yard score.</p>
<p>The Giants' defense couldn't come up with a stop, however, and time ran out on the Giants' comeback hopes.</p>
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<p>"This is one you can look at and say shoulda, coulda, woulda all day long," Coughlin said.</p>
<p>Manning completed 26-of-51 passes for 321 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Two of Manning's interceptions came on tipped balls, one by <span>Shane Vereen</span> and one after <span>Dwayne Harris</span> took a big hit. Another came when Rueben Randle ran a poor route, allowing <span>Quinton Dunbar</span> to make an interception in the end zone.</p>
<p>Beckham finished the game with nine catches for 142 yards and a touchdown.</p>
<p>The Giants' makeshift offensive line struggled for much of the game. The Giants were without <span>Justin Pugh</span> and <span>Weston Richburg</span> starting the game, then lost <span>Geoff Schwartz</span> to <a href="http://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9814666/geoff-schwartz-injury-fractured-leg-for-giants-offensive-lineman" target="_blank">a fractured left left leg</a> in the first half. The Giants rushed for only 33 yards on 13 carries, and Manning was sacked three times.</p>
<p>The Giants' defense made a couple of big stops early in the game, but couldn't pressure <span>Kirk Cousins</span> and couldn't make up for the impotent offense the Giants played most of the game. <span>Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie</span> dropped an interception that could have been a first-half Pick 6 and when Rodgers-Cromartie went out of the game <span>Jayron Hosley</span> and <span>Brandon Meriweather</span> were burned by Jackson for the 63-yard score.</p>
<p>The Redskins had lost five straight games to the Giants before Sunday, but looked like the far superior team this time. Washington is now 5-1 at home this season.</p>
<h4>NFC East Standings</h4>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">There's no one even at .500 And the division is still wiiiiiide open. <a href="https://t.co/kd5oAwRwID">pic.twitter.com/kd5oAwRwID</a></p>
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<h4>What's Next?</h4>
<p>It's a regular-season MetLife Bowl as the Giants host the <a href="https://www.ganggreennation.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">New York Jets</a> in the battle for MetLife Stadium bragging rights. The game, of course, is about a lot more than bragging rights for the Giants.</p>
<h4>Giants' Remaining Schedule</h4>
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<td>Monday, Dec. 14, 2015</td>
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<td><b><a href="https://www.catscratchreader.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Carolina Panthers</a></b></td>
<td>Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015</td>
<td>1 p.m. EST</td>
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<td><b>@ <a href="https://www.dailynorseman.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Minnesota Vikings</a></b></td>
<td>Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015</td>
<td>1 p.m. EST</td>
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<td><b>Philadelphia Eagles</b></td>
<td>Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016</td>
<td>1 p.m. EST</td>
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https://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9813856/giants-redskins-final-score-recap-redskins-20-giants-14-nfc-east-nfl-playoff-pictureEd Valentine2015-11-29T14:47:04-05:002015-11-29T14:47:04-05:00Giants-Redskins halftime score: 17-0, Redskins
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<p>Use this as your second-half open thread.</p> <p>The field was ugly before the game started, and the game is going worse for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a>.</p>
<p>They started out moving the ball fairly well with an improvised offensive line. That is, until, <span>Shane Vereen</span> failed to look a 3rd down pass into his hands, where it bounced out of his hands and into a defender's. The defense promptly responded by blocking a field goal. The second possession ended the same way when <span>Dwayne Harris</span> hauled in a tipped pass, only to have it knocked out as he was going down. After that, the Giants' offense has completely failed to generate or sustain any momentum, even when they get solid field position.</p>
<p>The score could, should, be a lot worse, but the Giants defense has played well in the first half, despite having to contend with poor field position and an unproductive offense.</p>
<p>In addition to a bevy of dropped passes (including a potential Pick-6 by <span>Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie</span>), the Giants' players are dropping as well. <span>Geoff Schwartz</span> is presumably done for the season with a fractured leg, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie is in the locker room after a non-contact leg injury.</p>
<p>Washington will get the ball to start the second half.</p>
https://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9814794/giants-at-redskins-halftime-score-washington-leads-17-0-as-the-giantsChris Pflum2015-11-29T14:11:19-05:002015-11-29T14:11:19-05:00Fractured lower leg sidelines Geoff Schwartz
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<p>The season appears to be over for <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> offensive lineman <span>Geoff Schwartz</span>, who left Sunday's game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/washington-redskins">Washington Redskins</a> with a left leg injury. It appears to be a serious one.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">INJURY UPDATE: OL Geoff Schwartz has been ruled out with a fractured lower leg. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYGvsWAS?src=hash">#NYGvsWAS</a></p>
— New York Giants (@Giants) <a href="https://twitter.com/Giants/status/671041985961160704">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p>Schwartz is the third member of the Giants' starting offensive line to be out. They began the game missing center <span>Weston Richburg</span> (ankle) and guard <span>Justin Pugh</span> (concussion). The Giants have <span>John Jerry</span> at left guard, <span>Dallas Reynolds</span> at center and rookie seventh-round pick <span>Bobby Hart</span> at right guard.</p>
<p>Schwartz played in only two games last season, suffering a toe injury that landed him on short-term IR and then a broken ankle. He is in the second year of a four-year, $16.8 million contract</p>
<p>The only remaining offensive lineman on the bench for the Giants is <span>Emmett Cleary</span>.</p>
<h4>Updates</h4>
<p>Schwartz is holding out hope this his season isn't over.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fracture is an ugly word. Might not be season ending. I hope not. We will see. <a href="https://t.co/uCqczSGHHE">https://t.co/uCqczSGHHE</a></p>
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/geoffschwartz/status/671105568317317120">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Geoff Schwartz: Heard a pop. Can't believe it happened again</p>
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanRaanan/status/671079325949644800">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Coughlin on Schwartz: 'it's a shame' <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Giants?src=hash">#Giants</a></p>
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanRaanan/status/671078782485307392">November 29, 2015</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Monday is 365 days since Schwartz broke leg. He was well aware of that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Giants?src=hash">#Giants</a></p>
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanRaanan/status/671079508393525249">November 29, 2015</a>
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https://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9814666/geoff-schwartz-injury-fractured-leg-for-giants-offensive-linemanEd Valentine2015-11-29T14:05:49-05:002015-11-29T14:05:49-05:00Geoff Schwartz Out with a Fractured Leg<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Giants/status/671041985961160704">Geoff Schwartz Out with a Fractured&nbsp;Leg</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>Geoff Schwartz will not be returning to today's game due to a fractured leg. What that means going forward we don't know as of yet but for now The Giants got to find a way to win.</p></p></div>
https://www.bigblueview.com/2015/11/29/9814664/geoff-schwartz-out-with-a-fractured-legDanBerkman