Grading the Giants’ 30-6 loss to the Raiders on Sunday.
Offense
From bad to worse to unthinkable for Daniel Jones, who went out on the first play of the second quarter with a serious knee injury.
He looked rusty after missing three games with a neck injury and finished 4 of 9 for 25 yards.
This was as good as Saquon Barkley (16-90) has looked early in a game.
He ran the ball 10 times in the first half for 69 yards but the way the game was regressing, it did not mean much.
Evan Neal, after missing the past two games, was called for a false start on fourth-and-1 on the opening series.
Darius Slayton played a ball off his body for an interception.
Tommy DeVito, subbing for Jones, threw two first-half interceptions but he did rally to finish 15 of 20 for 175 yards and a TD toss to Wan’Dale Robinson.
TE Daniel Bellinger was called for a false start on fourth-and-1 in the third quarter.
Isaiah Hodgins had a drop on fourth down. Going 3 of 12 on third down does not cut it.
Grade: F
Defense
No domination here, a big drop-off from the past three games.
No sacks of rookie QB Aidan O’Connell (16 of 25, 209 yards) and not much heat on him at all.
RB Josh Jacobs (26-98, 2 TDs) set an early tone.
Rookie CB Deonte Banks was juked by Jacoby Meyers on a 24-yard completion on the first series and the entire unit was caught flat-footed on Meyers’ jet sweep TD.
Banks was roasted by Tre Tucker for a 50-yard bomb in the second quarter, the Raiders’ longest play of the season.
No real impact from WR Davante Adams (4-34) thanks mainly to Adoree’ Jackson.
The Raiders did not have to do much in the second half.
Three tackles, no quarterback hits for Dexter Lawrence in his first game since the Leonard Williams trade.
Some good late work by CB Cor’Dale Flott. Grade: D.
Special Teams
New kicker Randy Bullock had little to do — no field-goal attempts, no extra-point tries.
Parris Campbell had a 28-yard kickoff return in the first quarter.
Jamie Gillan pinned the Raiders back on their 10-yard line early in the second quarter.
His next punt was a crummy 37-yarder.
Darnay Holmes could not hold up Ameer Abdullah or prevent him from flipping Gunner Olszewski on a failed punt return.
Grade: C
Coaching
It did not look as if Brian Daboll had his team ready to roll at the start and then the injury to Jones meant it was going to be a long day.
Running a fourth down quarterback sneak in Jones’ first game back from a neck injury?
Was this wise?
Daboll and Mike Kafka are going to have to make a go of it with DeVito at quarterback.
This was a sub-par showing from Wink Martindale’s unit, as he failed to make life uncomfortable for the rookie O’Connell.
Grade: F
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