5 points to remember from a devastating defeat at Eagles

Now 3-8, the Giants will not finish with a winning record for the fifth time in six seasons.

Here are five takeaways from another show in Philadelphia that leaves a lot to be desired:

1. Non-relevance of NFC East

Until 19-3 with Saquon Barkley on the reigning Super Bowl champion, the players began to believe. The coaches believed. And admit it: some of you have even started to buy.

That's what made the second part even more inexcusable and deflating.

The Giants are now 1-9 in their last 10 division games and have lost 16 of their last 21 games against the Eagles.

Being again looking for a choice among the top 5 projects generates its own brand of excitement for fans. However, this circumstance also qualifies the franchise as a loser, and not the leader of the winning team believes it.

You do not win the respect of locker rooms – and do not keep it – by talking about the future and the project. The Giants tried to live in the present moment, and until things disintegrated in the second half of Sunday, this approach worked.

They played younger players. Fifth-round pick R. J. McIntosh made his debut Sunday and took his bumps, which is a necessary evil for a rebuilding team. Unprepared rookies Grant Haley and Tae Davis had their ups and downs, but each proved promising against the Eagles.

These are the victories on which the Giants should focus now. (And if they can figure out how to take a few more points on the dashboard while getting a new win or two for the 49ers, the Raiders, the Cardinals and the Jets – all the teams ahead of them in the draft order – that would be ideal].

The ranking is just not as relevant as it could have been if the Giants had not given what would have been their third consecutive win. The NFC East may still be wide open, but the Giants closed the door on Sunday.

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2. The heat is on Pat Shurmur

Giants coach Pat Shurmur, right, and Eagles coach Doug Pederson shake hands after Sunday's game. (Photo: James Lang-USA TODAY Sports)

The latest news from coach Pat Shurmur have been pushed to another level after defeat on Sunday. Yes, there is little debate about the fact that he should be held responsible for much of what went wrong against the Eagles.

But although it 's hard to accept after what happened, Shurmur led a brilliant match in the first two quarters. It deserves credit for having the Giants ready to play again, and let's not forget the offensive lost by TE Evan Engram because of a hamstring injury during warm-ups. Despite a significant decrease in playing time over the past two weeks, it was clear that the Giants were ready to use Engram more in the passing game. His absence was a blow and something the Giants had to overcome.

Let's go to the game by calling. You can decide if Shurmur should have gone for this 2-point conversion after the first touchdown, but the game worked exactly as it was designed. Rhett Ellison was wide open at the second level, but Eli Manning forced the ball to Eli Penny's back defense at the goal line.

Later in the first half, the giants managed to mix in different groups of staff. On one coin, they used a two, two-back set with Bennie Fowler as the only receiver – Odell Beckham Jr. and Sterling Shepard went to the sideline – and that seemed like an obvious power play.

The Giants went into the air, Manning hitting Ellison for an 18-yard gain. It's finally what allowed Aldrick Rosas to score on 51 yards.

Shurmur's work is not at stake here, and if you look beyond the record – which is very difficult – he deserves to have his share of merit for the competition of this team. The results are another story, of course, and that's ultimately what will judge it.

But if you hear that the first season of Shurmur with the Giants has been a bitter failure, it's just not true. That has not been a success either, and the next five games will set the tone for 2019. Shurmur must leave a positive imprint on this season.

3. Olivier Vernon disappearing

At this point, Olivier Vernon does not even seem to be fighting.

He is supposed to be one of the players who proves to front-office, coaches and, to a certain extent, his presence can be part of the long-term solution.

And, to go back to Vernon's beginnings this season, there was good reason to believe that he was ready to show that he deserved to be considered for coming back next year. despite the possibility for the team to save $ 11.5 million against the salary cap in 2019.

This is really not the case anymore.

Vernon was invisible to the Eagles – good, with the exception of another goalless penalty, when he came into contact with quarterback Carson Wentz's mask for an automatic 15-yard penalty . That happened after the fiasco of three consecutive penalties last week.

He just does not play at a high level and the only time we hear his name is when the referee turns on his microphone and announces it to the crowd.

The giants do not get enough of Vernon to believe he can be part of the solution, especially not at this price. The cost of about 8 million dollars of death money that would result from the separation of Vernon could be worth it.

4. The acquisition of Aldrick Rosas

Besides Saquon Barkley and Odell Beckham Jr., Aldrick Rosas is the best way for Giants to have a Pro Bowler. He is always perfect on penalties and has missed only one goal in 24 after missing seven goals last season.

Rosas has a good rebound and its presence (and its emergence) is one of the positive aspects of a season that did not go as well as expected and expected again by the Giants.

5. Kyle Lauletta and the QB dilemma

Rookie Kyle Lauletta should be active when the Giants take on the Chicago Bears at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Period.

Having Alex Tanney in uniform on match days instead of Lauletta does nothing in what should be the priority of the next five weeks: it is not enough to put Eli Manning on the bench for the moment. The Giants must evaluate Lauletta to clear the game and make sure they have answered these questions well on the young quarterback before stepping up the pre-draft process in January.

Lauletta must have the opportunity to play and the Giants should hope this happens in the 14th week against the Redskins.

It's not necessarily about giving Big Blue the best chance of winning – a difficult concept to admit as an organization – but to give the franchise the best chance to take a step forward in 2019.

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