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By Ryan Dunleavy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | Posted on October 13, 2018 at 6:05 am
By Ryan Dunleavy | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Despite all the changes made by the Giants since the end of the 2017 season, one thing remains unchanged.
The record after six games. The Giants are 1-5 for the second consecutive season.
"We are trying to get away from 3-13," said coach Pat Shurmur, "so the young players who were not here – the Saquon Barkleys and the Will Hernandez, and the guys who are gaining a lot from experience, recruits – must understand that they were not part of it.
"But they are going to help the guys who were here a year ago, we want to try to help forget that and keep moving forward, and the record does not talk about it. I understand. "
But are the Giants just growing to 3-13 (or worse) again?
Here are the 12 biggest disappointments of 2018 (and a reminder who was on the list in 2017):
12. LB B.J. Goodson
Goodson started the season as a starter, saw his shots decline in the first quarter of the season, and then resumed his starting position for Ray-Ray Amrstrong.
But he has only 17 tackles with a bag of 0.5 in six games. In comparison, Goodson had 18 tackles in his first game of the 2017 season. The giants need him to stop being burned by tight ends.
10. FS Curtis Riley
A case of fluctuating expectations.
When Riley signed a minimal deal with the Giants in March, he barely scored as a fatal hit on the radar. Riley has played 11 games with zero starts in the last two years with the Titans.
Everything changed in the training camp when Riley beat Andrew Adams and Darian Thompson – two former starters – to become free safety at the start. He has 32 tackles and an interpolation, but he struggled to cover the angles.
5. WR Odell Beckham
Beckham has 45 catches for 506 yards – both ranked among the top five in the NFL – which means he's ahead for 120 catches and 1,349 receiving yards. The difference is Michael Thomas (Saints), DeAndre Hopkins (Texans), A.J. Green (Bengals) and Antonio Brown (Steelers) find the end zone more frequently.
How in the world can it be seen as a disappointment? Beckham only has one touchdown.
And he provoked the kind of tragedy he had pledged to avoid as a mature beneficiary of a $ 95 million contract extension. Going back to an old nonsense, like hitting the head of a fan, was more disappointing than anything else.
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