{"id":901199,"date":"2026-09-22T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901199\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:54:15","slug":"giants-report-card-from-nfl-week-2-loss-to-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901199\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants report card from NFL Week 2 loss to Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grading the Giants\u2019 28-6 loss to the Rams<\/a> at SoFi Stadium on Monday:<\/p>\n

Offense\u00a0<\/p>\n

An offensive line that dominated the Cowboys in the run and pass had a lot of trouble (eight quarterback hits and 2.5 yards per carry) with the Myles Garrett-less Rams. The Giants had three first-half possessions in Rams territory and managed three points because of a punt after Jaxson Dart\u2019s knee injury<\/a>, Jameis Winston\u2019s underthrown end zone interception and three straight stuffed runs inside the 10-yard line leaving a chip-shot field goal. Winston was completely out of sorts<\/a> en route to a 37.7 rating. Cam Skattebo (36 rushing yards), Isaiah Likely (33 receiving yards) and Malik Nabers (1 yard) were nonfactors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Grade: F\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston (19) fakes a pass to running back Najee Harris (23) during the second quarter of a game against the Los Angeles Rams, Monday, September 21, 2026, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n

Defense\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jev\u00f3n Holland had two forced fumbles, an interception (his second in as many games) and a fumble recovery after taking a misstep on Davante Adams\u2019 31-yard touchdown. Tyler Nubin had no makeup plays for slipping on Adams\u2019 64-yard catch as part of his 195-yard game. In the final 25 seconds of the first half, the Giants allowed 40 yards on four plays but were left off the hook by a missed 42-yard field goal. Rookie Colton Hood\u2019s first career start was forgettable except for by Matthew Stafford, who threw four touchdown passes. The Rams would\u2019ve topped 500 yards (481) if not for the early victory formation. One sack and two quarterback hits is not nearly enough for this vaunted pass rush.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grading the Giants\u2019 28-6 loss to the Rams at SoFi Stadium on Monday: Offense\u00a0 An offensive line that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,5375,142536,1242,593,85,735],"class_list":["post-901199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jameis-winston","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}