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Giants Report Card: Grading Big Blue at the bye week

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Giants Report Card: Grading Big Blue at the bye week

Ben McAdoo refused in September to provide his grade for Eli Manning’s Week 1 performance.

“You want me to give you the grade for Eli?” McAdoo said, confounded by the question. “You think I’m going to stand up here and give you the grade for a player? No.”

And that’s where we come in. The Giants are 1-6 at their Week 8 bye, so it’s time to grade the players, coaches and management individually to reveal the biggest disappointments and the silver linings.

Players are listed by percentage of snaps played, rounded down, to illustrate both their durability and importance. They are evaluated by their play on the field and are not penalized for injuries. Here we go:

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Head coach Ben McAdoo gets a D at the bye week as Pat Leonard grades the 1-6 Giants.

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MANAGEMENT

Jerry Reese, GM Grade: F

Misjudged team’s quality and needs, stuck with poor O-line, prioritized Brandon Marshall in free agency.

Ben McAdoo, Head Coach Grade: D

Poor play-calling, stubbornness, inconsistent discipline, 30th-ranked offense (16 points per).

Giants worked out former Idaho, Bills punter/kicker Austin Rehkow

Steve Spagnuolo, Defensive Coordinator Grade: D

A mystery why Giants defense forgot in offseason how to tackle, stop the run and protect leads.

OFFENSE

Eli Manning

(Al Bello/Getty Images)

Eli Manning, QB (100% of 445 offensive snaps played) Grade: C-

Evan Engram’s rookie season making Giants offense worth watching

Ranks 19th in NFL with 86.1 QB rating. Seven turnovers to 11 TDs. Let down by O-line & defense, too.

Ereck Flowers, LT (100%) Grade: D

Cost Giants enormously in Weeks 2 and 3. Tackles’ pass protection problems forced McAdoo to change entire offense.

Justin Pugh, RT/LG (91%) Grade: A

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Tough, versatile, durable and the Giants’ most consistent lineman. Moved from left guard to right tackle.

John Jerry, LG/RG (87%) Grade: D+

Involved in a lot of the failed stunt block pickups and culpable in the poor run game.

Evan Engram, TE (80%) Grade: B+

Giants GM Jerry Reese takes the blame for 1-6 start

Special talent. Had growing pains, early TD celebration penalty and some drops, but he’s the offense’s best option and leads all NFL rookies in receiving yards.

Brett Jones, C (73%) Grade: A-

Beaten for a big Manning fumble in Week 7, but Jones’ strong play at center in Weston Richburg’s absence has been eye-opening.

Sterling Shepard, WR (61%) Grade: B+

Jerry Reese, with minimal moves, seemed to believe Giants ‘hype’

Was on his way to a big season until he reinjured his left ankle. Has played well when healthy.

Brandon Marshall

(Robert Deutsch/USA Today Sports)

Brandon Marshall, WR (57%) Grade: F

Never acclimated fully, dropped passes and looked disengaged. Preseason shoulder injury may have affected him more than he let on.

D.J. Fluker, RG (56%) Grade: C+

Sterling Shepard hoping to become leader with Giants

Has helped run game, but this team needed Fluker to have a better training camp to start in Week 1.

Weston Richburg

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Weston Richburg, C (54%) Grade: A-

Again the Giants’ second-best lineman behind Pugh before he suffered a concussion.

Roger Lewis Jr., WR (51%) Grade: D+

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Great TD catch vs. Chargers but made two huge mistakes as punt gunner: overran Detroit’s Jamal Agnew on TD return and failed to down ball outside end zone in Tampa.

Odell Beckham Jr., WR (47%) Grade: B

Game-changer when healthier (Weeks 3, 4) but had dog-peeing TD celebration and six drops, per Pro Football Focus.

Rhett Ellison, TE (46%) Grade: C+

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Big missed tackle on Agnew’s punt return TD in Week 2. Valuable run blocker but underutilized early.

Bobby Hart, RT (36%) Grade: F

Though it’s a small sample size, when healthy, Hart has been even worse than Flowers.

Shane Vereen, RB (31%) Grade: D

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Hasn’t made a noticeable difference. Lots of late-game yardage.

Paul Perkins, RB (24%) Grade: D

Can’t give Perkins an ‘F’ with how poorly line blocked for him and how few screens McAdoo called for him, but needs to be better when healthy.

Tavarres King, WR (23%) Grade: C

Giants sustain injuries to B.J. Goodson and Justin Pugh

Like Lewis, needs to make more of a difference as one of leaders of new receiving corps.

Orleans Darkwa, RB (23%) Grade: A

His 5.4 yards per carry average is no joke. Dropped a few passes in Week 5, but Darkwa, Pugh and Engram are the offense’s best.

Wayne Gallman, RB (21%) Grade: C+

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A hard, encouraging runner but has to work on ball security and needs to pop some big gains.

Travis Rudolph, WR (12%) Grade: D

Can’t understand why he and Manning were on such different pages against Seattle.

Jerell Adams, TE (8%): C-

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Huge catch vs. Lions but whiffed on his man on Seahawks’ blocked punt.

Matt LaCosse, TE (5%) Grade: B

Entered the offensive rotation with the three-TE set vs. Seattle. Has talent.

Shane Smith, FB (2%) Grade: B

Olivier Vernon kneels during national anthem for Giants again

Smith mostly blocked well before being released to practice squad. Special teams hurt him.

DEFENSE

Eli Apple, DB (93%) Grade: C-

First 3.5 weeks were horrible. Last 3.5 weeks he’s been better, sometimes excellent. But not enough.

Landon Collins (21)

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Landon Collins, SS (93%) Grade: B-

Giants fall to Seahawks, 24-7, to drop to 1-6 as offense stumbles

Still a stud but beaten by Bucs’ Cameron Brate to seal Week 4 loss. Strong vs. Seattle but has more.

Darian Thompson, FS (93%) Grade: D+

Really difficult start. Seems to have corrected his tackling, but it hurt Giants badly early.

Jason Pierre-Paul, DE (92%) Grade: B-

Still a handful for opposing tackles, but hasn’t disrupted games often enough and did nothing in Tampa.

Janoris Jenkins, DB (82%) Grade: B

Still a top corner. Not the reason the Giants defense has struggled, other than Eagles’ final pass that Jenkins and Apple couldn’t knock down.

B.J. Goodson, MLB (58%) Grade: C+

Mean and tough and likeable leader but has struggled in pass coverage.

Devon Kennard, LB/DE (57%) Grade: C+

Quietly has played well at points, but needs to make more big plays like he did at times vs. Seahawks.

Damon Harrison, DT (57%) Grade: A

The only Giant defender to consistently dominate. Quiet most postgames, though.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB (55%) Grade: F

The last thing this team needed at 0-5 was a veteran walking out of the facility in a huff.

Jonathan Casillas, LB (54%) Grade: D+

Not sure he was ever healthy, but struggled with tackling.

Dalvin Tomlinson, DT (53%) Grade: B

Athletic, disrupts offenses.

Keenan Robinson, LB (52%) Grade: C+

Back from a concussion, Robinson has been just OK but improving.

Olivier Vernon, DE (41%) Grade: B

Ankle injury was a killer. He’s a monster.

Jay Bromley, DT (37%) Grade: C+

Played well vs. the Seahawks.

Kerry Wynn, DE (32%) Grade: A

Giants’ most underrated player this season in terms of consistency, effectiveness and effort.

Ross Cockrell, DB (27%) Grade: D

Not a fan. His alarming decision to avoid a tackle against Detroit is impossible to forget.

Avery Moss, DE (20%) Grade: B-

Hard-nosed player but lack of speed has kept him from contributing on special teams.

Robert Thomas, DT (18%) Grade: D+

Not having a great year in limited playing time.

Calvin Munson, LB (18%) Grade: B-

Smart and diligent, a good special teamer, poised in Week 2 when starting at MLB.

Romeo Okwara, DE (15%) Grade: C-

Hasn’t had impact on games like he did as a rookie, took bad angle on Agnew’s punt return.

Donte Deayon, DB (12%) Grade: B-

Deserves more playing time.

Andrew Adams, FS (10%) Grade: B-

Hasn’t excelled in minimal defensive play but leads entire team in special teams snaps, a good backup.

Curtis Grant, LB (6%) Grade: B-

Want to see Grant play more. Has speed on special teams, just got into defensive rotation vs. ’Hawks.

Nat Berhe, SS (6%) Grade: B

Berhe isn’t on the field with the defense much, but whenever he is, he seems to make a play. Big special teams contributor.

Michael Hunter, DB (7%) Grade: A-

Had a great camp, lightning fast as a gunner in Denver. Deserved more opportunities before he got hurt.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Aldrick Rosas, K Grade: C-

Has missed a field goal in three straight games. Refused to address media after loss in Tampa.

Brad Wing, P Grade: D+

Shanks vs. Philly and Bucs cost Giants dearly.

Zak DeOssie, LS Grade: B

Reliable snapping and leadership but also victimized on Agnew’s return in Week 2.

Dwayne Harris, WR (45%) Grade: B-

Made several plays as a gunner, didn’t cost team with bad return decisions, but didn’t break any big ones before his season-ending toe injury.

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It's been years since I've played this disaster of a man

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💯 for Aldrick :)

Details about OC's Oh boy that is some vintage OC right there lol.

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know. I think a lot of the new people that have followed me recently don't know shit about this dude because I haven't posted about him in a while lmao. Here he is as Hawke in DA:II

Well, Aldrick is on of my oldest, longest lived OC's, going back as as far as around 2009ish? He was created as an RP character back in the MSN days. Then when I first started Mass Effect, I inserted him as my Shepard. But I like him better as Hawke, tbqh.

He started out as a WWII Medic and the medical profession tends to follow him in his AU's.

Within the Dragon Age universe, he and Feyrien hate each other but will work together.

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11, 17, 23, 30, and 34 for whoever you choose :3c ?

Thank you!

OC Development Questions

11. In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?

Despite everything that’s happened prior, the Fade in Inquisition was probably the most scary to him. He wouldn’t show it and act like he was alright with his jokes and all, but deep down he was pretty terrified and mentally clawing to get out.

The fear demon manifestations weren’t spiders either. More so a mix of things that he can’t get over, like his mother, Fade Fenris (Night Terrors), and Meredith to name some. He just said spiders cause it was easier.

17. What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?

Wasn’t one to play with toys much, but he always had a bow. Didn’t really know how to use it properly and just hit people with it rather than shoot from it instead.

23. What does your character dislike in other people?

People who take rules and laws way too seriously, or always play it safe. Also, ironically, smugness or arrogance. He can talk about himself and how great he is at being a rogueish heartthrob all day long but the second anyone else does that about themselves he’s like “omg can you stop like shut up.”

He also really doesn’t like Feyrien much if that gives any indicator of the type of person he hates.

30. What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?

Orlesians.

34. Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?

He’ll try his damnedest to try and make his first option work, mostly because he wants to prove he can do it and that he’s right.

[0ccuria]

eh figured I’d do what I did to Fey and make Aldrick into an elf. Nothing really changed except his ears. Still, was fun to do.

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Gonna do a shameless self promo for my OC’s because I am very OC focused in terms of the content I put out.

Feyrien Lavellan - The one you’ll see or read about the most. Probably my most developed out of anyone, and the one I feel the most connected to. Has a Mass Effect and Overwatch version and I recently put him into The Arcana universe, but I don’t do much with those. [ tag ]

Aldrick Shepard - OC I’ve had since around 2009, was reformed into Commander Shepard, amongst other things like Hawke, and FO4′s Sole Survivor. But he is primarily my main/canon Shepard. [ tag ]

Edwin Ryder - One of my newer player character OC’s, still a bit under developed aside from appearance. Unfortunately haven’t done much with him since I’ve focused on other things.

The Drala’Sira Crew - A joint project/RP by me and my friend @lukael. There is no written story or anything about them, just random drawn scenario’s etc. Fyros, Ryessa, Arells and Kar’Razzo are mine.

Zehlma Cadash - Directly connected to Feyrien in my AU playthrough of DA:I. You’ll mostly see her alongside Fey or be mentioned by him.

I have a plethora of minor OC’s as well, but these are the ones you’ll see more of.

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Saw this tag prompt from @louminx and thought it was interesting to try out

Which verse of the Chant of Light is most representative of your Dragon Age OC and/or your OC’s relationship with their love interest?

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Feyrien Lavellan:

My Maker, know my heart: Take from me a life of sorrow. Lift me from a world of pain. Judge me worthy of Your endless pride.

- Transfigurations 12:1-12:6

Feyrien & Cassandra:

You have grieved as I have. You, who made worlds out of nothing. We are alike in sorrow, sculptor and clay, Comforting each other in our art.

- Trials 1:1-1:16

Aldrick Hawke:

Though stung with a hundred arrows, Though suffering from ailments both great and small, His Heart was strong, and he moved on. 

- Other Verses

Aldrick & Fenris:

I have faced armies With You as my shield, And though I bear scars beyond counting, nothing Can break me except Your absence.

- Trials 1:1-1:6

Not sure who to tag, didn’t really plan to but anyone can take a go at this if they want to

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No more false hope, Giants’ season is officially over

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No more false hope, Giants’ season is officially over

Last week’s NFL meetings in Manhattan were timed perfectly for John Mara and Steve Tisch to convey hope and reason amid their disappointment.

Their Giants had just won their first of six games emphatically in Denver, and there was justifiable reason for both Mara and Tisch in their first in-season meeting with the media to tinge their frustration with encouragement, their disbelief with confidence in their GM and coach.

But oh, to be a fly on the wall in the owners’ box in the final minutes of Sunday’s pathetic finish to a 24-7 loss to the Seahawks, with Giants fans gone from MetLife Stadium and only lime-green and blue Seahawks jerseys closing in on the lower rows, chanting “Hawks! Hawks!”

“I mean, it is what it is,” said corner Eli Apple, who played well individually but was left listening to the visiting fans’ chants. “They played a great game, they played a great fourth quarter especially. They deserved that moment, obviously, because they played a great game, had a lot of fans travel out, so that was just a good moment for them.”

Their chances of resurrecting this season were admittedly miniscule. Winning seven of nine coming out of their Week 8 bye would have been almost impossible, especially with the conservative game plans Ben McAdoo has been required to adopt given his roster.

Still, players on the Giants (1-6) most certainly intended to win a second straight game here, go into their bye with momentum, and come out raring to make history with a run at a 9-7 final record and a wild card berth. Eli Manning, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and D.J. Fluker all nodded at the question about what hope they still had despite all the setbacks coming in.

Now?

Eli Manning is tackled by Sheldon Richardson.

(Bill Kostroun/AP)

Now it’s over. Even they realize it. And Jerry Reese won’t be as lucky as the Giants’ owners. Reese is scheduled to meet the media on Tuesday,

He surely will talk about all of the Giants’ injuries, and yes, this team surely has been decimated unfairly and unusually by setbacks to many key starters, including its best player, Odell Beckham Jr.

However, Reese needs to answer for why this team was on a road to nowhere before the injuries hit, why he didn’t address his offensive line meaningfully in the offseason, and what his plan is for changing up the same-old plan that produces the same-old result: no playoff berths in five of the past six seasons.

The thing is, Manning and the Giants players actually had their heads up in a way after this loss. Manning said he’ll do his best to keep this team from losing intensity in a second half that doesn’t matter.

“Can’t afford it,” Manning said. “It won’t (affect intensity) on my end, and I’ll do everything I can to make sure offensively, defensively, everybody is grinding working and doing everything they can to be in a position to win.”

And yet, it was more resignation to a season down the drain, as well.

Seahawks players celebrate after a touchdown by Jimmy Graham.

(Julio Cortez/AP)

The Giants are 0-3 at home, and even worse, after a valiant first half from the defense and an impressive game by Landon Collins playing a second straight week on a bad ankle, when the Seahawks went up 10-7 in the third quarter, the game felt like it was over.

Bobby Hart made sure of that with a false start penalty, which led to an Aldrick Rosas missed field goal, following an earlier blocked punt on what appeared to be a missed Jerell Adams block. Then Manning fumbled when Brett Jones was beaten and Russell Wilson completed his controversial touchdown pass to Paul Richardson.

Yes, it was strange the referees gave the Seahawks possession after Richardson appeared to step out of bounds. But quibbling over that call misses the bigger picture: the Giants don’t have a roster that can consistently win games.

They couldn’t run the ball after a strong outing on the ground in Denver, and outside of a special talent in rookie tight end Evan Engram, their passing game is hopeless.

There were three passes by Manning to undrafted rookie receiver Travis Rudolph, for example, on which Rudolph looked unprepared to receive a pass. That’s not picking on Rudolph. It’s just illustrating how overmatched these shorthanded Giants appear, how much ground they have to make up, and how they’ve run out of time to do it.

“Tough, real tough,” Fluker said of being 1-6. “You grit your teeth at that. That’s a game that I think could have been won. Now, it’s just like we have time to recover and come back as one and get everybody back, I think that’s more important than anything … It’s just about us buying in and sticking together right now. That’s the thing we’re working on right now … Each week for us is do or die, the goal is to go 1-0. Gotta have that mindset.”

It’s the only way they can think. Looking at the big picture is too depressing.

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