Replenish, down after New York Giants' Week 12 loss to Detroit Lions

[ad_1] The New York Giants skilled some deja vu on Sunday, squandering a late fourth-quarter lead and falling to the Detroit Lions, 34-27, in additional time. It was the fourth fourth-quarter collapse of the season and the fifth time Massive Blue has misplaced a highway sport during which they led by 10-plus factors this 12 months.

The loss dropped the Giants to 2-10 on the season, leaving them formally eradicated from the playoffs -- the NFL's first staff this season and the group's earliest exit since 1976.

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New York will go to the New England Patriots on Monday night time in Week 13 earlier than lastly getting into their bye.

This is a have a look at whose inventory is up and whose is down after Week 12 of the common season.

Replenish: WR Wan'Dale Robinson Large receiver Wan'Dale Robinson is in a contract 12 months, and he'll receives a commission. Within the absence of Malik Nabers, he is stepped into the main function and is on tempo for greater than 1,100 yards. It seems like a lifetime in the past that Robinson was being lambasted for his lack of measurement and yards per reception, however he is now averaging a career-high 12.0 yards per catch and has morphed into one of many NFL's best receivers (No. 9, to be actual).

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Inventory down: DC Shane Bowen What may even be mentioned at this level? Have accidents plagued the Giants' protection? Sure. Are personnel points additionally inflicting points? Sure. However none of that wipes away the historic meltdowns that plague Shane Bowen's protection. Sunday marked the fifth time this season that Bowen's protection surrendered a 10-point-plus lead on the highway, and the fourth such occasion of them surrendering a late fourth-quarter lead. It is the worst sort of historical past, and he is clearly misplaced the belief of interim head coach Mike Kafka.

Replenish: HC Mike Kafka Kafka was appropriate to go for it on fourth-and-goal, and nobody can persuade me in any other case. The logic behind it's sound: Bowen's protection cannot maintain onto leads, and a six-point edge wasn't going to be sufficient to win the sport. Had the Giants gone up 10 factors late, possibly they'd have had an opportunity to safe victory, and Kafka deserves applause for recognizing that. Furthermore, his offensive play-calling was largely on level, the trick performs have been masterful, and his gamers clearly consider in him. Kafka cannot permit Bowen to blow his alternative to safe the full-time head teaching job. If there's one knock on him thus far, it is that he stays dedicated to a defensive coordinator who's failing at historic ranges.

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Inventory down: RB Eric Grey Operating again Eric Grey returned to the sphere on Sunday and introduced his kick return points again with him. Grey muffed a kickoff and left the Giants' offense pinned deep in enemy territory -- one thing that had turn out to be a theme of Grey's pre-injury. Why the Giants proceed to make use of him as a return man when he is confirmed again and again that he is incapable of it's baffling. Particular groups coordinator Michael Ghobrial should reply for that later this week.

Replenish: QB Jameis Winston The interception stung, however that is a part of the Jameis Winston expertise -- one thing the NFL world acquired in spades on Sunday. The veteran quarterback, beginning rather than rookie Jaxson Dart (concussion), accomplished 18 of his 36 move makes an attempt for 366 yards, two touchdowns, and the aforementioned INT. He additionally rushed for 13 yards and, in a profession first, hauled in a 33-yard landing reception off the arm of broad receiver Gunner Olszewski, during which he stiff-armed a Lions defender to the bottom and rumbled into the endzone. Jameis is a blast; a nationwide treasure.

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Inventory down: P Jamie Gillan What on the earth has occurred to punter Jamie Gillan? Over the previous month, it seems like he is fallen off a cliff. After struggling on kickoffs, he has been changed by kicker Younghoe Koo and relegated again to punt-only obligation. The difficulty? He is struggling in that space, too. Shanks have turn out to be all too widespread, and that theme continued once more on Sunday with two unhealthy punts (one barely aided by a pleasant roll).