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Giants in problems-- and it's merely Week 1

.Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterSep 10, 2024, 06:00 AM ETCloseJordan Raanan is actually a press reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You may observe him using Twitter @JordanRaanan. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-- Wide receiver Jalin Hyatt was out of the storage locker space rapidly, in road clothing yet with eye black still repainted on his expressionless face.That's unusual, even though it is actually only Full week 1." It is actually the very first activity of the year," train Brian Daboll said, the time after a 28-6 walloping to the Minnesota Vikings. "It's a lengthy NFL season." May also incorporate the training saying: it is actually certainly never as poor as it looks, it's never like it looks and the biggest dive originates from Week 1 to Week 2 to the post-blowout unsupported claims. They all might apply.Now happens the fallout from the demolition Daboll observed on Sunday at MetLife Coliseum. He is mosting likely to need to have to draw everything out of his bag of tricks given that despite the fact that it was actually just one loss, it was that negative. It is actually heading to be actually a challenge maintaining this locker space with each other if things continue to go south.The disappointment on Sunday was actually perceptible. This wasn't merely a crew that had dropped one activity early in an encouraging season. It was actually a group wiggling on the edge of falling under a whole lot even more losses." Only down considering that you understand tough you operate all offseason. All offseason, all OTAs, all training camp," security Jason Pinnock said.HYATT, THE SECOND-year receiver that was a third-round pick in 2013, had actually participated in four snaps by means of the first three quarters after investing many of the summertime as the team's No. 2 recipient contrary novice Malik Nabers. Professional Darius Slayton took a large number of the activity reps opposite Nabers.But Slayton is actually now in the blast procedure, which might make options for Hyatt, whom Daboll phoned the crew's "third/fourth" receiver." That could alter week to full week," Daboll said of the pass receivers however seems to relate to several other placements. "Today that is what it was actually." At that point there was third-year cornerback Cor' Dale Flott beginning in the port after investing the whole entire summertime focusing on the outdoors. Daboll pointed out Monday he probably would be actually back outside a lot more recently. Flott played in the slot most of final time after starting his Giants job on the outside.Catch atop NFL Full Week 1 u2022 Takeaways, questions coming from every video game u2022 Graziano judges overreactions (ESPN+) u2022 thirteen major shocks coming from Week 1 (ESPN+) u2022 Imagination's best, worst recently (ESPN+) u2022 Total Full week 1 scoreboard"|More ".In the meantime, Adoree' Jackson, re-signed merely over a full week before the opener, participated in an excellent piece of the breaks outside. He committed an expensive yet debatable 35-yard successfully pass interference penalty in the 1st half.As for kick returner Gunner Olszewski, he really did not even create it to kickoff for the Giants. Olszewski intensified his genitals in pregame warmups after devoting the past few full weeks visibly having a hard time to move without regulation. He's right now out for "full weeks," depending on to Daboll. Time for the group to discover a brand new returner.And exactly how approximately proficient protective back/linebacker Isaiah Simmons? He failed to participate in a solitary defensive snap, rather checking out Flott start at the place where he devoted a bulk of the summer season and also, sometimes, dealt with the initial team.Safety Dane Belton, on the other hand, played the "moneybacker" role in advance of Simmons. It could not have actually been what Simmons visualized when he re-signed along with the Giants this offseason.Defensive captain Dexter Lawrence and also third-year side rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux likewise were dissatisfied with media reporters' concerns in the postgame closet space. They each chose the next-question technique at one aspect during their job interview sessions." It performs the leaders, the leaders of the crew, to get every person's thoughts ideal and also receive every person ready for the new week," Lawrence mentioned after Sunday's loss. "Flush this. Personal it to start with. Own your poor stage shows, own your good stage shows. It's on our team to transform the page as well as acquire the individuals ready for a new week, new difficulty." That's a whole lot for Daboll to massage this early in the project. These are the sorts of things that often boil over in Full week 18. Not Week 1. This is actually the type of stuff Daboll must manage, on top of possibly his largest complication of all-- quarterback Daniel Jones. He had a hard time terribly again on Sunday, an extension of what unfurled during the course of an unfortunate 2023 season. His QBR of 17.4 was actually the 3rd most competitive in Week 1. Jones is going to stay the Giants' starter. Rarely a shock considering he took every first-team agent ahead of backup Drew Hair as well as third-stringer Tommy DeVito at training school this summer season. In fact, Daboll will certainly not alter the quarterback associates whatsoever throughout the full week. It is actually most likely not mosting likely to slow the cascade of calls coming from the outside for Jones to shed his beginning job.Editor's PicksThe Giants' starting quarterback is performing his best to dismiss it all." I am actually concentrated on doing my project and also having fun and also I can," Jones pointed out. "So I have actually got to play far better. I recognize that, and I am actually focused on performing that." It's simply Full week 1 and also this is where Daboll and the Giants position. Nabers is being actually required to address concerns about whether his quarterback is good enough. He was actually also inquired in his postgame interview whether Jones searched for him as high as he expected in his initial occupation game.Daboll is going to have his palms full maintaining it all together, specifically if they desperate when traveling Sunday versus the Washington Commanders (1 p.m. ET, Fox). If the Giants drop to Minnesota and also Washington, where exist heading to be wins? What does this method for Daboll and also many of the fellas in the locker space? The Giants possess the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys on deck in Full weeks 3 and 4. The losing likewise seems to become wearing on Lawrence. He told ESPN many weeks back "there is simply so much B.S. that a person can take care of." The players become part of that formula. But so is actually the trainer, who births the ultimate duty of maintaining every person together.It's on Daboll to ensure he doesn't drop this currently vulnerable closet area. It's certainly not going to be easy if this season goes where Full week 1 suggests it's headed.