Turnover Avalanche Dooms Giants in 26-14 loss to Saints

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00:00Well, nothing was easy down in the Big Easy for the Giants in Week 5

00:04after dominating most of the first half in this game.

00:06Big Blue, they were doomed by turnovers in the second half

00:09and fell to the Saints in New Orleans 26-14.

00:12Let's talk about it with the sports anchor and sports reporter for New York 1,

00:16Stephanie Manicero, joins me now.

00:18Steph, what's going on? How are you doing?

00:20Doing good. Dexter, how are you?

00:22I'm doing well, better than the Giants.

00:24Listen, most times you go to New Orleans, you feel good.

00:27You get some good food down there,

00:28but you can't feel good getting back on the plane today.

00:31Tough day, especially after handing the Chargers their first loss of the season.

00:35Last week, you turn around, you hand the Saints their first win this week,

00:39and I mean literally handed the Saints their first win.

00:43Five turnovers in this one, three fumbles, two picks for Jackson Dart.

00:47This was a game the Giants just kept shooting themselves in the foot.

00:49I mean, all the penalties, right?

00:50This offense is not good enough to play from behind the chains.

00:54The Slayton fumble was bad, but the Scadaboo fumble was just an absolute dagger.

01:00You're on the 11, right, driving in the red zone with the chance to take the lead,

01:04at least cut into the lead, and suddenly you find yourselves down 12 after that 86-yard fumble return.

01:11So you certainly felt that this one, the Giants are missing Malik Neighbors,

01:15and unfortunately that's just going to be the way they're going to have to play for the rest of the season.

01:19Yeah, you definitely felt that in this one, and I think speaking of feelings, Steph,

01:22this felt like a game the Giants had to win, especially as you mentioned.

01:27They were looking to build off their first win of the season in week four over the Chargers.

01:31When you look at this, how bad was this loss, and what went wrong, obviously,

01:35other than the turnovers for the G-men down in New Orleans today?

01:39Yeah, you said that this was a game that preseason, right,

01:42everyone was kind of talking about how hard the Giants' schedule was,

01:46and this was the one game where you were like, okay, we can win that game.

01:49We can beat the Saints, and a lot of people had thought,

01:52maybe wait at least until this week five game over the Saints

01:55to start your new quarterback, Jackson Dart.

01:57Obviously, they started him a week earlier, but this was definitely a game you need to win,

02:02going to face the Eagles on short rest in Thursday night football.

02:06So, yeah, this one, there were some positives from Dart.

02:11We could talk about that, but all in all, this is just, you know,

02:14five minutes left in this game, and I was like, is it over yet?

02:16Like, it was just really hard to watch.

02:18I think Giants fans were saying the same thing.

02:20It was a really, really rough day for the team overall,

02:23but you just mentioned Jackson Dart, a rough day for the Giants' rookie quarterback

02:27in his second career start, and we do want to mention that.

02:30It is his second career start.

02:31Now, he had a fumble.

02:32He threw two picks, as you mentioned before.

02:34Any concern about his confidence going forward,

02:37and is it possible that the Giants made the move

02:39to go to him over Russell Wilson too soon?

02:43You know, Jackson Dart, just from listening to him, everything he said,

02:46he sounds like he is a really confident kid,

02:48so I hope he doesn't lose confidence.

02:51I think when you're a rookie on a team that is one and four,

02:54there's, you know, expectations,

02:56and there's certainly a lot of expectations on Jackson Dart.

03:00I personally was disappointed that the Giants kind of did not stick to the plan.

03:05They didn't show a whole lot of discipline.

03:07They turned to Dart before the calendar even turned to October,

03:11but I get it, right?

03:12I get the decision.

03:13I get all the hype from fans.

03:15There's a lot more inspiration in Jackson Dart

03:18than there is from Russell Wilson at this point,

03:20so I certainly get the move,

03:21especially with Dable kind of coaching for his job.

03:25Yeah, moments today, Dart looked really good.

03:27There was that 20-yard scramble in good coverage, picked up 20.

03:32There's a good quarterback keeper on third and three

03:34that I thought, you know, he had some bright moments there.

03:37Obviously, the fumble was not good untouched,

03:41and two picks, one on a fourth down where you're like,

03:44okay, that's as good as a punt.

03:46So, I don't know.

03:48I mean, I hope he certainly doesn't lose his confidence,

03:50but I more so, Dexter, hope that he doesn't get hurt, right?

03:55He's young.

03:56Yeah, and that's the thing because you want,

03:58I think if you're a Giants fan or a Giants organization,

04:00you want to see him out there developing as much as he can.

04:04It feels like now with the season of one and four for the Giants,

04:06this is what it's all about.

04:07Can you develop Jackson Dart?

04:09Does he look like the franchise quarterback?

04:11And Brian Dable needs that also because he's trying to save his job.

04:14But there's a very quick turnaround for the Giants this week, Steph,

04:18as they face the defending champion Eagles on Thursday night.

04:22What do the one and four Giants have to do in order to right the ship,

04:25sort of, and try to pull off this upset on Thursday night football?

04:28You know, they're really thin at the receiver spot right now.

04:32So I think they're going to have to work on some plays,

04:34build some strength there.

04:35I think you have a lot more confidence going into that game.

04:38If you had won today, certainly, right?

04:40Saying we have momentum.

04:42Look at this new quarterback we have.

04:44I worry, though, with the Eagles losing today,

04:47that they're going to come back even stronger than had they won today, right?

04:51Nick Sirianni, Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley in a primetime game,

04:56certainly going to bring everything they've got.

04:59So the Giants are going to have to pull out all the stops in this one.

05:02Again, I feel a lot more confident if you have Malik neighbors,

05:05but you hope they can figure out some options with what they're working with now.

05:09Yeah, you hope they can.

05:11A rough time for the Giants down in New Orleans this week in week five

05:16as they fall to the Saints.

05:18They're now one and four in the season.

05:19As I mentioned, they will be playing the Eagles on Thursday night football.

05:22So quick turnaround for the Giants to see if they can get their second win of the season.

05:26That is Stephanie Manicero.

05:27Check her out on New York One, great sports anchor, sports reporter.

05:31Always good to talk some New York sports with you, my friend.

05:33We'll talk soon.

05:35One day we'll talk after a Windex talk.

05:36I hope so.

05:38It's about time.

05:38We've got to do that.

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