SEATTLE — This time, Geno Smith sat the Giants down.
Brian Daboll’s offense had its worst recreation of the season inside a deafening Lumen Field, and the Giants fell to the Seattle Seahawks, 27-13, to snap a four-game profitable streak getting into the bye.
“I’ve got to make a few more plays,” Daniel Jones mentioned after the Giants (6-2) gained a season-low 225 yards of offense.
Smith, whose 2017 alternative of a benched Eli Manning prompted ugly blowback in New York, accomplished 23 of 34 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns for upstart Seattle.
And he mentioned this wasn’t about vindication or revenge. It was about proving a former Giants GM and head coach proper.
“This game was for Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese,” Smith mentioned. “They believed in me. And so far as any other thing, I don’t really care for it. I’m happy to be here in Seattle. It’s like a family here. It feels like home.”
The Giants stored it shut many of the day regardless of averaging solely 3.5 yards per play, and so they trailed 20-13 with simply over six minutes remaining.
But punt returner Richie James misplaced his second fumble of the sport on the Giants’ 32-yard line with 6:04 to play. And Seahawks rookie working again Kenneth Walker broke tackles for a 16-yard TD run to carry the stunning Seahawks (5-3).
“Taking care of the ball is one of our main goals and obviously we didn’t do it,” Daboll mentioned. “Got the ball in good field position [at times] to capitalize on ten points. Turn the ball over on your side of the field, it’s tough. So we have to fix that.”
Smith performed his greatest ball with the sport tied at 13 apiece earlier within the fourth. He accomplished 5-of-5 passes for 75 yards on a five-play landing drive, capped by a 33-yard TD cross to Tyler Lockett with 9:18 to play.
Wink Martindale’s blitz-heavy Giants protection had sacked Smith thrice within the first half, however he mentioned Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron made good changes at half.
“I think they gave us like 20 Cover-0 (looks), which is probably the most I’ve ever had in my life,” Smith mentioned. “We talked at halftime that if they were gonna give us that much space in zero, it’s basically 1-on-1 with a corner at least 10 yards off.”
On the landing, Lockett put a double transfer on Giants nook Adoree Jackson as payback for Jackson’s pressured fumble on Lockett within the second quarter and a Lockett dropped landing within the third.
“We kinda saw on film opportunities that we could be able to take advantage of against Adoree,” Lockett mentioned. “Luckily we were able to have a chance to do that, and we were able to score.”
Jackson mentioned: “You just try to stay level-headed and understand the next play mentality. But at the end of the day, that’s a great team and they got the best of us today.”
After a fast three and out by Jones and the Giants’ offense, a defensive cease led to James’ second expensive fumble, hit by Travis Homer and recovered by Will Dissly.
Smith ultimately had the Seattle crowd chanting “Geno! Geno!” after a scramble late within the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, on the opposite finish, Jones completed with 17 of 31 completions for 176 yards and was sacked 5 instances.
On a pair events, Jones may have given Wan’Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton possibilities for deep pictures however both didn’t see them or elected to throw beneath.
At different instances, receivers dropped passes or did not get open. Robinson had a crimson zone drop within the third quarter, for instance, dealing with tight protection from Seahawks nook Tariq Woolen.
“From a receiver standpoint, I think we need to do a better job of getting open, making plays on the ball and pretty much just doing our job,” mentioned Slayton, who led the Giants with 5 catches for 66 yards. “As a whole today, we probably just didn’t make enough plays to win the game.”
The Giants outscored the Seahawks 6-3 within the early a part of the second half to tie the sport at 13 apiece with 11:17 within the third quarter. Graham Gano area targets from 31 and 45 yards greater than matched Jason Myers’ 51-yarder in that span.
The Giants have been lucky to path 10-7 at halftime, although, after they had solely 17 yards passing at that time.
Jackson made the play of the primary half: a pressured fumble and restoration on the Seahawks’ 2-yard line with Seattle up, 7-0, threatening to take command. Jackson’s rip of the ball from Lockett arrange Saquon Barkley’s 1-yard TD plunge to tie the sport at seven apiece with 5:51 left within the second quarter.
“We’ve just got to do a better job, make more plays,” Barkley mentioned. “It starts with me. I have to do a better job in the run game, getting it going earlier and sustaining it.”
James’ first misplaced fumble on a punt return gave the Seahawks a Myers 35-yard area aim with 1:38 left within the half. The kick knuckled by way of the uprights regardless of a Dexter Lawrence partial block.
But the Giants have been nonetheless in place contemplating how slowly their offense had began in one of many league’s most hostile environments.
Jones’ offense went three and out on its first three collection. Barkley didn’t contact the ball till the sixth offensive snap, on a display screen that misplaced three yards. And he didn’t obtain a handoff from Jones till the seventh snap because of play calls and run-pass-option reads.
The Seahawks outgained the Giants 108-46 within the half, primarily with a 15-play, 69-yard drive capped by a 3-yard Smith landing cross to DK Metcalf at 12:07 of the second quarter.
Sacks by Leonard Williams, Xavier McKinney and rookie linebacker Micah McFadden helped the guests keep shut and drag the Seahawks right into a second half combat. That is all Daboll desires for his staff every week: to have an opportunity to win on the finish.
But this time, they couldn’t get it completed. And Geno received the final snigger, whilst he took the excessive highway.
“Not at all,” he mentioned, when requested if he had a way of revenge. “I’m happy to be here in Seattle. I spent one year with the Giants, so that year to me is like a blur. My life has moved on from then. I don’t have any remorse towards anyone there.”
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