The crazy and telling truth is it wasn’t all that surprising when the Giants allowed seven sacks in a loss during Week 8 of the 2018 season.
The patchwork offensive line embarrassed by the Redskins that day featured three fill-ins — for injured Jon Halapio, benched-and-cut Ereck Flowers and benched-and-soon-to-be-cut Patrick Omameh.
So, one year later, for a line that has used the same five players on every one of the Giants’ 464 offensive snaps this season to give up eight sacks last week to the Cardinals? That’s not just a step back.
“It caught me by surprise,” Halapio said.