This time there were no blatant clock management mistakes or late-game mental gaffes. Just a slow, inexorable fourth-quarter collapse, with the Giants blowing a two-score lead in the final period in a 24-20 loss to Atlanta.
After Big Blue took just a minute to give away last weekend’s season opener in Dallas, they took about a quarter to flush their home opener before 77,678 at MetLife Stadium.
Eli Manning was 27-of-40 for 292 yards and two scores, while Odell Beckham Jr. had seven catches for 146 yards and a touchdown. But the Giants squandered a 20-10 fourth-quarter lead to fall to 0-2.