The Monday Night Football game against Dallas was supposed to be the game where the New York Giants would come in with a fully loaded offense. Sterling Shepard and Golden Tate would help Daniel Jones in the passing game, Evan Engram would add an extra threat from the tight end position, and Saquon Barkley would have his first big performance since returning from injury – at least, that was the pipe dream.
In reality, the Giants were faced with a very different situation with Sterling Shepard still not playing. Shepard left concussion protocol and was set to make a comeback, but after not feeling well, entered protocol once again – Shepard is still not practicing, and due to the excess missed time, the calls for the Giants to finally shut Shepard down for the season and end the speculation of a comeback have only intensified.