ATLANTA
Pat Shurmur’s record as the Giants’ coach is 1-6, which is all the confirmation that matters that he has done a bad job and has a bad team. Some truths are self-evident.
But the circumstances of Monday night’s latest flop, a 23-20 loss to the Falcons, illustrated that reality beyond mere wins and losses.
Shurmur made some bold, debatable decisions that for a better team on a better night might have been celebrated, but for this team on this night represented one failure after another.
By the end of his postgame news conference, it was impossible not to feel a little bit bad for the guy.