The coach still is finding his way.
Pat Shumur’s Giants are 1-5, and the perception outside of their locker room is that the sky is falling and his first season as their head coach already is unfixable.
He knows these things because he’d have to be living in a dark cave somewhere far away not to.
His veteran quarterback has been attacked from many more places than simply opposing defenses: His star receiver has rattled the team-first foundation with bizarre, self-serving rants; his rebuilt offensive line can’t block; and his high-priced defense has vastly underperformed.
Other than that, Shurmur’s first season with the Giants, who play at 2-4 Atlanta on Monday night, has been smooth and uneventful.