Everyone knew that there would be growing pains for Daniel Jones.
But we didn’t expect growing pains from his head coach.
Pat Shurmur, a 27-21 loser to the Cardinals, didn’t have the Giants ready at the start of this game and gave them no chance to win at the end of the game.
Jones (six touchdowns, seven interceptions) had given the Cardinals 14 points on another interception and another fumble, and Shurmur’s horrific play-calling and endgame strategy sealed an inexcusable, abominable 27-21 defeat that even Ray Handley couldn’t have explained.
It was Cardinals 24, Giants 21, and Shurmur had already burned a timeout with 4:29 remaining (“I did not want to lose 45 seconds right there, that’s why,” Shurmur said) when Jones called a third-and-18 draw to Saquon Barkley at his 30 with a little over three minutes remaining.