When you're 0-2, everything is under the microscope. Even the slot receiver who most people had never heard of until last week.
Eli Manning has been the focus of most of the criticism surrounding the winless Giants, but Preston Parker was a frequent target, too. The little-known receiver, who barely made the roster on the final cutdown day, dropped a combined five passes in the first two games, including four that would have gone for first downs.
And now he's gone. A day after Manning had assured Giants fans during interviews that Parker would be just fine with a little more work, the Giants released him and thereby delivered an unmistakable message: You don't perform, you're out.