The New York Giants are 0-5 to start the season, with 0-6 and perhaps 0-7 quite likely. The wheels have completely come off lately, with the Giants leading in the final five minutes of the game in the past three losses.
Adding injury to insult, the team now must go forward with star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. out for the season — and with an extremely thin WR crew trying to step up. In addition, the team's high-priced defense has come up short in some key situations lately.
Those two excuses could be a way for head coach Ben McAdoo to argue that he's dealing with an almost impossible situation in his second year as coach.