LA’s Stars Shine Cross Country, Giants Routed by Rams 38-11
Gameday Recap - October 19, 2021
In a special halftime ceremony commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the organization’s fourth Super Bowl championship, former head coach Tom Coughlin, surrounding by members of the 2011 team including two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, issued a stern word of advice to the fans at MetLife as boos rained on the present team minutes prior.
“It’s a long season”, Coughlin said, reminding Giants faithful of the trials of the 2011 season. “Seventeen weeks when we played, eighteen weeks now. Becoming a winning team takes a process.”
The legendary Giants coach was absolutely correct, yet it’s hard to imagine a single Giants fan not already knowing that message prior to the first individual entering the stadium on Sunday. If not then, perhaps even earlier than that.
On Sunday, the New York Giants opened their Week 6 matchup, a cross-country matchup with the Los Angeles Rams, with a 14 play, 73-yard drive that was halted and finished with a Graham Gano 27-yard kick to give themselves a 3-0 early lead. They held the west coast visitors scoreless through the first quarter, but then it was total Californian dominance for the remainder of the afternoon.
Returning from a concussion diagnosis he landed in Week 5, Daniel Jones threw three interceptions, fumbled the ball once, and the Rams responded with four touchdowns of their own in the second quarter to give Los Angeles (5-1) a 38-11 rout of the Giants. The Giants fell to 1-5 on the season for the fifth straight year, further shining the light on the distance the franchise has separated itself from the glory days ten years ago.