There isn’t much positive to say about the New York Giants after their embarrassing 34-24 defeat by the San Francisco 49ers. Pro Football Focus grades can often tell us something about who played well and who didn’t, but when a good part of the problem is the coaches, as it seemed to be yesterday, we have to think about them in a different light. Let’s try to do that.

Offense

PFF grades

First, let’s look at the offense as a whole, because it has something interesting to tell us:

This is a team that had put 10 points on the board with 8 minutes left in the game against an opponent missing its All-Pro edge defender and linebacker, as well as several other starters. Yet according to PFF, five Giants offensive players played very well, another seven played at or a little above average, and

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