New coach, new quarterback, same old ways to lose. The Giants’ 27-20 loss to the Packers was another defeat in which they failed to finish a game they led late.

Here are three takeaways from their fifth straight loss:

1. A great return for Hodgins

Isaiah Hodgins played 28 games for the Giants in the previous three seasons, so it made sense that the Giants signed him off the Steelers’ practice squad on Thursday.

All Hodgins did was play as if he had never left MetLife Stadium. With Darius Slayton sidelined by injury, Hodgins started and finished with five catches for 57 yards, both team highs. His first catch was a 20-yard gain to set up the Giants’ first touchdown.

Hodgins also had two catches on fourth-down conversions.

“He just put in a lot of work in his preparation and he was

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