Giants have alarming problems well beyond just Daniel Jones

The weekly Blame Game is growing as stale as a seven-day old bagel. 

This is not from the inside. The Giants are losing with a decent amount of decorum. Oh, there are a few comments that raise an eyebrow and are up for interpretation but, for the most part, the level of frustration and professionalism and move-on-to-the-next-one mindset is not bad for a team that is 2-7 and in the midst of a four-game losing skid. 

This is from the outside, the insatiable desire to figure out who is most responsible for yet another desultory season. Here is a hint: Round up the usual suspects. It is almost always the general manager, the head coach and the starting quarterback. That is just the way it is. Either the talent is lacking, the way the talent is being taught and deployed is lacking or it is the guy who runs the offense on the field that is lacking. 

Sometimes, it is all three. 

With these Giants, Brian Daboll did not get stupid in 2024 after he was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 2022. He did not ease up or take shortcuts. His aggressive-by-nature approach was lauded as the Giants in his rookie year as a head coach produced the first playoff appearance since 2016 and the first playoff victory since 2011. 

Daboll last season figured out a way to win three games with Tommy DeVito, an undrafted rookie quarterback, a year after he turned Daniel Jones into an effective game manager that did more to win than lose most games. As it turns out, that appears to be the high-water mark for Jones.