They came to Pittsburgh with their season on life support and their starting quarterback, Daniel Jones, an endangered species after getting sacked seven times a week ago and harassed double that.
Details, details, details.
That was a word that was repeated over and over again in the Giants locker room after they fell to the Steelers, 26-18, Monday night at Acrisure Stadium.
It was a loser’s lament, and it came from every corner of the losing locker room.
The Giants overachieved for much of Monday night, but in the end, they screwed up the little things, and it cost them.
Details, details.
The only detail that matters, though, is this: 2-6.
That’s the Giants’ record at the near-halfway point to this season, which is bleeding into the dreaded irrelevancy stage.
Sure, the Giants came into the game with a terrific plan to neutralize the vaunted Steelers defensive front from eating Daniel Jones alive one week after he’d been sacked seven times and hit twice as many as that in the blowout loss to the Eagles.
Sure, rookie running Tyrone Tracy produced a career night, rushing for 145 yards and a TD. Sure, receiver Darius Slayton was a dynamic deep threat, catching four passes for 108 yards.
The Giants, against significant odds, delivered a gritty, well-coached, no-quit performance laced with guile against the favored Steelers in their home.
The Steelers entered the game with a 5-2 record to the Giants’ 2-5 and they’d won 21 consecutive “Monday Night Football” home games dating back to 1991.
