This lesson was open to all Giants and free of charge.
Lesson: Don't do what happened when the Jets lost 10-9 at home to the Broncos on Sunday, turning MetLife Stadium into No Life Stadium.
Like the Jets on Sunday, this Sunday's game against the Seahawks in Seattle will see the Giants return from a mini-bye after Thursday's home loss to the Cowboys.
The Jets entered Sunday's mini-bye game after a complete and dominant victory over the Patriots last Thursday night, but they were unprepared and undisciplined against the underdog Broncos, who they should have won. He seemed disorganized and lethargic.
There are pros and cons to a mini-bye after the Thursday night game. The most obvious aspect of the professional game is that players will get some much-needed rest after playing two games in four days from Sunday to Thursday.
Players, especially those dealing with minor injuries or older veterans, need additional time to allow their bodies to recover.
The worst part is what seems to have happened between the Jets and the Broncos.
Despite their best performance of the season against New England, the Jets still appeared to be on a mini-bye against Denver, committing 13 penalties, including an unforgivable five false starts, and offensively held his place.
The Giants, despite losing to the Cowboys 20-15 last Thursday, are playing better football, especially in their road win over the Browns.
After a lackluster performance in the season opener, quarterback Daniel Jones played well in three consecutive games, completing 67.6 percent of his passes with four touchdowns and just one interception. He averaged 232 yards per game.
The Giants' main problem against the Cowboys was a finishing drive that went for a field goal instead of scoring a touchdown.
Their defense has allowed 56 points in the past three games after allowing 28 points to the Vikings in the season opener.
Will the mini-bye overtime off lead to sharper play in Seattle on Sunday, or will the Giants take a step back like the Jets?
Do you agree or disagree?
“I think the benefit is it gives the body time to recover,” Giants receiver Darius Slayton said Monday as players returned to work after a long weekend off. “Obviously playing from Sunday to Thursday back-to-back is a very short period of time to play football, so it's great to have time for your body to recover.
“Even if you're not completely physically locked in, it's important to stay mentally locked in. I'm not saying it's time to go to Miami and kick your feet in the sand, get treatment, Watching extra movies, stretching, doing Pilates, whatever you want to do to keep your body in the right shape during this time will help keep you mentally and physically in that shape.
“But you can't completely relax.”
Giants left tackle Jermaine Elemunor offered a slightly different take on Slayton during the off-time.
“The biggest thing is it gives me time to look back and see what I'm doing better than other teams and what I'm not doing better than other teams,” El Emnor said on Monday. spoke. “It gives you an opportunity to really work on things that you can improve on and things that you need to work on. A lot of times, taking a little bit of a break like that is when you really need to hone in on certain things, and it gives you an opportunity to really work on things that you can improve on and things that you need to work on. It will be good for a team that really needs to improve in these areas.”
At 1-3, the Giants are in last place in the NFC East behind the Commanders (3-1) and the Eagles and Cowboys (2-2). If the Giants want to remain relevant, they can't afford a buzzkill like the Jets had on Sunday in Seattle.
Jets head coach Robert Saleh has been criticized for not being hard enough on his players and not holding them accountable, but he rightfully took flak for his team's performance on Sunday. Ta.
Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who runs a more disciplined ship than Saleh, is definitely taking note.
“I can't speak to what happened to the Jets,” Elemnor said of the mini-bye. “But I definitely think it's going to be beneficial for us. It helps us really dig deep and fix those little things for Seattle.”
