The New York Giants have been at house in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers’ junior varsity staff on Sunday.

The 49ers have been with out Jimmy Garoppolo, Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman, George Kittle, Solomon Thomas, Nick Bosa and Richard Sherman. The 49ers have been additionally on the East Coast for the second straight wee. You received’t discover many higher spots for an NFL staff than the Giants had.

And the Giants acquired blown out 36-9 by San Francisco.

New York had its personal harm points, most notably Saquon Barkley and Sterling Shepard. It’s not just like the 49ers are going to really feel any pity for them.

If the Giants couldn’t beat that model of the 49ers and even come shut, who precisely are they going to beat this season? It’s an necessary query for common supervisor David Gettleman, coach Joe Decide and quarterback Daniel Jones.

Gettleman might be in probably the most bother. Decide is in simply his first season and the Giants have an excessive amount of invested in Jones to simply transfer on (except they win the Trevor Lawrence sweepstakes). However Gettleman doesn’t have so much to face on if the Giants maintain dropping. Having to chop 2019 first-round DeAndre Baker after Baker was charged with armed theft is one other unhealthy mark on his file.

If Jones fails, Gettleman’s draft file appears even worse. This might be a an enormous 12 months for Jones. He had some nice video games as a rookie however was inconsistent. This season he hasn’t been superb. Dropping Barkley hurts but when Jones is a franchise quarterback, he ought to be capable of have some success with out his greatest teammate. It’s too early to surrender on Jones, however he acquired completely outplayed by Nick Mullens on Sunday. That’s not what you wish to see out of your quarterback who was the sixth choose of the 2019 draft. Jones was 17 of 32 for 179 yards, no touchdowns and an interception. He had a passer ranking of 56.6.

Decide must backside out to be on the new seat, but when the Giants maintain dropping then his oddball strategies will look even weirder. You may get by with not saying your gamers’ names in media settings, making them run laps for errors or taping tennis balls to defensive backs’ fingers in observe when you’re profitable. For those who lose double-digit video games, it’s simply annoying. Once you get completely outcoached by Kyle Shanahan, who was lacking virtually half his staff, it appears such as you’re in over your head. Extra high-school drills aren’t going to assist that.

The Giants weren’t anticipated to be nice this season, however an enormous step again could be tough. There could be modifications. Gettleman’s seat would probably be the most well liked. Jones and Decide would probably survive, however they’d higher rebound in 2021. It’s solely three weeks into the season, however everybody within the Giants group ought to really feel they’re on discover after Sunday’s loss.

Jerick McKinnon of the San Francisco 49ers carries the ball as Lorenzo Carter of the New York Giants tries to sort out him (Picture by Elsa/Getty Pictures)Extra

Listed below are the winners and losers from Week four within the NFL:

WINNERS

Aaron Donald: The most effective participant within the NFL may not be Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson.

These two will win MVP awards as a result of they’re quarterbacks, however Donald is pretty much as good as any participant within the NFL right this moment and has an excellent argument as the very best defensive sort out ever. He’s that good. Even in a crushing loss, Donald reminded us he’ll be a first-ballot Corridor of Famer.

The Rams had an excellent comeback and Donald was on the middle of it. With the Rams trailing 28-25 within the fourth quarter, Donald sacked Josh Allen for a 12-yard loss on first down, then on third-and-22 Donald sacked Allen once more and compelled a fumble. That led to a Rams landing and the lead.

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The Payments got here again to win in a dramatic approach, however that’s not on Donald. He was phenomenal. There are many methods to measure the NFL’s greatest participant. However Donald must be in that dialog.

Rex Burkhead: The Patriots are in want of any playmakers on offense, and Sunday was Burkhead’s flip.

With James White inactive, Burkhead acquired a number of time at working again and scored two acrobatic touchdowns and acquired a 3rd one to assist put away a 36-20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. He flew over the pile on the primary one and acquired spun within the air on the second.

Burkhead is unlikely to be a featured again for the Patriots the remainder of the best way, as a result of the Patriots don’t typically lean on one man. However Burkhead may have his moments, and he got here up huge for the Patriots on Sunday.

Cleveland Browns and Kevin Stefanski: It’s onerous to imagine, however Sunday marked the primary time since 2010 the Browns had scored 30 or extra factors in consecutive video games. It’s additionally the primary time since 2014 the Browns are above 2-1, which is shocking.

Truly, it’s the Browns. It’s not too powerful to imagine.

The Browns offense, with the harmful working again duo of Kareem Hunt and Nick Chubb, appeared good in a win over the Washington Soccer Group. Washington has its points however its protection isn’t unhealthy, particularly up entrance, and the Browns didn’t have a lot downside shifting the ball in a 34-20 win.

Stefanski’s debut wasn’t spectacular, because the Browns have been blown out by the Baltimore Ravens. However the Ravens may simply be that good. Since then the Browns offense has come alive, and that’s nice information for Cleveland’s long-suffering followers.

Stephen Gostkowski, once more: Three video games, three game-winning kicks for Gostkowski.

In fact, the season acquired off to a tough begin for the previous Patriots’ kicker. He missed three subject targets and an additional level in Week 1, however acquired redemption with the game-winning subject aim at Denver within the remaining seconds. Then in Week 2, his late subject aim lifted teh Titans to a 33-30 win over the Jaguars. And on Sunday, the Titans battled again from a deficit to the Vikings and Gostkowski received it with one other game-winner within the remaining two minutes.

The Titans are 3-Zero for a lot of causes. Simply don’t neglect their kicker and his three game-winning subject targets.

LOSERS

Mitchell Trubisky: The leash for Trubisky was a lot shorter than it appeared by two weeks.

The Chicago Bears have been 2-Zero however Trubisky hadn’t performed nice. When he threw a nasty choose on Sunday in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons, Matt Nagy was fast to show to Nick Foles. And now there’s in all probability no turning again.

After a 3rd quarter interception helped put the Bears in a 26-10 gap, Trubisky was benched. It was his first interception on the day however that was sufficient. Foles got here in and within the fourth quarter he led an enormous comeback in opposition to the Falcons, who will face a number of questions on whether or not coach Dan Quinn might be their coach in Week four after a second straight collapse.

The fast hook for Trubisky made it appear to be Nagy was ready for any cause to make the swap. If that was the case, it doesn’t make a lot sense to make Trubisky the starter to start the season. The Bears seemingly wished Foles. Given the best way the Bears received with Foles, that could be it for the Trubisky period in Chicago.

Houston Texans’ early schedule: The excellent news is the Texans’ schedule will get so much simpler. The unhealthy information is that they have an enormous gap to dig out of.

There haven’t been many more durable three-game begins to a season than Houston was given. They performed on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, hosted the Baltimore Ravens after which performed on the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Texans battled on Sunday however misplaced 28-21. They’re 0-Three after having confronted three of the very best groups within the NFL.

In fact, no person will really feel unhealthy for Houston. They’re going to must rebound fast or they are going to be irrelevant lengthy earlier than Halloween. Which may not be good for Invoice O’Brien.

Vikings getting Justin Jefferson concerned too late: The query for the Minnesota Vikings could be, why precisely was the teaching workers doing giving Olabisi Johnson extra time within the first two weeks?

Jefferson was a dynamic participant at LSU and a first-round choose, however had simply 5 catches by two weeks taking part in about half the time. The Vikings let him play extra on Sunday and he appeared like a star. Jefferson punctuated his huge day with a 71-yard landing that he made look really easy, he was dancing on the 5-yard line on his approach in. He had seven catches for 175 yards and a landing.

In fact, the Vikings nonetheless misplaced. They’re 0-3. At the very least they know what they’ve in Jefferson, even when their season is in bother already.