\n\t<\/aside>\n\u201cWith the run game, everybody needs to do better,\u201d head coach Brian Daboll said. \u201cIt’s not always going to be clean. There are going to be some 1s, some 2s [yards gained]. We’ve been missing some bigger plays that usually help in the run game. We just haven’t popped through there. The blocking, the running, the design, we have to do a better job all the way around with the run game. Coaching it, executing it.\u201d <\/p>\n
Darius Slayton’s 44-yard reception in the second quarter Thursday was the first Giants’ completion of the season that traveled more than 40 yards in the air, according to Next Gen Stats. It set up Barkley’s 1-yard touchdown run. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe kind of felt like we could get down the field with a couple of play-actions, which we did in the beginning,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cWe felt the run game was going to come later on, and we just didn’t get it going.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Giants have gotten away from their winning formula in back-to-back losses. Jones has attempted a season-high 44 and 35 passes while playing from behind in the second half. Jones was a nonfactor as a runner (three carries for 14 yards) after his dual-threat ability was a big weapon against the Cowboys in Week 3. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to do a better job with communication, technique,\u201d \u200b\u200bThomas said. \u201cBecause we’ve run the ball so well, sometimes we’re getting a lot more run pressures, and we have to do a better job of communicating and picking it up.\u201d <\/p>\n
Barkley has played through an injured shoulder for the last six games. It is fair to wonder if the Giants’ overreliance on their one game-breaker \u2014 his 224 carries are second-most in the NFL and represent a pace that will shatter his previous four-year career high \u2014 is taking its toll. He rushed a career-high 35 times in the Giants’ one win over the last four games. <\/p>\n
\u201cSaquon is out there running hard, trying to do everything he can do,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cWe just have to do a better job collectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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