Giants Routed by Bears; Jets’ Loss Is Sideshow to Antonio Brown

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We’ve enlisted experts to answer an essential question as a weekly service to readers: Are the Jets and Giants good yet?

This week, Devin Gordon, the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets, the Best Worst Team in Sports,” offered his observations.

Giants

The Giants (4-12) stretched their losing streak to five games after being routed, 29-3, by the Chicago Bears (6-10). Quarterback Mike Glennon was sacked four times Sunday, once by Bears linebacker Robert Quinn, who set the Chicago franchise’s single-season record (18).

Things are bleak in Chicago. The Bears are one of the N.F.L.’s worst teams. Coach Matt Nagy, along with pretty much everyone else in the organization, is likely to be fired. The rookie quarterback Justin Fields remains sidelined with an ankle injury, so rather than ringing in the new year with their 22-year-old franchise cornerstone on Sunday afternoon, the fans at Soldier Field had to settle for the right arm and red hair of his 34-year-old backup, Andy Dalton.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/sports/football/giants-bears-buccaneers-jets-score.html