NY REPORT CARD

OFFENSE

Another dreadful start and never got any better. Two more turnovers for Daniel

Jones (17 of 32, 179 yards) and more inaccuracy than we are accustomed to seeing. At least he ran well (5-49). Sloppy pitch by Jones couldn’t be handled by

Evan Engram for an early turnover. Giants debut for Devonta Freeman

(5-10) was a dud, but cannot pin any of this on him. Not one snap taken in the red zone by this group. That is big-time inept. The run-blocking is remarkably bad.

DEFENSE

When these guys are on the field for a 16 seconds shy of 40 minutes it is not going to be attractive. Question: How do you make Nick Mullens (343 passing yards, 108.9 quarterback rating) look like a million bucks? Answer: Start him vs. the Giants. Niners were 8 of 12 on third-down conversions. Some gritty work early gave way to some play that rhymes with gritty after halftime. Rookie CB Darnay

Holmes was targeted early and often, and beaten early and often.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Let’s hear it for Graham Gano, who hit field goals of 52, 42 and 47 yards for all the scoring for his team. Tentative first kickoff return by Corey Ballentine (who should have stayed in the end zone) was stopped at the 11-yard line. Time to find a different return man. Face-mask penalty by Lorenzo

Carter on botched snap gave the 49ers another try for PAT and added another point to Giants deficit. Like tossing that deck chair off the Titanic. Riley Dixon had to wait until the fourth quarter for his first punt, and it was a 54-yard beauty down to the Niners 8-yard line.

COACHING

Cannot argue with Joe Judge going for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 30 late in the third quarter, down by 14 points. What did he have to lose? QB sneak with Jones was a disaster, though. It is on Judge to get his team out of the gate faster than this and find a way to keep players believing. Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham made two lineup changes and additions of Logan Ryan (for Julian

Love) and Isaac Yiadom (for Ballentine) were upgrades.