New York Post

REPORT CARD

- — Paul Schwartz

OFFENSE

There is some ridiculous stuff going on, starting with 11 sacks allowed. What are they even doing here? Daniel Jones (27 of 34, 202 yards) tossed two intercepti­ons — one returned for a 97-yard pick-six — and lost one fumble. Oh, and he was hit 14 times. He was the leading ball-carrier (10-66), which is not what is needed. How can TE Darren Waller (3-21) be such a forgotten man? Josh Ezeudu was beaten badly around the edge by

F Uchenna Nwosu. Come to think of it, who was not beaten badly?

DEFENSE

Geno Smith (13 of 20, 110 yards, 1 TD) did not have to do much. Tyler Lockett (4-54) and DK Metcalf (3-34) did not have to do much, either. Nor did RB Kenneth Walker III (17-79, 1 TD). Missed tackles by Bobby Okereke and Adoree’ Jackson were the lowlights on Noah Fant’s 51-yard catch and run. Only 281 total yards allowed.

C The best work was done on third down, limiting Seattle to 3 of 12.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Six penalties? C’mon now. Muffed punt by rookie Eric Gray in the first quarter was ugly — the ball fell directly through his arms. Gray was benched for Adoree’ Jackson. Thank goodness for Graham Gano, who nailed a 55-yard field goal in the second quarter for the first points for his team. Jamie Gillan had a F 61-yard punt late in the second quarter.

COACHING

Yes, the offensive line is riddled with injuries and not very good when fully intact. There has to be some way to protect the quarterbac­k and run a cohesive offense. Brian Daboll and Mike Kafka have yet to figure that out through four games. Daboll is calm after these one-sided losses but he has to start lighting some fires with his players. Wink Martindale was correct that his guys would be able to clean up some of the missed tackling issues. Still, this is far from a dominating D unit. The special teams sloppiness has to stop.

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