REPORT CARD
OFFENSE
Eli Manning tossed two TD passes and had a passer rating of 113.9, but his lost fumble on that hideous underhand shovel-pass attempt was terrible. Take the darn sack and move on. Big outing for Sterling
Shepard (11 catches, 142 yards), another TD for Evan
Engram and decent running by Orleans Darkwa (14-70), but it did not amount to much. Justin Pugh came back too soon from bad back and could not finish. Where the heck are the points?
DEFENSE
Really? It is not easy to turn C.J. Beathard (19-of-25, 288) into a passing wizard, but the Giants did it, shredded for TD passes of 83 and 47 yards. Janoris Jenkins should have stayed suspended. He got burned and looked uninterested in physical contact. Really poor. Allowing 186 rushing yards and 67 percent on third-down conversions is abysmal. No sacks, no pass rush, no clue. At least Olivier Vernon returned and got his first career INT.
SPECIAL TEAMS
So, Aldrick Rosas opens the game by slamming a kickoff out of bounds. Are you kidding me? Rosas is not going to convince anyone he’s the long-term answer, missing a 34-yard field goal, even if he did hit FGs of 47 and 42 yards. There was a 16-yard punt return by the 49ers.
COACHING
Ben McAdoo has no answers. At this point, he might not even know the right questions to ask. He is unable to get his team to snap to attention and get the football right. Why did Steve Spagnuolo have his defense playing man coverage with 28 seconds left in the first half? That call helped the 49ers to a killer TD on a 47-yarder to TE Garrett Celek that should have not happened.