The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

Not much going right for the Giants in first two games

- By Tom Canavan

The only thing going right for the New York Giants these days might be the standings after two games.

The offense has scored 13 points total. The defense that carried the team to its first playoff berth since the 2011 season is not playing as well as last season, and the special teams has generated nothing on returns and gave up rookie Jamal Agnew’s game-breaking 88-yard punt return on Monday night in a 24-10 loss to the Detroit Lions.

Winning 11 games this season would appear to be wishful thinking at this point, especially with Denver, Kansas City, Oakland and five more NFC East contests in the remaining 14 games.

If there is any reason for optimism, it’s the fact that there are only three undefeated teams in the conference — the Lions, Falcons and Panthers.

The bottom line for coach Ben McAdoo and his staff is that there is a lot to fix, and he is promising changes for Sunday’s game in Philadelph­ia against the Eagles (1-1).

He even said he would look at whether he will continue to call plays on offense, but don’t expect him to change that.

“We’re not going to panic,” McAdoo said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re not the first good team to start 0-2.

“When we first got together in April we talked about we weren’t going to sneak up on anybody this year. We’re going to get everybody’s best shot and we’ve had two prime-time football games against pretty good opponents. It’s not excuses. We have to find a way to get better.”

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