Giants' Loss to Washington & J.J. McCarthy Performance Evaluation

Chris McMonigle (0:00)

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That was a poor decision.

Craig Carton (0:11)

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Chris McMonigle (0:16)

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Craig Carton (0:19)

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Chris McMonigle (0:21)

That was a poor decision.

Craig Carton (0:22)

So now you have to realize that the Jaguars are coming to town next weekend, and the New York Giants at home are six or seven point underdogs already.

Chris McMonigle (0:30)

I already know where I'm going with that one.

Craig Carton (0:32)

Jaguars?

Chris McMonigle (0:32)

Taking the G-men.

Craig Carton (0:34)

Are you?

Chris McMonigle (0:34)

Yeah, it's going to be a close game.

Craig Carton (0:35)

Really? Yep.

Chris McMonigle (0:37)

Giants play tight games.

Craig Carton (0:39)

Look at you. Look at the support, the positivity from you.

Chris McMonigle (0:42)

Look, I think there's reasons to be positive.

Craig Carton (0:43)

Touchdown underdogs at home.

Chris McMonigle (0:45)

If you're going to say the coaching...

Craig Carton (0:46)

All the bad loss to Washington.

Chris McMonigle (0:48)

If you're going to say the coaching cost them the game...

Craig Carton (0:51)

In part it did.

Chris McMonigle (0:51)

In part it did. I would tell you, you know what, I feel good about that because I trust this coaching. They had a bad night. They certainly did. I agree with that. But let's be honest. Outside of that poor decision, I thought JJ. McCarthy made a terrible decision throwing that football like he did at the end of the game. Both of the throws, the last two throws of the game, I thought were poor decisions. He threw them up for grabs. He threw them up for grabs because he was getting blitz. There was guys underneath. But I thought JJ. McCarthy played really well to stand there in the pocket with the blitz in his face to throw that to split two defenders on the likely touchdown. He had Theo Johnson. It's a perfect ball in his hands. I thought he played really well. He was mobile. He made big third downs with his legs. I thought we're really seeing the emergence of fields. I think he's a legitimately good second or third option wide receiver.

Scadaboo ran the ball great.

Nabors is legit. I think there's a lot of reasons to feel good about the team. Yeah, 100%.

Craig Carton (1:46)

100%. Now you just have to hope that what you saw from JJ. McCarthy last night was in a one and done kind of situation. That's consistent now. Because I agree that he threw the ball 36 times last night.

Chris McMonigle (1:56)

I thought he played well last night.

Craig Carton (1:57)

And I thought he played very well as well.

Chris McMonigle (1:59)

So that's three starts and two really good ones and one lousy one. That's how I would put it. Plus, if you want to throw in the fourth quarter against the Saints where he was spectacular.

Craig Carton (2:09)

But the only thing that sucks is that for you dire giant fans and last night being the single most important home game you've had in 15 years kind of sucks that you couldn't bring it home because he was right there for you. It wasn't like you got outplayed, you didn't. It wasn't like Washington was a better team, they were not. You had to lead late at home and you couldn't close it. That's what hurts the most. And let's be honest about something else. And I say this not just to the Giants, I'll say to the Jets and any other team in New York that tries to pull off these shenanigans. We got to stop with the whiteout crap.

Especially in a blizzard or an expected blizzard. You can't ask people to wear white when you're told from a weather guy that it's torrential downpours and 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts. Sorry, I'm not putting on your white t-shirt because it looks good on TV.

Right? The whiteout, leave it for Penn State and those pedophiles there to wear white. We got to be better than that. Not just the Giants, the Knicks, the Rangers, the Jets, the Mets, the Yankees. No more whiteouts.

Chris McMonigle (3:17)

Or any other colors. I'm not a big fan of... Be creative.

Craig Carton (3:21)

Come up with something on your own.

Chris McMonigle (3:22)

I'm not wearing the stupid shirt.

Craig Carton (3:24)

Hey folks, make sure you wear white. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.