Hour 1: Carton and Big Mac React to Giants' Meltdown Against Washington

Craig Carton (0:04)

It's The Carton Show with Big Mac on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in New York City. Phone number to join is always 888-808-1019.

Got a great show for you today, as the Giants have a tough, tough, tough loss at home last night against the Washington Commandos. And now you have to try to figure out what are the New York Giants. Well, I'll say this, because I had a lot of complaining and bitching on this radio station from our Giants fans who host shows here. And of course, a lot of you diehard Giants fans are calling in upset about Matt Nagy's playing Kong, upset about, you know, maybe even James Winston, who let the dogs out. Upset about this, not the other thing. But I would tell you this, this is what happens when you're relevant. This is what happens when you've got a team that has a chance to make the playoffs. And who knows, maybe make a little magical run. The opposite is what stinks. It's called Jets football.

The fact that a Thursday night game that didn't go your way and had all the makings of another Giants win, which we're going to get to, we'll break it all down for you. And the fact that you're upset about it, the fact that you're emotional about it, the fact that you're angry about it, tells you that the Giants are a good football team, more than that, a relevant football team, and you should embrace it, because you haven't had it in a very long time. Good afternoon, Big Mac, how are you?

Chris McMonigle (1:36)

I'm okay.

SPEAKER_4 (1:36)

Look at you.

Chris McMonigle (1:38)

Look at you on the brighter side of things. I'm not gloaming.

SPEAKER_4 (1:40)

Because you're not wrong.

Craig Carton (1:40)

It's a good game.

SPEAKER_4 (1:42)

You're not wrong on some level. It hurts so good. I'm with you. The idea that they put themselves in a position to make us pissed off this morning is more than it's been in a long time. Normally, these kind of games just end as another miserable giant loss, and the season's already dead right now, and we're getting ready for other teams to make playoff runs. So I'm with you. But that doesn't change the fact that I wake up today and I'm pissed off.

Craig Carton (2:03)

You should be pissed off, but...

SPEAKER_4 (2:05)

They had an opportunity to win a football game. They should have won the game. They should have won this football game. A lot of different things. And that's really before we get into all the different plays that I'm sure we're going to spend all day talking about, the play call with the quarterback sweep on third down, the drop, the fumble, the play at the end of the game, whatever other situation you want to bring up. And there's a lot of them. The missed field goal. There's a ton of things to break down on why they lost. Let me just start by saying, kind of what you're saying.

What sucks today is they had an opportunity. They were just a small doing the right things away, which is what this team has been built on all year. They were, and whether or not how much blame we put on the coach will decide. But this football team under John Harbaugh has found a way to do the right things. They have found a way to finish off these games. They have found a way to make the smart and right plays. And that's all it took to take a dominant lead inside this division. Instead, they made dumb plays. Instead, they coughed up the ball. Instead, they missed field goals and kicked balls out of bounds or facsimile of. And they were the ones who could not secure a game that should have been won. And it's frustrating today because it's not like, hey, they got beat. What are you going to do? They lined up, they got beat today. They didn't. They beat themselves. And part of this John Harbour experience as it started, is the Giants don't want to beat themselves. And today we wake up and it could have been something better, but the Giants beat themselves. And so now you're in the mix in this division. Now we're more focused on the Dallas game. I think now with Jaden Daniels, Washington's a threat and they have the tiebreaker. And instead of having a nice, cushy lead that we all felt good about that was right in their grasp, we wake up today and we're like, ah, now we're in the mix. They're playing a really excellent football team on Sunday. And now where is this season?