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And a good afternoon, everybody. This is indeed The Michael Kay Show. We thank you for joining us on this Friday, November 13th, 2026 Me and you for two. Those are the rules of engagement on the fastest moving two hours of sports talk radio. Oh yeah. And it moves so quickly because of you, my great co-host. And you know the membership number is 1-800-919-3776.

Friday the 13th. Something bad is going to happen. Something bad, bad phone call, bad news, something like that will take place today. But we'll shake it off because for two hours, it is a free for all Friday. A free for all Friday. That means whatever questions you might have about life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, I'm here to answer them. Absolutely here to answer them as I lead you into the weekend. And we will lead the show with The Big Blue Report brought to you by Kings Hawaiian. What a bummer loss for the Giants yesterday by a score of 24 to 21 They had many chances to win it. They didn't execute. They made mistakes. They were inept at times. They had two big interceptions in the fourth quarter, and they could have run the clock down. Instead, they had two three and outs, couldn't get the requisite 10 yards to keep the clock moving. And then they gave Jaden Daniels a little bit too much time, had too many chances, and he ends up connecting for touchdown. Then when the Giants had the ball at the end, very, very strange what they did. I mean, it's 101 right now. I'm not going to litigate everything that happened in the game. It's already been litigated over and over and over throughout the day on the station with DPH on Rothenberg and with Carlin as well. But about 10 yards away from putting themselves in a position for game tying field goal, then they could have forced overtime. Instead, they went for a 50-50 ball to Malik neighbors, and he lost the 50-50 interception, end of the game, and the Giants lose a very, very tough one, 24-21. That was just strange play calling by Giants, by John Harbaugh, by Nagy. Just didn't make sense. What are you going for the home run ball there?

Just didn't make sense at all. Just pick up a couple of yards, pick up 10 yards, pick up maybe 12 yards, and move the ball and then take your chance. Still have a timeout remaining, then you can take a chance, but at least you're in field goal position. But they didn't do it that way. Now, it's hard to question John Harbaugh because he's done every single thing right. But when you see the Giants lose a game like this, here's what resonates with me. And we had a call to bring this up yesterday.

They haven't really beaten anybody good. Now, I disagree with that premise because they beat Dallas, and Dallas was considered excellent in game one, and then they beat the Texans who were playing very well. They've been only blown out once, where they really weren't competitive, and that was the Rams. And I completely discard that game because that's the game that Jackson Dart got hurt, and Winston came in, and they were ill-prepared for that. And obviously, they were devastated that the quarterback went down with what obviously was a very serious injury that's keeping them out the whole year. But the Giants, the margin of error for this team is razor thin. They can't make mistakes. They can't make bad coaching calls. Because they're not a great team yet. I think they're headed on that way in the next year or so, if they continue to acquire the type of players that will buy into the system. And John Harbaugh is allowed to lead those players, and he's only going to get players that he can really lead. But every single game, the margin of error is razor thin. So, when one of the best partners in football, Stout, right? He gives a 12-yard shank punt at the end, and that sets up the commanders for that eventual game-winning touchdown. You can't have that. Then earlier in the fourth quarter, on a kickoff after the Giants took the lead, Dominic Zavada kicks one out of bounds, and he puts the commanders at the 40-yard line. You can't make mistakes like that. And although I see the value in a youngster with a big leg like that, and after the game, Harbaugh certainly doubled down on his commitment to Zavada, you can't miss a 33-yard field goal. You can't. Those points are so precious. You know, he had a big game in the previous game. You know, he had the four field goals, and whatever the case may be, against the Eagles. I get all that, but he's missed too many. After starting off nine of nine, he's missed too many. And Harbaugh said, I still believe in him. I'm not going to fire somebody just because they have a bad game. He's had a couple of bad games. And because the margin of error is so small, you can't miss field goals. You can't. And also takes the wind out of a team's sails. It really does. So if you look at yesterday's game, they wasted a really good performance, a career-high performance by JJ McCarthy. They wasted a really good two-touchdown performance by Cam Scadaboo, who certainly performed as if he was a lead back after the Giants didn't make a trade for a lead running back. They just wasted all those. They wasted a couple of big interceptions.