The Giants tied for the first time since 1997 on Sunday, leaving many players with an unfamiliar feeling as they walked off the field at MetLife Stadium.
“It’s not a loss, but it’s not a win either,” Daniel Jones said. “Just disappointing that we couldn’t take advantage of certain situations and win the game.”
Kayvon Thibodeaux, New York’s rookie pass rusher who is used to college overtimes, admitted it was an odd feeling when the clock hit zeroes.
“For me, it was definitely unfamiliar,” Thibodeaux said. “When I walked off the field, the crowd wasn’t cheering, it wasn’t booing, there was no noise.
So that was different…we didn’t have the outcome we wanted, so we just have to keep getting better.”
Saquon Barkley was a bit more openly frustrated with the tie, knowing the Giants had their chances to secure a big win at home.
“It sucks,” Barkley said. “You go out there and you want to compete and want to win, and you put bodies on the line and come out with a tie. It doesn’t feel good for either team. But you got to treat it like it’s a win or a loss, watch film, get ready for the next opponent, and put it in the past.”
Head coach Brian Daboll was more measured at the postgame podium, though he agreed that there were missed opportunities to avoid the blandness of a tie.
“You always like to win a game, but there’s some things we can do better, and that’s what we’ll try to do,” Daboll said. “The guys competed their tails off. Ended up tying rather than winning, but everybody’s gonna get ready to go next week.”
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