There wasn’t a lot to say but a lot that was said after the Giants’ 34-10 loss in Philadelphia Sunday, so here’s a Christmas edition of Giants Quotebook, with a selection of one-off quotes from head coach Joe Judge, quarterback Mike Glennon, and running back Devontae Booker:
Judge on the momentum swing in the second half: “In the first half our defense played as well as we could ask them to. We had opportunities for turnovers and we were attacking the ball. You say, 'Keep on attacking the ball and something is going to go our way right there.' The kicking game was doing a good job of giving us field position and not letting their return game get started. I was happy with the way those two phases were playing. Obviously offensively we couldn't get anything going right there. When you start playing two out of three phases, you've got to make sure that the third phase can come through and give you something right there. We knew it was going to be kind of slug-it-out type of game for us to have success, and you saw an element of that in the first half. You don't want to play with some of the limitations that we had in the first half. However when you go to the second half, there were a couple of things in terms of [the Eagles] having that shot down the field which led to them getting some more points and then the two late touchdowns. Those were two inexcusable things that can't happen.”
Glennon on the offense’s struggles: “I think if we could pinpoint one thing, then we'd already have that answered and be playing at a higher level. All across the board I think we need to execute better. It comes down to execution. It always will. We just need to execute better.”
Judge on benching Saquon Barkley in the fourth quarter: “Just the situation in the game right there. He's got some bumps and bruises. I thought Saquon played hard and obviously we couldn't get enough going for him. That was just a decision that we made right there at the end of the game.”
Booker on the offense: “We’re really talented on offense. We have the pieces, it just ain’t gelling here and there, but our focus is on trying ot get those things to gel and go out there and fight. All we can ask for on offense is to go out there and play great and score points, and keep our defense off the field.”
Judge on addressing his wide receivers during the game: “I talked to them several times throughout the game, and a lot of it was about expecting what type of coverage [the Eagles] were playing and what that's going to do in terms of some of the calls that we're making. We talked about contested catches, blocking in the run game, things of that nature. So it was more a schematic type of approach.”
Judge on Kadarius Toney’s return: “Obviously he was on a short week coming back, and with only a couple of days of practice due to the ramp up off of COVID, the package put together for him was considering the situations where we really wanted to get him in there. There were times that we put him in multiple plays in a row, which was something that we weren't sure about in terms of his conditioning. He fought through a lot of things and when he had the ball come his way, he was able to get in space, make some plays, get vertical, and convert some things.”
Booker on the team’s mindset during a four-game losing streak: “We’re still all together week in and week out, no matter if we’ve lost four in a row or won four in a row. We still come to work and do what we need to do as a team, work our tail off with game plans and try to go out and win. That’s what we all play this game for. We all hate losing, but the mindset we come in with every week is being ready to work. It’s been a little tough, but we continue to just put our heads down, correct mistakes, and try to be better each day. As that goes on, we’ll make strides as a team.”
Judge on the DeVonta Smith touchdown catch that was called incomplete and reversed: “They just said it was done [by the NFL Replay Center] in New York. They reversed it on the field, and then they said New York was looking at it right there, and then they just told me that it was going to count as a touchdown. There's not much more you can do right there. We can't challenge scoring plays so you're just sitting there waiting. You get a lot of communication from guys in the booth in terms of what they're looking at on television and the replays. What you're really looking at right there is what you're seeing on television, but ultimately it's what the officials see and what New York sees.”
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