ESPN Shockingly Criticizes Giants As Worse Than 'Soft'

With six catches and 64 yards, rookie receiver Malik Nabers was the relative star of the offense. But in the post-game locker room he also became the team's sad spokesman.

""Soft as (bleep)," Nabers said. "I'm tired of going out there and losing. I go out there, first and second quarter, and I don’t get the ball and then start getting targets at the end. I mean, I can’t do nothing. Start getting the ball at 30-0 ... what do you want me to do?”

Nabers' comments were a stinging indictment not of DeVito, but rather of a coaching staff.

“Obviously it ain’t the quarterback,” he said. “Same outcome we had when DJ was the quarterback. Take a look. It ain’t the quarterback.”

While dissecting Nabers' comments Monday morning, ESPN went beyond the coaching staff and moved the blame for a disastrous Giants season upstairs to the front  office.

"I'm happy the Giants got this  performance because that's what they deserve," said ESPN analyst Rex Ryan. "The front office gave up on the players ... what do you expect? You ripped the heart of out of this locker room and expect some Herculean effort from player? It's atrocious. An absolute disgrace."

The Giants have been harshly criticized for their handling of Jones, the former first-round pick who last week was benched and forced to play scout-team safety during practice before being cut. ESPN's Dan Orlovsky agreed with Ryan that the Giants benching their best quarterback to save money - avoiding a possible injury payment to Jones - sends a negative message.

"The Giants' building is broken," Orlovsky said. "And I don't think it's going to be fixed with the people they have in the front office right now. The players spoke very clearly with the way they played that football game yesterday."

The Giants are 2-9 and are four-point underdogs to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving in Arlington.