Even Giants bright spots caving under pressure as miserable losses pile up

This was not the norm for Brian Burns.“I’m not usually into the whole motivational, rah rah and all that,’’ he said, “but if it’s something that’s been on my mind and on my heart I’ll say it.’’He decided to say it to the group following Sunday’s 30-7 loss to the Buccaneers, a game that was as non-competitive as any of the worst performances the Giants have put out on the field for the past several years of almost exclusively bad football.Burns is only 11 games into his time with the Giants and so he does not have the psychological wounds of the likes of Dexter Lawrence or Darius Slayton, products of the 2019 draft class, both well-versed in the demise of the franchise.Burns, though, has seen enough.The Giants are 2-9 and fading fast, owners of a six-game losing streak.As the players left the field and gathered in the locker room, veteran guard Greg Van Roten was starting to address the team and Burns actually got in the first words.“I spoke my mind,’’ Burns said.

“I told the team I’m not excluding myself, as a whole everybody was bad today and nobody got anything done that we needed to get done and we got a short week and we need to get back to what we were doing.’’Burns after getting up in front of his teammates proceeded to meet with the media and described the performance of his team, getting behind 30-0 after three quarters, as “ass.’’Yes it is a short week for the Giants, who have a quick turnaround for their flight Wednesday in advance of a Thanksgiving Day game against the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.Burns was one of several players who sounded disgusted, angry, confused and frustrated after this game.The benching of Daniel Jones did not move the needle a millimeter, as his replacement, Tommy DeVito, operated a non-functioning offense.

It looks as if Jones, who asked for and was granted his release, is the most fortunate one of all, finally rid of all this losing.Here are some thoughts on loss No.9 of the season:Su...