Fassel said he had expected his team to play a lot harder. Like I told our guys, that's a good football team we played. They beat us in all phases of football. I don't think that should happen to us. Several Giants theorized that the team had been too complacent since its surprising playoff season in Fassel's first year.
Every game is different.
Every year, it's different. Last year is done and gone. I knew that this was going to be the most difficult task I was ever going to have was to take this young team that had a lot of success and everyone was telling them how wonderful they are and keep them saying, unless we play well, we're really average. Ellsworth came closest to saying the Giants quit after falling behind. Dismal showing The Giants' 127 yards of total offense was their lowest since they gained 121 at Philadelphia in a 24-0 loss in 1996.