Experts break down Week 2 win
There is no understating the performance by the Giants in the second half of Sunday's win over the Cardinals.
The Giants went into the locker room at the end of the second quarter down 20-0. Through the first three halves of the 2023 season, they had been outscored 60-0 by the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. But the drought ended there.
After exchanging touchdowns to start the third quarter, the Giants found themselves down 28-7 with 9:34 remaining in the third quarter. Daniel Jones led the offense to four consecutive scoring drives (three touchdowns and the game-winning field goal) while the defense held strong as the Giants scored 24 unanswered points to defeat the Cardinals, 31-28. The 21-point comeback win matched the largest in franchise history (12/2/1945 vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 10/30/1949 vs. Chicago Cardinals) and the biggest in the Super Bowl Era.
On ESPN's "Get Up" Monday morning, former defensive back Ryan Clark and former head coach Rex Ryan, both of whom now serve as NFL analysts for ESPN, praised Jones, coach Brian Daboll and the whole Giants team.
"It was Daniel Jones getting going, it was Daniel Jones' confidence, Daniel Jones' legs that got this team back in the game, and then they incorporated Saquon Barkley," said Clark. "This could be one of those turning point moments for a young quarterback and their offense."
"What had spoke to me, it spoke volumes about the culture of that building to me and that coach, Brian Daboll," Ryan added about the team's second half comeback.
Clark and Ryan were far from the only former players/coaches to talk highly of the Giants following their big win.
ESPN's Dan Orlovsky and NFL Network's Brian Baldinger both took to social media to break down some plays by the Giants offense, praising both the players and coaches for the execution and play call alike.
View photos from the Giants' 31-28 comeback victory over the Cardinals in Glendale.


RB Saquon Barkley (26)

ILB Micah McFadden (41)

K Graham Gano (9)

DT DJ Davidson (98), DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

K Graham Gano (9)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

TE Daniel Bellinger (82), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), TE Daniel Bellinger (82)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Gary Brightwell (23), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

P Jamie Gillan (6)

OL Marcus McKethan (60), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

OL Marcus McKethan (60), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

TE Darren Waller (12)

DL A'Shawn Robinson (91)

ILB Micah McFadden (41), ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

TE Darren Waller (12)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)


NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

ILB Micah McFadden (41)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

ILB Carter Coughlin (52)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

DL A'Shawn Robinson (91), NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

P Jamie Gillan (6)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

OLB Boogie Basham (45)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93), DT DJ Davidson (98)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), QB Daniel Jones (8), WR Darius Slayton (86), G Ben Bredeson (68)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), QB Daniel Jones (8), WR Darius Slayton (86), G Ben Bredeson (68)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), QB Daniel Jones (8), WR Darius Slayton (86), G Ben Bredeson (68)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18), TE Darren Waller (12)

.QB Daniel Jones (8), TE Darren Waller (12)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18), TE Darren Waller (12)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18), TE Darren Waller (12)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26), TE Darren Waller (12)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

CB Deonte Banks (25), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), ILB Micah McFadden (41)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

ILB Micah McFadden (41), RB Eric Gray (20), S Dane Belton (24)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58), OLB Jihad Ward (55)

TE Darren Waller (12)

TE Darren Waller (12)

TE Darren Waller (12)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Darren Waller (12)

S Jason Pinnock (27)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), G Ben Bredeson (68)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

S Jason Pinnock (27), ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

OLB Oshane Ximines (53)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

LS Casey Kreiter (59)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

LS Casey Kreiter (59), OLB Oshane Ximines (53)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Darren Waller (12)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Darren Waller (12)

RB Taiwan Jones (36)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

TE Darren Waller (12)

OLB Jihad Ward (55), CB Adoree' Jackson (22), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93), DL A'Shawn Robinson (91)

ILB Cam Brown (47)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

P Jamie Gillan (6), OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

TE Darren Waller (12)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12)

TE Darren Waller (12)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

QB Daniel Jones (8)


TE Darren Waller (12), QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12), QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

P Jamie Gillan (6)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), G Ben Bredeson (68), QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), G Ben Bredeson (68), QB Daniel Jones (8)

P Jamie Gillan (6)

DL A'Shawn Robinson (91)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75), K Graham Gano (9)

TE Darren Waller (12), WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

TE Darren Waller (12), WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

DL A'Shawn Robinson (91), DT DJ Davidson (98)

Brian Daboll Head Coach, QB Daniel Jones (8)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

Brian Daboll Head Coach, QB Daniel Jones (8)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

Brian Daboll Head Coach, QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

TE Darren Waller (12), QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

QB Daniel Jones (8), TE Darren Waller (12)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

Brian Daboll Head Coach

K Graham Gano (9), Brian Daboll Head Coach

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

OLB Oshane Ximines (53), TE Darren Waller (12)


CB Deonte Banks (25)

OLB Oshane Ximines (53)

OLB Jihad Ward (55)

OLB Boogie Basham (45)

OLB Oshane Ximines (53)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

RB Gary Brightwell (23)

RB Matt Breida (31)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), ILB Micah McFadden (41)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58), S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), ILB Micah McFadden (41)

RB Taiwan Jones (36)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

S Xavier McKinney (29), RB Taiwan Jones (36), S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

S Xavier McKinney (29), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), RB Saquon Barkley (26), ILB Cam Brown (47)


NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

CB Deonte Banks (25)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

S Xavier McKinney (29), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

G Ben Bredeson (68), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), G Ben Bredeson (68)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

S Xavier McKinney (29), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Darren Waller (12)

S Xavier McKinney (29), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5), RB Saquon Barkley (26)

S Xavier McKinney (29), ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

Brian Daboll Head Coach

WR Darius Slayton (86)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

S Jason Pinnock (27)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

WR Darius Slayton (86)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

RB Eric Gray (20)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

S Dane Belton (24)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux

S Dane Belton (24)

S Dane Belton (24)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8), TE Darren Waller (12)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8), TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8), WR Parris Campbell (0)

TE Darren Waller (12)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

OL Evan Neal (73)

CB Adoree' Jackson (22)

CB Adoree' Jackson (22)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

CB Cor'Dale Flott (28)

RB Taiwan Jones (36)

S Jason Pinnock (27)

S Bobby McCain (21)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

OL Matt Peart (74)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

CB Tre Hawkins III (37)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

K Graham Gano (9)

OLB Boogie Basham (45)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

OLB Boogie Basham (45)

S Xavier McKinney (29)

OLB Oshane Ximines (53)

CB Deonte Banks (25)

ILB Micah McFadden (41)

CB Deonte Banks (25)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

TE Lawrence Cager (83)

RB Eric Gray (20)

TE Darren Waller (12)

TE Darren Waller (12)

ILB Cam Brown (47)

RB Gary Brightwell (23)

WR Dennis Houston (88)

CB Nick McCloud (44)

CB Nick McCloud (44)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

ILB Carter Coughlin (52)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

OL Joshua Ezeudu (75)

OLB Jihad Ward (55)

CB Darnay Holmes (30)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

CB Adoree' Jackson (22)

S Dane Belton (24)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

TE Lawrence Cager (83)

RB Saquon Barkley (26)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

RB Eric Gray (20)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

TE Darren Waller (12)

S Bobby McCain (21)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

S Jason Pinnock (27)

WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

ILB Carter Coughlin (52)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

WR Parris Campbell (0)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

OLB Jihad Ward (55)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

CB Tre Hawkins III (37)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

RB Matt Breida (31)

DT DJ Davidson (98)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

K Graham Gano (9)

S Gervarrius Owens (39)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

TE Daniel Bellinger (82)

S Dane Belton (24)

P Jamie Gillan (6)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19)

S/ILB Isaiah Simmons (19), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (5)

ILB Cam Brown (47)

TE Lawrence Cager (83)


RB Gary Brightwell (23)

CB Nick McCloud (44)

K Graham Gano (9)

G Ben Bredeson (68), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)

TE Darren Waller (12), WR Jalin Hyatt (13)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches Sr (93)

S Bobby McCain (21), RB Matt Breida (31)

OLB Boogie Basham (45)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

ILB Bobby Okereke (58)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

DL Leonard Williams (99)

CB Deonte Banks (25)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

OL Matt Peart (74)

QB Daniel Jones (8)

QB Tyrod Taylor (2)

Ben Burress, QB Daniel Jones (8)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

WR Isaiah Hodgins (18)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

NT Dexter Lawrence II (97)

WR Sterling Shepard (3)

LS Casey Kreiter (59), P Jamie Gillan (6)
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