The New York Giants continued their prime-time struggles on Thursday night, falling to the San Francisco 49ers, 30-12, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
With the loss, the Giants fall to 1-2 on the season and now face another prime-time game in Week 4 against the Seattle Seahawks.
Buy Giants TicketsBetween now and then, the Giants have to heal up and clean up a lot of their poor play, which was once again on full display against the 49ers and reflected in the Pro Football Focus grades.
Here’s a look at the best and worst performers from the Week 3 defeat.
Top 5 offense
- WR Darius Slayton (69.3)
- WR Wan’Dale Robinson (67.3)
- RB Gary Brightwell (66.0)
- RB Matt Breida (64.7)
- OL Matt Peart (63.0)
Bottom 5 offense
- OL Joshua Ezeudu (27.2)
- OL Markus McKethan (28.3)
- OL Shane Lemieux (31.6)
- OL John Michael Schmitz (33.8)
- QB Tyrod Taylor (41.9)
Top 5 defense
- NT Dexter Lawrence (90.3)
- DL Leonard Williams (89.6)
- DL D.J. Davidson (87.8)
- CB Adoree’ Jackson (67.6)
- CB Darnay Holmes (66.1)
Bottom 5 defense
- LB Kayvon Thibodeaux (28.4)
- LB Boogie Basham (32.1)
- CB Tre Hawkins (38.7)
- DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (43.4)
- LB Micah McFadden (46.7)
Top 5 special teams
- CB Darnay Holmes (73.5)
- LB Cam Brown (68.1)
- LS Casey Kreiter (64.2)
- LB Carter Coughlin (62.6)
- LB Isaiah Simmons (62.1)
Bottom 5 special teams
- TE Daniel Bellinger (40.5)
- S Dane Belton (54.3)
- DB Nick McCloud (56.1)
- RB Gary Brightwell (56.5)
- LB Boogie Basham (57.0)
Other notables
- TE Darren Waller (59.6)
- QB Daniel Jones (55.0)
- WR Jalin Hyatt (53.7)
- OL Evan Neal (45.3)
- CB Deonte Banks (65.2)
- S Xavier McKinney (60.2)
- LB Bobby Okereke (51.4)