To be honest, I don't have a ton more to say about this game than I did on Monday night, then we broke a bunch of things down on Tuesday, and Giardi had some good thoughts that day as well.
You saw the game. The Patriots came with a chip on their shoulder, for whatever reason, and imposed their will on a Giants team that kind of crumpled once they saw the Patriots' intensity. Things might have been a little different had Abdul Carter played from the start because he was a pain in the rear, but it was 17-0 when he finally hit the field.
I guess the thing that stood out the most in watching the film was just how comfortable Drake Maye was in this game, despite being down two starters on the left side of the line. He was coming off a subpar performance (for him) against a Bengals defense that caused him to second-guess some things. There was none of that in this game. Some of it could have been a Giants defense that had a new defensive coordinator after Shane Bowen was fired last week. Charlie Bullen was no Al Golden of the Bengals, that's for sure. But most of it was about Maye.
He simply read the Giants like a book, both pre- and post-snap, knew his part in the protection plan to help Vederian Lowe and Ben Brown, and played the role of point guard perfectly. I agree with others that Maye reminded you of Tom Brady in his mastery of this offense. He was like a symphony conductor, and the Giants were his orchestra. His two