The New York Giants committed turnovers on five consecutive possessions in their 26-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
That ties a mark that was achieved three other times in the NFL over the past 25 years, per Grok research. The 2010 Chicago Bears, 2010 Jacksonville Jaguars, and the 2016 New York Jets all did it as well.
“It’s certainly an unfortunate series of events. I don’t think I’ve ever been around that, that it’s happened, but it did,” assistant head coach and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said on Monday. “We got to get it cleaned up. We have to be really good and disciplined with our ball security. We have to be really good and disciplined with the decision-making part of it.
“As a coach, that’s something I take great pride in, being able to detail that stuff out. So, whether it’s the drills, whether it’s the film work, we’ve got to continue to ramp that up and put our guys in those positions that we can see it.”
How it went down:
Q2: 1-10-NO 44 (1:13) (Shotgun) J.Dart pass short right to D.Slayton to NO 35 for 9 yards (D.Davis). FUMBLES (D.Davis), RECOVERED by NO-J.Sanker at NO 32. J.Sanker pushed ob at NYG 41 for 27 yards (D.Singletary).
Q3: 1-10-NO 43 (11:01) (No Huddle) J.Dart sacked at NO 46 for -3 yards. FUMBLES, RECOVERED by NO-C.Jordan at NO 46.
Q4: 2-7-NO 12 (15:00) (Shotgun) C.Skattebo up the middle to NO 13 for -1 yards (B.Bresee). FUMBLES (B.Bresee), RECOVERED by NO-J.Howden at NO 14. J.Howden for 86 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Q4: 4-6-NO 38 (10:06) (Shotgun) J.Dart pass deep right intended for J.Hyatt INTERCEPTED by K.McKinstry [P.Werner] at NO 5. K.McKinstry pushed ob at NO 5 for no gain (J.Hyatt).
Q4: 2-20-NYG 39 (5:11) (Shotgun) J.Dart pass short right intended for B.Collins INTERCEPTED by K.McKinstry at NYG 45. K.McKinstry to NYG 45 for no gain (B.Collins).
On Monday, head coach Brian Daboll was still flummoxed by the way his team gift-wrapped the victory for the winless Saints.
“I thought Jaxson (Dart) did a lot of good things in this game. But the turnovers, again, the ball gets stripped out of our hand. Two minute. We’ve got to do a good job. (Demario) Davis made a nice play on (Darius Slayton) Slay, gets taken out of our hand. (Cam) Skattebo, defensive end crosses, attacks his face and gets it out. All going into the scoring zone. Hard to win,” he said. “There are not many teams that have had an 0 and 5 turnover ratio and won a game in the last 25 years.”
There also aren’t many that have turned the ball over on five consecutive series. The Giants are now one of four.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants tie unwanted all-time record in Week 5 loss to Saints
Reporting by John Fennelly, Giants Wire / Giants Wire
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