New York Giants’ news, 9/8: Reacting to the loss, Jaxson Dart

“It’s a new season, but it does hurt,” Daboll said. “You got a good camp, felt good about coming into this game against a really good football team, and it does hurt. We got to pick up, move on, learn from it and obviously not good enough.”

It’s a mistake to overreact to Week 1 results in the notoriously fickle NFL, but it’s hard not to feel like Sunday was more of a continuation of last season than a fresh start.

LANDOVER, Md. -- Kayvon Thibodeaux and Abdul Carter shared a sack, and the latter even blocked a punt later in the game.

In many ways, the New York pass rush was as advertised in the season opener against Washington. It just didn’t matter because of another anemic offensive showing.

LANDOVER, Md. - When the first game of a new season looks too familiar to the way last season ended, the New York Giants have a lot for which they need answers.

If you just turn on the tape of Sunday’s 21-6 Week 1 loss to the Commanders, other than the new faces and the change in venues, an untrained eye might not be able to tell the difference between this year and the previous two games that opened the season.

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