Giants takeaways, report card from NFL Week 10 loss to Bears

CHICAGO — Grading the Giants’ 24-20 loss on Sunday:

1. Well, this collapse was so predictable that the only question was if the Bears, playing so poorly, would be able to wake up and take it. They did because everyone beats the Giants. The sights and sounds in the visiting locker room at Soldier Field after blowing another double-digit lead in the fourth quarter did not reveal a shattered or angry team. How can you be angry about something that keeps recurring? The Giants have been there, done that with all this losing. Sure, players said they were confident they would close this one out, but here is a question to ponder: Did they look confident out there? Did they play with confidence down the stretch? Did anyone refuse to lose and come up with a winning play?

2. When they talk about finishing games, it really comes down to finishing plays, and Kayvon Thibodeaux did not accomplish that mission. He was buzzing around Caleb Williams all afternoon and came away with nothing. Thibodeaux could have had three sacks but failed to get the quarterback to the ground. This is a failing in Thibodeaux’s game; close, but not quite enough. He did not even register a quarterback hit. Yes, Williams is very athletic and is hard to bring down but not impossible. He threw the ball 36 times and was not sacked once. Brian Burns, the NFL sack leader heading into the week, had Williams in his sights once, and the Bears quarterback wiggled free. If one of the defenders were able to drop Williams for a loss, perhaps the Bears comeback would not have resulted in another Giants loss.

3.  When Jaxson Dart had to leave the game with a concussion, Russell Wilson came in to start the fourth quarter. The Giants were holding onto a 17-7 lead, and there was no interest in putting the ball in Wilson’s hands. The Giants, at that point, needed their running backs to step up, and they did. Tyrone Tracy Jr. gained all 71 of his rushing yards in the second half. Devin Singletary turned a 5-yard dump-off into a 41-yard gain by tiptoeing the right sideline. But, holding a 20-10 lead, the offensive line faltered on its second possession of the fourth quarter. There was a false start by guard Jon Runyan Jr. and a holding penalty on center Austin Schlottmann. A second-and-20 situation was too much for Wilson to overcome as the Giants were unsuccessful in burning enough time off the clock.