The box score reads that last Thursday was the most prolific passing night of J.J. McCarthy’s young career.
Watching the fourth quarter of the Giants’ 24-21 loss to the Commanders suggests something very different.
At the end of a game in which McCarthy threw for a career-high 293 yards, the Giants took responsibility out of his hands and tempered excitement that he has had a breakthrough — cooling the runaway hot-take train that he could challenge Jaxson Dart as the starter next season — by showing the level of conservative play-calling typically reserved for backup quarterbacks.
Is that an indication of a lack of trust entering a daunting…
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