The New York Giants play host to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in a battle of teams missing multiple star players on both sides of the ball.

Dropped passes on offense, missed tackles on defense and a comedy of errors on special teams added up to the New York Giants' third consecutive loss.

Recently signed WR Ray-Ray McCloud has emerged as a possible returner option for the New York Giants: "He's got the juice."

With the Giants ranking 27th in points allowed and 29th in yards allowed, the question now seems to be, how much worse can it get?

Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, playing without WR1 Malik Nabers and RB1 Cam Skattebo due to season-ending injuries, did all he could, completing 24-of-33 passes for 191 yards and two scores while adding 56 rushing yards and a score as well. Two of those scores did come in garbage time, but the Giants were fighting uphill due to a porous defense.

Andrew Thomas' return from a Lisfranc fracture has significantly strengthened New York's O-line. The 2022 Second-Team All-Pro has re-established himself as one of the top left tackles in the league. He has not allowed a sack or committed a penalty in six games this season.

One of the reasons that has been given for the Dolphins moving on from Grier now and making Champ Kelly the interim general manager is that Grier, perhaps trying to salvage both his job and that of beleaguered head coach Mike McDaniel, had been reluctant to part with several veteran players who have drawn interest from other NFL teams.

Several key New York Giants starters, including CB Paulson Adebo and CB Cor'Dale Flott, continue to miss practice ahead of a Week 9 game.