Giant-Normous Problems for New York

As a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan, Yours Truly always wishes ill on their hated rivals, especially those in the NFC East like the New York Giants and company.

Yet what transpired on Sunday made Yours Truly sick and feel for the luckless Giants.

For once, Yours Truly decided to watch a game between two winless teams, the Giants and the San Diego, oops, Los Angeles Chargers live on TV.

It was a snoozefest which clearly showed why these two teams were winless. They were just not very good. But then, fate decided to add some spice into this dreadful game.

Late in the first half, wide receivers Sterling Shepard and Brandon Marshall both suffered left ankle injuries ON THE SAME DRIVE and had to leave the game.

As a Cowboys homie, Yours Truly wondered if that would mean former-Cowboy Dwayne Harris would play more snaps as a wide receiver in addition to a kick-returner. Alas, just as Yours Truly went back to his seat after the halftime break, he learned that Harris had broken his left foot during the second-half kick-off.

Well, at least they still had all-world wideout Odell Beckham Jr. in the fold. But NFL does really stand for Not For Long, as OBJ's left foot was caught under a defender while trying to catch a pass from Eli Manning in the fourth quarter. When the Chargers defenders frantically called for medics on the field and when a tearful OBJ had to be carted off, it meant that the Giants had lost four of their top five receivers that very day.

(And Yours Truly is sure that you can't name the lone-surviving wideout among their top five. See answer below.)

For the Giants, the bad news was confirmed after the game in which they lost 22-27 to remain winless. OBJ, Marshall and Harris are all out for the rest of the season after season-ending surgeries. While Shepard (a player Yours Truly wanted the Cowboys to draft last year) escaped serious injuries, he would likely miss a couple of games down the road.

Before the game, critics lamented the Giants for their woeful running game. Well, at least they do have some healthy bodies like Orleans Darkwa (who ran well in the Chargers game), Paul Perkins and Wayne Gallman who may one day emerge as a competent runner.

But for wide receivers, the Giants simply don't have enough healthy bodies just to line up properly. Perhaps they will have to rely strongly on 13 personnel (1 running back and 3 tight ends) for the rest of the season.

Or they will have to lure Victor Cruz and his bad knees out of retirement?

(Answer to the trivial question: Roger Lewis.)