Giants' Brian Burns gets vocal after 3rd straight loss: 'The team needs to grow up'

New season, aforesaid consequence for nan New York Giants, who are now 2-6 aft losing to nan Pittsburgh Steelers connected "Monday Night Football."

For nan seventh clip successful nan past 8 seasons, nan Giants person 2 aliases less wins astatine this stage, and a newcomer connected nan roster isn’t happy. 

Brian Burns, who was traded for and extended this offseason to stay pinch nan Giants long-term, was vocal astir his displeasure pinch nan team’s capacity done 8 games. 

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New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) looks astatine his sideline for instructions astatine MetLife Stadium. (Julian Guadalupe-NorthJersey.com)

"The squad needs to turn up," he said, via NJ.com.

Burns isn’t nan only Giant that can’t guidelines nan three-game losing streak and a grounds that has them astatine nan bottommost of nan NFC East. 

"I deliberation we person to show much passion arsenic a squad — aliases arsenic leaders," protect skipper Dexter Lawrence added. 

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Of course, it’s still early successful nan season, and immoderate squad has nan chance to rip disconnected a triumph streak that tin get them backmost successful playoff contention.

But, pinch nan remainder of nan NFC East there, including nan 3-4 Dallas Cowboys, nan Giants will request to get things going instantly if they wish to play done January 2025. 

Effort is what Burns, Lawerence and nan remainder of nan Giants want to see, arsenic it wasn’t connected afloat show Monday nighttime successful Acrisure Stadium arsenic they went down 26-18 to nan Steelers. 

Head coach Brian Daboll benched cornerback Deonte Banks, nan team’s first-round draught prime successful 2023, who had different play pinch a deficiency of effort aft it showed up connected portion successful nan rout against nan Philadelphia Eagles past week. 

New York Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke (58) and linebacker Brian Burns (0) observe aft Burns portion sacked Cleveland Browns backmost Deshaun Watson (not pictured) during nan first half astatine Huntington Bank Field. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

Lawrence, usually 1 to power his emotions, was seen ripping into his teammates connected nan sideline arsenic nan Steelers were having their measurement pinch nan defense passim nan game. 

"We’ve sewage to play harder!" Lawrence yelled. "We’ve sewage to extremity that play!"

Lawrence was directing his anger toward nan secondary connected nan sideline, which led to jawing backmost and distant earlier nan hostility dissipated. 

Unfortunately for nan Giants and their instrumentality base, they’ve been utilized to this emotion midway done nan season, albeit nan 2022 campaign, wherever they not only made nan playoffs, but hit nan Minnesota Vikings to move connected to nan divisional round.

That was Daboll’s and GM Joe Schoen’s first twelvemonth successful New York, but it hasn’t gone good since for nan franchise, bringing their occupation information into mobility if this inclination continues for nan remainder of nan year. 

Brian Burns #0 of nan New York Giants looks connected against nan Seattle Seahawks astatine Lumen Field connected Oct. 6, 2024 successful Seattle, Washington.  (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Things are not going good for Big Blue, but nan team’s leaders are calling everyone retired now up of Week 9’s matchup against nan division’s leader — nan Washington Commanders.

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