WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE OFFENSE
*The Giants started with three consecutive three-and-outs, totaling just three first downs and 46 total yards in the first half. That included just nine net passing yards and one third-down conversion on six attempts.
*No team had more 10-play drives than the Giants entering Sunday, and they used another one of them to tie the game on their first possession of the second half. Daniel Jones marched them 79 yards on 14 plays that chewed up 8:56 off the clock and led to a Graham Gano field goal.
*The Giants had outscored their opponents by 36 points in the fourth quarter this season (second-best in NFL), but they were minus-11 on Sunday.
*Jones, the reigning NFC Offensive Player of the Week, completed 17 of 31 passes for 176 yards and added 20 more on six carries. He was sacked five times.
*Darius Slayton led the Giants in receiving for the third time in four games, picking up 66 yards on five catches.
*Saquon Barkley, the NFL leader in yards from scrimmage, ran 20 times for a season-low 53 yards, including a one-yard touchdown in the first half.
*The Giants were one of just four teams that started the same five offensive linemen in every game this season, but that streak ended Sunday. The team announced Friday that left guard Ben Bredeson and rookie right tackle Evan Neal are among the six players who will not play in Seattle. The linemen suffered knee injuries last week in Jacksonville. Like they did last week, rookie Joshua Ezeudu and Tyre Phillips replaced the guard and tackle, respectively.
*The Giants announced Thursday they traded wide receiver Kadarius Toney, their 2021 first-round draft choice, to the Kansas City Chiefs, pending Toney passing his physical with the Chiefs. In return, the Giants received Kansas City’s compensatory third-round pick and the team’s original sixth-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft. The third rounder is a compensatory choice the Chiefs received after the Chicago Bears hired Ryan Poles as their general manager. Poles had been the Chiefs’ executive director of player personnel. “We just thought it was for the best of the team and wish Kadarius well,” coach Brian Daboll said.
*Rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger, who has scored three touchdowns this season, did not play after he underwent surgery to repair a fractured eye socket he suffered last week in Jacksonville. It led to the Giants elevating tight end Lawrence Cager from the practice squad.
*Offensive lineman Nick Gates played for the first…
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