New York Giants report card: How we graded Big Blue in Rams loss - Giants Wire

The New York Giants came crashing back down to Earth in Los Angeles on Monday night, getting steamrolled by the Rams, 28-6, in front of 73-plus thousand fans at SoFi Stadium.

Not much went right for Big Blue, who disintegrated before a large national television audience after looking so efficient and promising against Dallas just a week ago.

Here's how we graded the units in this game.

The offensive game plan went kablooey after quarterback Jaxson Dart left in the first quarter with a knee injury. Backup Jameis Winston is known for his wild improvisational play, but he's no Dart. Not at this stage of his career. The timing was off, and the aggressiveness wasn't up to snuff.

The coaches had little to do on either side of the ball as their units got manhandled and outhustled, especially in the trenches. No rah-rah speech was going to help.

The Rams came loaded for bear after their flat Week 1 performance against the 49ers in Australia, and whoever they faced in this game had to play near-perfect to beat them.

Let's start with the good news. Jordan Stout is a whale of a punter, and rookie kicker Dominic Zvada looks like a special talent. Both were exceptional on Monday night.

Stout averaged 52.5 yards per attempt on six punts, with a long of 78. Zvada hit both his field goal attempts from 24 and 52 yards out.

The coverage teams were excellent, and the return teams were efficient and did not turn the football over.

No Dart changed everything. Winston was rusty and under siege all night. He went 11-for-27 for 111 yards, no touchdowns, and underthrew an interception in the red zone, for a 37.7 rating. It was not what the Giants needed.

The running game also suffered from poor offensive line play, gaining just 52 yards, ending their 10-game 100-yard game streak, and averaging a measly 2.5 yards per carry.

Tight end Isaiah Likely was once again the main target in the passing game, but he caught only five of the 10 passes thrown his way for 33 yards. Malik Nabers, who suffered a shoulder injury in the game, had one catch for one yard. Odell Beckham Jr. played only three snaps and was not targeted. Darnell Mooney had two grabs, one for 33 yards, the longest on the night for the Giants.

Rookie Malachi Fields caught only two of six targets, and tight end Theo Johnson caught none of the four passes directed at him.

All in all, the Giants only had 11 first downs and 182 yards of total offense. Not nearly enough to compete with the Rams.

The Giants thought they caught a break when All-Pro wide receiver Puka Nacua was inactive due to a hip injury. All that did was shift the focus of the Rams' passing game to future Hall of Famer Davante Adams.

The Giants had no answer for him, and like a boxer works a cut over his opponent's eye, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford worked the Giants' secondary with a variety of plays featuring Adams. He made catches all over the field, both contested and uncontested, and blew up the Giants' wounded secondary to the tune of 195 yards on eight receptions, including two touchdowns.

The Giants' pass rush, which did not record a sack in the Week 1 game against Dallas, was nonexistent again. They had just one sack, by linebacker Abdul Carter, and one other QB hit, from linebacker Brian Burns.

Stafford enjoyed his clean pocket, completing 22 of 31 passes for 327 yards and four touchdowns for a 131.3 QB rating.

Los Angeles also exposed the Giants' run defense, rushing for 163 yards on 28 carries, an average of 5.8 yards per attempt.

Safety Jevon Holland had an interception, wresting the ball from Adams, then forced and recovered a fumble by running back Kyren Williams.