The New York Giants entered Sunday’s season-opener full of high hopes. They were full of good vibes, sort of like this:

Then, the Washington Commanders handed the Giants a 21-6 beat down that, while Giants head coach Brian Daboll would disagree, was not as close as the final score indicated. From a Giants’ perspective, it looked a lot like this:

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From the looks on their faces, the sounds of their voices and the words they were choosing in the post-game locker room Sunday night, you could easily tell that, while they wouldn’t say it, Giants players who have been through this before were feeling like this:

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All of that optimism is a thing of the past. Vanished. A memory. A summer fling that was never meant to last.

The Giants have 16 more of these beatings — err, game

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