The Giants are on the fast track to insignificance with their home defeat against the Commanders

This was dubbed the “Legacy Game” for the Giants because on a sunny fall Sunday they donned the traditional uniforms they wore from 1980 to 1999, a span in which they won two Super Bowls.

There were some glory days in those jerseys, as opposed to today's bloody stupor that leaves the franchise in a depressing and ongoing state of regression.

It was more of the same as Week 9, with the Giants doing a little of this and a little of that and not nearly enough of anything that allowed a team to actually win a game.

They trailed from start to finish and never gave the Commanders a serious scare in a routine 27-22 loss at MetLife Stadium that got a little interesting late in the fourth quarter.

The Giants are now on a four-game losing streak (2-7) and are on the fast track to irrelevance, if they aren't already there.

Their despicable record in front of their own fans has been made even more unsightly as they are 0-5 at home this season.

They did score a few touchdowns, however, and that was a rarity for them around the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Jayden Daniels is now 2-0 against the Giants as the Commanders (7-2) solidified their lead in first place in the NFC East and dropped the Giants to 0-4 in their own division.

Daniels became the first rookie quarterback to start and win two games against the Giants since the NFL began tracking such things in 1950.

The Giants trailed 21-7 at halftime and 24-10 after three quarters.

They showed some life and pulled within 24-16 when Daniel Jones fended off tackle attempts by Mike Sainristil and Dante Fowler with a determined 2-yard touchdown run with 9:25 left.

Head coach Brian Daboll once again decided to stick to the analytics playlist and went for the 2-point conversion – like he did last week in Pittsburgh – and failed – like last week – when Jones found no one open and was stopped briefly at the goal line.

Trailing by eight points, the Giants needed a defensive stance to make things interesting.

In another example of complementary football, the Giants allowed a third-and-9 conversion, with Daniels finding Austin Ekeler wide open for a 27-yard pickup.

That led to a field goal by Austin Seibert with 3:46 left.

The Giants needed just 58 seconds to go 74 yards, with Jones hitting rookie tight end Theo Johnson on a 35-yard touchdown hookup to get within five points with 2:48 left.

The Giants took a two-pointer and missed.

They had to stop the defense, but Olamide Zaccheaus was left unattended and Daniels caught him for a 42-yard gain that pretty much sealed the deal.

It was a strange game for Jones.

He barely got a pass in the first half and Daboll seemed afraid to throw the ball in the air.

Jones stepped up in the second half and put up credible numbers at the end (20 of 26, 174 yards, 2 TDs), but his defense couldn't get the Commanders off the field when a stop was needed.

The Giants' second offense went from dominance to damnation so quickly that it would have been shocking if it hadn't been so predictable and comically inept.

The Giants stayed on the ground and let them run at will, with consecutive runs of 10, 24, 15 and 10 yards by Devin Singletary and Tyrone Tracy to reach the Commanders' 29-yard line.

So Daboll called for a pass on first down – seemingly a safe pass to Devin Singletary.

What Daboll didn't consider was that his left tackle, Chris Hubbard, would be wiped out in a pass attack by Dante Fowler and rush unhindered at Jones.

Jones clearly didn't feel the pressure coming from his blind side as he tried to throw the ball away but lost control of it when Fowler hit him.

The pass was originally ruled an incomplete pass and was correctly turned over after a Washington challenge, giving the Commanders the ball at the Giants' 31.

An apparent pass interference penalty against Cor'Dale Flott cost 22 yards and Daniels easily hit Terry McLaurin on the edge in front of Deonte Banks for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 7-0.

That loss of the ball must have spooked Daboll a few days after Halloween, because when Jones puts the ball in the air, it's often more trick than pleasure.

The Giants launched a 16-play, 73-yard drive consisting of 13 runs and three passes.

The running plays accounted for 74 yards (the longest gain was a Jones scramble for 12 yards) and the passing plays accounted for minus one yard.

However, the drive ended with a pass as Jones found rarely targeted tight end Chris Manhertz for a 2-yard scoring connection.

It was the Giants' second touchdown in five home games this season and Jones' first home touchdown pass in 672 days.

The Commanders, playing without leading rusher Brian Robinson, made the score 14-7 on Austin Ekeler's 1-yard run.

Six seconds before halftime, the score was 21-7 thanks to Daniels' 18-yard touchdown pass to McLaurin, who beat Banks on a double-move, with Banks never able to turn his head again to see the ball go over his Shoulder flew.

The Giants had 142 rushing yards in the first half, an average of 6.8 yards per attempt, and yet they still managed to score just seven points – largely because Jones completed 4 of 6 passes for zero net passing yards had.

It looked like the Giants had gotten within 21-14 with 5:31 left in the third quarter when Jones hit Wan'Dale Robinson on a 3-yard throw in the end zone, but receiver Darius Slayton was called for what appeared to be a dubious offensive pass interference penalty.

That forced the Giants to bring out Jude McAtamney – who was called up from the practice squad – for his first NFL field goal attempt, and he hit a 31-yarder to put the Giants up 21-10.

The Commanders responded by easily marching 57 yards and setting up an Austin Seibert field goal for a 24-10 lead.