Giants disaster somehow deepens as Mike Glennon needs surgery, Jake Fromm likely to start again

It tin get worse. It tin ever get worse.

Giants backmost Jake Fromm is apt to marque his 2nd commencement successful 3 weeks successful Sunday’s Week 18 play finale against Washington astatine MetLife Stadium.

Mike Glennon, who has started 4 of the past 5 games, requires country connected his non-throwing wrist, manager Joe Judge said connected a league telephone Monday.

So Fromm and signifier squad QB Brian Lewerke are some expected to dress.

“It’s thing that has to beryllium handled astir apt sooner than later, but he’ll beryllium unavailable to play this week,” Judge said.

Quarterbacks person played shot with injuries to non-throwing hands before, but Glennon has earned the seasoned exemption here. He’s 0-4 with 4 TD passes, 10 interceptions, and threw for 24 yards successful Sunday’s 29-3 nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears.

His -10 nett passing yards were the lowest since Ryan Leaf’s -19 successful a crippled for the 1998 San Diego Chargers, per ESPN Stats & Info.

His 0.0 QBR, a metric kept by ESPN, would person been the worst since the stat was created successful 2006 if he’d attempted much than 11 passes. The erstwhile record, per ESPN’s Seth Walder, was 0.3 by Peyton Manning successful 2015 against the Chiefs.

Glennon’s Pro Football Focus people of 21.4 was adjacent little than Nathan Peterman’s 24.1 successful his infamous five-interception crippled for the Bills, per PFF’s Mike Renner.

“It’s a shame, Mike got wounded successful the crippled yesterday,” Judge said Monday. “He’s going to person country coming up soon and helium won’t beryllium disposable for the crippled this week. I cognize Mike wanted to spell retired determination yesterday and vie and bash everything helium could for the team, and that’s the mode his play volition end.”

So Sunday could beryllium all-time disfigured — again.

Fromm made his archetypal NFL commencement 2 weeks agone successful Philadelphia and shoveled for 25 yards earlier getting benched successful the 3rd 4th for Glennon. Then Glennon threw for 24 yards successful a afloat crippled successful Chicago connected Sunday.

How atrocious is Fromm? It sounds similar Glennon stayed successful the crippled injured connected Sunday alternatively than the Giants turning to Fromm.

Taylor Heinicke is expected to commencement connected Sunday for Washington (6-10), which is already eliminated from playoff contention, but Kyle Allen reportedly could play, too.

Judge said the Giants (4-12) “will enactment both” Fromm and Lewerke successful signifier this week.

“Right now, based connected reps and games, Jake would person the nod,” Judge said. “I would expect getting him prepared that way, but similar immoderate different week we’ll get some guys acceptable and marque definite they’re some prepared and acceptable to play.”

In reality, portion Judge’s defense is playing hard and beauteous well, the team’s determination to person Glennon and Fromm arsenic their backup QBs down the agelong — playing down this violative enactment — has turned different down twelvemonth into a sideshow.

There truly is nary harm successful letting Lewerke play. He showed gumption successful the preseason against Cleveland, and who wants to ticker Fromm again?

“I deliberation Brian’s done a truly bully occupation this twelvemonth of moving and doing everything we’ve asked him to do,” Judge said past Friday, erstwhile asked astir perchance giving Lewerke his first-ever NFL regular play snaps. “I deliberation helium responded good successful the preseason connected abbreviated announcement of prepping. He did immoderate bully things for america successful the Cleveland preseason game.

“He’s a feline that’s travel retired and competed. He’s learned. I’ve decidedly seen immoderate betterment from him. He’s a processing player,” Judge added. “I deliberation he’s acold distant from wherever he’s going to beryllium arsenic a finalized subordinate arsenic helium goes done his career. I deliberation he’s connected way to bash immoderate affirmative things and truly enactment himself successful a presumption successful his vocation to beryllium competitory and person a relation connected a roster.”

Lewerke has been Kenny Golladay’s personal backmost during warmups this season. Now possibly helium could beryllium throwing to him successful a crippled that counts.

Judge seemed to determination acold h2o connected that anticipation past week erstwhile helium added that “at this time, [Lewerke is] connected our signifier squad. As acold arsenic the roster moves we’re making close now, we don’t expect making 1 specifically astatine that presumption for the remainder of the year. That doesn’t regularisation retired thing successful the aboriginal with Brian arsenic well, though. I’m pleased with the mode helium worked this year.”

Now Glennon is retired and it looks similar Lewerke volition beryllium successful uniform, 1 measurement person to playing.

Hey, wherefore not? 26 passing yards would marque him the champion backmost the Giants person enactment connected the tract successful 3 weeks.