The envelope, please.
The starting quarterback for the next game for the Giants, 1 p.m. Sunday against the Ravens at MetLife Stadium will be … Drew Lock.
As long as he is healthy enough.
Lock got hit early and often by the Saints in the 14-11 loss and went for an MRI exam Monday to make sure there was not any structural damage behind the soreness he was feeling afterward.
“Drew will be at quarterback this week, unless he can’t be, based on injury,” head coach Brian Daboll said.
The reason Lock gained the starting role two weeks ago was because Tommy DeVito injured his right forearm in his first start of the season, a 30-7 loss to the Buccaneers.
Daboll made the curious choice to name DeVito as the replacement for Daniel Jones, even though DeVito had been the No. 3 quarterback and Lock had served as the No. 2 quarterback for each of the first 10 games of the season.
Lock lost his first start, tossing one interception and losing a fumble in a 27-20 loss to the Cowboys.
Lock in his second start struggled early and got some things done late but finished with an unsightly final statistical line: 21-for-49 for 227 yards and one interception.
He was sacked twice and hit 13 times.
Lock did not connect on his first eight passes.
The last NFL quarterback to go 0-for-8 to start a game was Cam Newton of the Panthers — back on Dec. 31, 2017.
The Panthers ended up losing that game, 22-10, in Atlanta, blowing a chance to win the NFC South.
They finished 11-5 and still made the playoffs, though.
Daboll did not really offer any compelling reason for sticking with Lock.
“Yeah, he’s played, really had one week of practice to go out there and play,” Daboll said. “Again, things that everybody could do better, but he’d be the quarterback this week if he’s healthy.”
Malik Nabers went into the game with a new hip flexor injury and a lingering strained groin issue and was listed as questionable to play.
The expectation was a limited role because of these ailments.
That did not happen.
He played 73 of the 78 snaps on offense and finished with five catches for 79 yards, helping spark a mini-rally in the fourth quarter.
He admitted afterward he was “sore, hurting.” Nabers now has 80 receptions, the most by an NFL player in his first 11 games (he missed two games in concussion protocol).
The record of 79 was previously held by Odell Beckham Jr., set in 2014 with the Giants.
It looks as if LG Jon Runyan Jr. will miss time.
He is dealing with an ankle injury and is “pretty sore,” according to Daboll, who labeled Runyan “week-to-week, maybe more than week-to-week.”
Runyan was forced out after playing the first 34 snaps on offense and said afterward he did not think the injury would be a long-term situation.
C John Michael Schmitz was in for 49 snaps before a neck issue sent him to the sideline.
An MRI came back clean, Daboll said.
Rookie S Tyler Nubin, who rarely comes off the field, made it through only 26 snaps before an ankle injury ended his day.
“We’ll see where he’s at,’’ Daboll said.
CB Tre Hawkins played 59 snaps in his first start of the season and came out of the game with a fracture to his transverse process, a painful injury that will likely end his season.
