What the New York Giants were saying after their 30-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys

EAST RUTHERFORD — It was another loss for the Giants in a season that keeps getting worse.

They lost to the Cowboys, 30-10, on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

Here's a look at what they were saying following the loss.

Interim head coach Steve Spagnuolo

On what it felt like to be the head coach: "It doesn’t feel good right now because we lost the football game. So, your mind goes back to all the things you could have, should have, would have done. That’s what happens when you lose. But, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. I thought everybody else around me – coaches, players, trainers – responded really well and to me that’s what I’m grateful for."

On letting the game slip away late: "We do have to figure out a way in the fourth quarter when it gets down to gut wrenching time to make a play or two. Now, I’m going to put a little bit of that on me. I didn’t like a couple calls I had in the fourth quarter that resulted in bad plays for us defensively. I don’t want that to be on the players."

On whether Eli Manning will start against the Eagles: "I’m not going to comment. I don’t know. I’m not going to comment on that right now. That would be my gut feeling. Look, without looking at it and evaluating, but Eli Manning is the quarterback right now."

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QB Eli Manning

On how it felt to be the staring QB again: "That’s where you want to be. That’s where I want to be. I wanna go out, be there with my teammates, try to get a win, be there for the fans and do my part. Hopefully the coaches believe I gave us the best chance to win at quarterback."

On the standing ovation he received at the start of the game: "My focus is trying to get the play and figure out what the Cowboys are doing. I appreciate it. I appreciate all of the support the fans have given me for 14 years and these last weeks, especially. I appreciate them coming out today and cheering me on and cheering on the Giants."

On playing without former head coach Ben McAdoo: "Process still pretty similar with the fact that I still talked with Sully on the sidelines. Mac always had his touches on the offense and everything, but it’s still about playing the game and communicating with the offensive coordinator, with Sully, and none of that changed."

On the support he's received in recent weeks: "Whether it was from former teammates, friends, fans, notes, text messages, it meant a lot. Those former teammates who I played with, I appreciated it. It made me want to be a better teammate to Geno [Smith] and support him. And from the fans, I appreciate the nice words said about me. I just had to do the right thing and be a good person, and be a great teammate, and that’s what I strived to do."

CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

On losing the game in the fourth quarter: "There is definitely something about that fourth quarter, man. You fight hard for three quarters and right when you think you got it, something goes wrong and then something else goes wrong and it’s just like keeps going wrong. For it to be like the 13th, 14th week in the season, we should already have a pinpoint on why that is happening and we’re still searching for answers."

TE Evan Engram

On having Manning back at QB: "No different. We just showed up. Came together all week to play a football game together. It’s not different."

On losing the game late: "Offensively, we had to make some big plays. Left some out there, so it was definitely a frustrating game being that close. Our defense was playing lights out. They were playing lights out all game. It was really frustrating as an offensive player, as an offense, that we came up, that we can’t play complementary football. We didn’t today as an offense."

DE Jason Pierre-Paul

On how it felt with Spagnuolo as head coach: "It felt great, man, it felt great. Guys came up, rallied together. We knew the situation that they were in. We knew that they had to come and get this win to keep the run going for the playoffs and we just couldn’t execute and finish right. I think all together, we came out and Spags actually did his thing. The score doesn’t show for it, but he actually did his thing."

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