Mike Glennon benched for Jake Fromm in unwatchable loss to Cowboys

Sunday went so poorly for the Giants that Jake Fromm played.

Mike Glennon threw three interceptions. Saquon Barkley lost a fumble for the first time in his career. Several skill players dropped passes.

Not even Joe Judge’s uncharacteristic fourth-down aggressiveness could jumpstart a toothless offense in a third straight loss, 21-6 to the Dallas Cowboys, without injured starter Daniel Jones.

Sterling Shepard was also carted off late in the fourth quarter after grabbing his left Achilles on a non-contact injury while running a route.

The Giants (4-10) are still not officially eliminated from the playoffs heading to next Sunday’s visit to the Philadelphia Eagles. But their offensive ineptitude is at unprecedented levels.

Pat Graham’s defense held Dallas to three field goals, and Cowboys kicker Greg Zuerlein missed two extra points.

But Glennon completed 13-of-24 passes for 99 yards and three picks against first place Dallas (10-4), and Barkley’s late first half fumble assured more ineptitude at the end of the halves.

The Giants have been outscored 65-0 in the final two minutes of first halves this season.

Fromm made his NFL debut with 3:41 remaining in the fourth quarter and nearly matched Glennon’s passing yards total in one drive.

Fromm completed 6 of 12 passes for 82 yards on his only drive of the game that ended with an incompletion and turnover on downs in the red zone.

Shepard didn’t make his first catch of the game until he caught Fromm’s first NFL pass for an eight-yard gain.

At the end of the third quarter, Kenny Golladay had no catches on two targets, and Shepard had no catches on one ball thrown his way. Golladay finished with a team-high 3 catches for 53 yards. Shepard had two grabs for 15.

The Giants signed Fromm off the Buffalo Bills’ practice squad on Dec. 1 after learning of Jones’ neck strain, which could be season-ending. They’ve had offensive quality control coach Nick Williams teaching him the playbook and getting him ready.

Judge had made several comments in the last two weeks that implied Fromm was nowhere close to being ready to play. But he gave the kid a drive late in Sunday’s loss because, well, why not?

It couldn’t get any worse than Glennon. In fact, for a few minutes, it was better.