The New York Giants’ offensive woes continued in their 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.

The Giants entered the game averaging 17.8 points per game and faced a reeling Bengals defense that allowed 34.5 PPG over their last three.

This was a huge opportunity for the Giants’ offense to go unnoticed, even without their top wideout (Malik Nabers) and running back (Devin Singletary).

It didn’t happen.

“Hats off to the way the defense played,” head coach Brian Daboll said after the game. “Missed two chances in the kicking game. And then didn’t score enough points offensively. That starts with me.”

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Daboll did what he could. He committed five fourth down attempts, three of which succeeded, in an attempt to jump-start the blatant foul. The execution simply didn’t happen.

“It’s probably a number of things. I’ll go back and watch the tape,” Daboll said when asked why the offense sputtered again. “I thought we had a number of chances throughout the game, whether it was a run or a pass. We turned the ball over there on that drive, which was a good drive, to come away with no points. I think we with five were -of-15 (in third place), somewhere around there.

“Now we were aggressive on fourth down, because I thought we had to be against this attack. We just couldn’t generate an explosive play. We got the penalty. Other than that, we didn’t make a lot of explosive plays. That’s in a nutshell, before you look at it.”

The Giants are averaging 16.0 points per game after six weeks. That currently ranks 29th in the NFL. The three teams behind them – Cleveland (15.8 PPG), New England (13.8) and Miami (12.0) – have all had quarterback issues/injuries this season.

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This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Giants’ Brian Daboll laments low scoring output