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Giants' Rodarius Williams unhappy with role, Tae Crowder tweets, 'free me'

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The New York Giants started the season 6-1 and everyone was loving life. Even wide receiver Kenny Golladay, who expressed frustration with his playing time early on, became a cheerleader when the team was winning.

Since then however, the Giants have gone 1-3-1 and things are no longer so rosy.

Following Sunday’s 20-20 tie against the Washington Commanders, which left a sour taste in everyone’s mouth, some cracks began to form.

Shortly after the game, linebacker Tae Crowder, who has seen a diminished role and took no defensive snaps in Week 13, tweeted, “free me.”

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But Crowder wasn’t the only one who appeared frustrated.

Cornerback Rodarius Williams, who played 50 snaps against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving and came down with a big interception, also didn’t see a single snap against the Commanders. And like Crowder, he wasn’t pleased with that decision.

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Winning cures all but when the winning stops, flaws become exposed and frustration floats to the top. The Giants are beginning to see a growing number of players who are unhappy over their playing time and the optimism around the team is quickly turning to pessimism.

The excitement that existed in East Rutherford just a month ago has vanished. In it’s place is a mess of errors, failures, frustration and criticism.

There are still plenty of games left on the schedule and the Giants very much remain in the playoff hunt, but things have a different feel now. Just ask Crowder and Williams.

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