Andrew Thomas was one of the last Giants left in the locker room as an abysmal Sunday night nearly ticked into Monday morning.

The Giants’ highly paid left tackle, along with his fellow offensive linemen and anyone else who spoke this night, were tasked with trying to explain what had just happened. No easy task after the Giants were shut out by the Cowboys, 40-0, in the franchise’s worst loss in 50 years.

“It’s embarrassing to lose like that at home,” Thomas said.

Right tackle Neal offered the same sentiment minutes earlier.

“I feel horrible,” he said. “I feel embarrassed. I mean what do you expect, losing by 40 points?”

The collapse of the offensive line became the focal point in a game that was initially billed as one that would demonstrate the progress the Giants had made in closing the gap to their division rival, who had beaten the Giants twice last year. In particular, Neal was under the microscope with the idea that his offseason spent making necessary changes to his game would lead to better results against a Cowboys front that embarrassed him last season. Instead, over the course of four rainy, miserable quarters, the Cowboys made it abundantly clear the gap between the two teams had, if anything, grown larger. As for Neal, well, all the hard work he put in this offseason didn’t seem to help very much.

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