How the Giants’ defense is still having issues closing out games

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Marlon Mack walks through Giants defenders and into the end zone for a touchdown in the second half.INDIANAPOLIS — The first half was quite good. Surprisingly good. The end was bad. Predictably bad. Closing out games is a huge problem for the Giants on defense and the 27-21 lead they were clinging to on Sunday ended up as a 28-27 loss to the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Sure, the Giants were playing without injured starters and leaders Alec Ogletree and Landon Collins and had to rely too heavily on inexperienced players such as Tae Davis, a fill-in starter who had some good moments — the only sack of the game on Andrew Luck — and some rough ones, especially in coverage in the…