THE GIANTS DIDN’T JUST LOSE TO THE RAMS — THEY LEFT HALF THE ROSTER IN LOS ANGELES!

There are bad football games.

There are embarrassing football games.

And then there are games where you start wondering if the Giants accidentally booked a Monday night team-building exercise at an orthopedic clinic.

The New York Giants walked into Los Angeles expecting to play football.

They walked out of a 28-6 loss to the Rams looking like they needed to call an Uber to the nearest hospital.

And just when Giants fans thought things couldn't get any worse, quarterback Jaxson Dart went down with what is believed to be a sprained MCL.

That's right.

The rookie quarterback Giants fans have been praying would become the answer suddenly found himself in the medical tent instead of trying to answer the Rams defense.

And Giants fans everywhere collectively said:

OH, COME ON.

Dart suffered the injury during the Giants' opening series when Rams linebacker Byron Young hit him from the quarterback's right side, sending Dart into linebacker Josaiah Stewart.

Dart hit the turf, grabbed his left knee and headed for the blue medical tent.

When he came out limping toward the locker room, Giants fans immediately went into panic mode.

Please don't be serious. Please don't be serious. Please don't be serious.

X-rays were negative, which is obviously good news, and Dart is scheduled for an MRI Tuesday. The early belief is that the injury isn't expected to be season-ending or long-term.

Thank goodness.

Because the Giants already have enough problems without turning the quarterback room into a weekly medical experiment.

Here's the part Giants fans are going to love about Dart.

The kid apparently wanted to go back into the game.

According to reports, Dart tried to convince the Giants to let him return in the first half.

The Giants basically told him:

"That's cute. Sit down."

Cam Skattebo said Dart obviously wasn't happy about the decision, but the medical staff wasn't taking any chances.

And honestly, that's the right call.

Quarterbacks are supposed to be tough. They're supposed to want to play.

But there's a difference between being tough and turning your knee into a loose shopping cart wheel.

Dart eventually returned to the sideline in street clothes and continued trying to give his teammates energy.

Then came Jameis Winston.

And Giants fans immediately knew the game was about to get interesting.

Unfortunately, not the good kind.

Winston finished 11-of-27 for 111 yards and an interception.

That's not a stat line.

That's a cry for help.

The Giants offense couldn't get anything going.

Six points.

That's it.

At one point, I wasn't sure if the Giants were playing an NFL game or participating in a corporate-sponsored field goal challenge.

And Dart wasn't the only problem.

Malik Nabers went down with a shoulder injury in the second quarter before eventually returning. Nabers said afterward that he popped the shoulder back in and would get an X-ray.

He finished with one catch for one yard on four targets.

One catch.

One yard.

Not exactly the fantasy football performance anybody had in mind.

Then left tackle Andrew Thomas headed to the medical tent with a groin injury and didn't return.

Because apparently the Giants medical tent needed a rewards program Monday night.

And then Brian Burns went down with what John Harbaugh described as a low ankle sprain.

Burns couldn't put much weight on the leg as he left the field and later needed a boot and golf cart to get to the team buses.

When the golf cart becomes part of your postgame transportation plan, Monday Night Football has officially turned into Monday Night Orthopedics.

Burns said afterward that the injury didn't appear serious, which at least gave Giants fans something positive to hold onto.

Harbaugh also said Dart's injury does not appear to be the devastating outcome everyone feared.

That's the biggest piece of good news coming out of this mess.

Early indications suggest Dart isn't expected to miss an extended period, while Nabers, Burns and Thomas also don't appear to be dealing with major long-term injuries.

So maybe the Giants avoided the absolute nightmare scenario.

But let's not lose sight of the other problem here.

They still got smoked 28-6.

This was a team coming off a win over Dallas.

There was excitement.

There was optimism.

Giants fans were starting to think maybe this team was turning a corner.

Then they went to Los Angeles and drove directly into a brick wall.

The offense couldn't move the football. The quarterback got hurt. The backup struggled. Nabers got hurt. Thomas got hurt. Burns got hurt.

Basically, everything that could go wrong decided to carpool.

Now the Giants wait for MRI results and additional injury updates.

And if the early reports are right, maybe they got lucky.

Because losing 28-6 is ugly.

Losing 28-6 while watching your quarterback, star receiver, left tackle and best pass rusher all leave the game?

That's not a football game.

That's an episode of Everybody Hates the Giants.

And Giants fans didn't even get paid for watching it.

Welcome to New York football.

Where the injuries are complimentary and the therapy isn't.