The New York Giants picked up their first win of the season on Sunday afternoon, but it came at what appears to be an extreme cost.

The New York Giants defeated the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of 21-18 in Jaxson Dart's debut on Sunday afternoon, nabbing their first win of the season. That was great, right?

Well, kind of.

This is the New York Football Giants we are talking about, where just about nothing has gone right for the last 13 years (what a number). We saw that in Week 2 against the Dallas Cowboys where the Giants ended up losing thanks to a 65-yard field goal that sent the game into overtime.

Typically, it's Big Blue always finding new ways to lose. That wasn't the case in Week 4, where New York actually held on for a win against a previously undefeated Chargers squad. But in typical Giants fashion, something bad — terrible — had to happen: Malik Nabers' suffered a knee injury and exited the game.

Nabers is feared to have suffered a torn ACL, which would end his season and potentially even cloud his future in New York. At least for 2026.

The Giants' offense was a mess with Nabers in the lineup. Now imagine it without him? Just when it looked like New York was finally about to turn the corner with a fresh young face under center and a defense that appears to be starting to click, the team loses its best offensive player.

Talk about an absolute gut punch.

Heck, we also saw Dart suffer a hamstring injury during the contest and leave the game to be evaluated for a concussion. Fortunately, Dart cleared concussion protocol, and the hamstring issue wasn't enough to sideline, but my goodness; what else could possibly go wrong?

There was a lot to like about what we saw from the Giants on Sunday. Dart looked confident. Cam Skattebo ran the ball with ferocity. New York's defensive front wreaked absolute havoc, even if the stats don't indicate it (the Giants only had two sacks).

Now, we can nitpick the fact that Big Blue also allowed six sacks and that the offense still managed just 250 yards, but hey; New York won the game, and that's what counts ... especially when you entered the matchup 0-3.

But the Nabers injury is the dark, ominous cloud hovering over MetLife Stadium, and while the star wide receiver still has to go for an MRI, it obviously isn't looking good.

There is definitely reason to be happy about this game. The Giants won, and it could indicate a step in the right direction. However, you can't help but feel downtrodden given the Nabers situation, especially now that Dart will have virtually no one to throw to the rest of the season. And against a brutal schedule, to boot.

Even when the Giants win, they lose. It just seems like this franchise can't have nice things. At least not since last winning the Super Bowl in February 2012.