For better or worse, this batch of San Francisco 49ers draft picks was allowed to take a step back and watch as the team limped to victory at MetLife Stadium.

The New York Giants play host to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in a battle of teams missing multiple star players on both sides of the ball.

The Giants formally introduced Tony Vitello as the team's new manager Thursday, following his historic hire as the first college coach to directly become skipper of a Major League franchise.

Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart directed the New York Giants to a touchdown on their opening drive, just as he had done in three of his first five NFL starts. However, that's where the San Francisco 49ers turned the tables and marched their way to a 34-24 victory at MetLife Stadium, dealing Dart his first home loss in three tries as a starter.

Sights and sounds that would have been unimaginable in the heyday of the Giants-49ers rivalry left Jon Runyan Jr. with a pit in his stomach.

A three-game skid to drop to 2-7 has made this another lost season for the New York Giants. Getting beat at home by San Francisco in a game that was more lopsided than the 34-24 score indicated has turned up the heat on coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen.

For starters, the Giants, after an impressive 10-play opening drive in which they scored a touchdown, proceeded on their next five series to manage just one first down and zero points, those drives ripe with errors such as pre-snap penalties and dropped balls.

San Francisco Giants legends Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent are on the Contemporary Baseball Era's ballot for the Hall of Fame.