The New York Giants fell to 2-6 on the season after another meltdown in another winnable game, a 26-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football.

Here are five things we learned from the latest letdown.

The season is essentially over

At 2-6, the Giants are pretty much out of contention. They would need to run the table in their final nine games to get into contention for the postseason.

Does the 2024 Giants look like a team that can do that? Absolutely not. You can count the positives this season on one hand and even then, what do you have?

They spent all offseason upgrading their offense only to have it perform worse than last season. Ironically, it's their defense that is keeping them in games.

Time to sunset Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones is a serviceable quarterback on a team that has everything else going for it. The Giants are not that team. He had opportunities on Monday night to lead the Giants to victory but failed to do so as he has done so many times in his career.

Don't look at his numbers as much as how he does when the game is on the line. It isn't pretty and the Giants have gone on too long with this charade.

Jones is almost certain to be released after this season and could end up riding the bench way before that.

Still not ready for primetime

The Giants lost again on national television and in primetime. Since 2019, they are 1-18 on national television in the regular season and 1-16 with Daniel Jones under center in primetime. Those numbers are unconfirmed, but at this point, who cares?

NFL fans around the country would usually cringe when they saw or heard the Giants were on Sunday or Monday night. Now they just sit back and watch how the Giants invent new ways to lose and embarrass themselves.

As you know, disaster stories play very well with the public.

Time to sell?

Sell what, you ask? How about everything, including the team?

That won't happen. The Mara family is going to own this franchise for the rest of eternity.

John Mara is so frustrated he stopped himself from really leaning into the front office and players this week, instead giving them a lot of confidence. As we know, a vote of confidence is a backhanded way of putting employees on notice.

We expect the Giants to begin to explore trading away anything and anyone of value who is not in the long-term plan. The trading deadline is in one week, November 5.

They were right about Tracy

The Giants told us they had a special player in fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy Jr., a former Iowa wide receiver who transferred to Purdue and became a running back.

Tracy has been a breath of fresh air in the Giants' backfield and the whole nation got a glimpse of just how good he is on Monday night. Tracy rushed for 145 yards on 20 attempts (7.3 YPC) and ripped off a 45-yard touchdown run -- the Giants' longest offensive play of the season.

Tracy left the game in the fourth quarter to be checked for a concussion just as the Giants had an opportunity to tie the game. Hopefully, he will be cleared and can continue with his stellar rookie season.

This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: What we learned from Giants' 26-18 loss to Steelers