By the time the clock ran out on their 16-13 loss to the Vikings, the Giants' offense was down 60 percent of their starting offensive line.

Sunday started with some unexpected news.

Ninety minutes before kickoff, left guard Jon Runyan appeared on the inactive list because his wife had gone into labor earlier in the day. Runyan and right guard Greg Van Roten had been the only two Giants who had not missed a snap on either side of the ball this season.

Aaron Stinnie made his first start of the season, the 16^th of his career, in place of Runyan.

The Giants had to shuffle around the offensive line again when left tackle Andrew Thomas injured his hamstring with 11:36 left in the second quarter. Rookie Marcus Mbow, the Giants' fifth-round pick, entered for Thomas and was immediately penalized for illegal formation for not being on the line of scrimmage on his first offensive snap since Week 9.

The injuries really piled up when center John Michael Schmitz then left in the second half with a hand injury and was replaced by Austin Schlottmann.

Adding to the situation, Evan Neal (neck/hamstring) was inactive after being designated for return from injured reserve on Tuesday. He practiced fully on Wednesday but was a non-participant on Thursday and Friday, when he was ruled out for Sunday. The former seventh overall draft choice has yet to appear in a game this season, his fourth in the NFL.

It all amounted to a season-low 141 yards for the offense, which did not score a touchdown for the first time since Week 1.

Jaxson Dart was sacked five times, tied for the most of his rookie season, while completing seven passes and attempting only 13. Subtracting the 20 yards lost on sacks, the Giants netted just 13 passing yards.

"I thought Jaxson overall with the plan he understood the plan and at the line of scrimmage he was doing a good job of seeing it and being decisive of what he wanted to do," interim head coach Mike Kafka said. "I think as he learns, and as he sees more of these, the ability to get the ball out just a touch faster, use some of those sights and keep his mind clear on it, and not put himself in a bad spot because I thought he had some opportunities downfield. Sometimes, whether it's a pop or someone gets into that window, you've got to hold it an extra tick longer. So that's part of the growth process with it, but I thought Jaxson was seeing it clearly and certainly the conversations we have on the sideline, he felt about good the plan as well. But it's not just one guy. Everyone has to see it the same way and we've got to go out there and execute better."

Meanwhile, the Giants ran 30 times for 128 yards.

"I wouldn't call running the ball conservative," said Kafka, who also calls the plays. "I would say, you know, I think for us, we just wanted to try and minimize some of that pressure package and let our run game go. So we were mixing a couple different personnel groupings. Getting into some 13 personnel, some 12, a little bit of 11, but trying to create an advantage for us."