INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It will all come to an end on Jan. 9. Between now and then, try to avoid watching the Giants. What they are putting out on the field is not worth much of your attention. 

They spent nearly an entire week in Tucson, Ariz., after their loss to the Dolphins in Miami, hoping to reset their bodies and minds by staying far away from home. But they brought their same shabby team on the trip further west and that once again proved to be their downfall. 

A bad team is a bad team, no matter where it practices and where it plays its games. To state the Giants are a bad team is to point to the sky and call it blue and stick your hand in water and call it wet. 

The 37-21 loss to the Chargers on Sunday at magnificent SoFi Stadium was another numbing day of work for a team that needs a complete overhaul. It was 37-7 early in the fourth quarter, which is a more indicative margin for that transpired. 

“It’s not OK how we came out and performed,” safety Logan Ryan said. 

The Giants (4-9) saw what a playoff contender looks like, and also saw what a true franchise quarterback looks like, as Justin Herbert — the quarterback they wanted to draft in 2019 before Herbert stayed in college one more year — torched them with three touchdown passes and the Chargers (8-5) strengthened their grip on a postseason berth. Herbert completed 23 of 31 passes for 275 yards and his passer rating was 133.1. 

Perhaps Daniel Jones in the coming weeks can return from his sprained neck and then at least the Giants can find out a bit more about their third-year quarterback. They know far more than they need to about Mike Glennon, the career backup thrust into a starting role the past two games. The less said about this, the better. 

This season is another lost cause. Coach Joe Judge said, “I know where we are in the standings, but ultimately my vision goes beyond that.” He spoke of not taking any shortcuts or demanding instant gratification, that, “My scope is always big picture.” 

But, Judge also knows that loss after loss is not acceptable. 

“We got to put a product on the field that everyone’s proud of,” he said. 

The Giants are putting a product on the field that most everyone is ashamed of. 

“I’m the head coach,’’ Judge said. “Everything in the program reflects on me. I don’t shy away from that, I don’t make excuses, I don’t hide from that either. I’m not a finger-pointer, I’m not an excuse-maker, I don’t try to deflect anything.” 

Judge insists this team is making progress but acknowledged few on the outside can recognize where. 

“I’ve been fortunate enough to know what it’s supposed to look like and I can see the direction it’s going,” he said. “And I see the foundation being poured and solidified.” 

Does Giants ownership feel the same way? 

“I’m sure they do,” Judge said. “They’re out at practice every day.” 

There was nothing for the Giants to feel good about. Their offense could not do anything against one of the NFL’s worst run defenses, as Saquon Barkley again failed to launch, though he did surpass 60 rushing yards for the first time this season. Glennon was painful to watch and his wide receivers were all pretty much no-shows. 

It was all woeful, but the last 1:40 of the first half was as bad as it gets. The Giants had the ball on the Chargers’ 41-yard line with 1:40 remaining before halftime. Great field position, plenty of time to at least dig into a 17-7 deficit. Instead, the Giants held the ball for exactly 60 seconds and lost 2 yards. 

“That’s kind of disappointing for me,” Glennon said. “That’s on us as an offense, we need to get points there.” 

What followed was just plain sad. 

Herbert put on display his cannon of a right arm. He was hit from behind by Lorenzo Carter just after he unleashed a 59-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Guyton, who split safeties Logan Ryan and Xavier McKinney to haul in a pass that fell directly into his hands at the 2-yard line. Guyton took it the rest of the way and it was 24-7. 

“Felt like I didn’t track the ball well,” Ryan said, taking blame for the play. “I had to make a split-second decision and I didn’t make the right one there. The kid’s got arm talent and he ripped it down the middle of our defense.” 

It was the seventh time an opponent scored a touchdown in the final two minutes of the first half this season. The unsightly numbers: 59 for the other team, 0 for the Giants. 

“You got to look at it big picture,” Barkley said. “I believe we’ve got the right pieces, whether it’s coaching staff or players. It’s an amazing group, The last couple of years have just not been going our way. I don’t really know the answer to that. At some point it’s gonna spin around and when it does it’s gonna be a great thing.” 

For now, it’s a bad thing.