In the back corner of the locker room, Bobby Okereke and Deonte Banks sat, shirtless, peering straight ahead into their lockers, the veteran Okereke looking as if he were counseling the younger Banks. 

Off on the side, Dexter Lawrence sat on a folding chair in front of his own locker, quietly conversing with Brian Burns, who sat on the floor, his back against the wall, his legs outstretched. 

These were four prominent starters on the Giants defense, the unit that caved in when it needed to stand up on a Sunday afternoon when Daniel Jones threw two touchdown passes and ran for another and all that came out of it was yet another loss. 

“Just talking over the game — things that happened, things we need to change for this week coming up,’’ Burns said. 

Things that need to change? 

“I’ll probably keep what me and Dex said undisclosed, respectfully,’’ Burns said. 

It was more of the same as Week 9 came and went with the Giants doing a little of this and a little of that and not nearly enough of anything that allows a team to actually win a game.

They trailed from start to finish and never put a serious scare in the Commanders in a routine 27-22 loss at MetLife Stadium that got just a bit interesting late in the fourth quarter. 

The Giants are 2-7 and perhaps it is good that they are leaving the country for their next game — against the Panthers in Munich.

American soil has not been good to them this season. 

“Not where you want to be, not the expectation we had to start the season,’’ Okereke told The Post. “It’s gonna take a great perspective, a great attitude and a great mindset to dig ourselves out of this hole.’’ 

It is now a four-game losing streak for the Giants, who are on the fast track to irrelevance, if they aren’t already there.

Their despicable track record in front of their own fans grew even more unsightly, as they are 0-5 at home this season. 

Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is now 2-0 against the Giants as the Commanders (7-2) strengthened their hold on first place in the NFC East and dropped the Giants to 0-4 in their own division. 

The Giants trailed 21-7 at halftime and 24-10 after three quarters.

They showed some life and pulled within 24-16 when Jones broke tackle attempts by Mike Sainristil and Dante Fowler on a determined 2-yard touchdown run with 9:25 remaining, spiking the ball with force. 

“Just excited to score,’’ Jones said. “Big point in the game where we needed a touchdown and just excited to get in.’’ 

Down by eight points (the two-point conversion attempt failed), a defensive stand was needed.

In yet another example of uncomplimentary football, the Giants allowed a third-and-9 conversion, with Daniels finding Austin Ekeler wide open for a 27-yard pickup.

That led to an Austin Seibert field goal with 3:46 to go to make it 27-16. 

The Giants needed only 58 seconds to go 74 yards, with Jones hitting rookie tight end Theo Johnson on a 35-yard touchdown hookup to pull within five points with 2:48 left.

The Giants went for two and missed, again.

They needed to get a stop on defense, but Olamide Zaccheaus was left unattended and Daniels found him for a 42-yard gain to pretty much seal the deal. 

“Those are game-changing plays that we need to make,’’ head coach Brian Daboll said. 

“I think the offense played well enough for us to win. Defense just got beat up,’’ Lawrence said. “They gave us a chance to win, and we didn’t take advantage of it.’’ 

It was a strange game for Jones.

He barely completed a pass in the first half — four completions for zero net passing yards — and Daboll appeared scared to put the ball in the air, as the Giants rolled to 142 rushing yards before halftime.

Jones heated up in the second half and ended up with credible numbers (20 of 26, 174 yards and touchdown tosses to tight ends Chris Manhertz and Johnson).

The Giants managed only one touchdown in their four previous home games. 

There were some messy moments.

There were consecutive runs in the first quarter by Devin Singletary and Tyrone Tracy of 10, 24, 15 and 10 yards to reach the Commanders 29-yard line.

On first down, Daboll called for a pass — seemingly a safe screen pass to Singletary. 

What Daboll did not consider was that his left tackle, Chris Hubbard, would get obliterated on a pass rush by Fowler, who would storm in unimpeded on Jones.

The sack and fumble gave the Commanders the ball on the Giants 31-yard line.

An obvious pass interference penalty on Cor’Dale Flott cost 22 yards and Daniels easily hit Terry McLaurin crossing in front of Banks for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 7-0.

McLaurin later beat Banks on an 18-yard scoring pass six seconds before halftime. 

“Defensively we didn’t do a great job holding up our end of the bargain,’’ Okereke said. “Offense was working well, they were going down, scoring touchdowns, they were sustaining long drives, and we just didn’t answer the bell.’’