Giants" Manning Shoulders Blame for Turnovers, but Problems Run Deeply Quarterback Eli Manning and Coach Tom Coughlin before the Giants" loss Thursday night to the Bears. Manning's three interceptions gave him 15 for the season. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tom Coughlin, who led the Giants to two Super Bowl triumphs, three N.F.C. East titles and five playoff berths in his first nine years as their coach, insists he and his staff have not lost their way after a devastating 0-6 start. "We know the formula," Coughlin said Friday after the Giants returned from a 27-21 loss to the Chicago Bears that reduced their playoff hopes from remote to nearly impossible. We used it for years here. Giants fans can practically recite the dictums that served Coughlin and the franchise so well through the last eight seasons - eight consecutive nonlosing seasons. Protect the ball. Complement solid, and sometimes outstanding, quarterback play from Eli Manning with a potent running game. Create turnovers on defense. Exert relentless pressure on the opposing quarterback. The Giants, off to their worst start since they dropped nine games in a row to begin the 1976 season, have not come close to achieving those goals. A teamwide breakdown leaves them desperate for answers during a respite in the schedule: they will not play again until a Monday night home game Oct. 21 against the Minnesota Vikings. "We've got to win out," safety Antrel Rolle said. Whether that can be done and will be done is to be determined. Given how far the Giants have fallen, the mere mention of winning out seems preposterous. They committed at least three turnovers in each of their six games. They have been guilty of an N.F.L.-worst 23 turnovers, 2 more than they had last season, when they finished 9-7 and narrowly missed a playoff berth. Manning accounted for all three turnovers at Chicago with interceptions, giving him a league-leading 15. He was picked off 15 times last season. Manning, a two-time Super Bowl most valuable player, said his confidence was not shaken. "I'm going to keep throwing," he said. I'm going to keep trying to make good reads. I'm not going to get gun-shy. Manning threw interceptions on the first two possessions against Chicago and acknowledged that the first came on a poor read. The second was a result of miscommunication with Rueben Randle, a second-year wide receiver with obvious talent but also a tendency not to make expected adjustments, and was returned for a touchdown by Tim Jennings. "The two interceptions early in the game did not affect my confidence," Manning said. He was encouraged that the Giants rushed for more than 100 yards (the first time they had surpassed that mark this season), converted 7 of 11 third-down opportunities and turned both of their possessions inside the Bears" 20-yard line into touchdowns. He also said that a shuffled offensive line - which will be without Chris Snee, a Pro Bowl right guard, for the rest of the season because of a hip injury - provided better pass protection. "It was the turnovers," Manning said, "and that's on me." Defensively, the Giants did not have a take-away for a second consecutive week, and they never got to Jay Cutler. They have only five sacks in six games, a statistic that is eating at Coughlin. "We're going to take a hard look at that," he said. Why is it we're not getting home? The Giants" woes extend beyond this season. In their last 14 games, they have won three times. They have come up empty in eight road games since a 29-24 victory at Dallas on Oct. 28, 2012. "There is plenty of blame to go all around, from coaches to players," said center David Baas, who has missed the last three games with a neck injury but expects to start in the Giants" next game. We shouldn't be in this situation. Baas, though, staunchly defended Coughlin. "I respect the man to the fullest," said Baas, a ninth-year veteran who spent his first six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He's the best head coach I've played for. There is no doubt whether we were 6-0 or 0-6, I'd be fighting for him the same way. Coughlin gave his players and coaches a long weekend off - they are to return Monday - urging each to take the time to evaluate what he could do better. He planned to continue working. DAVID WILSON, the Giants" first-round draft choice in 2012, said he would receive a second opinion Monday about a neck injury that caused him to miss the Bears game. He said he felt capable of returning, but X-rays continue to reveal a problem. TOM COUGHLIN called it a disk problem. He declined to speculate whether it might be season-ending or even career-threatening.