DENVER — The Giants have lost a lot of games in recent years, but they’ve never lost one like Sunday’s 33-32 collapse to the Denver Broncos.

In fact, few teams have ever lost a game like the Giants did on Sunday. There had been 1,602 consecutive wins by teams leading by 18 points with six minutes remaining, according to the CBS broadcast. The Giants ended that streak by improbably blowing a 26-8 lead in the final 5:13.

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The weight of that defeat hung heavy in a locker room that has experienced too many losses.

“There was just no way in hell we were supposed to lose that game,” said linebacker Brian Burns, who was irate walking off the field and then extremely emotional at his locker after the game. “That’s a tough-ass loss. Emotions were going up and down too many times. That was tough for me.”

Coach Brian Daboll said the loss wasn’t on one play or one position. Daboll’s right. The blame for this meltdown can be spread far and wide.

The easiest target is kicker Jude McAtamney, who missed two extra points in a one-point loss. McAtamney’s four-week run as the Giants’ kicker is surely over, although greater scrutiny needs to be placed on the decision to go with a kicker who lost a kicking competition at Rutgers two years ago. McAtamney took over for the Giants after Graham Gano landed on injured reserve in Week 4.

Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen surely will find himself in the crosshairs.