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First half - 9 seconds left - in the red zone

Sam Huff : 10/20/2024 5:11 pm
Time to make one try for a pass into the end zone and then kick the field goal.

But no, Brian "Play Not to Lose" Daboll goes immediately to the field goal. No guts whatsoever.

What would a field goal get us? No momentum, nothing. A TD could have lit a spark.

Oh, who am I kidding? Daboll sucks, Jones sucks, there is no hope.
Your very last sentence  
M.S. : 10/20/2024 5:14 pm : link
Is your truest one.

We’re dealing with a total tear down situation.

(1964-1980)
Stupid penalty that could have put Giants within  
Blue21 : 10/20/2024 5:15 pm : link
7 is so typical. 9 seconds left should be enough time for quick attempt pass into the end zone and a FG if necessary. Nope . Let's play ultra scared and just kick FG because we're scared.
The reality is  
k2tampa : 10/20/2024 5:23 pm : link
The Eagles knew they would have to throw it in the end zone, from what, the 22-yard line. They would put four guys at the goal line and three more in the end zone. The chance of a TD was maybe 1 percent, if that, while the chance of a sack or turnover was maybe 50 percent.

Be realistic. That was about the least egregious thing that happened today.

I'll say this, if Barkley had run that physically while with the Giants they might have given him the money. It was obviously he wanted to inflict mental and physical punishment today. He never finished runs by punishing the defenders like that while here.
This is nit picky  
section125 : 10/20/2024 5:23 pm : link
The way the line was going, Jones gets sacked and then you bitch they should have licked the FG...
People who wanted them to run a play with 9 seconds left  
Stu11 : 10/20/2024 5:39 pm : link
From the 20 are off their rocker. That's like taking a shot at the lottery. The Other team knows you have to throw to the endzone. It's almost hail mary level. From the 10? Absolutely. If he came away with no points there I would have been for firing Daboll at halftime.
Yeah, let's kick a field goal  
Sam Huff : 10/20/2024 6:36 pm : link
It sure helped us out. Conservative, play-not-to-lose coaching. What you field generals don't understand is that even taking the risk, no matter how high, shows the team that you have confidence in them, even if unsuccessful.

Kicking the field goal with time for another play first, clearly says to the team, "I'm your coach and I have so little faith in you that I have to play not to lose."
Congratulations to Theo Johnson  
RetroJint : 10/20/2024 6:51 pm : link
For his first NFL touchdown. Doesn’t get credit for it . That’s just the bifurcated manner of NFL officiating . Witness Brown gaining separation on McCloud. By pushing off. Look the Giants suck . They were completely out played today . Bitch slapped , actually. But it sure helps when you take some of the liberties that the Eagles get away with . Conversely the kid from Penn State gets taken down for a low-post shield that TE’s have used from the leather helmet days .
Daboll has no confidence in Jones to throw a 20 yard pass down field  
JoeyBigBlue : 10/20/2024 6:54 pm : link
It was either going to be picked, or Jones takes a sack. The FG was the right call.
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