but walk down memory lane to the 2015 regular season and you'll find a bunch at the end of about 5 or 6 of those games.
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
but walk down memory lane to the 2015 regular season and you'll find a bunch at the end of about 5 or 6 of those games.
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
Punting to Desean Jackson at the end
Punting to Brian Mitchell at the end (later a Giant)
Dave Brown throwing a pick six on the sideline vs the Cardinals with :10 left in the half
Coughlin managing almost every single final 2 minutes of a 1st half.
Eli not taking a sack = loss to Dallas by passing on 3rd down (clear Pass Interference)
I have 500 others I am sure we can all think of. However, none burn me worse than Fassel demanding we run the ball up 23 vs SF in a playoff game. There is a clip of Strahan screaming at Fassel to get out of prevent on D as well in that game.
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to start SB 35. Game planning again that defense was terrible, bothers me to this day. Why they didn't elect to kick, and play field position the whole game is beyond me.
was a "big game". The Giants were having a decent season for them in that era but they weren't a contending team.
I'll go with Tom Flynn covering Al Toon and the Giants not playing a deep zone earlier in the 88 year vs the 49ers. Simms throwing at the end of the 1st half in the Rams playoff game in 89. 88 and 89 were wasted seasons for different reasons.
30 seconds left first half. Giants at their own 35 - pass play. Simms throws a pick. Rams score a short-field TD and after dominating the first half we go into the locker room down 7-6.
to start SB 35. Game planning again that defense was terrible, bothers me to this day. Why they didn't elect to kick, and play field position the whole game is beyond me.
Not just taking the ball, but then planning to throw deep and do nothing else.
30 seconds left first half. Giants at their own 35 - pass play. Simms throws a pick. Rams score a short-field TD and after dominating the first half we go into the locker room down 7-6.
This. And the worst thing about it was Parcells could have kneeled on it.
I remember watching as a kid where the giants must have needed 70 yards for td before halftime with practically no time on the clock. Instead of kneeling Fassel inexplicably decided to try some pass play for like 3 yards outside the hashes that was pick 6’d. I remember being furious....
Coughlin allowing Eli to throw an incompletion at the end off the game against the Cowboys to open the season, when a run would have effectively ended the game, was a pretty boneheaded call.
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was a "big game". The Giants were having a decent season for them in that era but they weren't a contending team.
I'll go with Tom Flynn covering Al Toon and the Giants not playing a deep zone earlier in the 88 year vs the 49ers. Simms throwing at the end of the 1st half in the Rams playoff game in 89. 88 and 89 were wasted seasons for different reasons.
Giants had the talent to win more SB's in 87, 88, 89. 87 was wrecked by the strike but 88 & 89 were wasted opportunities with LT and Simms and Bavaro etc still in their prime
Coughlin allowing Eli to throw an incompletion at the end off the game against the Cowboys to open the season, when a run would have effectively ended the game, was a pretty boneheaded call.
That play went off at 1:43 remaining. Dallas had used last TO so the clock would have run and they would have started their last drive with a about a minute left instead of a minute and a half.
By no means would the game have been over. And Eli could have gone to the ground instead of throwing the ball away. FG would have been a chip shot anyway.
I won't even get into Eli telling Jennings not to score TD on previous running play.
My nominee for bad coach's call with season-deciding consequences would be having Justin Tuck in pass coverage 20 yards down the field on the Vick-to-Celek TD pass that triggered the Eagles avalanche in 2010.
I guess Fewell takes direct blame but responsibility runs back to the HC. Seemed like Giants might have been showing off up 21 points and thinking the game won.
That game doesn't actually bother me much in the big picture because if Giants had won it everything after would have been different and who knows if they win the SB the next year.
I remember watching as a kid where the giants must have needed 70 yards for td before halftime with practically no time on the clock. Instead of kneeling Fassel inexplicably decided to try some pass play for like 3 yards outside the hashes that was pick 6’d. I remember being furious....
That's the Zona game I mentioned above.
Idiotic call.
Giants absolutely dominated the Rams in the first half but were only up 6-0. They got the ball deep in the territory with about 45 seconds left in the half, and I felt they should have just run out the clock. Instead they tried to pass and after a tipped ball/interception returned close to the goal line, the Rams scored a touchdown.
Totally changed that game.
That's the worst in game decision I can remember Parcells making.
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That was probably the stupidest call ever, but was it a big game? I don't remember what the Giants record was at the time, but I doubt if it was a game that had playoff implications.
but walk down memory lane to the 2015 regular season and you'll find a bunch at the end of about 5 or 6 of those games.
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
I have to agree and believe that was why John Mara made the move. TC's head coaching days were behind him.
The Giants were 5-6, about to go to 6-6 so yes - the Fumble had playoff implications. Of course, had they somehow miraculously MADE the playoffs, they were going NOWHERE.
Personally, I look on the Fumble as one of the GREATEST play calls in Giant history because NOBODY wanted to go after that, and with tickets suddenly easy to come by, the first Giant Game I attended was the very next home game, against the Rams.
30 seconds left first half. Giants at their own 35 - pass play. Simms throws a pick. Rams score a short-field TD and after dominating the first half we go into the locker room down 7-6.
Yeah, this is the first one that came to mind for me.
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A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
Of course you would pick a play from a game in which we actually won a Lombardi Trophy ;)
Say the Giants run the clock down in that situation (i.e. don't score) and the snap on the FG kick gets botched (see: SF 2003 Wild Card game). Then telling Eli/Bradshaw NOT to score woudl have been "looked up on as a huge blunder".
It's over. Giants beat Brady/BB pats twice on the biggest stage. The worst call in Giants history does not come from either of those games. Period.
Trying to throw on the Raven's defense in the Super Bowl. Kerry Collins was scared shitless, and you could see it on his face.
Ummm, you do realize that defense may have been the greatest defense ever against the run, right? The Giants only chance was to throw, even if that was basically a .1% chance, no one was ever running the ball on that defense.
Trying to throw on the Raven's defense in the Super Bowl. Kerry Collins was scared shitless, and you could see it on his face.
A few days after that game, Carl Banks said that if Fassel had left Garrett in the game after he temporarily took over for Collins, the Giants would have won the game. I agree. Collins repeatedly missed open receivers by throwing too soon.
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The way Tynes tells it, it wasn't the coaches call. He just ran out there!
Coughlin said the same thing! Said he wasn't quite sure what he was going to do but the decision was made for him when he saw Tynes already running out there :)
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A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
Trying to throw on the Raven's defense in the Super Bowl. Kerry Collins was scared shitless, and you could see it on his face.
A few days after that game, Carl Banks said that if Fassel had left Garrett in the game after he temporarily took over for Collins, the Giants would have won the game. I agree. Collins repeatedly missed open receivers by throwing too soon.
Collins was not only playing scared but he was playing hurt too. Didn't know that until after the game was long over. But Carl really thinks Jason Garrett wouldve stepped in and threw all over that defense up and down the field? Was he high when he said that?
Nobody was beating the Ravens that year. Period.
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A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
Of course you would pick a play from a game in which we actually won a Lombardi Trophy ;)
Say the Giants run the clock down in that situation (i.e. don't score) and the snap on the FG kick gets botched (see: SF 2003 Wild Card game). Then telling Eli/Bradshaw NOT to score woudl have been "looked up on as a huge blunder".
It's over. Giants beat Brady/BB pats twice on the biggest stage. The worst call in Giants history does not come from either of those games. Period.
You are blinded by short-sightedness. No worries as the SB trophy was huge except it has nothing to do with the question...
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A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
Ok, is that you’re viewpoint?
You seem to be less than self-assured...
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A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
Hey under 25 yard field goals are gimmees.
Just ask Blair Walsh and Tony Romo. Guarantee scores, right?
Other in recent memory was punting to desean but I don't think that was the coaches intent
No, and he didn't play terribly.
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
3rd and Long? Shotgun draw.
Punting to Desean Jackson at the end
Punting to Brian Mitchell at the end (later a Giant)
Dave Brown throwing a pick six on the sideline vs the Cardinals with :10 left in the half
Coughlin managing almost every single final 2 minutes of a 1st half.
Eli not taking a sack = loss to Dallas by passing on 3rd down (clear Pass Interference)
I have 500 others I am sure we can all think of. However, none burn me worse than Fassel demanding we run the ball up 23 vs SF in a playoff game. There is a clip of Strahan screaming at Fassel to get out of prevent on D as well in that game.
This was really dumb. - ( New Window )
I'll go with Tom Flynn covering Al Toon and the Giants not playing a deep zone earlier in the 88 year vs the 49ers. Simms throwing at the end of the 1st half in the Rams playoff game in 89. 88 and 89 were wasted seasons for different reasons.
This. And the worst thing about it was Parcells could have kneeled on it.
I'll go with Tom Flynn covering Al Toon and the Giants not playing a deep zone earlier in the 88 year vs the 49ers. Simms throwing at the end of the 1st half in the Rams playoff game in 89. 88 and 89 were wasted seasons for different reasons.
Giants had the talent to win more SB's in 87, 88, 89. 87 was wrecked by the strike but 88 & 89 were wasted opportunities with LT and Simms and Bavaro etc still in their prime
When were the Giants losing Championship games in droves? If you mean 1961-1963, I don’t remember any bad HC calls. Only bad performances.
Oh wait! We won that game!
That play went off at 1:43 remaining. Dallas had used last TO so the clock would have run and they would have started their last drive with a about a minute left instead of a minute and a half.
By no means would the game have been over. And Eli could have gone to the ground instead of throwing the ball away. FG would have been a chip shot anyway.
I won't even get into Eli telling Jennings not to score TD on previous running play.
My nominee for bad coach's call with season-deciding consequences would be having Justin Tuck in pass coverage 20 yards down the field on the Vick-to-Celek TD pass that triggered the Eagles avalanche in 2010.
I guess Fewell takes direct blame but responsibility runs back to the HC. Seemed like Giants might have been showing off up 21 points and thinking the game won.
That game doesn't actually bother me much in the big picture because if Giants had won it everything after would have been different and who knows if they win the SB the next year.
That's the Zona game I mentioned above.
Idiotic call.
This for sure. No contest.
Totally changed that game.
That's the worst in game decision I can remember Parcells making.
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
That was probably the stupidest call ever, but was it a big game? I don't remember what the Giants record was at the time, but I doubt if it was a game that had playoff implications.
Oh wait! We won that game!
The way Tynes tells it, it wasn't the coaches call. He just ran out there!
Very odd considering I believe Coughlin to be an excellent head coach, but I had never seen anything like the consistent mind-numbing decisions as that season.
I have to agree and believe that was why John Mara made the move. TC's head coaching days were behind him.
Personally, I look on the Fumble as one of the GREATEST play calls in Giant history because NOBODY wanted to go after that, and with tickets suddenly easy to come by, the first Giant Game I attended was the very next home game, against the Rams.
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
Of course you would pick a play from a game in which we actually won a Lombardi Trophy ;)
Say the Giants run the clock down in that situation (i.e. don't score) and the snap on the FG kick gets botched (see: SF 2003 Wild Card game). Then telling Eli/Bradshaw NOT to score woudl have been "looked up on as a huge blunder".
It's over. Giants beat Brady/BB pats twice on the biggest stage. The worst call in Giants history does not come from either of those games. Period.
Ummm, you do realize that defense may have been the greatest defense ever against the run, right? The Giants only chance was to throw, even if that was basically a .1% chance, no one was ever running the ball on that defense.
A few days after that game, Carl Banks said that if Fassel had left Garrett in the game after he temporarily took over for Collins, the Giants would have won the game. I agree. Collins repeatedly missed open receivers by throwing too soon.
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Had just missed one?
Oh wait! We won that game!
The way Tynes tells it, it wasn't the coaches call. He just ran out there!
Coughlin said the same thing! Said he wasn't quite sure what he was going to do but the decision was made for him when he saw Tynes already running out there :)
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
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Trying to throw on the Raven's defense in the Super Bowl. Kerry Collins was scared shitless, and you could see it on his face.
A few days after that game, Carl Banks said that if Fassel had left Garrett in the game after he temporarily took over for Collins, the Giants would have won the game. I agree. Collins repeatedly missed open receivers by throwing too soon.
Collins was not only playing scared but he was playing hurt too. Didn't know that until after the game was long over. But Carl really thinks Jason Garrett wouldve stepped in and threw all over that defense up and down the field? Was he high when he said that?
Nobody was beating the Ravens that year. Period.
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to not score at end of SuperBowl in Feb 2012.
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
Of course you would pick a play from a game in which we actually won a Lombardi Trophy ;)
Say the Giants run the clock down in that situation (i.e. don't score) and the snap on the FG kick gets botched (see: SF 2003 Wild Card game). Then telling Eli/Bradshaw NOT to score woudl have been "looked up on as a huge blunder".
It's over. Giants beat Brady/BB pats twice on the biggest stage. The worst call in Giants history does not come from either of those games. Period.
You are blinded by short-sightedness. No worries as the SB trophy was huge except it has nothing to do with the question...
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to not score at end of SuperBowl in Feb 2012.
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
Ok, is that you’re viewpoint?
You seem to be less than self-assured...
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to not score at end of SuperBowl in Feb 2012.
A mistake that would have been looked upon as a huge blunder had Pats scored...
And if you're gonna pick that one, then why not (as another poster said) sending Tynes in to kick a 47 yarder in OT after he missed TWO FGs of shorter distance in the 4th quarter (and no FG that long had ever been made at Lambeau in postseason history). What a horrible call that was, right?
Hey under 25 yard field goals are gimmees.
Just ask Blair Walsh and Tony Romo. Guarantee scores, right?