Up by 3 and deep in Dallas territory, the smart play would have been to run down the clock. It did not work.
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After a Manning incompletion on third down and a Giants field goal, the Cowboys still had 1:34 remaining on the clock to put together a game-winning drive. What led up to that sequence was bizarre. “He still ran hard, we got two yards on first down and second down, third down that was my…it’s still my mistake”.
“As a running back, it’s really tough when they tell you not to score“, Jennings said on Sunday night according to ESPN.com, The initial quote could have been blamed on blowing off steam after a tough loss, but the confirmation certainly raises questions about its purpose. It was me, and I was wrong. One of the best compliments I can give some of the receivers that play with just that kind of toughness. That’s not my decision, in that scenario. “I will take it a compliment”.
Manning wasn’t throwing the game.
The strategy backfired when Manning threw a clock-stopping incomplete pass on third down. “I chose to do so, and for that choice, I am truly sorry”, Jennings wrote.
Despite Carroll’s intention and the result, other coaches might want to consider an onside kick to start overtime because they would win the game with any score and still have a chance to score if the other team recovers and gets a field goal. “I think it was a bad call, but at the end of the day I have no control over that”. The first time, Jennings gained 2 yards.
“Even so, why didn’t Manning have confidence that the Giants could hold a double-digit lead with less than two minutes left?” Had Jennings scored on second down, there would have been 1:43 left.
The Atlanta Falcons are coming from a 26-24 thriller victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football. Dallas used its timeouts. Dallas calls its first timeout. The clock had stopped because the Cowboys were called for an offside penalty on Beckham’s catch.
“I thought with the decline, they would just have one timeout”, Manning said.
After badly mismanaging the end of the season opening-loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Eli Manning has been taking a lot of heat.
“It’s my fault at the end of game”, Coughlin said. He picks up a horrid snap like he’s done numerous times in his career, extends the play with his pocket presence and then finds his partner for life Jason Witten for the touchdown. While the final score was 27-26 in favor of the Cowboys, the score is misleading as to how the game actually went down.
Say hello to Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning. “I completely trust Eli – always have”, Coughlin said.
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The pass interference was discussed at length after the game.
