It's hard to put into words what happened to the NY Giants on Sunday against the New York Jets. With less than 30 seconds left on the clock, the Giants had a 10-7 lead and it looked like the game was all but over. However, the Jets pulled off a miracle of a win to stun Big Blue fans.
How? Why? Who wants us all to suffer like this? The defense played tremendously, but their effort was wasted because the Giants offense, in the hands of Tommy DeVito, couldn't do anything with the passing game.
Between the Giants not trusting DeVito to take any chances, coupled with the Graham Gano missed field goal with the game on the line, people are not happy with Coach Dabes for 'playing scared' in this one.
Brian Daboll being too conservative haunted the Giants vs. the Jets on Sunday
If the Giants can't trust DeVito to throw the ball eight yards down the field, then why is he the third-string quarterback? Saquon Barkley rushed for 128 yards on 36 carries, but you can't expect him to do everything for this offense. Giants fans are not happy with Daboll for not taking more risks in the loss:
Not even attempting a pass earlier to keep their defense honest was inexcusable.
— Misha Fitton 🐢 🎨 (@MishaFitton) October 29, 2023
Brian Daboll lost this game. Coaching scared is never going to work out. Horrendous decision making at the end of the game.
— Felix (@FootballPapi) October 29, 2023
Brian DaBoll absolutely sucks. Too scared to go for it with 4 and 1. Would have started in the exact same spot. Put a kicker out there with a leg that needs surgery he said.
— Card Consignment (@CardConsign) October 29, 2023
Please. Give me a break. Dude is fragile and has shown it. Hate him. Fraud#NYG #NFL #Jets
Hang that loss on Brian Daboll awful job of managing the game he panicked under pressure Daboll needs to apologize to Wink Martindale and the entire Giants defense Big Bluster Brian coached scared
— Keane (@kranepool) October 29, 2023
I blame this @Giants loss on Brian Daboll. Absolutely horrific coaching the second half. Give Tommy Devito some chance whatsveover to throw the freakin ball. And then you should be going for it on 4th down and not trusting gano to make a kick in the rain after he’s missed 1…
— CaptainYankees - Scott McKenna (@captainyankees) October 29, 2023
Last year Brian Daboll coached to win. He had nothing to lose. Now he feels he has something to lose so he coaches to lose.
— Stuart Ungar (@Ungarjr2) October 29, 2023
After the final whistle, Graham Gano called himself out for his two missed field goals, telling the media to put the loss on him. His miss late in the fourth quarter is what gave the Jets hope, but still, plenty of people assumed the Giants defense would have been able to make a final stop.
That wasn't the case, with Zach Wilson making some big-time throws to set up the Greg Zuerlein kick to force overtime. In that OT, the Giants got the ball first, but they didn't do anything on offense, went 3-and-out and an Adoree' Jackson penalty on third down for the Jets proved to be the final self-inflicted wound.
Daboll is disappointed right now and so are thousands of Giants fans. This loss was downright embarrassing, with the second-year head coach definitely wanting some of his decisions back.