The New York Giants Make NFL History in the Worst Way Possible
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All publicity is good publicity, right?!? At least that’s what they say. However, going down in the record books in the way the New York Giants did on Sunday is probably not how Brian Daboll wanted to start his third season as head coach of the team.
In a 21-18 loss to the NFC East division rival Washington Commanders, the New York Giants made a hilarious piece of history. As reported by Jeff Kerr at CBS Sports, the Giants are now the first (and so far only) team to score 3+ TDs without allowing a TD from the opposition and lose the game in regulation.
The #Giants became the first team in NFL history to score 3+ TD, allow no TD -- and lose in regulation.
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) September 15, 2024
Incredible.
While it may be easy to point fingers at Mr. $160 million himself, Daniel Jones actually delivered a solid game by his standards. With a 57% completion rate, 178 yards, 2 TDs and a QB rating of 100.0, Jones did what he could to bring New York a win. Rookie WR Malik Nabers also put up a superstar performance with 10 receptions, 127 yards and a touchdown. Of course, Nabers also had a devastating drop in the fourth quarter and on fourth down, which Nabers himself said “let (his) team down”.
Malik Nabers scores his first NFL TD!
— NFL (@NFL) September 15, 2024
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In this instance, special teams and injury let down the Giants. Kicker Graham Gano showed up on the injury report on Saturday but was expected to go. After the opening kickoff, Gano suffered a hamstring injury that was an aggravation of his listed injury on the report. Because of this, punter Jamie Gillan took over kicking duties for the rest of the day. He missed his first extra point kicking it wide right. This led to the Giants opting for two-point conversion attempts for the rest of their scoring drives, which they failed at both.
In a game that was lost by three points, those extra points being able to be made by an experienced kicker like Gano could have been the difference between a tie, or possibly even a win, and starting the season 0-2 including a loss to a division rival. With a game against the Cleveland Browns looming, the Giants will hope to get back on track.
