Certain moments crystallize the futility of football teams and their complete lack of direction. The Giants had several of those on Sunday, but one of them really stood out.
A meaningless game and staring down the barrel of 4-13 with a quarterback who is not your team’s future is usually a time when most coaches will open the playbook and play with reckless abandon.
Giants coach Joe Judge, however, went a different way.
Late in the first half, the Giants inexplicably ran quarterback sneaks on consecutive plays from inside their 5-yard line.
The Giants just QB sneaked on 2nd & 3rd down. This is unbelievably soft. pic.twitter.com/4ziBxYI55A
— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) January 9, 2022
How Judge can leave the stadium while remaining head coach of the Giants is unfathomable, Twitter was not kind after Judge’s surrender.
Who’s the show again??? pic.twitter.com/VDztCsxPU1
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) January 9, 2022
I can't stop watching this. What's next for Joe Judge? Dragging the Super Bowl trophies from the bumper of his car? Streaking in a bodysuit? https://t.co/QEUKDOXCL2
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 9, 2022
No one:
Joe Judge on 3rd and 9 in a meaningless game: pic.twitter.com/zHj9cPzvQn— Covers (@Covers) January 9, 2022
John Mara reportedly thinks Joe Judge could be the next Bill Parcells or Bill Belichick. @ZachGelb hopes John Mara stops thinking that after the Giants ran a QB sneak on 3rd and 9.
Zach says this should be the last game Joe Judge coaches with the Giants. pic.twitter.com/ZvAPsjH9f0
— CBS Sports Radio (@CBSSportsRadio) January 9, 2022
Joe Judge and the #giants trying to run a QB sneak on 3rd and 9 pic.twitter.com/Yj1WXiwROa
— GeoffinLincoln (@GeoffinLincoln) January 9, 2022
The Giants seriously just ran a 3rd and 9 QB sneak. Not a draw. A sneak. Out of a de facto kneel formation.
The Giants have packed it in the last 2 weeks one year after Joe Judge criticize Doug Pederson for not giving 100% all the way to the end. Can't make it up.
— Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) January 9, 2022
What a creative call on 3rd & 9. Joe Judge lettin it fly! https://t.co/D7BXld3ps0
— Tim Ryan (@TheSportsHernia) January 9, 2022
If it’s any consolation to Giants fans, and I’m sure it is, their season is over.
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