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It was a bad afternoon for the New York Giants and Russell Wilson. His overtime blunders left Giants fans shaking their heads. But he wasn’t alone in blame, and here are the Giants most to blame for the dramatic Week 2 loss to the Cowboys.
Brandon Aubrey kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired in overtime — after a 64-yarder at the end of regulation — to lift the Cowboys to the 40-37 victory.
The loss left the Giants with a 0-2 record, both within the division and likely sending the team toward another poor season.
First, let’s be fair. Wilson had one of the better games in his career before overtime. Wilson was 30 of 41 while finishing with the second-most passing yards of his 14-year career.
And his dramatic 48-yard scoring strike to Malik Nabers with 25 seconds left in regulation was a thing of beauty. Wilson deserves a lot of credit for putting the Giants in a position to win. He said he enjoyed the challenge, according to ESPN.
“I love watching boxing,” Wilson said. “We’re in a 17-round fight. And we battled the first round and second round, and got more to do. So I was really proud to be able to answer the way that we did. I’ve been part of a lot of crazy games. I don’t know if I’ve been a part of one that crazy and that much grit.”
However, Wilson coughed it up in overtime. His backwards pass attempt cost the Giants on one drive. And then his second-down throw-it-up-for-grabs interception led directly to the loss. Brian Daboll said Wilson played very well, according to a post on X by Giants Nation Show via NBC Sports, but …
“I thought he played well, made some plays, attacked certain things we wanted to attack,” Daboll said. “That second-and-3, it kind of slipped out of his hand. And it pushed us back there.
Of the interception, Daboll was circumspect, calling “that deep shot kind of at the end, the communication, not a bad communication, just communication. Again, this one’s tough.”
Bottom line, Wilson isn’t the winner he used to be. His career record from 2012-20 was 98-45. Over the five seasons, his mark is 23-34.
The Giants totaled 14 penalties for 160 yards. How bad was that historically? The total yardage ranked as their most since getting 175 against a team called the Boston Yankees in 1947. Yes, Boston Yankees.
And Daboll doesn’t have the right guys leading the defense, which is something he has to take responsibility for. The Giants basically handed Dallas the 20 yards they needed with 14 seconds left in regulation to get in field goal range.
Daboll said after the game what he should have said to defensive coordinator Shane Bowen before the play, according to amny.com.
“Got to play tight coverage,” Daboll said. “Got to do some things rush-wise. Made some...
