PHILADELPHIA — The New York Giants weren’t proud of a number of the calls in Sunday’s 38-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, notably on what seemed to be a tush push fumble within the first half.
Giants exterior linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux stripped the ball from Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts on a fourth-and-1 play early within the second quarter. However the officers dominated that Hurts’ ahead progress had been stopped. The play could not be reviewed. It was deemed there was no fumble.
Giants coach Brian Daboll challenged the primary down ruling and misplaced. The Eagles scored two performs in a while a 9-yard landing reception by Saquon Barkley to provide Philadelphia a lead it could by no means relinquish. “[The official] stated they known as the ahead progress earlier than he reached the ball out,” Thibodeaux stated. “Feels like some bulls— to me.”
Did the gamers not hear a whistle?
“That’s the arduous half in regards to the tush push,” Thibodeaux stated. “Sorry, I imply, that was an incredible name by the refs. You possibly can’t blame missed calls on something. I feel we did not cease the run. They made the 50-50 balls and so they acquired one of the best of us.”
There have been a number of different calls the Giants did not appear to agree with. Amongst them was a nullified 68-yard landing seize for vast receiver Darius Slayton that was negated by offensive move interference within the fourth quarter.
Slayton and cornerback Quinyon Mitchell had been battling with their arms on the play. Slayton’s hand at one level was on Mitchell’s hip. Mitchell’s hand had a grasp of Slayton’s undershirt. It was known as an offensive move interference by the officers. Slayton pretended to slam his helmet to the bottom in disbelief after seeing the replay on the stadium’s videoboard. Daboll was irate on the name, yelling and screaming in disgust.
“In my head I assumed I had simply fought to get my arm via and catch the ball,” Slayton stated. “I suppose someplace in there I, yeah …
“That one was powerful. The tush push fumble was a troublesome one. However on the finish of the day, there have been different performs on the market to make. And we actually may’ve executed higher from our standpoint. However little question these sort of performs damage.”
Daboll deflected after the sport when requested in regards to the calls.
“Not going to get into any particulars with it,” he stated on a number of events.
The Giants’ head coach later added: “I am not going to touch upon what I feel on officers. They name it, we acquired to play it.”
The Giants (2-6) misplaced their thirteenth straight sport in Philadelphia. The calls won’t have modified the result, however they may have altered how the sport was performed.
The Slayton landing that was known as again may have made it a 10-point sport with slightly below 10 minutes left. They clearly thought it was a unsuitable name.
“I will not touch upon that,” vast receiver Wan’Dale Robinson stated. “I’d get fined if I say one thing loopy.”