The score is NYG 16, BUF 3.
At 8:19 of the 3rd, they get the ball at their own 10. BUF advances to the NYG and gets an interference call to put the ball on the NYG 26. TD nullified by an Urbik hold puts the ball on NYG 36. BUF drives to the NYG 7...and misses a FG. A 13-play, 5:59 minute drive for naught.
At 0:21 of the 3rd quarter, Clay catches for 22 to bring the ball to the NYG 33. Six plays later, BUF tries for it on a 4th and goal from the 1. A FG would have made the score 16 - 6.
NYG couldn't get out of the hole, punted, and BUF scored a TD on their subsequent possession to make the score 16 -10. Which is good, but almost 5 minutes of the 4th has been consumed.
NYG strikes back in 1:59 to make the score 24 - 10 with the 2 -point conversion.
BUF gets the ball at 7:42 and NYG gets the ball back at 6:22 on the BUF 40.
Now the real idiocy begins - the rash of BUF personal fouls, interrupted by a NYG offensive hold, ending with NYG dumbly calling a pass on 3rd and goal from the BUF 8 which gets intercepted...dumb move by Coughlin there. But away ticks the clock.
So BUF gets it back at 3:41 - down by 14. Inconito holds, then gets called for a chop block - debatable if that's the right call - but if a player is being engaged and you come on offense and take a hit, the flag is thrown. Things are out of control, precious minutes - again get chewed up.
The coaching was poor. They allowed (some may say fomented) players to commit personal fouls. The concept of a close game and clock management escaped them. The concept of incrementally gaining points in a close contest was not managed.
At 8:19 of the 3rd, they get the ball at their own 10. BUF advances to the NYG and gets an interference call to put the ball on the NYG 26. TD nullified by an Urbik hold puts the ball on NYG 36. BUF drives to the NYG 7...and misses a FG. A 13-play, 5:59 minute drive for naught.
At 0:21 of the 3rd quarter, Clay catches for 22 to bring the ball to the NYG 33. Six plays later, BUF tries for it on a 4th and goal from the 1. A FG would have made the score 16 - 6.
NYG couldn't get out of the hole, punted, and BUF scored a TD on their subsequent possession to make the score 16 -10. Which is good, but almost 5 minutes of the 4th has been consumed.
NYG strikes back in 1:59 to make the score 24 - 10 with the 2 -point conversion.
BUF gets the ball at 7:42 and NYG gets the ball back at 6:22 on the BUF 40.
Now the real idiocy begins - the rash of BUF personal fouls, interrupted by a NYG offensive hold, ending with NYG dumbly calling a pass on 3rd and goal from the BUF 8 which gets intercepted...dumb move by Coughlin there. But away ticks the clock.
So BUF gets it back at 3:41 - down by 14. Inconito holds, then gets called for a chop block - debatable if that's the right call - but if a player is being engaged and you come on offense and take a hit, the flag is thrown. Things are out of control, precious minutes - again get chewed up.
The coaching was poor. They allowed (some may say fomented) players to commit personal fouls. The concept of a close game and clock management escaped them. The concept of incrementally gaining points in a close contest was not managed.
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