The New York Giants ended their dreadful 2021 season with one of the most mind-boggling play calls during their Week 18 loss to Washington when former head coach Joe Judge called for a QB sneak on 3rd and 9 from their 4 yard line.
The play was instantly mocked by everyone on social media and Judge was fired just a few days later.
Last week at Radio Row in Los Angeles I was able to sit down with Giants running back Saquon Barkley and I asked him about that play and what his teammates thought of it when it was called. He gave a really honest and classy answer to the question, saying it was partly on the players because they weren’t able to give their coaches confidence in making a different play call.
Here’s that conversation:
Our @anezbitt had to ask Saquon Barkley about one specific play from the Giants' season – that dreadful QB sneak on 3rd and 9 in Week 18. pic.twitter.com/CwKOVkQbyh
— For The Win (@ForTheWin) February 16, 2022
Here was that play:
The 4-12 Giants just ran a very obvious QB sneak on third-and-9 in the second quarter of Week 18.
I’m in awe of how sad this is pic.twitter.com/4fLaHuyYDi
— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) January 9, 2022
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