For the second time this year, the only NFL team with two championships in the last nine years qualifies as our idiot of the week.
The winner: New York Giants
Big Blue choked yet again, losing despite possessing a late lead for the fifth time this season. And again, a lot of it was on head coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning.
The first issue came when Coughlin had the Giants go for it on a 4th-and-2 at the Jets’ 4-yard line midway through the fourth quarter of a game they were leading by 10. By doing that, Coughlin was revealing a complete lack of trust in his team by desperately attempting to capture a three-score lead late in the game. Wasn’t it enough to simply force the Jets to score two touchdowns in eight minutes to beat you? And that’s assuming you get nothing else on offense the rest of the way.
Coughlin instead had Manning try for six points, and that’s when the veteran quarterback made the bone-headed decision to throw into double-coverage.
He’s lucky it wasn’t a pick-six.
Anyway, the Jets were able to comfortably kick a field goal when their ensuing drive stalled at the 6-yard line — an option that wouldn’t have existed had the Giants just kicked at the other end of the field. And after the Giants went three-and-out (even running a passing play to save the Jets a timeout), Gang Green was able to tie the game late before winning in overtime.
First runner-up: Detroit Lions
Has anyone in Detroit ever defended a Hail Mary? What the hell is this?
Second runner-up: Cordarrelle Patterson
This is how Patterson celebrated a second-half punt return touchdown against Seattle, despite the fact the Vikings trailed 35-0…
Third runner-up: Jay Cutler
Solely for this pick-six against San Francisco.
Bad Jay at his finest.
