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The New York Giants lost 26-18 in Pittsburgh against the Steelers on Monday Night Football. New York was penalized 11 times in the game for 65 yards; Pittsburgh was penalized five times for 50 yards. Each team’s kicker booted three first-half field goals.

The game opened up in the second half after the Giants’ special teams’ surrendered a punt return touchdown. However, rookie running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. ran all over Pittsburgh for 145 yards on 20 touches with a score. He left the game with a concussion.

Darius Slayton was the Giants’ leading receiver in the game. He finished with four catches for 108 yards on seven targets with this 43-yard grab:

Malik Nabers finished with seven catches on 13 targets for 71 yards. Each quarterback was sacked four times. Azeez Ojulari had a pair of sacks, and Brian Burns had a sack; Bobby Okereke and Micah McFadden split a sack that Dexter Lawrence caused. New York made the game interesting but ultimately failed to come away with the victory. Here are five plays, or five sequence of plays, that led to the loss:

Play(s) 1: Let’s trade fumbles

The Giants trade fumbles late in the fourth quarter. The first fumble gave life to the Giants, as Bobby Okereke — with help from Micah McFadden — punched the football away from Russell Wilson:

The fumble gave the Giants the football down eight late in the fourth quarter. The score was 26-18, and Daniel Jones started the drive at Pittsburgh’s 37 yard line. A sensationally timed play by Okereke and McFadden, but T.J. Watt returned the favor five plays later:

After the game, head coach Brian Daboll provided valuable context as to why Jermaine Eluemunor was alone against Watt. Daboll stated that Daniel Jones was supposed to shift tight end Theo Johnson from left to right to give Eluemunor help. Jones admitted the mistake in his post-game press conference.

The Giants’ defense stepped up again after the Jones’ fumble. They forced a Steelers’ punt, and the Giants’ offense had 1:53 left in the game to drive 85 yards. However, Jones threw this interception on the fifth play, effectively ending the game for the Giants:

Play(s) 2: Wilson to Austin

The Giants kept the game competitive into the second half. However, after Calvin Austin III returned a punt for a touchdown, the Giants’ offense mustered a three-and-out. Pittsburgh took the football with a seven-point lead and put more points on the board. Russell Wilson converted a third-and-eleven to Van Jefferson for 36 yards and had a third-and-8 29-yard touchdown strike to Austin:

The Steelers took a 23-9 lead at the start of the fourth quarter, which seemed insurmountable. But the rookie fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy Jr. took a handoff 45 yards for a score.

Play 3: Early fourth quarter

The fourth quarter was exciting after a slower game that saw just 27 points in the first three quarters. The Giants seemed done after Wilson connected with Austin, but Tracy had something else in mind:

A 45-yard touchdown run invigorated the Giants on the road. The analytics suggested that the Giants go for two, down eight. A successful extra point would have made it a touchdown game, but the Giants tried this 2-point conversion:

The Giants are on the road and certainly were not ready, as no one reacted to the play. Daniel Jones was animated after the failed attempt.

Russell Wilson quickly got the Steelers into scoring position with a 43-yard pass to Pickens:

The Giants defense held the Steelers to a field goal, which gave Pittsburgh a 26-15 lead midway through the fourth quarter.

Play 4: Special teams’ TD

Both defenses were bending but not breaking. Both offenses were moving the football, but couldn’t find the end zone without drawing a flag. It took a Calvin Austin punt return midway through the third quarter to score the official first touchdown of the game:

Austin took it 73 yards for a touchdown. The Giants’ offense proceeded to go three-and-out on the ensuing drive. The Giants’ punter Matt Haack was run into and there was a block in the back up the sideline, but missed calls are a part of football; even in a game full of yellow laundry. Outside of Isaiah Simmons’ blocked field goal attempt, the Giants’ special teams have plagued them in 2024.

Play(s) 5: Negated touchdowns

The game had three negated touchdowns in a first half that had six field goals. Two George Pickens touchdowns and a Chris Manhertz touchdowns were all voided and eventually resulted in field goals. The second Pickens overturned touchdown was the most peculiar:

It was a trick for the yinzers, and a treat for the Giants, as Pickens failed to get his second foot down. Deonte Banks came off the underneath route to knock Pickens out of bounds before the second-year cornerback was benched. Pickens first touchdown was overturned on the Steelers’ opening drive of the game:

Then there was Chris Manhertz’s touchdown that was called back:

Nabers never set before or after he motioned, which was the cause of the penalty. New York’s offense had nine penalties in three quarters. Greg Joseph kicked his second field goal to tie the game early in the second quarter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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