If Brian Daboll had just said that he was defiantly doubling down on embattled kicker Graham Gano, it could’ve been easier to rationalize than the reason that he offered for attempting a 22-yard field goal.
With the Giants attempting to cut right into a 13-point second-half deficit, Daboll brought out Gano — who had missed a 45-yard field goal earlier in the sport — reasonably than attempt a fourth-and-goal from the 4-yard line.
Gano converted, but it surely modified little or no Sunday in a 34-24 loss to the 49ers.
“If it was a certain distance, we’d have went for it,” Daboll said. “Made it a 10-point game. That’s the explanation why.”
So, 12 feet was too distant to try a run or pass for an additional 4 points and to make it a one-score game at 20-14. Was 11? Was 10?
Daboll’s decision to kick was more curious because Gano hooked his first field goal wide left late in the primary half. It was a gut punch after Brian Burns’ strip-sack caused a fumble to pop into Abdul Carter’s outstretched arms.
“That was, I wouldn’t say the breaker, but you’d like to have points down there,” Daboll said. “Didn’t get it done.”
After all, Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka could’ve been more aggressive after being handed first-and-10 on the cusp of the red zone with 33 seconds remaining.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. ran for no gain after which Jaxson Dart threw back-to-back short incompletions.
“I don’t think we were playing for 3 [points] in any respect,” Dart said. “Plays that were called, I believed they were good plays. We just didn’t execute as players.”
Added left tackle Andrew Thomas, “I don’t make the calls. All I do is execute my job.”
Gano, who has turn into a lightning rod for Giants fans, then missed because the Giants’ deficit remained at 17-7 going to halftime.
“I hit it rather well,” Gano told The Post. “The wind was going left to right. It just didn’t move. Frustrating, obviously. I used to be expecting to come back back right, truthfully, but it surely kept staying straight left.”
Gano returned last week from a four-game stint on injured reserve (groin). He has been injured leading right into a game or on the primary kick of the sport thrice within the last three seasons, which has made him a goal of ire regardless that anger easily could possibly be directed on the front office and training staff for mismanaging Plan Bs to a 38-year-old kicker.
“Only miss all day — warm-ups and all,” Gano told The Post. “Must hit that one. My [third] miss in two years.”
The Giants ended up with three points from two possessions contained in the 28-yard line on a day when the Jaguars’ Cam Little set an NFL record with a 68-yard field goal.
Did the miss hurt worse on the heels of Burns’ big play?
“That’s for other people to choose,” Gano said. “My job is to make my kicks, which I’ve been doing a reasonably rattling good job of.”
If Brian Daboll had just said that he was defiantly doubling down on embattled kicker Graham Gano, it could’ve been easier to rationalize than the reason that he offered for attempting a 22-yard field goal.
With the Giants attempting to cut right into a 13-point second-half deficit, Daboll brought out Gano — who had missed a 45-yard field goal earlier in the sport — reasonably than attempt a fourth-and-goal from the 4-yard line.
Gano converted, but it surely modified little or no Sunday in a 34-24 loss to the 49ers.
“If it was a certain distance, we’d have went for it,” Daboll said. “Made it a 10-point game. That’s the explanation why.”
So, 12 feet was too distant to try a run or pass for an additional 4 points and to make it a one-score game at 20-14. Was 11? Was 10?
Daboll’s decision to kick was more curious because Gano hooked his first field goal wide left late in the primary half. It was a gut punch after Brian Burns’ strip-sack caused a fumble to pop into Abdul Carter’s outstretched arms.
“That was, I wouldn’t say the breaker, but you’d like to have points down there,” Daboll said. “Didn’t get it done.”
After all, Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka could’ve been more aggressive after being handed first-and-10 on the cusp of the red zone with 33 seconds remaining.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. ran for no gain after which Jaxson Dart threw back-to-back short incompletions.
“I don’t think we were playing for 3 [points] in any respect,” Dart said. “Plays that were called, I believed they were good plays. We just didn’t execute as players.”
Added left tackle Andrew Thomas, “I don’t make the calls. All I do is execute my job.”
Gano, who has turn into a lightning rod for Giants fans, then missed because the Giants’ deficit remained at 17-7 going to halftime.
“I hit it rather well,” Gano told The Post. “The wind was going left to right. It just didn’t move. Frustrating, obviously. I used to be expecting to come back back right, truthfully, but it surely kept staying straight left.”
Gano returned last week from a four-game stint on injured reserve (groin). He has been injured leading right into a game or on the primary kick of the sport thrice within the last three seasons, which has made him a goal of ire regardless that anger easily could possibly be directed on the front office and training staff for mismanaging Plan Bs to a 38-year-old kicker.
“Only miss all day — warm-ups and all,” Gano told The Post. “Must hit that one. My [third] miss in two years.”
The Giants ended up with three points from two possessions contained in the 28-yard line on a day when the Jaguars’ Cam Little set an NFL record with a 68-yard field goal.
Did the miss hurt worse on the heels of Burns’ big play?
“That’s for other people to choose,” Gano said. “My job is to make my kicks, which I’ve been doing a reasonably rattling good job of.”
