The Giants left three points on the field Sunday, failing to score in the final seconds of the first half against the Bills.
Up 6-0, the Giants had the ball at the 1-yard line with first-and-goal and no time outs remaining and 14 seconds on the clock.
Quarterback Tyrod Taylor, filling in for the injured Daniel Jones, appeared to audible at the line of scrimmage and handed the ball off to running back Saquon Barkley, who was stuffed at the line in his first game back following his sprained ankle.
The Giants tried to hurry into formation to get off one final play, but the clock expired before the ball could be snapped.
Tyrod Taylor (l.) and Brian Daboll couldn’t help the Giants get three points before halftime. Screengrab via Twitter/@BobbySkinner_So in trying to go for a quick touchdown to end the half, the Giants didn’t even walk away with a field goal.
NBC Sports play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico called it like it was, saying “that was terrible, terrible clock management. … That’s awful.”
Giants head coach Brian Daboll wasn’t happy with the end of the first half. APAs he was saying that, the broadcast cameras showed a clearly agitated Brian Daboll walking to the locker room in a heated conversation with Taylor.
NBC Sports analyst Cris Collinsworth agreed, saying “on the goal line, you can’t do that. …that is unbelievable. Unbelievable.”
Tirico closed the conversation, “You gotta get points there.”
It came back to haunt the Giants, who needed a touchdown on their final drive in the fourth quarter to win the game.
Had they opted for the first-half field goal and Grahan Gano’s attempt was good, the Giants wouldn’t have needed to find the end zone on the game’s final play.
