Giants’ Kayvon Thibodeaux miffed as tush push fumble not called

Philadelphia–the New York Giants Wasn’t happy with some of the calls on Sunday 38-20 damage to philadelphia eaglesEspecially in what looked like a push-pull in the first half.

Giants outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux The ball was snatched from the Eagles quarterback. jalen hurts On a fourth-and-one play early in the second quarter. But officials ruled that Hurts’ further progress was halted. The play could not be reviewed. It was understood that no foul play took place.

Giants coach Brian Daboll challenged the first down ruling and lost. The Eagles scored two plays later on a 9-yard touchdown reception Saquon Barkley It would never be relinquished to give Philadelphia the lead. ,[The official] “He made the call to go before he even got to the ball,” Thibodeaux said. Sounds like some bull to me.

Did the players not hear the whistle?

“That’s the hard part about the tush push,” Thibodeaux said. “Sorry, I mean, that was a great call by the refs. You can’t blame a missed call on anything. I think we didn’t stop the run. They made 50-50 balls and they got the best of us.”

There were several other calls that the veterans did not seem to agree with. Among them was a 68-yard touchdown grab for the wide receiver that was ruled out. darius slayton It was negated by offensive pass interference in the fourth quarter.

Slayton and cornerback Quinyon Mitchell Was struggling with his hands in the game. At one point Slayton had his hand on Mitchell’s hip. Mitchell’s hand grabbed Slayton’s undershirt. Officials called it offensive pass interference. Slayton pretended to slam his helmet on the ground in disbelief after watching a replay on the stadium’s videoboard. Dabol became angry at the call, shouting in disgust.

“In my mind I thought I struggled to get my hand in and catch the ball,” Slayton said. “I think I’m in there somewhere, yes…

“That was tough. The tush push fumble was tough. But at the end of the day, there were other plays to make. And we certainly could have done better from our standpoint. But there’s no doubt that those types of plays hurt.”

When Daboll was asked about the call after the game, he shrugged it off.

“I won’t go into any specific details about it,” he said on several occasions.

The Giants head coach later said: “I’m not going to comment on what the officials think. They call it, we’ve got to play it.”

The Giants (2-6) lost their 13th consecutive game in Philadelphia. The calls may not have changed the outcome, but they could have changed the way the game was played.

The Slayton touchdown that was called back would have made it a 10-point game with just under 10 minutes remaining. He clearly thought it was a wrong call.

“I won’t comment on that,” the wide receiver van’dale robinson Said. “If I say something crazy I could get fined.”