With the New York Giants trailing 19-31 on Sunday afternoon in the fourth quarter, Pat Shurmur trotted his offense out onto the field on a 4th-and-11. Rookie quarterback Daniel Jones’ pass fell incomplete to Darius Slayton, who had already scored on two long passes earlier in the contest.
The turnover on downs was significant, and it sent us back to a two-point conversion that Shurmur, and the offense failed to convert. If successful, it would have brought Big Blue within a field goal from tying the game, but taking such an unnecessary risk in the third quarter with plenty of time left to play was ludicrous.