A good example of reactive rather than proactive

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/RalphVacchiano/status/1720469238794666273?s=20

[Gmo11]

The kicker thing bothers me.  Although I guess it's possible Gano told him all week I'm fine I got this I can kick no problem and if he was making kicks in practice all week then fine...I guess.  But the idea of sending out a kicker with a bum knee of any kind still seems silly even if he says it's fine.

The QB thing though... not sure what they could have done differently besides just said "screw it, time to air it out Devito" and let the chips fall where they may.  Signing a new QB wasn't going to help since the guy wouldn't have been ready to play anyway.  Devito has been on the team all year, for some strange reason, so if he's the 3rd guy you've been carrying around he's the 3rd guy.  I think in the moment Daboll thought with the way the defense was playing the only way they'd lose if if Devito did something stupid so he took that off the board.  I don't blame him for that so much.  If they had been down 10 rather than up 3 I bet it's a totally different story.

[Dumpster Dan]

It may be reactive Rich  but what is the alternative?

Dumpster Dan

[MightyGiants]

It may be reactive Rich  but what is the alternative?

Dumpster Dan

The Giants could have tagged Jones as questionable (as they had done the prior week) on the injury report.  When Jones was cleared, he could have been the backup QB, since they didn't trust DeVito to actually play QB.


If they were unsure of Gano, they could have signed another kicker.   I have a hard time believing that everything was great prior to the game and it was only during the game that Gano fell apart. I had heard reports that suggested Gano was struggling with some of his pre-game warmup kicks (something the ST coach should have noticed).

[Dumpster Dan]

Fair enough   but trying to put a classic Dumpster Dan spin on the situation

Maybe Cade York will turn out to be our version of Matt Stover


Dumpster Dan

[Gmo11]

The Giants could have tagged Jones as questionable (as they had done the prior week) on the injury report.  When Jones was cleared, he could have been the backup QB, since they didn't trust DeVito to actually play QB.


If they were unsure of Gano, they could have signed another kicker.   I have a hard time believing that everything was great prior to the game and it was only during the game that Gano fell apart. I had heard reports that suggested Gano was struggling with some of his pre-game warmup kicks (something the ST coach should have noticed).

But by then it's too late.  So if he practiced all week and kept saying he's fine and his kicks kept going through the uprights all week and then he woke up Sunday with a knee more sore than it was the day before... they don't have a ton of options at that point. Now, if that were all true you'd assume they go for it on 4th and 1 rather than kick it at the end of the game which is a fair criticism.

[MightyGiants]

But by then it's too late.  So if he practiced all week and kept saying he's fine and his kicks kept going through the uprights all week and then he woke up Sunday with a knee more sore than it was the day before... they don't have a ton of options at that point. Now, if that were all true you'd assume they go for it on 4th and 1 rather than kick it at the end of the game which is a fair criticism.

It was too late to get a replacement, but such information would have been helpful when deciding to go for it on 4 and 1 or try a FG.

[TDToomer]

Why not just elevate Matt Barkley to the active roster and waived DeVito? No one will claim a guy who can't make a pass in a real game.