Three Strikes And Out
The game can be a cruel one and so it was for the New York Giants on Sunday. On three occasions, once during the last play of the fourth quarter and twice during over time — Jay Feely (kicker) missed field goals that would have won the game and knocked the Seahawks from their position as NFC front-runners.
After Feely's final miss, the Seahawks had their biggest play of the afternoon, a 38 yard pass from Hasselbeck to Hackett. Brown capped it by kicking a 36 yard field goal on his only attempt of the afternoon to win the game.
Their glee in surviving this struggle was matched by the gloomy intensity of New York, now 7-4, who have lost three games on late or overtime field goals.
"We played those guys as tough as anybody at their place," Antonio Pierce of NYG said. "We put ourselves in a position to win, and we didn't finish."
Feely apparently willingly took the blame, apologizing in the locker room to his teammates - stating that he was sorry and that he'd let down the team.
New York drew level, 21-21, with two minutes left in regular time, with Eli Manning's 18-yard pass to Amani Toomer and Manning's throw to Jeremy Shockey for the two-point conversion. The Giants defense then forced a punt and took over at the fifty yard line with 1:23 left. It looked like the ideal foundation for the Giants to win the game. They punched the ball down to the 22 and called their last time-out with four seconds left. Feely kicked and missed narrowly, no more than twelve inches,
and the Giants finally succumbed to a Seahawks field goal to lose the game 24-21.
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