he was trying to kick it out of bounds

Its not JUST about the mistakes the Giants made. No one wants to mention what the Eagles did to make this happen.

1) from what i have read, they were bringing pressure to block all of the punts up to that point. considering the circumstances, its a safe bet that we are going to sell out to block this one too. based on that, it makes sense that Dodge would rush to kick it. He is expecting to be surrounded very quickly. Add in the high snap and it just makes sense that he gets it away as fast as possible. just get it down field and let your team handle it. its better than it being blocked (although in hindsight….)
Instead, we dialed up our coverage to maximize the return. The giants expect max pressure, but we do the opposite, leaving us in better position to block them on the return.

2) sure, the giants were out of their lanes, but don’t ignore the monster block that took out 3 giants players, i think by Omar Gaither.

3) Jackson’s first few steps after recovering the ball are backwards. This also seems to help bunch up the defenders, but also create the return lane he needed. It made the first wave of defenders take steps upfield, rather than to close in and block off the lane.

4) i know it was mentioned, but desean is fast. really, really fast. i would have liked them to see how the one giants defender who was 10-15 yards back, at the back of the line on the left hand side, reacted to the return. My guess is that in the time that Jackson changed from backpedaling to blazing fast full speed straight ahead this defender took one or two steps and was left flatfooted. That just makes it easier to side step him on the way to the TD.

hahaha this awesome

anyone see chris chase, from yahoo, coming up with another BS article about this play bc he’s still po’d his ginats lost