Eli Takes The Blame

Eli: "I thought they may let us score to get the ball back, so I informed Rashad if they let you score, don't score."

— Ebenezer Samuel (@ebenezersamuel) September 14, 2015

So there you have it. Eli thought that the Cowboys called a timeout after the offsides on the Beckham catch due to the clock stopping. However, the clock stopped because of a defensive penalty. Have to think about it this way, say the Giants are down, it would be GOOD if the clock stopped on the defensive penalty. However, I think the NFL should really take a look at this rule and maybe switch it up depending on who is ahead in the game.

Does it make sense regardless? To have Jennings not score and put you up 10 with under 2 minutes? Not at all. This was a mistake by Eli, and he owned up to it.

Coughlin said that he didn't know about Jennings being told about going down, but Eli said in the interview on WFAN that he communicated to the sideline during a timeout that he told Jennings not to score.

Eli (cont'd): "And then on third down, not taking the sack there. I've got to do a better job."

— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) September 14, 2015

Then Eli owned up to not taking the sack. Again, another costly mistake by Eli. Really would never have guessed Eli, a vet, would make these mistakes.

Jennings really should have kept his mouth shut after the game, threw his QB under the bus telling the media he was told not to score.
A heartbreaking loss for everyone. A complete nightmare. Time to move on. Let it go.