The Giants’ secondary was so banged-up they didn’t just go to their bench. They dug all the way down to the practice squad.
19-16 victory over CarolinaStrong safety Julian Love’s 9-yard sack of quarterback Baker Mayfield sent the MetLife Stadium crowd of 73,843 into a frenzy and essentially sealed the win. It forced the Panthers to punt with 2:12 left to play, and Big Blue never gave it back.
“On that third-down sack … the crowd went crazy,” defensive end Justin Ellis said. “And I was just like, ‘This is New York.’ So at the end of the game when we knew it was over I hugged coach Wink [Martindale] and said ‘Man, did you see that?’ We talked about it, it was so amazing.” As the nearest defender, left corner Adoree’ Jackson didn’t allow a catch on four targets over 27 coverage snaps . On the other side, they played without right corner Aaron Robinson, after he had his appendix removed.“Credit Wink. It’s not like woe is me, or ‘Oh, damn’ when a sudden change or something happens. We just see a series of events, snap clear, reset and refocus on the next play,” Jackson said.
“Get him down. Live to play another down,” Moreau told The Post. “We were in man. He broke free: You’ve got to go get him.”Despite not having pass rushers Kayvon Thibodeaux and Azeez Ojulari, the secondary held up. Martindale concocted just enough pressure to rattle Baker Mayfield, and frequently brought a safety in the box to deal with McCaffrey, sometimes Love but often free safety Xavier McKinney.
“It’s the first time that I had to do that at this level. Obviously the first two years I didn’t get to play in the box; this game I got the responsibility of Wink putting me on McCaffrey,” McKinney said. “I think I did a pretty good job.”“We were so happy for him and happy to get off the field and he was the one to get it done,” McKinney. said. “We knew that was potentially the game-winning play. … He’s one of those guys that’s able to make that play. He has the ability to do it, and he did it.
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