Joe Judge explains the two bizarre QB sneaks as the first half ended

Joe Judge has somehow thrusted himself into the limelight when it comes with coaches that are impossible to understand or relate with.

After ensuring everyone in the NFL universe understoood where he stands in a heated monologue earlier this week that many analysts believe was aimed at his team, the New York Giants came out flat from the opening whistle on Sunday. The final result was beyond ugly, despite the notion Joe Judge swears his team would ever tank.

There were plenty of miscues and moments that left New York fans shaking their heads, there was a specific moment that has already made its waves throughout the internet.

It just felt like such a strange decision by Joe Judge, a head football coach for a storied franchise who is apparently safe for yet another season.

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In the second quarter, the Giants were faced with a third-and-nine inside their own five-yard line. Instead of taking a shot at the first down, or even traditionally handing the ball off, Giants head coach Joe Judge opted to attempt a designed quarterback sneak. That play call was a questionable one considering that the Jake Fromm, the Giants’ starting quarterback on Sunday, is not much of a threat with his legs. 

Additionally, the play call was obvious from the start, and Washington easily stuffed Fromm to force the Giants to punt the ball away from deep in their own territory.

Joe Judge explains the two QB sneaks towards the end of the first half:

"We were backed up, I wanted to get room" pic.twitter.com/CjnPJVVlXN

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When asked two explain the bizarre decisions from the controversial New York Giants coach, Judge gave a fairly basic response that ironically centered around the theme of fear.

”Yeah, so we were backed up and wanted to get the play action in the flat, got to hit that, and Eli was wide open there,” Joe Judge explained. “ It would have been a nice shot to get us off the goal line and get us some space. And ultimately, look, we were backed up and I wanted to get room. I wasn’t going to let what happened last week in Chicago happen again. There was room for the punt, we did that, we punted it well. That was just the situation and we held them on the next drive.”

While he will have to wait several months and ideally assemble a better squad a fix miscues before Judge is given an opportunity to make another controversial call.

“Now, do I want to do that every time we are backed up? No. But with the issues we had last week at Chicago, I was not going to have that repeat itself.”

Joe Judge had nightmares from Chicago

botched kickoff return led to the Chicago Bears‘ first safety of the season as they took advantage of multiple miscues by the New York Giants while building a 29-3 lead in the third quarter.

After a Bears field goal late in the second quarter, Giants return man Pharoh Cooperallowed the ensuing kickoff to land behind him but in front of the goal line, thinking it would bounce into the end zone. He eventually picked up the ball at the Giants’ 2 but was tackled at the 5-yard line. Two plays later, running back Devontae Booker was brought down in the end zone as the Bears led 22-3 at the half.