Two Giants were quoted as saying they had targeted Kyle Williams since he had a history of concussions. They said they wanted to put a big hit on him to knock him out of the game. Talk about classless and just plain wrong. Football is a tough and physical game but there is no place for that , especially regarding the life altering results of concussions (i.e. Marc Savard, Sidney Crosby). The other thing is if it is true that Williams has a history of concussions, why in the world is he back there catching punts? Maybe that affected his ability to catch the ball cleanly and aggressively. Not trying to make excuses, I'm just saying.
Hi all,
First time poster, Giants fan with family who are Pats fans so looking forward to the SB. Needless to say there is spirited yet affectionate debate in our house for both the GMEN and Pats.
It really is a sad state of affairs that Kyle is being threatened simply because it is WRONG and secondly he is being used as a scapegoat for in-game decisions that were made that put him in this situation. And that starts with the Niner head coach who seems to be playing a teflon role here.
Regarding the two Giants quoted as targeting Williams, do you have a link to that source or was this the rumor mill? I've not heard this and it is certainly not something that Tom Coughlin would be happy about. Giants will play hard, but it's a class organization and dirty tactics would not be tolerated.
Here is an account from TC himself about this situation from a conference call with him:
"We knew going in that this would be a game that would be a very physical game. The 49ers had played very well all year long accumulating 14 wins based on outstanding field position, turnovers that resulted in short drives for scores, and a punter and kicker that kept people at bay no matter what the circumstance was. A record setting punter and kicker and the game proved very much to be that way. I was asked at halftime by Pam Oliver about what I thought the second half would bring and I mentioned again that the game would be decided by turnovers, field position, we certainly had a day where it certainly was weather but both teams, I thought, did an outstanding job of not allowing the weather to become any kind of factor in determining how they played. I mentioned to her that the game would come down to a field goal, perhaps, and I didn’t mention anything about overtime but there it was. During the overtime, the consistency in the way in which both defenses played was outstanding. I would be less than honest if I didn’t say that. The direct path to victory was going to be a most difficult one. What I really felt was somehow, someway someone who is not normally someone in the limelight would make a play that would help us win it and we had two of them. The two special teams plays which you pray for all year long, some big play and some special teams play that would give you an opportunity to win the game and of course they occurred twice and Devin Thomas was involved in both and Jacquian Williams making the incredible strip play as the returner made an excellent cut and was really trying to avoid Jacquian. His reaction with long arms was really quite a feat. That and plus the ability to maneuver the ball down in with the run game to get it located directly in the middle of the field and then kick the game-winning field goal which brought great drama to the conclusion of the game. The game was a very hard fought game in which we had 90 snaps in the game and they had 57. We had 38:36 of time of possession and the difference we thought was that they were 0-1 in the red zone and we were 2-4. The play by Eli to Mario Manningham on third down after we had the holding penalty that knocked us back, I can’t tell you how important that was to allowing us to win the game. Had we been forced to kick a field goal there, that situation that came up a little bit later may have been different."
Good luck to your Pats unless you're playing the Giants!
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