FOXBOROUGH, MA — The New York Giants’ special teams unit didn’t have its proudest half against the New England Patriots on ‘Monday Night Football.’
After allowing a 94-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter, the field-goal unit came onto the field in a 17-7 game with 6:35 remaining in the second quarter.
The snap from Casey Kreiter was high and not handled well by punter Jamie Gillan, who is the holder in the operation. Younghoe Koo, the kicker, looked slightly hesitant coming into his kick and his right foot became stuck in the Gillette Stadium turf.
‘The ball kind of slipped a little bit,’ Giants interim head coach Mike Kafka said. ‘(Koo) wasn’t sure if it was going to get set. Jamie tried to reset it and by that time, it was kind of, he was already kind of out of his groove on it. So it was just tough right there.’
Koo’s trip forced Gillan to pick the ball up and the punter tried to scramble, but he lost 12 yards and the play went into the record books as a sack.
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