Giants coach Joe Judge blasts Eagles for

Giants coach Joe Choose steered the Eagles didn’t put forth full effort of their 20-14 loss to the Washington Soccer Crew on Sunday evening. The outcome stored New York out of the NFL playoffs.

The Eagles pulled beginning quarterback Jalen Hurts after three quarters in favor of Nate Sudfeld, a 2016 sixth-round draft choose who hadn’t appeared in an NFL sport since 2018. Their late-game play-calling was additionally seen by many people as a tanking ploy to safe a better draft choose.

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Choose, talking at a Monday information convention, mentioned his staff would by no means strategy a contest like Philadelphia did. 

“To disrespect the sport by going on the market and never competing for 60 minutes and doing every part you possibly can to assist these gamers win, we’ll by no means try this so long as I’m the pinnacle coach of the Giants,” Choose mentioned.

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The Giants (6-10) wanted Washington (7-9) to lose to be able to declare the NFC East, which this yr has been thought of one of many worst divisions in soccer historical past. They beat the Cowboys earlier Sunday to present themselves an opportunity to get into the postseason.

Watching Sudfeld flounder, then, was irritating for the group. Sudfeld accomplished 5 of 12 passes for 32 yards and an interception. Whereas Hurts hadn’t carried out significantly effectively earlier than being pulled, most would agree he gave Philadelphia the higher probability to win.

Choose repeatedly talked about the sacrifices his personal gamers and workers had made, solely to see what he believed was a efficiency that broken the integrity of the sport.

“There’s various sacrifices made by the coaches and gamers on this league,” Choose mentioned. “There’s various sacrifices that come alongside as effectively with the relations and the folks linked with them.”