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Joe Judge’s New York Giants suffered a rough loss on Thursday night against Washington.
Judge’s Giants took a 29-27 lead with 2 minutes left in the game. On its final possession, Washington initially set up a 48-yard field goal try. Dustin Hopkins missed the 48-yarder, but New York defender Dexter Lawrence jumped off sides. With another try, Hopkins made the 43-yarder to give Washington the win.
Dexter Lawrence jumps offside as Hopkins misses the game-winning field goal.
On the next chance, Hopkins send Washington home with the win 🤯pic.twitter.com/fa9X9nUXgx
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) September 17, 2021
NFL Twitter was highly critical of Judge, a coach with a special teams background who stresses discipline to his teams.
Here’s a small sample of the criticism:
Wasn’t Joe Judge a special teams coordinator?
— Jai Shields (@TheJShield) September 17, 2021
Joe Judge's team is awfully undisciplined for all the drill sergeant/fake tough guy stuff he makes them do over the summer.
— Matt Infield (@Matt_Infield) September 17, 2021
Matt Nagy: “I am the worst head coach in the NFL…”
Joe Judge of the New York Giants: pic.twitter.com/PQKpObCSeL
— Rich (@UptownDC_Rich) September 17, 2021
There’s that Joe Judge discipline.
— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) September 17, 2021
Imagine how undisciplined the Giants would be if Joe Judge wasn't a stickler
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 17, 2021
I really don’t want to hear about Joe Judge’s “attention to detail” and “preparation.”
— Giants Daily (@NYGDaily) September 17, 2021
When Joe Judge said "we're going to punch you in the mouth for 60 minutes" …
I didn't know he was talking to us fans. #TogetherBlue
— Giants Fans Online (@NYGFansOnline) September 17, 2021
Joe Judge was a special teams coach
— Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) September 17, 2021
SPECIAL TEAMS IS JOE JUDGE'S AREA OF EXPERTISE pic.twitter.com/34rav4dUKv
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 17, 2021
Joe Judge was a special teams coach
— Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) September 17, 2021
Judge has deep ties to the SEC as a Mississippi State alum, former Bulldogs grad assistant (2005-07) and Alabama special teams assistant (2009-11). He has been in the NFL since 2012 and took the Giants head coaching job in 2020. Judge is 6-12 as a head coach.
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