but I don’t blame him nearly as much as other people. I’m more level-headed than that.

The play-calls to pass when the Giants need to run out the clock. Not having the hands team on kickoff coverage when the Eagles were down 14 points. Changing the defense in the 2nd half. Abandoning the RB screens in the 2nd half when it worked in the 1st half against an aggressive Eagles defense. Still calling for deep routes when the Eagles were blitzing.

are the typical NY sports fan scapegoats. They were the “obvious” people to blame at the end, so they get all the blame.

Dodge screwed up. Maybe Quinn screwed up as well. DeOssie screwed up with a 100mph snap up around Dodge’s head.

Lot of reasons to go around here for what happened. They were included, but not the sole reasons.

Dodge hopefully knows that and keeps his head.

Just like Jackson’s fumble of the punt, it was a freak occurrence that left everyone bumbling trying to recover in its wake.

its hard to imagine it getting worse for him, and if he can realize that, he may finally overcome the nerves and that “worst case scenario” that may be chiming in his head before every punt…..this may calm him down and punt with less pressure and to the potential he has…i will always be rooting for him

And Dodge love. He is a TERRIBLE punter. It’s not a freak occurrence like the Jackson muff. He has dropped punts, shanked punts, hit low line drives. Who cares if he is a rookie. It’s not like punting is complex and after he learns the “system” he will be better.

The loss isn’t completely his fault, I understand that. But the dude isn’t a good punter.

wait for a friggin punter to finally “get it”???

Usually by now I’m fine but its killing me. I still keep thinking they won the game. I’m starting to hope there is a lockout next year these game are too much for me.

So he might as well learn from it. BUT im not sure how many more chances he has to do something like this…

If you fire Dodge you better fire Manningham, Tom Quinn and Perry Fewell too because they were all just as big factors in that loss. I actually like Dodge a lot. Yeah, the punt should have gone out of bounds, but I also expect our Special Teams to have the decency to stop a punt returner with the game on the line. People are worried our coverage team would give up the return? I was worried our defense would give up the big play.

I think this guy is going to catch way too much crap for this mistake, but I hope everyone gets over it because Dodge is pretty good actually. He had some pretty good kicks yesterday. Nothing mind numbing or amazing, but still some pretty darn good ones.

for blowing a 31 to 10 lead.

Can I just give a major “kudos” here to TC and JR? I was all over TC for running onto the field to berate Dodge; you don’t show up your players like that, especially at their lowest points.

But the bigger mistake would have been just dumping Dodge unceremoniously today.

Look at what happened in Washington last week. The ‘Skins melted down and lost a game they should have won – one with far less implications than our game. Shanahan immediately brings down the axe on the punter – the HOLDER on a terrible snap/botched XP. Not the kicker who missed three kicks, but the punter. Shanahan sought out a scapegoat and he nailed his hide to the wall. It was disgraceful and embarrassing, and along with the McNabb fiasco, Shanahan’s reputation has taken a massive hit.

What did Coughlin do? After the wrongful initial outburst, he collected himself, took responsibility at the microphone after the game, and didn’t blame Dodge, he repeated what Dodge had told him about the kick and kept it in perspective, namely, one more domino in a collapse from hell.

The Giants didn’t react to the bloodlust of the fans who wanted a scapegoat (though, admittedly, I would looooooove to see Quinn’s head on a pike right about now), they didn’t cast the kid aside for a mistake, and they’ll let him play out of it.

There’s no options available at this point who are much more reliable. Dodge still is a rookie punter, and they make mistakes like everybody else.

If he’s a long-term disaster the Giants will let him go. But for today, they made the right decision. Props to JR and TC for taking a breath.

since i had a nice long day to think about it, id like to openly apologize to anyone i may and probably did piss off by blaming dodge. as said earlier, he was the obvious reason for the time being, but it was indeed a total team collapse

that’s why I’m so glad Bill Parcells cut Sean Landetta after he whiffed on that punt in the ’85 playoffs.

Wait, what’s that? Parcells stuck with him? And he became the best punter of the 80’s? Huh, strange…