The Internet at large has wanted to throw daggers at New York Giants’ defensive coordinator Shane Bowen for Sunday’s historic collapse against the Denver Broncos, letting the Broncos score all five times they had the ball in the fourth quarter and losing, 33-32.
Bowen, of course, deserves his share of the blame. It is his defensive scheme. As head coach Brian Daboll always says, though, losses are “collective.”
A review of the Giants’ defensive handiwork over the final five Denver possessions, covering the game’s final 17:41, shows a cumulatively catastrophic series of errors by the players on the field.
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