2/6/12 DID GIANTS INTENTIONALLY PUT 12 MEN ON FIELD ?! SUPERBOWL

2/6/12 DID GIANTS INTENTIONALLY PUT 12 MEN ON FIELD to RUN OUT THE CLOCK ?! ...SLATE SAYS 12 MEN IS a GOOD IDEA, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WAS SIMPLY AN HONEST MISTAKE: "...viewers are wondering if we didn't witness a bit of gamesmanship from Tom Coughlin and Perry Fewell—cheating within the rules. If you were watching on TV, it certainly looked purposeful NBC never showed a true replay of the snap,  only a freeze-frame of 12 Giants defenders, clearly numbered and labeled, spaced out as if they all meant to be there. But rewatching the clip, you can see that the defender at the top of the field isn't a cornerback; it's lineman Justin Tuck, helmet off, trying to hustle off the field. He's just a few steps from the sideline when the ball is snapped. This wasn't a calculating Giants defense gaming the system, just..." [a mistake, says this Slate writer,(Barry Petchesky) in colorful language]

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