Dumb Decisions: The STUPIDEST 2-Point Conversion in NFL History | Giants @ Steelers (2024)

[@thekingbarrelmaker7642]

UrinatingTree’s reaction to the play was classic. He couldn’t stop laughing.

[@eyechartny]

And having FivePoints sitting in pure disgust in the side-by-side shot made it that much better. Felt sorry to see his team fail so ineptly, but UT's laughter couldn't be contained.

[@quigonkenny]

Pretty sure he's _still_ laughing.

[@SortaNonymous]

Can you link it with the timestamp or anything?

[@kaydub0623]

​@@SortaNonymousit's 2:42:45 in his play by play stream of the game, it goes on for like ten minutes

[@dsl32]

Tree’s laugh is contagious

[@matthewshortle5274]

This play makes the 2015 Colts fake punt look genius

[@ravivaithinathan1222]

What about the play where Ezekiel Elliot was the center, no other linemen around him, and he tried to snap to Dak?

[@warrensmitchell]

It even makes the 1-yard line pass in Super Bowl 49 look like 5D chess.

[@zaymclemore]

no... that is still the worst play of all time

[@competesmith]

The second I saw this, I thought - JaguarGator9 is taking notes as it happens!

[@dougdrazga4461]

Yep. "Welcome to Dumb Decisions" was my first thought.

[@John-no8sy]

That’s funny I’m the same way 😂

[@TNTITAN]

I honestly think the Giants were like “everyone talking about the Jets because of their incompetence. Let’s show them we can be incompetent too”

[@davidlafleche1142]

"Hold my beer".

[@architect011_3]

Jaguars 4th and 2 against the packers many years ago... run a bubble screen where a wide receiver needd to magically block 2 men at once

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Oh we're gonna do a DD on that at some point

[@John-no8sy]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9LETS GOOO

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

​@@OfficialJaguarGator9n just a literal 1 night ago we had a double doink hail Mary But the giants topped that mess WITH a historical butt fumble of a play

[@patrickstogsdill74]

I got a more dumb play.... set this formation up and hand the ball off to the defense..loterally

[@cmd31220]

Daboll was told his job was safe, and he took that as a challenge

[@TR0VEX.]

I was on my knees laughing my ass off seein.... whatever the hell that play was 😂

[@marcus813]

I'm with whatever analytics dictate going for 2 in that spot. With that being said, the Steelers have one of the NFL's best defenses for a reason. The Giants' offense wasn't gonna catch it napping in that situation. When Urinating Tree saw that play, he probably died laughing!

[@UfodexENMD]

That's a highschool play and it never works 😂

[@MrBlinkee]

Besides the QB and the receiver did any of the Giants have any idea what the play was?

[@hatuletoh]

God bless Aaron Judge's historic, mvp-caliber choke job. Go Dodgers.

[@mydigitalanalog]

Typing this as you speak, so maybe you cover this later in the video, but if highsmith had any idea how much of a jump he had, that might have been 2 points the other way 😂

[@quigonkenny]

The Giants are lucky the Steelers didn't walk away from this play with the two points. If Highsmith had gone for the ball rather than the tackle, they probably would have.

[@jamesdisalvo814]

I've seen teams try to run that play since I was playing pee wee football 50 years ago, and it's never worked. Not at the pro level, not at the college level, not at the high school level, not at the youth level, and not at the kids level. I've never even seen it work in practice. Seriously, what happened there was about the least bad thing that could have. At least they didn't lose anything. A lot of time the result is either a turnover or your QB gets killed.

[@rngfootball759]

Knew this will be on DD. This is worse than Fromm running a qb sneak on 3rd and 10

[@daveatkins3796]

“I know a worse play” - Chuck Pagano

[@brianevans6328]

Not a good night for New York teams.

[@ReveiwKing999]

*DERP, DERP, DERPITY-DERP-DERP, DERP, DERP, DERP, DERP, DERP* (woohoo!)

[@RIPdixiecarter]

Very cringy week for New York pro sports.

[@matthewshortle5274]

@@RIPdixiecarter Karma from Trump's MSG rally

[@JimmyMon666]

Yanks managed to get a grand slam tonight. Though I still don't see them pulling out of this one.

[@mekagoji7442]

That now makes 2 of the four teams in the NFC East to run a “Colts Catastrophe”

[@guttmana9767]

DAMN JUDGE GOT COOKED

[@scottybbadd]

I saw this formation, and asked, are you for real?! Before comparing it to the Colts debacle, according to Pat McAfee, the play was never supposed to be run. Dumb Decision.

[@ColoradoSportsFan178]

Reminded me of the fake punt that Indianapolis tried all those years ago against New England with Pat McAfee. This was just stupid, even Daniel Jones had no idea what that was. Just a hilariously bad play call 😂😂😂

[@tylerlarsen1842]

The Colts fake punt wasn't even supposed to be snapped, it was meant to try and draw the Patriots defense offsides, but the long snapper decided to snap the ball for no reason. The Giants two-point attempt is worse because of the fact that it was meant to be snapped, it was designed to possibly score points.

[@kaleckton]

Idk, i also think the hail mary in the bears game should be competing in the dumb decision. Because you have the bears do multiple dumb thinks. Taunting as bears fans point at play . Rushers not really rushing, one looked like he was in spy which he really should full on rushed in. 4 bears players leaping for ball when 2 should be boxing the receiver for tip ball drill. The bear player taunting tips ball for commanders win. Heaetbreak. It had all the emotions

[@tylerlarsen1842]

Dumb Decisions is about coaches, not players

[@kaleckton]

@tylerlarsen1842 there were plenty of coaching errors that happened before and during the hail mary. The player actions during the play was the consequences of those errors

[@O4C209]

Considering their kicker was the only reliable thing, this makes perfect sense.

[@whitelotus1594]

Coach Dumboll may have a gambling problem..

[@ChairmanChico]

11:56 cheap shot bro. Cheap shot #sadyankeesfan

[@PENS68]

Watching this game last night and the minute this two point failed and how it was executed, I’m like JG9 is all over this lol

[@tylerlarsen1842]

That baseball example felt like it was aimed right at the Yankees

[@bencarter211]

As soon as this play happened, I knew this video was coming XD

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

I thought QB sneak on 3rd and long would be the pinnacle. But here we are

[@WolfDB]

Question for you JG9: Where do you get all the helmets that you have in your cases in the back. Those look really cool

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Thanks! Lot of shopping on eBay

[@hatuletoh]

Reminds me of that dumb ass play with Zeke Elliott trying and failing to block that ended the Cowboys season a cpl years back.

[@anthonyjkenn6319]

I hereby dub this "The Swinging Derp".

[@e93sports80]

I was hoping you'd do a Dumb Decisions on this.

[@andrewgrove1691]

I knew this would come up!!. I laughed seeing this

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

I've been waiting for this video since I saw this play yesterday.

[@Marveryn]

isn't that a college or high school play? the whole point is a scream with the lineman already set up. except no one block

[@aaronlewis8948]

When I saw this play, my first reaction was "Why are they going for two"? Going for two in that situation didn't make much sense at that time in the game.

[@bradenculver7457]

15-23, they score two it’s 17-23, which means a stop and another touchdown gets you the lead with an extra point. Or two field goals ties it. If you miss the two points, you can go for another if you score the necessary touchdown and tie the game. It’s not the dumbest going for two in the fourth, you’re going to have to take it at one point unless the giants defense does the miraculous.

[@kevinramsey417]

That whole play was the personification of "I'm sorry, WHAT????" The only thing that would have been funnier is if Highsmith had picked off the screen pass and ran it back for a pick six. How does Brian Dabell wake up this morning with a job? How does John Mara not fire Brain Dabell before the officials finish marking the ball spot? HOW???

[@thomascrowley9122]

Saw this coming. 😂

[@patrickstogsdill74]

These plays what makes the sport entertaining 😂

[@zaymclemore]

now watch a team like the Chiefs run this EXACT play to perfection later in the yr in the playoffs or something lol

[@tbowers0045]

I just assumed they take the PAT. Nick Sirianni would never. Edit: and I mean, he would never make that mistake like the Giants did.

[@dtice69]

Looks like Dabol is going to go down as the next PERFECT example (in an insanely long list) of guys who were great at being a Coordinator who were nowhere near being cut out to be a HC. Recent examples being Fangio, Saleh, any guy who was ever a coordinator for the Patriots (argument can be made that Belichick made the job easy enough for a monkey to do it). We'll see what happens with Mike McDaniel in Miami. Sure, the injury to Tua shoots that team in the foot but MAN, what a regression based on ONE injury!

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

No one knew the snap count.

[@ropeblaster420]

I lost my eyes recently and cannot see the play...

[@waverod9275]

Every so often someone tries this in the NFL. The idea of trading QB protection for numbers seems good....but has yet to really work, because defenses can do what Pittsburgh is trying here and just adjust on the fly. Meanwhile, the unorthodox position of the linemen means it's going to take time. I'm all for trying different things, but this has a nice practical flaw. You want to make this play work? Run it out of a four wide set, empty backfield. Put four receivers to the short side, and use tight ends and fullbacks, or even a lineman reporting eligible, as the non-catching ones on that side. The other side has nothing but a single tight end. You can break the huddle, get into this formation, and snap it right away. Make the quick screen pass before the defense has time to adjust, and no one is wondering if the formation is legal.

[@jimmderby5772]

Between Daybolt and Eberflook, you had DD gold this week.

[@gridironmayhem4945]

Giants coach explanation of the play was less than satisfying.

[@shadowdemon2272]

To whomever gifted me a membership, I thank you, because I literally cannot think of any reaction other than the Krusty meme

[@gregpearson1223]

I'm thinking you need to make a dumb decision video for Tomlin calling a timeout at the end of the first half when the Giants were content to let the clock run out. That decision turned a 9-6 halftime score into a 9-9 score.

[@drescherjm]

I think he expected the defense to force a punt and the offense would need time to score.

[@gregpearson1223]

@@drescherjm I would have agreed with calling the timeout if it was 4th down or if the Steelers had more than one remaining. Calling the timeout gave the Giants a chance to rethink their strategy.

[@brienmiller5129]

I knew this one was coming. Omg. I think Draball, apologies for my spelling, watched the Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler because that formation was the same as the fornation the inmates used towards the end of the movie. Goes to show how we're bringing fiction in to reality.

[@billyhill7630]

horrible remake

[@randidennis7790]

Typical...a 2pt attempt, done with the Daffy Duck.

[@DoctorBiobrain]

Yeah, I assumed Jones snapped fast because he saw the Steelers weren’t ready and didn’t realize his own guys were even less ready. It was a bad play executed poorly. As for two-point analytics, I think it’s based on a form of survivorship bias: Teams that go for two do so when they have an advantage, ie, they’re better at getting them than the other team is at stopping them. But not all teams are the same. You can’t use numbers from what the Chiefs do against a bad defense when you’re the Giants playing a good defense.

[@Rockhound6165]

This is literally the same play the Colts ran against the Patriots in 2016. Didn't work then either.

[@gridironmayhem4945]

Difference is the Colts were never supposed to snap the ball. Just trying to get a penalty on NE.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@gridironmayhem4945 still had the same result.

[@KevinT7274]

New England used crazy formations in a playoff game vs Baltimore and it worked. I disagree with this one being a DD, Giants had them, it was poor execution.

[@Wolf10193]

Derp derp derp

[@panurge987]

Fourteen minutes for a single play. Jeez.

[@markbrian7179]

Then again, Brian Daboll is a dumb head coach.

[@ihonestlydontevenknow4359]

he saw this fluke ass play work once for usc (with caleb williams) and decided to try it…

[@diamonddog13]

Given the Giants' lack of recent success on two point attempts, wouldn't that be evidence to support not trying to go for two here? (Despite the league-wide analytics on that topic)

[@robfloyd7389]

Analytics are insanely misleading. Going for 2 down 8 is for teams who desire to lose.

[@eymannreport4177]

DJ needs to be benched for lock

[@marcwhitlock5450]

I was wondering if you were going to do a double dumb decision or it's coming later? Tomlin challenging when Pickens clearly wasn't in for the td and not knowing you can't challenge that play anyway, lost a timeout for nothing.

[@darkblack3320]

Is the players didn’t help this case tho

[@nintendo8127]

I like DaBoll, and I feel he doesn’t have the talent to be anything more than 6-11 most years with the teams he has had (Gettleman doesn’t get enough hate, imo, and the new GM has too much to fix, though signing Jones to a huge contract was something I don’t agree with). And the year his Giants made the playoffs was impressive. But I can’t defend him here. WTH was that?

[@barbaracaroll]

Should have at least drafted McCarthy or bo nix its another lost year with no QB and the 2025 draft is weaker than this year's for QB

[@KevinT7274]

That wasn't going to happen because they gave Jones the big contract.

[@barbaracaroll]

Wrong

[@KevinT7274]

@barbaracaroll They should have let Jones walk, that playoff win was fools gold.

[@barbaracaroll]

Obviously

[@dwedge914]

Actually I do like channel but he’s wrong here… it is a great play call but not a good one on the road. It can work.

[@chicgamingqueens1647]

It was just a trick play attempt and for some reason the bunch formation didn't go on time, there still down 8 and STILL NEED A 2-PT CONVERSION anyway. I seen crazier 2-pt conversion attempts by other teams in the past before.