In a league featuring "bad" football the 1971 edition of the New York Football Giants didn't disappoint. Committing 5 turnovers (3 in the red zone) sealed Big Blew(it)'s fate. Tarkenton was scrambling for his life all day and when he wasn't eluding tacklers he was either putting the ball on the turf or tossing it to a guy wearing gold and black. Archie Manning didn't exactly light up the skies either, but he did throw one huge TD pass to Danny Abramowicz in the 3rd quarter to put his team up by 17, a lead the Giants never would threaten.In this type of venue it's tough to say if the defenses were dominant or the offenses were downright putrid. There were 15 punts on the day between the 2 teams. Punters Tom Blanchard (NYG) and Julian Fagan (NO) both needed to have their right legs surgically reattached once the contest ended. Tucker Fredrickson had 56 yards on 14 attempts to lead all gainers on the ground. His numbers were indicative of how poor both offenses really were.
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