Fans Rip Giants’ Bobby Rainey For Dumb Mistake In 38-13 Wild Card Loss To Packers

Bobby Rainey wasn’t the most well-liked NFL player on Sunday, to say the least.

Fans Rip Giants’ Bobby Rainey For Dumb Mistake In 38-13 Wild Card Loss To Packers

The New York Giants running back had a blunder in Sunday’s 38-13 road playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. Late in the third quarter, as the Packers led 21-13, Rainey caught a ball during a kickoff that was clearly going out of bounds.

As the announcer said, “That was a mistake.”

Unsurprisingly, many fans jumped on Twitter to mock and criticize Rainey for not letting the ball go.

Let’s hope the rusher has learned his lesson and doesn’t make another easily-avoidable mistake like that, or he’ll surely have a lot of people to answer to.

Rainey wasn’t the only Giant to do something stupid on Sunday, however. Wideout Odell Beckham Jr. allegedly punched a hole in a wall and banged his head against a door following the loss.

Beckham finished with just four catches for 28 yards on 11 targets. He also dropped two passes, one of which would have been a touchdown in the first quarter. The Giants led 6-0 in the first quarter with two field goals before being pummeled by Green Bay’s offense.

Among the other highlights of the game was a 42-yard touchdown pass Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw to receiver Randall Cobb in the last second of the second quarter to put Green Bay ahead 14-6 at halftime. The Hail Mary was Rodgers’ third in the past two seasons, including playoffs.  Cobb also scored the Packers’ first touchdown.

The Packers will next visit the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday for the divisional round.

GREEN BAY, WI – JANUARY 8: Bobby Rainey #43 of the New York Giants warms up before the NFC Wild Card game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on January 8, 2017 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)