He was never a flashy player. He never hung up big numbers either.

Justin Tuck just made big plays, in the biggest of moments.

OPINION: Justin Tuck Deserves Ring Of Honor Nod

The New York Giants announced Tuesday that Tuck will join Tom Coughlin and former General Manager Eddie Accorsi as the 2016 entrants into the Giants’ Ring of Honor.

Tuck, Coughlin and Accorsi make 42 individuals in New York’s team Hall of Fame, with a ceremony slated for halftime of the Giants game with the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night, Nov. 14.

Coughlin’s induction is a no-brainer.

He led the G-men to two Super Bowl victories, including one of the biggest upsets in the history of sport, when his team defeated the 18-0 New England Patriots in 2007 to capture the Super Bowl XLII crown.

“It was a great privilege to be the 16th head coach of the New York Giants, and it’s a privilege and a tremendous honor to be a part of those great names in Giant folklore that are in the Ring of Honor,” Coughlin said. “ The New York Giants, to me, is the greatest franchise in the history of the NFL. We recognize the long history of the Giants and the greatest city in the world, the tremendous coaches and players that have represented the Giants over the years. It’s a great honor to be included in the same breath with some of these prestigious former players and coaches.”

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Accorsi engineered those two titles by drafting Eli Manning, Tuck and Osi Umenyiora, among others, but he wasn’t around to celebrate.

The former assistant to George Young left New York in 2006 having built a team that won two NFC East Titles, made the postseason four times and won the NFC Conference championship in 2000 before losing Super Bowl XXXV to Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens.

Accorsi also drafted Tiki Barber, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the franchise.

“When you start working in the National Football League, this is not something you would ever dream could happen,” Accorsi said. “I’ve seen these in different stadiums, and when you see all the great players and coaches up there, it’s not something I ever thought could happen. I can’t even put into words what an honor it is, especially with this franchise.”

Coughlin and Accorsi pass everyone’s litmus test, but for some reason, Tuck is questioned as a candidate for the Giants ROH.

Morning show host, Craig Carton, of WFAN, believes that Tuck was overrated and does not belong in the pantheon of Giants greats, like Lawrence Taylor and Bill Parcells.

Carton is not alone, but that doesn’t make him right.

Whether people are willing to recognize it or not, Tuck was every bit their equal when the games mattered most.

In 2007, the Giants first Super Bowl run under Coughlin, Tuck registered 10 sacks in the regular season, 4.5 of which came against divisional opponents. The Notre Dame alum only posted two forced fumbles that year, but both came against the NFC East.

Then Tuck sacked Tom Brady twice in Super Bowl XLII and forced another fumble, propelling New York’s defense to one of the most storied performances on that side of the ball in NFL history, limiting a 50-touchdown quarterback to 14 points.

Four years later, Tuck was hampered by a series of injuries, causing the defensive lineman to miss four regular season games, a catalyst to his, pedestrian, 5.0 sacks for the regular season.

But again, when the bright lights flickered on, Tuck reasserted his dominance, collecting 1.5 sacks in the 2011 NFC Championship win over the San Francisco 49ers to go with two more sacks of Brady in the Super Bowl XLVI win.

Eli Manning will always be remembered for the two game-winning drives he orchestrated to beat the Patriots. Tuck should be remembered just as fondly for his four sacks in “America’s Game.”

Without Tuck’s play on the defensive side of the ball, Manning never gets a chance for a two-minute drill. David Tyree never gets the opportunity to make ‘Catch 42’ and Ahmad Bradshaw wouldn’t have to decide whether or not to score.

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Tuck made it all possible.

Of his 66.5 career sacks, 60.5 with New York, 29 came against NFC East opponents.

And keep in mind that by 2008, he was drawing double and triple teams, still managing four sacks in the Super Bowl.

Tuck is not a Hall of Fame player. His career does not warrant a yellow blazer.

But his name deserves a place among the greatest Giants ever to put on a Big Blue jersey.

That can’t be argued.

“It’s a great honor,” Tuck said. “Anytime something like this is bestowed upon a person, you have to consider all the other guys up there, all the people that have paved the way for a small-town kid like me to have the opportunity to be put up in the rafters by what I consider to be the greatest football franchise there is. I don’t think it’s dawned on me yet how big a deal it is, but I’m sure that night there will be some emotions that come out and be very visible. I’m very, very excited about it.”

We’re here to confirm what you already know: the Seattle Seahawks’ play call on 2nd and goal in the final minute was awful. Historically awful.

Down 4, the Seahawks needed a touchdown to regain the lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. They drove down the field thanks to the arm of quarterback Russell Wilson (and some spectacular theatrics by receiver Jermaine Kearse) to get within striking distance. And on first down, star running back Marshawn Lynch had one of his patented tough runs to gain 4 yards and put them a yard from a second straight Super Bowl.

So what do the Seahawks call? A slant route on the goal line that forces Wilson to throw the ball into heavy coverage. And what happens? A Malcolm Butler interception to bring the Patriots back to Super Bowl glory and end the Seahawks’ dreams of a dynasty.

While Wilson could’ve made a better decision, it’s clear that the majority of the blame has to be placed on the Seattle Seahawks’ coaching staff. They claim that they ran the play to save some clock. While Seattle did fumble around with their two timeouts called on the final drive, they still had plenty of time left if 2nd down didn’t result in a touchdown with their timeout in hand. And with New England seemingly giving up on trying to keep some clock for themselves if Seattle scored, willingly allowing the clock to go down without using any of their timeouts, Seattle didn’t have to worry too much about Tom Brady marching down 80 yards to come up with a miracle comeback.

Logic says to use your defense-crushing running back in Lynch, who just powered his way to a big gain, and score the touchdown to go up. Logic also says to not go into the shotgun when you’re at the one yard line. And logic says that in the worst case scenario, you draw up a pass play that allows your super athletic quarterback in Wilson to get around the pressure and run away to either a touchdown or throw the ball out of bounds.

But of course, logic didn’t apply to the Seahawks’ coaches. Head coach Pete Carroll, who to his credit has done a great job of coaching the Seahawks the past couple years, was thinking too much about this play. Instead of calling a simple run up the middle, he outsmartened himself by thinking the Patriots would never expect the pass. And just like it did when he was coaching USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl against Texas, Carroll’s late game red zone strategy blew up in his face and allowed the opponent to walk off the field as champions.

So while everything was in place to establish the Seahawks as the NFL’s 2010s dynasty, the coaching staff has instead pulled off one of the biggest chokes in sports history. No, it’s not hyperbolic at all to say that. The play call was mind-bogglingly dumb. The Seahawks can now put themselves alongside Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series, the 2006 New York Mets, the 2011 Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves, and last year’s San Jose Sharks as some of the biggest collapses in sports history.

While the Seahawks did blow a 10 point lead in the 4th quarter, tied for the largest in Super Bowl history, the Seahawks still had a Super Bowl victory in their grasp. With one playcall, the entire course of football history has changed. And it cannot be said enough – the call to pass the ball with one yard to go was among the stupidest things we’ve ever seen.

In what will go down as one of the most exciting finishes in Super Bowl history, the New England Patriots came away as the NFL Champions by defeating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in Super Bowl XLVI. It’s the franchise’s 4th Super Bowl, all of which under coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for the third time in his career for his performance.

The game started off on a very quick pace due to the gameplan for both teams. New England mainly relied on short throws while Seattle was committed to running the ball. As a result, the first quarter ended in about a half hour. However, there was no score after fifteen minutes, as the only long drive ended when Seahawks defender Jeremy Lane picked off a Brady pass in the end zone. Lane was injured on the return and was unable to come back, meaning Seattle was very thin at secondary for the rest of the game.

The scoring kicked off six minutes into the 2nd Quarter as the Patriots fired first with a touchdown by Brandon LaFell. Later in the quarter Seattle responded by capping off a 70 yard drive with a Marshawn Lynch touchdown run. The Patriots quickly responded with an 80 yard drive highlighted by a Rob Gronkowski touchdown catch to put them up 14-7 with under a minute left in the half. However, the Seahawks made even quicker work on their next drive, going 80 yards to tie the game up in a span of 29 seconds. For the third time in Super Bowl history, the game was tied at halftime.

The third quarter looked like the Seahawks were going to run away with the game, applying their late half momentum to the next frame. Their offense was able to put 10 points up on the board while the defense came up big with an interception by Bobby Wagner. Wide Receiver Chris Matthews, a relative unknown before the game, was putting on the performance of his life for the Seahawks and shined throughout the 3rd quarter. Matthews finished the game with 109 yards and a touchdown. With Tom Brady looking uncharacteristically sluggish, the game looked like it was Seattle’s for the taking.

However, the Patriots, like they have so many times before, marched into the 4th quarter on the comeback trail. Brady led the Patriots on two straight touchdown drives to put New England back on top 28-24 with just over two minutes to go in the game. It would be tied for the largest deficit a team has come back from in the 4th quarter of a Super Bowl at 10. Seattle had one last chance to get back in the game like they had two weeks earlier against the Green Bay Packers. With a spectacular circus catch by Jermaine Kearse at the 5 yard line, Seattle was back in business and New England was beginning to relive the nightmare of David Tyree‘s catch at Super Bowl XLII, which was also played at University of Phoenix Stadium.

But in perhaps the most baffling playcall in football history, Pete Carrol and the Seahawks coaching staff called for a pass play at the one yard line on 2nd and goal. Instead of utilizing Lynch, one of the most deadly red zone running backs in the game, they made quarterback Russel Wilson throw a slant rount into coverage in an attempt to kill the clock. The result was fatal to Seattle’s chances, as Malcolm Butler intercepted the throw in the end zone and sealed the deal for the Patriots. Instead of grabbing the very late lead and putting the game almost out of reach, the Seahawks were now on the losing side of history. After a scuffle between the Seahawks defenders and some of the Patriots offensive players, the game was over and the Patriots came away with the 28-24 victory.

Brady had a record setting night at the Super Bowl, with his 37 completions setting a new Super Bowl record. He also passed Joe Montana for the most career Super Bowl touchdown passes thrown with 11. He ended the night with 328 yards and 4 touchdowns, giving him the MVP honors.

The Super Bowl victory was the 4th for the New England Patriots and their first in 10 years. This was also their first Super Bowl victory after losing two to the New England Patriots.