{"id":8886,"date":"2023-01-19T03:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T03:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/giants-mike-kafka-liked-playing-statue-of-liberty-looked-sweet\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T03:52:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T03:52:00","slug":"giants-mike-kafka-liked-playing-statue-of-liberty-looked-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/giants-mike-kafka-liked-playing-statue-of-liberty-looked-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants&#8217; Mike Kafka liked playing Statue of Liberty: &#8216;Looked sweet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>As a game, it wasn&#8217;t much. Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka called it up and wished it had picked up a few more yards.<\/p>\n<p>But he still liked it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was good,&#8221; Kafka said Wednesday. &#8220;It was a weekly addition to that game.<\/p>\n<p>It looked sweet. In the second quarter of his 31-24 playoff win over the Vikings, the Giants burst into the red zone and made a gadget play, commonly referred to as the Statue of Liberty play, from the 9-yard line. The Giants call it &#8220;Lady Liberty.&#8221; Daniel Jones took the shotgun snap of him and faked a throw to the right flank to send it to Saquon his Barkley and, in the same move, passed the ball backwards with his left hand. Matt Burida. The play gained 3 yards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/giantskafka.1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mike Kafka and Daniel Jones\" class=\"wp-image-25418546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/giantskafka.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/giantskafka.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/giantskafka.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/giantskafka.1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mike Kafka works with Daniel Jones at Giants practice.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Some things had to happen for the play to work,&#8221; Kafka said.  &#8220;I thought it was the right situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kafka joked that the Giants worked on the play last week as soon as the media left the practice field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The creativity that the staff has, the players love that sort of thing,&#8221; he said. I think we&#8217;ve handled them. They&#8217;re decent plays. These are things we&#8217;re building for attack and we want to keep building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>OLB Azeez Ojulari is on the right track, albeit with limited attendance in practice. Ojulari was kicked out of the Giants&#8217; win last week with a quadriceps bruise when QB Kirk Cousins \u200b\u200binadvertently kicked his thigh high. He said the pain was better than it was at the beginning of the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they say it&#8217;s good and they say they can&#8217;t hurt themselves any more, I&#8217;ll try,&#8221; Ojulari said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>CB Adley&#8217;s Jackson (back) participated fully in practice. This is a good sign after his return to play against Minnesota after a sprained knee saw him miss seven straight games.  S. Jason Pinnock (abdomen) also practiced with all his might. Other Limited Players: LB Landon Collins (ankle), WR Isiah Hodgins (ankle), S Julian Love (hamstring), CB Fabian Moreau (hip).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH8932218660&amp;light=true%20\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale wasn&#8217;t a big fan of DT Dexter Lawrence&#8217;s roughing the passer penalty that gave the Vikings a first down late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter what I think,&#8221; said Martindale.  &#8220;I got the texts&#8230; after that game, the calls from all the mates, coaches, etc. who were watching the game weren&#8217;t very welcome. It happens. Bang bang play. I&#8217;m proud.&#8221; The thing was, we just played the next one and it wasn&#8217;t going to affect us.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he had an explanation for the penalty \u2014 was it because Lawrence knocked Cousins \u200b\u200bdown or hit him in the head? \u2014 Martindale said:they talk to brian [Daboll] You know, I had to go to my next call.Mr [NFL commissioner Roger] Goodell has never stopped a match and said, &#8216;Wait a minute. Wink is angry. 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