Delaware Valley native and Lansdale Catholic alumnus Joe Judge was fired by the Giants on Tuesday evening. He was 10-23 in two seasons and had an offense that made Boyertown midget-mite football look like 2019 LSU.

With that said, let’s take a look back at Judge’s tenure, with our Mount Rushmore of head coaching moments in New York.

 

Lecturing Doug Pederson

At the end of the 2020 season, Doug Pederson pulled Jalen Hurts from a winnable football game against the Washington Football Team. Ron Rivera’s squad went on to win, claimed the NFC East title, and the Giants got screwed out of a playoff spot, which led Joe Judge to say this about the Birds:

Here’s what I wrote at the time, in a story titled Fake Tough Guy Joe Judge has the Audacity to Lecture Doug Pederson:

Dude get over yourself. Your team won six games and you’re gonna come out here and give a stern lecture to a Super Bowl winner who actually played in the NFL. If you’re so angry about getting dicked over by the Birds, then go out next year and try to at least break the .500 mark.

Don’t come after Doug Pederson and the Eagles, who were looking out for their own best interests. You would do the same thing in that situation, and if not, then congratulations, you’re dumb. You win a moral victory.

So to reiterate, Doug Pederson doesn’t owe Joe Judge a fucking thing. The best case for the Eagles was to lose that game, and they lost the game.

The Giants were 6-10 and thought they deserved a playoff spot. Ridiculous.

 

A goofy rant

In Week 17 of the 2021 season, the Giants got their doors blown off by a stinky Chicago Bears team. They scored a grand total of three points.

Afterward, Judge went on a meandering 10-minute rant and said that former players were knocking down the door to return to New York:

We call bullshit on this.

 

Quarterback sneaks

Week 18 of the 2021 season. Giants vs. Washington in a BARN BURNER of a football game.

With backup Jake Fromm in the game, New York found themselves backed up in their own territory, and instead of trying to move the sticks and keep the ball, they ran QB sneaks on 2nd and 9 and 3rd and 11 to give themselves space to punt:

Obviously it was pitiful behavior. Judge waved the white flag. He didn’t have any confidence in his offense to get one first down. Nevermind the fact that this game was meaningless because both teams were eliminated from playoff contention. At least try to move the chains. Good God.

 

Running sprints and doing push ups

Back in August, there was a brawl at Giants training camp. Corey Clement, now a Cowboy, got loose on a big run, which in turn resulted in Logan Ryan levelling Evan Engram. There was a pileup with Daniel Jones winding up on the bottom of it:

In hindsight, we should have known this was the beginning of the end. Harry High School running the show up there. I can’t believe the Eagles lost to that team. What an absolute disgrace. Joe Judge and interim offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens defeated the Eagles. That’s a head scratcher.

But anyway, the Eagles are in the playoffs with a winning record and the Giants are starting over again. You hate to see it.

Go Birds.