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Isaiah Simmons: I don’t normally stand on field goal blocks
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Isaiah Simmons: I don’t normally stand on field goal blocks

Isaiah Simmons has been a versatile player since entering the NFL and has seen time as a pass rusher, off-ball linebacker and defensive back, but the biggest play of his career came on special teams.

Simmons jumped the Seahawks line and blocked Jason Myers’ tying field goal attempt late in Sunday’s game in Seattle. Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned the ball for a touchdown and the Giants won 29–20 after it looked like they would have to go into overtime to secure a victory.

After the game, Simmons said he practiced the play for the first time last Friday and had never tried it in a game until the big moment.

“That was the first time,” Simmons said via a team transcript. “Normally I don’t stand on field goal blocks. I said today I was going to block a punt or a field goal, one of the two. I didn’t know which one, but it would be one.”

Simmons was college teammates with Seahawks safety K’Von Wallace and said Wallace told him after the game that he knew Simmons would try to jump over the offensive line when he saw him lined up in the interior. It’s not clear if Wallace shared that information with his team, but it would have been helpful in their attempt to win on Sunday.