On the biggest play of Monday night’s game, a strip sack of New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones by Pittsburgh Steelers future Hall of Fame edge defender TJ Watt, the biggest question was why the Giants left-right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor 1-on-1 with Watt.

ESPN commentator Troy Aikman asked. Fans on social media asked for it. It turns out that Eluemunor probably asked too, expecting help.

“He (Watt) should have been chipped,” head coach Brian Daboll said. “Jermaine expected a chip.”

Daboll explained that Jones had to move tight end Theo Johnson, on the other side next to new left tackle Chris Hubbard, through the formation to help Eluemunor. That didn’t happen.

“We had a shift with the tight end to get back to Watt and we didn’t get the shift,” Daboll said. “We talked about it in the locker room. DJ feels terrible to be honest. I know he’s going to own it. He came here to say he owned it.”

The play by Watt, a four-time first-team All-Pro who had 19.0 sacks last season, came after Giants linebacker Bobby Okereke put the Giants, trailing by eight points, at the Pittsburgh 37-yard line by to strip Pittsburgh’s quarterback. Russell Wilson and recovered the ball with 4:34 to play.

The Giants had third-and-7 on the Steelers 19-yard line with 3:04 to play when Watt stripped Jones.

“There was a shift that accompanied the piece,” Daboll said. “He was inspecting the coverage and deciding what he wanted to do, but we didn’t get the service.”

Jones went 24 of 38 for 264 yards with the fumble recovery and an interception on the Giants’ final possession. He was sacked four times and was hit on 12 other dropbacks as the Giants struggled to contain Watt and Alex Highsmith, the Steelers’ other edge defender.

Jones also showed some uncharacteristic emotion at times, especially after the Giants botched a two-point conversion.

“I loved it. I loved seeing his competitiveness,” Daboll said. “He played hard. I thought he did a lot of good things and unfortunately we had a few substitutions at the end of the game. But I thought he played extremely hard, competitive and fiery, and that’s what you want from a quarterback.”