Bless your heart! I am so happy that you are doing so much better this year!
I hope you enjoyed the game as much as I did...though, I thought better of watching the half time show. ;o)
I guess I was kinda hoping that the Patriots would win today and in November.
To clear things up, the Giants did not want to score a TD at the end of the game.
They wanted to run the game clock down to about :12 and kick the game winning field goal on 3rd down.
The reason you do so with :12 is if you have a penalty, there are certain penalties that result in a 10 second runoff, so you don’t want to lose like that, especially a Super Bowl by committing a penalty resulting in a 10 second runoff which would end the game and result in a loss.
I’ve seen it happen where a team is in a position to win a game with a FG, commits a penalty that falls in that category and they lose due to the 10 second runoff rule.
You also want to kick on 3rd down in case of a bad snap.
That way, you can spike the ball or throw it thru the back of the end zone and you still have 4th down and still have a few seconds left to kick the game winning field goal.
The Giants had no intention of scoring a TD, but the momentum of the runner carried him into the end zone, giving NE :57 seconds left to drive down and score a TD
Ideally, you just run the ball and let the clock run down to about :12 and kick on 3rd down for the reasons I described above.
The Patriots did let them score a TD on purpose so they could get the ball back with a little time.
That’s why the NY Giants RB tried to stop at the goal line, but his momentum carried him into the end zone.