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2026 Week 4 · Oct 4, 2026 · Medium

Cardinals at Giants final drive: call the plays

ARI24
2:064th
30NYG
1st & 10Ball on own 33
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The situation

Arizona Cardinals down 6 (24–30), 2:06 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 33. You are the play-caller for this Cardinals at Giants final drive.

Score
Cardinals 24, Giants 30
Clock
2:06, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 33
Timeouts
1 left (defense 3)
Difficulty
Medium
Typical win rate
17%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Jonathan Gannon; the defense was coached by John Harbaugh.

What really happened on this drive

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The Cardinals gave up a return touchdown. Final score: Cardinals 24, Giants 36, a loss for Cardinals.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 33, 2:06 · Short middle (close)
    7-J.Brissett pass short middle to 14-Mi.Wilson to ARI 44 for 11 yards (20-G.Newsome). Penalty on NYG-20-G.Newsome, Illegal Use of Hands, declined.
  2. 1st & 10 at the own 44, 2:02 · Quick out (close)
    7-J.Brissett pass short right to 14-Mi.Wilson to NYG 47 for 9 yards (20-G.Newsome).
  3. 2nd & 1 at the opp 47, 1:58 · Deep sideline (best call)
    7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep right to 85-T.McBride (27-T.Nubin).
  4. 3rd & 1 at the opp 47, 1:54 · QB sneak (close)
    7-J.Brissett up the middle to NYG 39 for 8 yards (49-T.Edmunds; 5-K.Thibodeaux).
  5. 1st & 10 at the opp 39, 1:32 · Quick out (close)
    7-J.Brissett pass short right to 85-T.McBride to NYG 34 for 5 yards (52-A.Reese).
  6. 2nd & 5 at the opp 34, 1:15 · Quick out (close)
    7-J.Brissett pass short right to 14-Mi.Wilson to NYG 26 for 8 yards (27-T.Nubin).
  7. 1st & 10 at the opp 26, 0:55 · Deep sideline (best call)
    7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep right to 85-T.McBride [3-A.Carter].
  8. 2nd & 10 at the opp 26, 0:49 · Quick out (costly)
    7-J.Brissett pass short right to 85-T.McBride to NYG 22 for 4 yards (52-A.Reese) [91-D.Alexander].
  9. 1st & Goal at the opp 4, 0:22 · Quick out (close)
    66-J.Williams reported in as eligible. 7-J.Brissett pass incomplete short left to 14-Mi.Wilson.
  10. 2nd & Goal at the opp 4, 0:18 · Play action (big mistake)
    7-J.Brissett pass incomplete short right to 14-Mi.Wilson (22-A.Phillips).
  11. 3rd & Goal at the opp 4, 0:14 · Quick out (big mistake)
    7-J.Brissett pass incomplete short left to 85-T.McBride (2-D.Banks).
  12. 4th & Goal at the opp 4, 0:11 · Quick out (big mistake)
    7-J.Brissett pass short left intended for 14-Mi.Wilson INTERCEPTED by 2-D.Banks at NYG 2. 2-D.Banks for 98 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

By our grades, Jonathan Gannon made the best or a near-best call (green) on 2 of 12 graded snaps and gave up 4.5 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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