Neville Gallimore made no attempt to hide the fact that he tried to kick Justin Pugh in the groin.
With less than a minute left in the Giants’ blowout loss to the Cowboys on Sunday, Gallimore evaded the line of scrimmage and attempted to sack Tommy DeVito before sending a pass to running back Ja’Sean Corbin.
DeVito managed to throw the ball in time, but ended up tangled with Gallimore on the ground, and when Pugh tried to separate the two despite referees being nearby, Gallimore curled his legs up and kicked Pugh in the groin.
Gallimore received a 15-yard penalty and was ejected before scoring the final touchdown in the Giants’ 49-17 loss.
“Look, he was slow hitting the quarterback. I took exception to that and hit him. I shouldn’t have done that when he was on the ground and I pushed him and he kicked me. ” Pugh said after the game. “I’ve been through a lot of fights in my career, so I’m not going to spend money on myself. He’s going to use FedEx, so I feel bad about that. I want the guy to lose money. No. But you can’t kick people on the soccer field.”
Before his ejection, Gallimore totaled three tackles and two QB hits, and in another brutal offensive performance without starting QB Daniel Jones, the Cowboys defense gave up the Giants’ total yards. was limited to 172 yards.
Gallimore, a third-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, had five tackles heading into the Week 10 matchup despite not starting a game.
And for Pugh, Sunday’s loss was Pugh’s fifth game with the Giants since signing with Big Blue midseason to solve their offensive line crisis.
He is a former first-round pick who also spent five seasons with the Cardinals, but with injuries to the likes of Andrew Thomas and Evan Neal, Pugh made an immediate impact while also making an appearance on “Sunday.” I’m glad to have made a comeback as soon as I came out. Introducing “Night Football”.
Pugh played every snap in his first game back with the Giants, when Tyrod Taylor started at quarterback in Buffalo and nearly upset the Bills.
“Teams can reach out, but there was never any doubt in my mind,” Pugh said last month. “I came here for a reason.”
