Special teams gaffs lay waste to a Niner night by the Bay

Giants 20  49ers 17 (OT) | NFC Championship

In the modern game of football, you can still make a good living with a suffocating defense. But there has to be a semblance of an offense when it is needed. Such as on third downs to keep drives alive. The New York Giants were 7-for-21 in third-down situations. The San Francisco 49ers were 1-for-13, allowing the Giants to have more of their share of possession.

And when you can’t make first downs, these things tend to happen: