Dissatisfied with his role in the Giants' offense and his lack of targets, New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate let his frustration show in Week 8, doing everything from throwing his hands up when he was open and the ball didn't go his way to shouting "Throw me the ball!" at a camera in the endzone after a late touchdown. In response, Giants head coach Joe Judge sat Tate out of practice, demoted him to scout team duties when he returned, and then finally left him home for the Giants' road trip to face the Washington Football Team.
That discipline appears to be over, as Judge told the media this past Monday that Tate was back with the team and would be back to work on Wednesday to practice for its Week 10 meeting with the Philadelphia Eagles, a game Tate is likely to play in. Come Friday, Tate took the time to apologize for his actions, taking "full responsibility" for his behavior that led to the discipline.
“I play with a lot of emotion, a lot of passion,” Tate said, via SNY. “I just got caught up in the moment. I was wrong to draw attention to myself and I take full responsibility for that. I handled it the wrong way and brought negative attention to our organization. It’s something that won’t happen again.”
In his second season with the Giants, Tate has been rather lackluster in that he has neither gotten open consistently nor provided his team's offense with the sort of explosive yards after catch plays he has become so renowned for. Tate has had just 22 receptions for 226 yards with one, two, and three targets in his last three games. Things came to a head with Tate's outburst in Week Eight, which was compounded by an Instagram rant by his wife as well as him liking posts on Twitter telling the Giants to cut him.
Judge's gambit to sit his veteran wide receiver worked, as the Giants' offense proved they can produce and win without Tate in the lineup. Receiving more of a look in Tate's absence, undrafted rookie Austin Mack was the Giants' leading receiver in a 23-20 win over Washington, catching four passes for 72 yards including a 50-yard grab that was the Giants' longest passing play of the entire season. Mack also came just shy of scoring his first NFL touchdown, appearing to have scored before being ruled down at the two-yard line.
"When it comes to discipline, I don't believe in holding trial in any one of my players — or coaches, for that matter — in the public eye," Judge said of Tate's discipline. "And while that may be convenient a lot of times for fans who want to stay connected — and I understand there's a tough job you guys all have in terms of there's the information people want, want to be connected — I choose to deal with things internally because as the head coach, it's my job to protect the team. And it's my job to make that we can handle things internally and that we have a family structure in this building, that everyone understands there are consequences for our actions."
Kickoff for Sunday's contest between New York and Philadelphia is slated for 1 p.m. ET at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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