Isaiah Simmons makes Giants impact with massive field goal block

SEATTLE — After he made the play of the day to seal the deal Sunday for the Giants in their 29-20 victory over the Seahawks, Isaiah Simmons looked inward and reflected on how he got here.“Personally, I ain’t gonna lie, it felt like a feeling of relief,’’ Simmons said.“I’m sure everybody knows, the season ain’t going how I want it, so it’s just kind of a feeling of relief because it’s been a minute since I’ve been able to go make a huge play for the team.

Since last year, really.’’Simmons is accustomed to making plays on defense, but he is not part of the defensive rotation for the Giants.His role is almost exclusively on special teams and he found a way to make an impactful play.All game, the Giants were waiting to use the special field goal block play that special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial installed.

Head coach Brian Daboll more than once in the game asked where it was and Ghobrial kept saying not yet, not yet.The Giants maintained a two-score lead in the second half and did not need it.

But when the Seahawks were down 23-20 and Jason Myers lined up for a 47-yard field goal attempt with 55 seconds remaining, it seemed as if overtime was coming.Ghobrial made the call and Simmons made sure there would be no OT.At 6-foot-4, Simmons does not really have a set position on defense, but he was the perfect choice for this play.He was athletic enough to actually jump over Seahawks lineman Laken Tomlinson, land and quickly jump again.

Simmons got so high that the ball actually hit off his left forearm and fell to the turf, where Bryce Ford-Wheaton was on the scene to scoop it up and race 60 yards for the game-sealing touchdown.“I wanted to run that play so bad because I knew I was gonna block that kick,’’ Simmons said.“I knew it.

Some s–t you just know.“My main thing, I knew I could jump high enough, I knew really that was no issue.Once I found myself clear the first thing on my mind was once you touch, jump, jump, jump, j...