Giants Q&A: Poor coverage on TD pass

How did the Seahawks' Doug Baldwin get so open on the go-ahead touchdown?

He was lined up in the slot and covered by Antrel Rolle. The outside receiver, Ben Obomanu, who was covered by Aaron Ross, ran a short route, and both defenders jumped on it. Baldwin was able to get behind them and was wide open for a 27-yard touchdown pass from Charlie Whitehurst that made it 29-25 with 2:37 remaining.

It looked as though the Giants' defenders gave up on that play. Did they?

Osi Umenyiora was flagged for offside, a call that stopped a play earlier in the game. This time, though, there was no whistle. At least not officially. Rolle said he heard one and several Giants on the sideline, including Justin Tuck, suggested that they heard one, as well. "The whistle was definitely blown, but at the end of the day, you have to play through the whistle," Rolle said. Ross, however, said he did not hear it. "It had nothing to do with the flag at all," Ross said. "Just bad communication."

Did Tom Coughlin get an explanation from the officials on the decision not to stop the play?

If he did, Coughlin wasn't saying. "You have to keep playing," he said of his players. "You're a defensive team with a penalty [against them]. The play stands."

Any injury updates on Chris Snee and Zak DeOssie?

Both suffered concussions in the game. Snee's came late in the fourth quarter, and he spent Sunday night in a hospital for observation. DeOssie appeared to suffer his injury covering the first punt of the second half, but he walked out of the locker room on his own after the game.

Who replaced them?

Just one guy: Jim Cordle, who was on the practice squad until this week and suited up for his first NFL game Sunday. He became the long-snapper in place of DeOssie and did well -- although his snap was a touch high on Lawrence Tynes' fourth-quarter field goal. When Snee left, he also came in. He played center for one snap and Kevin Boothe moved over to guard, and on the next play, they flip-flopped. Boothe moved back to center, where he started and played in place of David Baas.

Didn't D.J. Ware get out of the end zone on the safety?

It looked as though he did, even to Coughlin, who saw the play on the big video boards. But the play was reviewed and the officials decided that Ware was stopped before the ball came out of the end zone.