Beware of The Turf Monster! | Career Angles

It was the fourth quarter. The Giants were losing. Quarterback Daniel Jones rolled out to the right and suddenly cut upfield. There was no ahead of him. Defenders were pursuing him from behind but he had at least 5 yards on them. It looked like a touchdown would be scored in the Giants would take the lead.

Suddenly, Jones stumbled, fell, and was touched down within the 10-yard line. A touchdown had been averted!

Announcer Troy Aikman, a former quarterback himself who was announcing the game said, “The Turf Monster got Jones!” To translate the meaning of his humor, something unexpected grows up from the turf and tripped him up.

Players around the league left about this on Twitter. Giants fans like me were apoplectic.

But the turf monster exists everywhere.

S/he exists we make well research proposals that suddenly come back to bite us because of something unanticipated.

It shows up when things change in our best-laid plans are for naught (how many times have you seen the word not in the sentence in the last five years).

The Giants went on to score a touchdown on their way to losing by one point in the last minute of the game. They allow the other team to get the ball went on an important play Jones through a pass that…