Giants vs. Cowboys Video: Watch Giants Give Dallas Deja Vu with Blocked FG

Last week, Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett called a timeout right before kicker Dan Bailey would have won the game against the Arizona Cardinals with a 49-yard field goal.

Instead, Bailey missed his second attempt.

In Week 14, it was New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin who called the timeout, and moments later Bailey had repeated history, missing his second attempt after Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul swept in and got his hand on it.

It was almost painful to watch—if you weren't a Giants fan, of course. The Cowboys had come this close to grabbing a two-game lead in the NFC East, but instead their inconsistent season continued, a roller coaster with no rhyme or reason.

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who struggled mightily at the ends of games earlier in the season, drove the Cowboys to two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and had them in position for the winning field goal on Sunday.

But instead the Giants overtook the Cowboys in the division, and Romo was a picture of pity, looking up at the sky as if to say, "What do I have to do?"

Keep in mind, the Giants weren't a picture of poise headed into this matchup. They were a game behind the Cowboys in the NFC East with a 6-6 record and had lost their last four games. A lot of people believed they had mailed it in.

But, moments before what appeared to be an inevitable defeat, Coughlin, whose job is on the line this season, called a timeout, if only to delay his fate.

But Coughlin's call ended up essentially winning the game for the Giants, and it may have saved their season.

How funny would it be if, after so many blunders this season, Coughlin saved his job and the Giants with a simple timeout?

But that's the NFL for you, where nothing is ever certain.