From my understanding of the Yahoo Sports article, the Giants kicked off deep (someone mentioned a penalty or something) and a fair catch gave Arizona the ball at their own 42 yard line.
With only 5 seconds left before halftime, they could have done the usual of snapping the ball and trying a hail mary, or they could "fair catch kick", which is basically a field goal attempt, just the ball isn't snapped, there's no offensive or defensive lines, and it's basically like a kickoff, just no tee and either someone must be holding the ball or you have to drop kick it.
If it goes through the uprights, you get three points, like a standard field goal. If it doesn't and stays in bounds, the other team is able to return it similar to a kickoff return.
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