JPP returns, helps Giants beat mistake-prone Buccaneers
“We always preach about finishing”, he added, “and tonight we did”. Reuben Randle and Shane Vereen didn’t have that much collectively, but they each scored a touchdown.
The star defensive end made his season debut Sunday during a 32-18 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, making two tackles and being credited with two quarterback hits in his first action since losing his right index finger and suffering additional damage to the hand in a July 4 fireworks accident. “You know he’s definitely a quarterback with arm strength, and we wanted to force him to scramble around and make him uncomfortable”, Rodgers-Cromartie said.
Twenty-three seconds to be exact.
Police charged Daniel Justin Raboni, 32, with felony criminal mischief after he allegedly tried setting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ giant team flag on fire, according to a Fox Sports report.
Three-time Pro Bowler Gerald McCoy inked a huge contract extension last season, putting even more pressure on the team captain to take his production and consistency to the next level.
Despite this incredible run to make things interesting, the Buccaneers could not come out on the winning end in this one.
Josh Brown booted four field goals for the Giants (5-4), including fourth-quarter kicks of 53 and 44 yards that gave NY a few breathing room after the Bucs pulled within two points.
The rookie’s 2-point conversion pass to the rear of the end zone was caught out of bounds.
The one game to get out the kinks is over and done with and the Giants need Pierre-Paul to get “nothing but better” in leaps and bounds, as the undefeated Patriots arrive this weekend at MetLife Stadium, the final game for the Giants before their late-in-the-season bye week.
Winston completed 19 of 36 passes for 249 yards with no touchdowns, but was the victim of at least eight drops – which would’ve put him close 400 yards.
“This was a hard-fought football game, as we knew it was going to be”. “He’s playing his tail off, and (when) it started raining, all eyes are on him. Eventually it’s going to happen”.
One week after throwing six touchdowns, Eli Manning wasn’t his best: He was 26-40 for 213 yards. Eli Manning extended what turned into a 10-play, 54-yard drive with a 9-yard completion to Odell Beckham, Jr., who made a nice sliding catch.
Pierre-Paul missed training camp and visited the Giants just before the season opener, but team doctors declared him unfit to play.
One man’s alleged attempt at flag-burning arson didn’t go off as planned at Sunday’s NY Giants/Tampa Bay Buccaneers game. He also contributed to the nightmare game Mike Evans suffered, jarring the ball lose several times from Tampa Bay’s leading receiver, who had five drops to nullify an otherwise strong day (eight receptions for 152 yards). However, he did finish with two tackles and a pair of quarterback hits while handling a bigger workload than the Giants anticipated this soon.