New York Giants Blow Snoopy Bowl, Playoff Chances In Loss To Jets

Beckham hauled in six catches for 149 yards and one touchdown (a 72 yard catch-and run). Eli had a dream matchup against a banged up Jets secondary but couldn’t take advantage of it. His fourth-down interception to Rontez Miles was a complete debacle.

Peter Morgan/AP Tom Coughlin’s future does not look promising after some questionable decisions in the Giants’ latest loss to the Jets.

It doesn’t happen that often, but when the New York Jets and New York Giants square off in the battle between MetLife stadium co-tenants, both the fanbases and teams alike get worked up with anticipation. Sammy Watkins had 3 catches for 109 yards and 1 touchdown. That’s pathetic production from your Nos.

He’s beloved inside the Giants organization, he has head-coaching experience and his temperament is far more suited to handling the NY media storm than is McAdoo’s.

That Falcons loss? It guaranteed Carolina – in a desperate bid to keep its undefeated season in tact against New Orleans Sunday – the division championship.

Then, Fitzpatrick, who finished with 22 rushing yards on five carries, picked up 15 yards on a key fourth-and-6 from the Giants’ 36.

On his scramble for the first down in the fourth quarter: “Yeah it was a pass play, they played two man and everybody kind of turned their backs to me so that was a critical juncture in the game where I just saw that I could definitely pick up the first down that way, so that’s what I did”. Yes, that’s three sacks. Taylor finished 11 of 21 for 211 yards and 3 TDs and also scored on an 8-yard run.

How long has Ryan Fitzpatrick been at this? Even in pregame it felt a little bit different.

The Jets haven’t been to the playoffs since 2010 when they lost the conference championship to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Another week, another poor performance by a group of no-name linebackers.

Just before halftime of the Jets’ 23-20 OT win over the Giants, WR Brandon Marshall got into it with DT Cullen Jenkins.

“It was time for one of these games to go our way”, said Marshall, who had 12 catches for 131 yards.

Osweiler threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas on the game’s opening drive and Danny Trevathan intercepted Philip Rivers and returned it 25 yards for a score. The Giants’ last-ranked defense has proven it can’t stop anyone, allowing Ryan Fitzpatrick to throw for 390 yards Sunday.

His failed 48-yard field goal in overtime was Brown’s first miss in 30 tries, and when it sailed wide left, the Giants missed a chance to tie the score.

Balance out the A-plus and the F, and this group gets a C. He won two Super Bowls.

Giants coach Tom Coughlin says his team’s problem is pretty simple: They have to play better. He may have to do that to salvage this season and his job.

What else could you expect with a season so full of goofball moments and sheer inexcusable choices, a sinking season that, in part, was on full display here with the way the Giants handled this game. “You’re up 10. Didn’t finish”.

On this occasion, with the Giants ahead 20-10 and facing a fourth-and-2 from the NYJ 4 inside the final 9 minutes of regulation, Coughlin chose not to secure the three points available with an easy field goal and instead tried to put the game away. Is this a real question? There is still, however, one-fourth of the current season to be played and no certainty the Giants will even be looking to make a change, regardless of the mood of the fan base right this minute. You’d think he’d remember that time in 2011 when Brandon Marshall’s wife stabbed him with a kitchen knife. The Jets had possession with 2:40 remaining and an opportunity to tie the game, which they did.