Giants coach tries explaining why Sterling Shepard was invisible

“I know that. I know that in my heart”. What’s that, they don’t have any? He plays with sound technique and gets good leverage on the interior.

After Pittsburgh, the Giants come home to play The Cowboys in a game they hope will be for first place in the NFC East. Their pass rush is at a different level than it was earlier this season. The Giants’ win in Cleveland saw long stretches of ineffectiveness accompanied by a handful of big plays.

Since making his first start on November 21, 2004, Manning has not missed a game, the longest streak among active NFL players – at any position – and the third-longest for a quarterback in league history. But move the pocket, get creative.

The defense got soft at the end of the first half, as they allowed the Browns to travel downfield and make a 25-yard field goal as the half expired.

This wasn’t the case during the Giants’ 27-13 Week 12 win over the Cleveland Browns.

The Jaguars (2-9) lost for the sixth-straight game, their longest skid since opening the 2014 season at 0-6. We’ll see if the Giants continue to have faith in Gould or if they consider bringing in what would be their fourth kicker of the season. A lot of ballgames come down to the very end, a handful of them are within a score.

BANGED UP: Beckham briefly went out in the first quarter with an injured right thumb. It’s not that the Giants were not feeling good about denying the Browns’ bid for their first win, but now that the NFL’s only winless team is in the rear-view mirror, there’s an unmistakable focus on what comes next.

The Browns trailed 14-6 when it appeared they had an offensive spark when McCown hit Terrelle Pryor for a 54-yard gain to the Giants’ 41.

The Giants recorded seven sacks on McCown, who said there are few players as tough to block as Pierre-Paul, who was limited in practice this week because of a knee injury.

Defensive tackle Damon Harrison forced a fumble by Cleveland’s Isaiah Crowell and Devon Kennard recovered it at the Browns 31. Most importantly, quarterback Eli Manning had a 124.8 passer rating when targeting Beckham.

“You can see some younger players getting better here and there”. The weather was somewhat tricky inside Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium, yet nowhere near the blustery conditions that the Giants faced at MetLife Stadium the week prior when Gould missed two point-after kicks. So there’s a bit of trepidation when Beckham is returning punts or kickoffs.

Kessler, a third-round draft pick from the University of Southern California, has started eight games this season and completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 1,369 yards and six touchdowns with two interceptions. Beckham did his homage to James even though he knew the punt return touchdown was likely to be called back.

Browns coach Hue Jackson is scheduled to meet with reporters shortly after 5:05 p.m. Monday.

Still, New York coach Ben McAdoo has been preaching to his team the importance of not taking the Browns lightly. I don’t think anybody does. What kind of message is that sending?

McAdoo attributed the offensive struggles on Sunday to “inconsistency and penalties”. And if McAdoo would shave off his mustache, he would look less like an extra from “Boogie Nights”. The Giants’ final five opponents have a combined record of 34-19-1, including three teams with defenses ranked in the top 10 in the NFL. It shouldn’t take till the fourth quarter to put away a team like the 0-12 Browns.