New York Giants game balls in win over Chicago Bears

“We’ve got to be grown men and man up”, said McPhee when asked about the loss of Kyle Long for the season and Alshon Jeffery for four games due to suspension as the Bears prepare for the Giants this week.

The Giants hadn’t missed two extra points in a game since 1984.

After a procedure penalty, safety Landon Collins iced the game with his fifth interception in the past four games.

“You’re losing two leaders on the team”, cornerback Tracy Porter said. “It wasn’t anything special”. I tried to put it over the top to ‘Q, ‘ give him a chance there versus the cover two defense. I rushed the edge and that was basically it. Cutler actually played well enough to win, keeping pace with Eli Manning in this quarterback battle. He had five catches for an additional 44 yards. Sitting at 6-3, they have a viable shot at the NFC Wild Card-and we know what they can do from that spot in the postseason. The NFC East is tough. Obviously we know we’re behind Dallas still and Washington and Philly are playing good football and have a lot of wins. “We can’t get comfortable. It’s just we never got him behind the chains”. In fact, the Bears didn’t sack Manning once and hit him just four times the entire game. “Big time play right there”. Cruz always has had an uncanny knack for timing his memorable moments to coincide with when the Giants need them the most.

The Giants have made it a habit this season winning close games.

“That’s Victor”, Manning said.

The wind could alter the game plans. “We’ve got to practice perfection to be where we want to be”. The Giants defense has been doing this for several weeks now against a variety of offenses, so they deserve plenty of credit and Sunday was a good day for Jason Pierre-Paul, Olivier Vernon and several others in the front seven. With Jeffery out and Jay Cutler prone to mistakes, Howard will be the player the Giants have to concentrate their efforts in stopping.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Nothing has come easy for the New York Giants this season, even the games they are supposed to win. Both Jennings and Perkins combined to rush for over 100-yds for the second straight game. However, the Dowell Loggains-led offense stalled for the next quarter and a half. Jordan Howard ran for 72 yards on 12 carries in the first half.

McPhee’s comment was in response to a question about New York’s pass protection. Matchups are noteworthy in every game, but the one matchup that the Bears have not been able to win with even remote consistency has been the one with themselves. Then again, they haven’t won any of their games by more than a touchdown, including Sunday’s nail-biter over the Bears, so how good are they really?

Pair of miscues: Two failed opportunities to make plays on the ball were very costly for the Bears.

The Giants got a 46-yard field goal by Gould to make it 16-9 at the half. We had a touchdown, had a field goal, and had one punt. “Giants football and the Giants organization was built on defense, and that’s what we’re trying to show them here”. The Bears’ all-time leading scorer was dumped by Chicago rather unceremoniously less than a week before the season opener and picked up by the Giants in late October. Miller had three catches for 61 yards, including a 19-yard TD in the first half.

Josh Sitton, Zach Miller and Leonard Floyd all left the game against the Giants with injuries and did not return. Of the 126 teams that have had three straight home games, only 29, including this year’s Giants team, have swept opponents over that stretch.