Giants win another close one, for 5th straight victory
“We can’t get comfortable”. “So for me, I’m just excited to be in this locker room with a great group of guys, getting a chance to do what I love to do and do it to the best of my abilities and help the team win”. However, he was efficient and – more importantly – did not turn the ball over.
McPhee said this week that Chicago’s pass rush was going “tear up” Eli Manning.
Key factor in GIANTS ‘ down-to-the-wire 21-20 home win over Bengals in Week 10 Monday-nighter was ability of defense to maintain a 1-point lead, limiting Cincy to 37 yards in final period.
“I don’t know who’s playing better than him in the National Football League right now”, Giants linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. There is nothing lovable about these losers, however, as the Bears stumble along toward the finish line before they can return to the task of rebuilding the roster. again. “I’m just proud of the way the guys are finding ways to win”. With a season high 4 sacks, Vernon, Harrison, Hankins, and Pierre-Paul all contributed big time in pressuring the quarterback. Last week against the Cincinnati Bengals was just the second time this season that the Giants’ running backs combined for over 100 yards.
Third-quarter turnaround – The Giants turned a 16-9 halftime deficit into a 22-16 lead.
“We figured it out in the second half and we started answering the call, ” Casillas said. Dwayne Harris set things up with a 46-yard kickoff return to start the half.
On first down, Pierre-Paul came around left end and got a strip-sack that cost Chicago 14 yards.
On the first drive of the game, the Bears lined up at the 19-yard line and QB Jay Cutler fired a pass over the top of the defense to Miller running up the right seam.
Down 16-9 at the half, the Giants grabbed the lead in the third quarter, scoring on their first two possessions. After allowing the Bears 214 yards on offense in the game’s first 30 minutes, the Giants clamped down and limited the Bears to just 101 total yards of offense in the second half. Roberts later returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. A 15-yard pass to Shepard on a fourth-and-2 at the Bears 17, set up Jennings’ TD run. Gould has made his only field goal attempt and all nine extra points in three games. The first score, a 40-yard field goal by Connor Barth, was set up by a big third-down conversion to Miller that went for 34 yards to give the Bears a first down on the Giants’ 26-yard line. Cre’Von LeBlanc left the game with a concussion and Demontre Hurst replaced him. They will likely run the offense through rookie running back Jordan Howard, who is averaging 5.3 yards per carry.
Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr vs Bears CB Tracy Porter – Porter has been one of the few dependables this season for Chicago, even in spote of a minor knee injury that has been nagging him of late.
Larry Donnell, Leon Hall being inactive – For the veteran cornerback Hall, that is three straight games without being on the game-day roster.
Something tells me this Giants offense is ready to reach 30 points for the first time this season.
Therein lies the lesson Giants fans hope their 7-3 team learned – particularly with the 0-11 Browns next up on the schedule Sunday in Cleveland: Fear everyone, even the weaklings, and handle prosperity with the same urgency as you would if your back was against a wall. FOX will have the broadcast.
The phrase “trap game” is often overused, as any team can win on any given Sunday.
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