Jason Pierre-Paul makes debut with NY Giants after fireworks accident

Although this contest was closer than the final score would indicate, the positive that NY can take from this game is that they made the plays that had to be made in the fourth quarter.

“Thought we were there”. “But we’re not quite there yet”. In the end, we dropped balls, untimely penalties in awful situations.

“That was a hard-fought football game, as we knew it was going to be”, coach Tom Coughlin said.

Despite this wonderful run to make things interesting, the Buccaneers could not come out on the winning end in this one. The Giants, with a defense barely suited to playing against bad or marginal quarterbacks, might not present the greatest roadblock on New England’s pathway to perfection. The victory on the heels of a 52-49 loss to the Saints moved NY back over.500.

Jason Pierre-Paul is back with the NY Giants after missing training camp and half the season while recovering from injuries suffered in a July 4 fireworks accident. Four plays later, Connor Barth kicked a 20-yard field goal. then on first down from the Bucs’ 13 with 11:36 left in the game, RB Charles Sims found a crease in the left side.

“We all knew we were capable of being the top team in the division”, receiver Rueben Randle said. “Eventually it’s going to happen”.

Eli Manning threw two first half touchdowns, but he also chucked a couple of interceptions that thankfully did not prove harmful.

The good news: Mike Evans had eight catches for 155 yards on Sunday.

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. “We’ve just got to continue to build as a team and get better each and every week to remain there”.

Pierre-Paul looked surprisingly quick for his first game back, and the hand didn’t seem to cause him too much trouble as he beat blockers and pressured Jameis Winston repeatedly. Pierre-Paul had his right index finger amputated and lost parts of his thumb and middle finger in the accident. Adjei-Barimah was on the practice squad a month ago, but he has stepped up well under hard circumstances. He progressed enough during workouts that the Giants made a decision to speed up the timetable.

The emotional homecoming and return to the National Football League for Jason Pierre-Paul ended Sunday night without the spotlight of television cameras and reporters seeking comment on his debut in Tampa, Fla.

“He needs to get his timing down, obviously”, Giants coach Tom Coughlin said.

Dude, I’m, like, getting a contact high just looking at that photo.

One week after throwing six touchdowns, Eli Manning wasn’t his best: He was 26-40 for 213 yards. Beckham caught nine passes for 105 yards, but was held without a touchdown. Tampa Bay missed the ensuing two-point conversion. Check out our grades for the Giants in their victory over the Bucs. Evans was targeted 19 times.