Jason Pierre-Paul Returns to Help the NY Giants With Defense

If you are a fan of the Giants, all you can do is hope that Tom Brady has an off day and that Coughlin’s crew learned something about what it takes to close out a game, otherwise, Manning and company will be right back to where they were at the start of the day, a. 500 football team. But instead of moving inside the NY 35-yard line, the Bucs had to punt for the first time all game. The Giants sealed the victory with Josh Brown kicking two of his four field goals over the next 9 minutes. The Bucs’ failure to keep pace with the Giants can be blamed not only on a lack of execution inside the red zone but also on a far-too-conservative approach on fourth-and-short situations. “But we really came here with a objective after last week”, Rodgers-Cromartie said. Though the ball hits him in the numbers, a potential pickup of 40 yards or more still slips through his arms. But the Giants held and made the Buccaneers settle for a field goal.

The Bucs last won consecutive games in 2013, when they claimed three straight from Weeks 10-12 under former coach Greg Schiano. Beckham also registered seven first downs, including four third-down conversions on his way to the fourth 100-yard game of the season.

And most of all, not after last week, when his NY Giants were embarrassed by Drew Brees in a 52-49 loss to New Orleans. “Sometimes when you have traits and you are down on the depth chart it takes a while before you get your opportunity to play, but when you do get your chance you do something with it. That wasn’t an All-Pro performance by Jude or anything (Sunday), but we like a few of the things that he did”.

In the receiving game the Giants got 105 yards on nine catches from Odell Beckham Jr. Doug Martin’s fumble in the second quarter led to a Giants touchdown, and Charles Sims did the same in the third quarter, leading to a field goal. A failed attempt to lateral the ball on the final play led to a Giants defensive recovery and touchdown on the game’s final play. Winston has added a new wrinkle to his game with three rushing touchdowns this year. Just like that, Tampa Bay was in business. Despite having limited weapons around him, Winston continues to play well and show progress in his rookie season.

The Bucs played the Redskins in Week 7, losing 31-30 on a touchdown pass with 24 seconds left.

In a battle of two of the league’s top second-year receivers, Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans had a 68-yard catch in the first half and finished with eight receptions for 152 yards. He is facing extra coverage with WR Vincent Jackson out, but he missed easy catches he should have converted in Sunday’s loss.

-CB Jude Adjei-Barimah, an undrafted rookie, made his first career start Sunday and had six tackles.