Odell Beckham Jr. Breaks Away For 75-Yard TD
“Those penalties have killed us in our three-game losing streak”, Weddle said.
The defeat came after the Ravens took a late fourth-quarter lead on a touchdown run by Terrance West, but Giants All-Pro receiver Odell Beckham Jr. answered it with a 66-yard score to give NY back the lead that would hold for the victory.
The Giants settled down on both sides of the ball in the second quarter when Manning found Lewis on a 24-yard touchdown, the first of his three scoring passes, to make it 10-7 Ravens.
Beckham caught eight of his ten targets, earning himself 222 yards receiving and two touchdowns. That catch gives Beckham 101 yards on the day, and put a jolt into the partisan crowd at MetLife Stadium.
Next was on the first drive of the second half.
Beckham Jr. had a fumble on the first offensive play of the game for the Giants and quarterback Eli Manning threw two interceptions.
As arguably the best football player in the city of NY, his actions will always be under a microscope. The Ravens chose to make a move to get their sputtering offense going and they fired their OC Marc Tresman. The trade was considered a win for everyone involved – Manning went to a more desirable team, while the Chargers got a franchise quarterback of their own in Philip Rivers. Quarterback Joe Flacco’s 70-yard bomb to wide receiver Mike Wallace was the Ravens’ longest of the season.
Offensively, the Ravens are averaging 18.8 points and 338.2 total yards (239.2 in passing and 99.0 in rushing) per game. Mosley and Elvis Dumervil and left tackle Ronnie Stanley.
“I am going to go out there and play the same way every time”, Beckham said of his many problems on the field this season.
Smith has dealt with a litany of injuries since entering the league in 2011, and he has only appeared in all 16 games over the course of a campaign twice. He went out of bounds at the Giants’ 34 to set up the fourth-and-1. Jerell Adams lining up in the neutral zone on a Ravens punt to give Baltimore a first down.
The colorful receiver celebrated his prowess by taking things a step or two further with his old friend, the kicking net, which he famously fought in the Giants’ loss to Washington.
Smith, Baltimore’s top cornerback who had primarily drawn coverage of Beckham, had accumulated five tackles, all solo, prior to the injury.
The Giants tied the score at 10 on the first drive of the third quarter with a disappointing field goal after driving to first-and-goal at the 1.
The Giants were bubbling in the locker room after this one, though, because they kept themselves in the hunt.
Momentum was with the Giants late in the third quarter, until Tavon Young made a great play to intercept Manning. What was most impressive about Beckham’s performance was his ability to create separation from the Baltimore defensive backs and create his iconic big plays down the sideline.
We’ll probably be seeing some very different headlines about Odell Beckham Jr. this week.
Eli is just average – get over it! Not to mention the fact that he took a 15-yard penalty after the touchdown because he removed his helmet on the field.
“I caught the slant and didn’t know how close the defender was”, Beckham said.