Teary-eyed Hue Jackson struggles to confront Browns’ winless season
The point is between the very bad interception or terrible sack caused by holding onto the ball far too long, he gets the ball to playmakers that the Browns want to evaluate. They had great field position when Cleveland booted the opening kick-off out of bounds.
Despite the lopsided score, the Browns were very much in their Week 12 matchup with the Giants nearly the whole way, going into the second half down a touchdown and trailing by one score with six minutes remaining. Here’s my take, The Browns are the laughing stock of the National Football League right now.
But through those eight wins, there’s a simple constant: The Giants earned them all.
Adding injury to insult, the Giants also got a scare when wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. went down with a thumb injury and was listed as questionable to return. The revival of the Giants’ rushing attack was short-lived. Rashad Jennings only had 55 yards and a 3.7 yards per carry average.
The Giants finished with 296 yards and tied their season-low with 13 first downs. But let’s face it, the Giants’ best player is probably their best option these days in the return game, because Dwayne Harris (who muffed a punt last week) and Bobby Rainey (who lost a fumble versus the Browns) are engendering no confidence these days. His Reception NEP per target of 0.64 through Sunday is well below his 0.96 last season, which was second-best among wide receivers with at least 100 targets. Brad Wing punted nine times.
Would the New York Giants take the winless Cleveland Browns for granted? Josh McCown is playing as hard as he can play. It was Crowell’s first lost fumble of the season. With the Cowboys increasingly looking like they will run away with the NFC East title the Giants will want to make sure they secure second place in the division and get a Wild Card spot. In receiving, Sterling Shepard had 50 yards and a touchdown in five catches while Victor Cruz had 48 yards in a catch.
Well, we may have sensed this already, but his 43-yard interception return for a touchdown was Jason Pierre-Paul’s final hurdle in his comeback. The Giants didn’t bring their A-game to Cleveland because the Giants don’t have an A-game.
But Chris Long hit Ryan Fitzpatrick before he could throw, resulting in a fumble that was recovered by Trey Flowers.
McCown was dropped seven times as the Browns again struggled to protect their quarterback.
After leading a tying drive earlier in the fourth quarter, Carr hit Michael Crabtree on a 49-yard pass on third-and-9 to help set up Sebastian Janikowski’s 23-yard field goal with 1:45 left. They had just one sack with a standard rush over the first five weeks of the season.
Beckham had a few electric runbacks versus Cleveland, including a touchdown that was called back on a penalty. Robbie Gould would miss an extra point for the second straight week. The offense ranks 27th in third-down percentage and 13th on fourth down. Tye and Adams have not developed as dependable pass-catchers and the passing game is missing another player to stretch the field.
It was exactly what has come to be expected from the Giants: It wasn’t overly impressive.
NY hasn’t played a 0-11 team in its rich history.
“He’s basically taken over these last two games”, Giants linebacker Jonathan Casillas said. They will travel to face the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5) next Sunday. They were trying to run but without much success! The Dallas Cowboys may lead the NFC East going 10-1, with 10 consecutive wins, but NY does not trail by much.