Giants lose to the Bengals 31-13.
Eli Manning was 29 of 46 for 215 yards and 2 INTs.
Andre Brown rushed for 65 yards on 7 carries and 1 TD and had 5 catches for 29 yards.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 57 yards on 10 carries and had 3 catches for 14 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 9 passes for 75 yards.
Martellus Bennett caught 4 passes for 37 yards.
Victor Cruz caught 3 passes for 26 yards.
Ramses Barden caught 2 passes for 22 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 1 pass for 8 yards.
Rueben Randle caught 2 passes for 4 yards.
Will Hill recovered a fumble.
Lawrence Tynes made 23 and 31 yard field goals.

Game Notes:
"When I saw the actual win loss record for the Giants when they play in November, I was glad to see where our bye week falls this season. The Giants lived up to their bad November stats as they went down to the Bengals today. They are now 13-21 in November. The guys threw more stats at me saying that the Giants had allowed just two touchdowns in the first quarter in the first nine games, and today the defense gave up two touchdowns to the Bengals in the first quarter. I screamed back "Bye week. Bye week. Bye week'!
I covered my ears when they said that the Giants don't always do well coming off bye weeks. Enough with these bad stats. All I want to think about is that the Giants are 6-4 heading into their bye with a sort of comfortable lead in the NFC East. I'm thinking that 10-6 or 9-7 could win this division and that means my Giants need to go 4-2 or 3-3. They play Green Bay, Washington, New Orleans, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Of course the big game could come down to - and probably will - that very last one against the Eagles.
The only other observation I have for today is that Steve Weatherford has to drop all the heavy lifting he does in the gym and pick up some track shoes. Last week he made a tackle on special teams against the returner and had to actually chase one down again this week. Sure I'll miss that fine body, but we really need to stop those punt returners."

Game Notes:
"Just looking at the quarterbacks, Andy Dalton and Eli Manning by the end of the first half both had thrown exactly the same number of passes and completions. They were 15 of 20, but the big difference was that Dalton's completions included 2 touchdowns. Things were worse in the second half as Dalton threw 10 more passes and completed 6 of them with 2 more touchdowns. Eli threw 26 more passes and completed just 14 with 2 interceptions.
Last week before the Pittsburgh game we were all making comparisons between Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger. Now two games later Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning pales in comparison to the Bengals second-year quarterback Andy Dalton. Manning has thrown six interceptions and just one touchdown in the past four games.
Forget Manning, it's the defense too who couldn't touch Dalton for one sack. Right now there is nothing 'Super Bowl like' about this Giants team. They look like any other team out there sometimes making a good play while failing too much at others. The Giants are even playing somewhat below the Cincinnati Bengals who are rejoicing today in their win, thinking they have a shot at anything at all in the NFC North. Thank you football gods for the bye week coming up for the Giants and for the rest of the NFC East playing so poorly. The Giants really need to regroup and figure things out."

Notes:
Giants Eli Manning was sacked four times after an NFL-low nine in the previous nine games.

Giants offense committed turnovers on three consecutive possessions.

Giants on the season have given up 39 passes of 20 yards or more and 10 for touchdowns.

Bengals Andy Dalton threw a career-high four touchdown passes.

Bengals Andy Dalton did not throw an interception for the first time this season.

Bengals A.J. Green has a touchdown reception in eight straight games.

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