Giants win over the Jaguars 20-24.
Eli Manning was 14 of 24 for 226 yards and 2 TDs.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 87 yards on 14 carries.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 49 yards on 9 carries and caught 4 passes for 34 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 3 passes for 74 yards and 1TD.
Mario Manningham caught 3 passes for 61 yards and 1TD.
Derek Hagan caught 2 passes for 21 yards.
Travis Beckum caught 1 pass for 29 yards.
Danny Ware caught 1 pass for 7 yards.
Jason Pierre-Paul had 2 sacks.
Terrell Thomas had 1 sack and 1 interception.
Justin Tuck and Antrel Rolle shared 1 sack.
Lawrence Tynes kicked field goals of 22, 29, and 28 yards.

Game Notes:
"It was a really nice day to be at the stadium. I like one o'clock games when the weather is calm. I was hoping to see the Giants get back on track and still catch some of the Eagles - Bears game later. When the Giants took the field, Brandon Jacobs was in with the starting unit for the first time this season and I was hoping that would give the team a spark. They got the ball first and things were going well with Eli Manning handing off to Jacobs and passing to Derek Hagan and Mario Manningham. Ahmad Bradshaw didn't start, but he was still included in this drive. He came in and took catch 10 yards for a first down to the Jaguars 11 yard line.
After an incomplete pass that was almost a disaster because it looked like Hagan caught and fumbled a ball until Tom Coughlin challenged the call, Brandon Jacobs bruised his way eight yards down to the Jaguars 3 yard line. It was third-and-two and I was surprised by the playcall. Jacobs had just slammed through the Jaguars defense for eight yards, but for some reason they switched him out for Bradshaw. They didn't have Bradshaw try anything fancy, and his attempt to blast up the middle the way Jacobs just did, resulted in a loss of two yards. They settled for a field goal which seemed OK at the start, but the next points were a long time coming. Also the Giants defense didn't perform as well as I had expected. They couldn't get the Jaguars offense off the field as quarterback David Garrard handed off to Maurice Jones-Drew or passed to his receivers. Making first downs was no problem and before the half ended they had scored two touchdowns and one fieldgoal.
The Giants had only been able to add one more fieldgoal and were trailing 17-6. They came out like a different team in the second half and intercepted David Garrard on his first pass attempt. The Giants only got three points off that, but they were playing better on both sides of the ball. They waited until the fourth quarter to tie it up when Manning hit Manningham for a touchdown and Bradshaw ran the ball in for two points. The Jaguars came back with a fieldgoal for the lead on their next drive, but they had to pick up yardage with some quarterback scrambles when receivers weren't open. The Giants defense had their number now and they held after Manning hit Kevin Boss for a 32 yard touchdown that ended up being the final scoring of the game, a 24-20 win."

Game Notes:
"Turnovers have been the ruin of the Giants this year. In half of the ten games they played this year, the opening drive ended in a turnover. It almost happened again today when Derek Hagan fumbled a catch away at the Jaguars 2 yard line. That was the officials call, until Tom Coughlin saw it differently or at least hoped it to be different. He went to his challenge flag claiming that Hagan never really caught the ball before it was stripped away. It was a close decision but Coughlin won and the Giants were able to come away with points on their opening drive for only the first time this season. The other ten opening drives had resulted in five punts and five turnovers.
So they started fast, but fizzled real soon when the defense took the field. They let Maurice Jones-Drew and Rashad Jennings run all over them and the Jaguars took the lead 7-3. Not much changed in the whole first half with quarterback David Garrard hitting on his passes and even running the ball in once for a touchdown. The Giants had to come from behind to win this game, and were able to do so thanks in part to the offense not committing any turnovers at all, and with the defense getting back on track in the second half.
Earlier in the week, the defense said that they realized they would have to carry the offense because of all the injuries but it took them quite awhile to actually make that happen. Terrell Thomas did his best with 1 sack and 1 interception. Once the offense had more opportunities on the field they took advantage of it. Eli Manning targeted Kevin Boss, Mario Manningham, and Ahmad Bradshaw a number of times. Brandon Jacobs started this game and rushed for 87 yards on his 14 carries and Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 49 yards on his 9 carries. That's much better then the 2.3 yards they averaged in the last game. A loss today would have been tough to handle with Washington coming in next week and then having to play three road games out of the final four."

Notes:
Giants scored for the first time this season on their opening drive.

Giants committed no turnovers for the first time all season.

Giants Jason Pierre-Paul recorded the first two sacks of his NFL career.

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