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Dec 16, 8:15 pm - Giants at Eagles
Game 15
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Giants beat the Bills 38-21.
Eli Manning was 7-of-15 for 111 yards, with 2 interceptions.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 151 yards on 17 carries and 1 touchdown.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 145 yards on 24 carries and and 2 touchdowns.
Amani Toomer caught 5 passes for 99 yards.
Plaxico Burress and Brandon Jacobs each caught 1 pass for 6 yards.
Kawika Mitchell had 2 sacks and Osi Umenyiora had 1 sack.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 42 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"The game started with Tynes kicking the ball out of bounds, so the Bills got to start at their own 40 yard line. The Giants couldn't stop the Bills at all in the first quarter. They faced only one third down play on their two scoring drives. They nailed that one for a 42 yard pass play to the Giants 4 yard line and scored on the next play. Meanwhile the Giants offense went three-and-out and then
managed their only first down play of the quarter when Amani Toomer dove for the ball and clutched it for a 39 yard completion. That drive ended three plays later when the ball slipped out of Eli Manning's hand on a third and nine and they punted. The quarter ended with the Bills up 14-0 and the Giants playing about as poorly as they could on both offense and defense.
The only ray of hope was that the defense almost nailed Bills quarterback Trent Edwards twice, and right before he made two of his big plays. They started catching up with him in the second quarter and it lasted for the rest of the game. On offense Amani Toomer kept coming through with first down catches, Brandon Jacobs got the running game going and when he was hurt Ahmad Bradshaw kept it going. I was shocked when Jacobs came back in later in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter they let Bradshaw carry the load and he came through with an 88 yard run for a touchdown, the longest run in the NFL this season."


Game Notes:
"What can you say about a game where there were nine fumbles? Well for sure, the weather conditions weren't that good. The Giants committed five of those fumbles, all by Eli Manning, and he lost two of them, but they still managed to win the game. That's because interceptions count too, and Manning threw only two of those compared to the Bills rookie quarterback Trent Edwards who had three. It especially hurt the Bills chances when two were returned for touchdowns. Really though, Manning has to pick up his game. Going 7-of-15 for 111 yards with 2 interceptions and two lost fumbles just won't do it, and even the biggest optimist around isn't going to point out that it was an improvement over last week's game when he was 18-of-52 for 184 yards.
Next week with the playoffs locked up, I'd expect to see Manning playing most of the game for some much needed practice. Plaxico starting the game and leaving after making maybe just one catch to rest his ankle. Sinorice Moss, who had 5 receptions for 53 yards last week, should see a lot of playing time, as well as Steve Smith who, true to form, had a very catchable ball bounce off his finger tips at the Buffalo 9 yard line. It's time to see what some of these players can really do, and Manning's no exception."

Early Stats:
Scoring:
First Quarter
BUFFALO - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Michael Gaines, 3 yd pass from Trent Edwards (Rian Lindell kick is good), 10:24.
Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 4:36.
BUFFALO 7-0
BUFFALO - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Lee Evans, 4 yd pass from Trent Edwards (Rian Lindell kick is good), 5:31.
Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards in 3:01.
BUFFALO 14-0
Second Quarter
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Brandon Jacobs, 6 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 11:38.
Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards in 1:58.
BUFFALO 14-7
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Brandon Jacobs, 43 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 8:32.
Drive: 4 plays, 57 yards in 1:47.
BUFFALO 14-14
GIANTS - FIELDGOAL

Play:
Lawrence Tynes, 42 yd field goal , 2:35.
Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards in 4:16.
GIANTS 17-14
Third Quarter

BUFFALO - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Marshawn Lynch, 3 yd run (Rian Lindell kick is good), 13:54.
Drive: 2 plays, 31 yards in 0:51.
BUFFALO 21-17

Fourth Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play:
Kawika Mitchell, 20 yd interception return (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 14:05.
GIANTS 24-21
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Ahmad Bradshaw, 88 yd run (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 6:12.
Drive: 1 play, 88 yards in 0:15.
GIANTS 31-21
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN

Play:
Corey Webster, 34 yd interception return (Lawrence Tynes kick is good), 5:50.
GIANTS 38-21

Game Stats:
  Giants Bills
First Downs
17
16
      Rushing
9
6
      Passing
6
9
      Penalty
2
1
3rd-Down Efficiency
6/14 - 42%
1/9 - 11%
4th-Down Efficiency
0/2  - 0%
0/1  - 0%
Total Net Yards
385
244
      Total plays
64
57
      Average gain
6.0
4.3
Net Yards Rushing
291
117
      Rushes
47
28
      Average gain per rush
6.2
4.2
      Tackles for loss-yards
6-12
4-12
Net Yards Passing
94
127
      Times sacked: Number-Yards
2 - 17
3 - 34
      Gross passing yards
111
161
Pass Attempts-completions-had Intercepted
7 - 15 - 2
9 - 26 - 3
      Avg gain per pass play
5.5
4.4
Kickoffs: Number-in End Zone-touchbacks
7 - 4 - 3
4 - 2 - 0
Punts: Number and Average
3 - 40.0
7 - 38.1
      Had blocked
0
0
Net Punting Average
33.3
36.3
FGs - PATs Had Blocked
0 - 0
0 - 0
Total Return Yardage (not including kickoffs)
94
25
      Number-Yards: Punt Returns
5 - 13
1 - 20
      Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns
4 - 99
3 - 65
      Number-Yards: Interception Returns
3 - 81
2 - 5
Penalties: Number-yards
4 - 25
6 - 45
Fumbles: Number-lost
5 - 2
4 - 1
Touchdowns
5
3
      Rushing
3
1
      Passing
0
2
      Interceptions
2
0
      Kickoff Returns
0
0
      Fumble Returns
0
0
      Punt Returns
0
0
Extra Points: Made-attempts
5 - 5
3 - 3
      Kicking: Made-Attempts
5 - 5
3 - 3
      2 Pointers: Made-Attempts
0 - 0
0 - 0
Field Goals: Made-attempts
1 - 1
0 - 0
Red Zone Efficiency
1/4 - 25%
3/3 - 100%
Goal To Go Efficiency
1/2 - 50%
3/3 - 100%
Safeties
0
0
Final Score
38
21
Time Of Possession
34:05
25:55

Notes:
Giants clinched a playoff berth with their win over Buffalo.

Giants Amani Toomer was responsible for five of the six completions in the first half.

Giants Brandon Jacobs scored twice and finished with a career-high 145 yards.
His 43-yard run was the longest of his career.

Giants Ahmad Bradsahaw had an 88-yard touchdown run, the third-longest run in Giants history and and the longest run in the NFL this season.

Giants made the playoffs for the third straight year, tying their team record.

Bills tight end Kevin Everett addressed his team before the game in his first visit to Buffalo since sustaining a severe spinal cord injury in the Bills season opener against Denver on Sept. 9.


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