Giants lose to the Browns 35-14.
Eli Manning was 18-of-28 for 196 yards with 1 TD and 3 INTs.
Derrick Ward rushed for 101 yards on 10 carries and caught 2 passes for 1 yard.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 67 yards on 14 carries and 1 TD.
Steve Smith caught 9 passes for 94 yards.
Plaxico Burress caught 4 passes for 58 yards and 1 TD.
Kevin Boss caught 1 pass for 24 yards.
Michael Matthews caught 1 pass for 13 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 1 passes for 6 yards.

Game Notes:
"It wasn't the kind of game I was expecting to see. Even though the Giants were losing by 3 points at the end of the quarter, and then still by 3 points at the end of the half, you kind of got the feeling that they were just off their game and would turn things around in the second half. I mean, look at how many dumb penalties the Browns were making. Sooner or later that should catch up with them right? Somehow it never did, and our defense was always on their heels. Our offense was just as bad when it came to finishing off drives. Any good that was done was erased by interceptions.
Eli Manning threw three of them, and suddenly the Browns lead grew, and as things progressed, a close game turned into a game that couldn't be won as time wound down. So the Browns went off singing "Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be.", and the Giants head back home to the same tune, "Monday Monday, can't trust that day, Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way." Luckily the Giants don't have any more Monday night games this season."

Game Notes:
"Well you can't win them all. Just ask the 2007 New England Patriots, and now the 2008 NY Giants. It sure would have been nice to be 5-0, but for that you need some offense or some defense, and the Giants had very little tonight. The Browns made lots of mistakes, but they recovered well, almost as if they knew what the Giants were coming at them with. A few weeks back, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo pointed out that there were plays where a player was giving away his intentions based on a stance or a position.
He also said that the Giants weren't putting as much pressure on opposing quarterbacks as they were at the end of the 2007 season. Antonio Pierce dismissed some of the talk saying he wasn't sure other quarterbacks would be able to make the reads and then the plays that Cincinnati's Carson Palmer executed in their game against the Giants. Well Browns quarterback Derek Anderson sure looked damn good tonight. I'd say that the Browns used their bye week wisely and really studied up on the Giants for this game and it paid off for them big-time."

Giants ended their road winning streak at 11 games (8 regular season, 3 postseason), which was tied for the 2nd-longest in NFL history.
Including Super Bowl XLII, the Giants had won 12 straight games away from their home field.

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