Giants lose their second game in a row to the Cards 24-17.
Eli Manning was 19 of 37 for 243 yards and 1 TD and 3 INTs.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 76 yards on 13 carries and 1 TD and caught 2 passes for 11 yards.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 32 yards on 12 carries, had 1 fumble and caught 1 pass for -5 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 4 passes for 80 yards and 1 TD.
Steve Smith caught 4 passes for 69 yards.
Mario Manningham caught 4 passes for 47 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 1 pass for 18 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 1 pass for 6 yards.
Mathias Kiwanuka and Danny Clark each had 1 sack.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 20 yard field goal.

Game Notes:
"The Giants weren't able to stage a comeback from last week's loss. On offense they showed a weakness in the passing game with Eli Manning making some wrong decisions and with the young group of receivers showing that they are in fact sometimes just a young group of receivers in every way. On defense they did a much better job than last week. They had some success but found themselves in poor field position a number of times thanks to usually 'old reliable' Jeff Feagles having a real bad punting day.
Even though they were ahead 14-10 at the half, they were outscored in the third quarter 14-0, putting them behind 24-14 and could come up with only a fieldgoal in the fourth. The Giants, after winning the first five games, have now lost two in a row so they better sharpen their pencils when they watch tomorrow's Monday night matchup between the Redskins and Eagles, because next week they'll be playing in Philadelphia. That's where they can show that they have learned from their recent mistakes."

Game Notes:
"It was a back and fourth game the whole first half and that was quite an improvement over last week where the Giants could do nothing at all. Against New Orleans Eli Manning was charged with an interception off his receiver's hands, and today things went his way at one point when Cardinals cornerback Rodgers-Cromartie tipped the ball in the air and Hakeem Nicks smartly caught it and took it all the way in for a touchdown. However Manning was charged with 3 interceptions by the time this game was over.
Brandon Jacobs was very effective today, but Ahmad Bradshaw played at his worst with his longest run of the day turning into a fumble recovered by the Cardinals and I was hoping at various times not to see him on the field. Kevin Boss showed how tough a player he can be when he was slammed hard after making a tough 25 yard catch and Steve Smith made some big plays late in the game. I'll credit the defense for being more Giant-like aggressive and they had Kurt Warner off his game a number of times.
Eli Manning showed that he can be way too much of a 'nerd', overthinking things at the line of scrimmage and the Cardinals 'out-thunk' him quite a few times in this game. Teams are learning to play Eli and he needs to be more of a jock and just throw the ball sometimes and less of a thinker against some of the brighter teams with winning records in the NFL. The Giants lost today but things won't seem to be so bad with a win over the the Eagles next week, but of course, the Giants have to actually do that."

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Notes:
Giants Hakeem Nicks has scored a touchdown in each of the last four games which is the longest streak by a Giants rookie since 1961.

Giants Hakeem Nicks after seven games has 16 catches for 315 yards and four touchdowns.

Giants offensive line games streak ends with right tackle Kareem McKenzie out.
Giants had an NFL-record 38 games of consecutive times where the same offensive line and quarterback had started a game in the regular season.

Cardinals won 3 straight regular-season games for the first time since last November,
and back-to-back road games for the first time since 2001.

Cardinals aggressive defense forced 4 turnovers on the Giants.

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