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Nov 1, 1:00 pm - Giants at Saints
| Game 8 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Giants | 7 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Saints | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 |
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Giants
lose to the Saints 52-49.
Eli Manning was 30 of 41 for 350 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Rashad
Jennings rushed for 54 yards on 10 carries and caught 2 passes for 31 yards.
Orleans
Darkwa rushed for 23 yards on 4 carries.
Andre Williams rushed for 7 yards
on 5 carries.
Shane Vereen rushed for 3 yards on 2 carries and caught 8 passes
for 60 yards and 1 TD.
Odell
Beckham Jr. caught 8 passes for 130 yards and 3 TDs.
Rueben
Randle caught 5 passes for 55 yards.
Dwayne Harris caught 3 passes for 37 yards
and 2 TDs.
Larry Donnell caught 1 pass for 22 yards.
Myles White
caught 1 pass for 8 yards.
Will
Tye caught 2 passes for 7 yards.
Dominique
Rodgers-Cromartie had 1 interception and caused 1 fumble.
Trumaine McBride
had 1 fumble recovery and returned it for a TD.
Game
Notes:
"It
shouldn't have ended the way it did. It just shouldn't. I don't know that the
Giants deserved to win after giving up 52 points, but it shouldn't have come down
to a last minute 50 yard field goal made possible by a penalty on a punt return
with 5 seconds left. How do you lose a game where Eli Manning throws six touchdowns
and no interceptions?
The game was exciting for things like that. Eli was really
on target and Odell Beckham Jr. caught three touchdown passes. Dwayne
Harris caught two and Shane Vereen had one. Even from their opening drive when
the Giants got close to the goal line and Andre Williams was stopped twice, they
decided to go for it on a 4th and 2. That's when Beckham caught his first touchdown
pass from Eli and the Giants were the first to score.
The Giants defense easily
got the Saints three and out on their first drive so I thought we were in good
shape, but they disappeared after that. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was the one
exception getting an interception on Drew Brees to stop one drive and then causing
one receiver to fumble. Trumaine McBride grabbed it and ran it in for a touchdown.
That put the Giants up 49-42 in the fourth quarter, but the Saints came back with
another touchdown and then that field goal to win the game. I felt disappointed
and exhausted after watching all this and I don't know what more to say."
"This was a game that will be hard to forget for the fans of both teams and the players. It was more like a video game where the teenage brothers control the offense and the younger siblings are on defense unaware their controllers were set to the highest difficulty level. Yes, older brothers will do that, and that's how you end up with a 52-49 score when the time runs out. In this case the older ones, we'll call them Eli and Drew, never let up on poor Rob and Steve. They left crying when taunted that they'll have to measure how many miles they gave up instead of yards.
Don't worry. It takes 1760 yards to make one mile, and since the game didn't actually make it into overtime, there was nothing to worry about. The Giants defense gave up 511 passing yards and another 103 on the ground, so it would take three games at the current rate to give up a mile (excluding overtimes).
Seriously though it was more like watching a college game with both teams consistently moving downfield and scoring almost every time they took the field. The Saints had 36 first downs and were forced to punt just twice. Eli Manning couldn't rely on the running game, which had only two good runs, so he didn't. Manning threw for 350 yards and six touchdowns and waited on the sidelines for his next turn at bat watching his defense give away the store.
The four running backs combined for 87 yards on the ground playing a team that's been allowing on average 129 rushing yards a game. Shane Vereen had only 3 yards on 2 carries and did most of his damage catching 8 passes for 60 yards and one for a touchdown.
On offense, Manning has to do it all every week and it sort of works if his receivers can stay healthy. On defense, they have to hope for turnover opportunities to make up for poor coverage plays and are lucky to have Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in their group. With all the pass plays they still came away with no sacks. They need to get Jason Pierre-Paul back on the field as soon as possible."
| First Quarter |
| GIANTS
- TOUCHDOWN |
| Second Quarter |
| GIANTS
- TOUCHDOWN |
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| Fourth Quarter |
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Notes:
Giants Eli Manning had a career high six touchdown passes.
Giants Eli Manning now has 276 touchdowns and moved past Joe Montana (273) and Vinny Testaverde (275) and into 10th place on the NFL’s career list where Johnny Unitas is 9th (290).
Giants Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie now has four interceptions in the last four games.
Giants 49 points are the most they have scored in a loss in their 91-year history.
Giants rushing for 87 yards was the seventh time in 8 games they finished with less than 100.
Giants and Saints combined to throw an NFL-record 13 touchdown passes.
Saints Drew Brees passed for career highs of 511 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Saints Drew Brees 511 yards was the most ever by a quarterback against the Giants.
Saints Drew Brees 7 touchdowns tied for the most ever against the Giants. Last time was 1943.Next Games
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