Giants lose their fourth game in a row to the Chargers 21-20.
Eli Manning was 25 of 33 for 215 yards and 2 TDs.
Brandon Jacobs rushed for 67 yards on 11 carries and caught 1 pass for 1 yard.
Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for 39 yards on 14 carries.
Danny Ware rushed for 9 yards on 2 carries.
Hakeem Nicks rushed for 9 yards on 1 carry.
Steve Smith caught 8 passes for 57 yards and 1 TD.
Mario Manningham caught 6 passes for 52 yards.
Hakeem Nicks caught 3 passes for 39 yards.
Kevin Boss caught 2 passes for 17 yards and 1 TD.
Darcy Johnson caught 1 pass for 14 yards.
Domenik Hixon caught 1 pass for 8 yards.
Osi Umenyiora and Fred Robbins each had 1 sack.
Terrell Thomas had 1 interception.
Lawrence Tynes kicked a 38 and a 22 yard field goal and a 39 yard attempt was aborted.

Game Notes:
"The Giants wanted to get back to basics, but from the start things went, well basically wrong. There was a poor return on the opening kickoff which then included a penalty so the Giants started out on their own 11 yard line. They moved the ball downfield , but failed to make a 2nd-and-2 and then a 3rd-and-1 and capped that off with a strange failed field goal attempt that was fumbled by Jeff Feagles and recovered by the Chargers. On their next drive Eli Manning had one of his usual delay of game penalties. Kevin Dockery had a false start which led to Jeff Feagles kicking a short punt out of bounds. San Diego took advantage of good field position to score their first touchdown for a 7-0 lead.
The Giants next possession took over 10 minutes and included a few sacks on Eli Manning and a fumble recovered by S.O'Hara, a few penalties, but it ended with a touchdown pass to Steve Smith. Not much happened after that so the game was tied 7-7 at the half and were you thinking 'Wow, this is really good Giants football being played! I mean Eli Manning was sacked 5 times in this game. I guess on the plus side I was thinking his feet must be just fine because he had to use them all day to stay alive.
The Giants defense seemed to hold up pretty well over the course of this game. They held the Chargers to just 34 yards rushing, but at the end they looked like any old hack team playing a prevent defense and they ended up with the usual results from that. They gave up the go ahead touchdown and lost the game. With four straight losses I think even the fans are looking forward to a bye week at this point."

Game Notes:
"So if this was a must-win game as some of the Giants have stated, they have failed. They now have four straight losses, which is an unusual circumstance under Tom Coughlin's coaching. It's actually a saving grace that there is a bye week coming up, because some things went well and now there's time to look over what went wrong to cost them this game.
Some of the numbers were actually fairly decent. Eli Manning had 2 touchdowns, no interceptions and a 112.6 quarterback rating, actually higher than Philip Rivers with his 3 touchdowns but 2 interceptions and a 86.5 rating. If you remember, Manning had thrown 6 interceptions in the past three games of this Giants losing streak. The Giants have their best shot at winning when the running game allows Eli Manning to pick the best times to throw, and that was showing at various times here, mostly when Brandon Jacobs had the ball. Jacobs averaged 6.1 yards a carry on his 11 runs. It's too bad that Ahmad Bradshaw wasn't as effective with only 39 yards on his 14 carries.
Look at it this way, the Giants were ahead in this game with not much time left. Things were looking good for awhile and you haven't seen very much of that from the Giants over the past few games. There's a bye week to recover so Giant fans, just relax and think good thoughts. After all, a 5-4 team can finish the season with a 12-4 record."

Giants 10:35 drive was their longest since 1993.

Giants held San Diego to just 34 yards on the ground.

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