Finally, the Giants found the end zone as they drove 80 yards and Manning hooked up with Rueben Randle for an eight yard touchdown on third and five.
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The reviews are in from coach Tom Coughlin and, after studying and dissecting what Jason Pierre-Paul gave the Giants in his first game of the season, the coach was more than pleased by what he got out of his comeback kid at defensive end.
“Very tough”, Bucs linebacker Lavonte David said. They had an offense that managed just three Josh Brown field goals after the halftime.
Twenty-three seconds to be exact. “When a game ends up like this one did, things like that really stand out”. The Giants added a field goal with 28 seconds remaining, then scored a defensive touchdown on the game’s final play when the Bucs attempted a lateral and NY cornerback Trevin Wade picked up the loose ball and went 5 yards to seal the outcome. The victory on the heels of a 52-49 loss to the Saints moved NFC East-leading NY back over.500. Unfortunately, they were unable to carry the momentum forward, as the Buccaneers failed to convert the game-tying, two-point conversion after Winston’s pass was too high for Vincent Jackson to control in the end zone.
Jameis Winston completed 19 of 36 passes for 249 yards and was not intercepted for the fourth straight game. The flag costs $26,000 and hangs from 15-foot pole at One Buccaneer Place, the Tampa Tribune reports. “We have to learn how to win a game and keep fighting and then win the next one. We’re playing our tail off”, Winston said.
“Eventually we’re going to break through”, Winston said.
-QB Eli Manning threw an interception on his first pass, but he bounced back with two touchdowns in the first half and finished with 213 yards.
On Sunday he played with his hand wrapped in a “club”, a soft cast, instead of using the four-fingered glove designed for him by the team’s training staff, according to Yahoo!
Pierre-Paul played with his right hand, where he also mangled his thumb and middle finger, heavily wrapped in something that resembled an oven mitt.
You can bet that Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots are going to be looking forward to getting a shot at this pass defense next Sunday. He progressed enough during workouts that the Giants made a decision to speed up the timetable.
“I don’t know what it is”.
Jason Pierre-Paul – Wow!
The game was a homecoming of sorts for Pierre-Paul, who played in college at South Florida. Johnathan Hankins forced a fumble that led to a Giants’ touchdown early in Sunday’s game and suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the process.
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Jennings signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent on September 7 after spending his first nine seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears.
