“The responsibility for the play-calling and the time management are mine and therefore the responsibilities go to me”, Coughlin said. The Giants knew their defense was going to be iffy, though.
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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) makes a catch near…
Giants fans might have swallowed this disappointment but for last week-when their team wasted a 10-point lead and lost in Dallas because Manning got confused about the clock and the defense surrendered a touchdown drive in the game’s final minutes. The Giants are a team that nobody expected much from, and many of them – including many media members – are gleefully pointing out all of the Giants’ mistakes as they fall to an inglorious 0-2 record.
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Odell Beckham, Jr., WR, Giants – Beckham hauled in seven passes for 146 yards and a touchdown.
Last week this space said the Giants couldn’t afford to give games away, and now they just did it again. Teams are so evenly matched that a big play on offense or defense – or in the case of the Giants and Falcons’ week one games, a big snafu by a head coach – is often the difference in contests. The team ended up with 97 total rushing yards. They do just enough wrong at the biggest moments in the fourth quarter to lose their games. But it was Devonta Freeman’s two-yard run into the end zone with 1:14 remaining that moved Atlanta to 2-0.
“Of course, we have a lot that we like to talk about in terms of the players and schemes, but at the end of it, it still comes down to how we play – our style, our attitude – and that’s really the way we approach every week”, Quinn said. That wasn’t a finish for me. “He’ll get better, he’ll improve”, Coughlin said. “It’s our own doing”.
Jones, who connected with quarterback Matt Ryan for six receptions for 44 yards in the first quarter alone, recorded 25 of those first-quarter yards on the Falcons’ second drive of the game. Ryan’s would-be touchdown pass to Hankerson was overturned, but with the ball placed at the one, Tevin Coleman didn’t have far to go for the touchdown. The Giants were forced to punt.
Julio Continues to be Great: Jones followed up his stellar Week 1 performance with another impressive showing-this one good for 135 receiving yards. The loose ball tumbled downfield and was recovered by New York for a first down; nonetheless, it was encouraging to see the talented rookie display his explosiveness off the edge. Ryan said. “You make the plays!”
Amukamara accepted his share of the blame. It’s going to be a challenge, but it’s something we’ve got to be able to accomplish.
You want to win the game, point blank, period – everything else is irrelevant except winning. We expect that. I was drafted No. 1 to be that guy.
It’s getting tough to watch, and the Giants are only two weeks into what’s already a season on life support.
Matt Ryan did throw for 363 yards but that will happen when there is no run game.
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First, he gave up the football at the Falcons’ 9 in the third quarter, his mental clock apparently a few ticks too slow as defensive end Kroy Biermann closed on the scrambling quarterback for a strip sack that prevented a touchdown or, at least a field goal that would have extended a 20-10 lead.
