Beckham would finish the game with 12 catches for 146 yards and that one touchdown. Last week he tied a franchise record with 13 receptions and caught a 38-yard pass to set up the game-winning score. His only catch in the second half was a big one.
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“I’m over it”, Manning said.
“If they lose today, I’m not watching football for the rest of the season”, said Jonathan Adams, a 27-year-old fan in Section 343. I don’t think they will make that mistake again. I can always have plays where I wish I had back…
Giants head coach Tom Coughlin spent the last few days getting eviscerated on television, radio, the Internet, your mom’s Facebook news feed and several other mediums for the Giants’ reprehensible clock management skills and decision-making at the end of last week’s loss to the Cowboys, a game they were leading by 10 points late in the fourth quarter. He’s got to play better.
-1. For the second week in a row, a strong argument could be made that the Giants beat themselves with sloppy play.
After the debacle in Dallas, they did it again this week in a 24-20 loss to the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium, squandering a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter. Freeman was held to 18 yards rushing but chipped in with three catches for 29 yards. Then Ryan guided the Falcons to the winning score.
Ryan will bounce back next week on the road against a New York Giants defense that completely blew it on Sunday night against rival Dallas. “We talk every week about finishing”.
But the Giants still don’t know how to win games. “That’s not what happened”.
JULIO THE BEAST: Julio Jones is off to another monster season, catching nine passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns in the season-opener. Mathews took it in from there, giving Philadelphia its first lead of the game.
“The competitive nature of the finish of the game has got to improve”. “There’s definitely a lot more opportunity for us to go down the field instead of having those two safeties deep, kind of hindering us from doing that”. “There’s nobody to blame but us”. And had Unga simply turned around on Ryan’s 2nd-and-6 throw to Devonte Freeman, the game would have been over. Thanks to Chip Kelly’s coaching snafu, that largely remained the narrative for Dan Quinn, the former Seahawks defensive coordinator who was coaching his first game for the Falcons. He had seven receptions Sunday – and it was little consolation.
Alford had Beckham, who ran a slant.
But it was Jones and the Falcons who had the final say. “It’s 60 minutes”.
Then Manning fired down the field to tight end Larry Donnell, who let the ball go through his hands for an incomplete pass.
SPECIAL TEAMS: B-minus – Punter Matt Bosher averaged 54.6 yards on five punts, but had a net average of 37.4.
Tamme later was guilty of holding to negate a touchdown, but Ryan’s ideal throw to leaping Hankerson made it 20-17. “It was nothing new to us”. “We’ve just got to make sure guys stay strong”.
Eli Manning coughs up the ball in the second half of the game against Atlanta. The left tackle hobbled off with a sprained left ankle.
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Linebacker Paul Soliai fell on the loose ball at his own 9-yard line for no gain, snuffing out the Giants’ drive.
