Quarterback Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes, and the NY Giants earned a 32-18 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium.
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Many news reports alleged that an angry Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan has tried to burn the team’s flag after the Buccaneers lost the match to NY Giants 32-18 on Sunday evening.
After Manning threw a pass behind Odell Beckham Jr. that the receiver deflected for an interception on the game’s first play, Pierre-Paul’s attack on the Buccaneers offensive line helped stop a second-down run on a drive that ended with Tampa Bay settling for a field goal.
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In an earlier post on his Instagram account, Pierre-Paul reposted a photo released by NY Daily News with the caption “They trying so hard to bring me down, but it won’t work, I’m still the best and will always be the best at what I do! I understand that me being a franchise player, I have to do more”.
“At times we didn’t play as well as we’re capable of playing, and then we kind of boosted it up at the end to make sure that we were going to win“, NY coach Tom Coughlin said. Since the start of the 2011 season, he has been the third most accurate field goal kicker in the NFL.
Pierre-Paul made his season debut for the Giants, playing for the first time since the July 4 fireworks accident that sidelined him for training camp and the first eight games.
It was running back by full committee this week, with four of the running backs combining for 114 yards on the ground with Rashad Jennings leading the pack with 48 rushing yards.
The rookie’s 2-point conversion pass to the rear of the end zone was caught out of bounds.
Forget that the Giants (5-4) have to play Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday in their final game before a bye. It also denied them what would have been the team’s first two-game winning streak since 2013.
The Buccaneers ran for 136 yards on 23 carries against the Giants, marking the fifth straight game in which the rushing attack has cracked triple digits. The Buccaneers added another field goal to make the score 17-9 at halftime.
Evans matched a career high with eight catches, and his 152 receiving yards were his third most in a game behind the 209- and 164-yard efforts against Washington last year and this year, respectively.
“It was a good win, we needed this win. We’ve just got to continue to build as a team and get better each and every week to remain there”. “We’re just not doing that right now”, McCoy said.
“Obviously, the guy hadn’t played, so he was rusty in terms of that, but I thought he got a few great jumps off the snap and I thought his inside move was an outstanding move”, Coughlin said.
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The 23-year-old Jacobs joined New York’s practice squad two months ago following his release from the Baltimore Ravens.
