“He’s a Saints fan now”, Ingram Jr. told reporters in the New Orleans locker room on Friday. Not just for Cruz, but for the entire team, and in every facet.
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With the win, the Giants are 2-0 for the first time at the start of the season since 2009. He would have to have a monster season, but with the way his receivers look right now it is not out of the realm of possibilities that Manning finishes the season with over 5,000 yards. In the receiving end, Odell Beckham posted 73 yards in four catches while Sterling Shepard added 43 yards and a touchdown in three catches. He played all 73 snaps in that game. “Each and every one of them is lethal”.
The first came on a corner route from the slot on third-and-2 from the Giants’ 48-yard line midway through the third quarter.
“It’s the redemption tour, man”. I want them to make life miserable on Drew Brees. But when the Giants host New Orleans on Sunday, he’ll be at MetLife Stadium rooting for the Saints. They fumbled the ball away three times and dropped a number of passes including two in the end zone.
The Saints highlight of the day might be the goal line stand they made midway through the fourth quarter.
The next Giants possession was in the second quarter but ended prematurely after Manning connected with Victor Cruz on a short pass and Cruz gained 40 yards but was stripped deep in Saints territory by Ken Crawley and Jarius Byrd and the ball was recovered by De’Vante Harris. Unfortunately, the Saints only had 288 yards of total offense.
NY held New Orleans to just 288 yards of offense mainly because the Saints receivers rarely got open and they either don’t have or have completely abandoned this thing in football we call the running game. “Might have something to do with it”.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who threw for 511 yards and seven scores in the Saints’ 52-49 victory last season, was held Sunday to 263 yards and a touchdown.
“It’s very satisfying”, Giants cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said.
“Man, we are just coming out and trying to make plays”. Saints rookie kicker Will Lutz’s attempt late in the second quarter was blocked by Johnathan Hankins and returned by Janoris Jenkins for a touchdown. “But each and every week we were going to come out and play football, and we are going to play at a high level”.
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Even though the Giants are still at the top of the division, they should be anxious about this performance. The Saints used to win these kind of games. The second-year player was taken off the field on a stretcher after hitting his head against tight end Larry Donnell’s knee and seconds later being hit in the back of the helmet by a helmet. He was then kicked again in the back of the neck by teammate Craig Robertson as he tried to help on the tackle.
