He fumbled a shotgun snap, too, and through three quarters had only nine completions to three interceptions.
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After the New York Giants’ embarrassing 49-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, head coach Tom Coughlin’s job seems anything but safe.
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (5) is sacked by New York Giants defensive ends George Selvie (93) and Robert Ayers (91) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in Minneapolis.
“I feel badly that they feel that way”, Coughlin said when informed of Manning’s thoughts.
“Once we get in the playoffs, the only team that can beat the Vikings is the Vikings”, Bridgewater said, citing Zimmer’s message to the team this week.
Manning and the Giants’ offense repeatedly put their defense in perilous positions in the first half.
At the end of the game, Manning hit Myles White for a 25-yard touchdown to make it slightly more respectable at 49-17, which is how the game would end. Either due to injury or a roster with poor depth, that defense couldn’t come up with late-game stops that could have given the Giants a playoff berth. “And it speaks a lot about this team-a group of guys who were determined all year long, and we faced some adversity, and the guys fought through it. I’m just happy for this team”. “But our work isn’t done yet”.
During the first quarter, the Giants looked like they still had some pride as they forced punts on the first three Minnesota possessions, including one on an interception by Eli Manning.
The Vikings were good in all phases of the game, but Harrison Smith’s 35-yard pick six in the second quarter broke the game open and gave the Vikings a 16-3 lead. No one who follows the Giants has reason to think that will happen, especially not with Coughlin, whose ties to the franchise are as strong as any coach in its history, dating to his time as a Super Bowl winning wide receivers coach for the 1990 championship team. “When you’re playing against a team as good as the Vikings… you can’t afford to make any errors”. That’s the first time since Brett Favre in 2009 that a Vikings QB has eclipsed 3,000 passing yards in a season.
RUN DEFENSE: B. The Giants did well to hold the Vikings to 44 rushing yards at the half, 38 of which were by Adrian Peterson.
Bridgewater, who has passed for more than 6,000 yards in his short career, recently passed Randall Cunningham for 10th all-time in passing yards by a Vikings quarterback.
Manning dropped to 3-5 in eight career starts against the Vikings.
The game was effectively ended on a third Manning interception.
“I think that we’ve learned the kind of mentality that we have to have these last four weeks”, Zimmer said. “We have one week to go”.
The offense was an appalling 1-of-13 on third and fourth downs; they sorely missed the presence of Odell Beckham as a go-to receiver.
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“My five years here every year I’ve been realizing this is a Giants family, like when you walk in the building you get greeted by the Maras and the Tisches, ” Amukamara said. We keep saying that we feel like this week was maybe our best game of the year. Anthony Barr (knee) and Linval Joseph (toe/foot) also returned to the field for the Vikings. Of course, the coaches had to insert Andre Williams in the game for his three carries and he didn’t disappoint, keeping true to his per-carry average of 2.0 yards or less (this week it was 1.7 yards per carry).
