Oct 10,
8:20 PM Giants at New England
Game 6 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
Giants | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Patriots | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Giants
lose to the Patriots 35-14 "New
England was heavily favored going into this game. The Giants were coming off a
loss. They were the traveling team on a short week. They didn't have their best
running backs Saquon Barkley or Wayne Gallman on the field. Sterling Shepard was
out, and Golden Tate didn't show us much playing in his first game back on Sunday.
In the first quarter Daniel Jones threw an interception, and the special teams
unit had a punt blocked and returned for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Jones
threw another interception. The Patriots needed only 20 yards to score a touchdown,
and they did. Despite all this, the score was 21-14, and the Giants were trailing
by just one touchdown at halftime. It helped that the Giants defense bailed Jones
out on his first interception by getting one of their own on Tom Brady on the
very next play. They hadn't allowed Brady any touchdown passes, and were limiting
the Patriots lead rusher to less than three yards a carry. The third quarter
started off badly, with Daniel Jones throwing his third interception of the game
on the opening drive. Luckily, the Patriots missed on a field goal attempt,
and the score remained the same. At the start of the fourth quarter, the Patriots
went for it on a 4th-and-5 from the Giants 32 yard line, and Brady's pass to Julian
Edelman was incomplete. This was the Giants opportunity to turn the game around.
On the third play of the drive, Jones completed a pass to running back Jon Hilliman,
but the Patriots forced a fumble, and the ball was recovered by them and returned
for a touchdown. After the Giants went 3-and-out, the Patriots scored another
touchdown to put them up 35-14, and that soon became the final score. Hopefully
the Giants get a few more players back before they meet up with the Cardinals
at MetLife Stadium ten days from now. We really need them back."
"The
Giants gave up just one touchdown in the first quarter, and that, only because
a special teams player was knocked backwards, and the ball bounced up off his
helmet to be recovered by New England, and run into the endzone. In the second
quarter, the Giants matched a powerful offense led by Tom Brady, touchdown for
touchdown. Each team had scored two, giving the Patriots a 21-14 lead. Daniel
Jones, after throwing an interception on his previous drive, connected with Golden
Tate for a 64-yard touchdown. Right after that, Brady was sacked by Lorenzo Carter,
and Markus Golden recovered the ball and ran it back for a touchdown. The Patriots
got their two, first benefiting when Jones interception gave them great field
position at the Giants 20-yard line, and later on their last drive of the half. Somehow
that first early special teams mishap touchdown was all the difference, even with
the Patriots controlling the ball for nearly two thirds of the first half, while
making 14 first downs to the Giants 5. On third down conversions the Patriots
were 4 of 8, and the Giants 0 for 4. I don't think the Patriots felt as comfortable
going into the halftime break as they may have felt at the start of this game.
Despite all the numbers, the Giants weren't going down as easily as expected. Even
though Jones threw his third interception of the day, the score didn't change
in the third quarter, as New England missed on a 40 yard field goal. It came down
to the fourth quarter, where the Patriots were able to put the game out of reach,
but not because of Brady as you might expect though he did pile on in their drive
after that. The Giants offense threw the game away when Jonathan Hilliman fumbled
the ball, and the Patriots returned it for a touchdown. That
gave the Patriots a two touchdown lead with less than nine minutes to play.
The Giants failed to make a first down on their next turn, and Brady took his
team downfield, ending this drive with his second 1-yard touchdown run of the
day. At the end of the day, the final score of 35-14 better reflectied the overall
numbers. New England had made 27 first
downs to the Giants 10. On third down conversions they were 6 of 13, and the Giants
2 of 10. They had committed 2 turnovers, and the Giants had 4. They owned the
clock for nearly 40 minutes to the Giants 20, and racked up twice as many total
yards, 427 to 213. It's hard to believe that this was a close game for as long
as it was."
First Quarter
| NEW
ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN Play:
Chase Winovich 6 Yd Return of Blocked Punt (Mike Nugent Kick) Drive info:
3 plays, 1 yard, 1:50 Patriots 7-0 |
Second Quarter
| NEW
ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN Play:
Brandon Bolden 1 Yd Run (Mike Nugent Kick) Drive info: 5 plays, 20 yards,
2:15 Patriots 14-0 GIANTS
- TOUCHDOWN Play:
Golden Tate 64 Yd pass from Daniel Jones (Aldrick Rosas Kick) Drive info:
3 plays, 75 yards, 1:06 Patriots 14-7 GIANTS
- TOUCHDOWN Play:
Markus Golden 42 Yd Fumble Return (Aldrick Rosas Kick) Drive info: 3 plays,
17 yards, 1:27 Tied NEW
ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN Play:
Tom Brady 1 Yd Run (Mike Nugent Kick) Drive info: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:02
Patriots 21-14 |
Third Quarter
| NONE |
Fourth Quarter
| NEW
ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN Play:
Kyle Van Noy 22 Yd Fumble Return (Mike Nugent Kick) Drive info: 3 plays, -7
yards, 0:55 Patriots 28-14 NEW
ENGLAND - TOUCHDOWN Play:
Tom Brady 1 Yd Run (Mike Nugent Kick) Drive info: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:09
Patriots 35-14 |
Notes:
Golden Tate's 64-yard touchdown catch
was the Giants second-longest play of the season.
Giants have given up at least 400 yards in four of their six games.
Giants have totaled season lows of 213, and 211 offensive yards in the last two
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