Dec 20,
8:20 PM Browns at Giants
Game 14 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
Browns | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Giants
lose to the Browns 20-6 "This
game started off with Dion Lewis returning the kickoff just past midfield. A few
plays later, Colt McCoy hit Sterling Shepard with a 22 yard pass. That had them
at the Cleveland 13 yard line. I was feeling good. The Giants were going to score
on their first drive with either a touchdown or a field goal, but then on fourth
down, they tried some crazy trick play with our punter passing the ball into the
endzone. It was high and incomplete, and instead of setting a good tone for this
game, we had zero points to show after this promising drive. Cleveland fought
their way to the Giants 43-yard line, and felt confident enough to go for it on
a 4th-and-2. It was a mistake, and the Giants offense was back on the field once
again with good field position. On this drive McCoy completed another big pass,
this time to Darius Slayton for 35 yards. When things stalled at the Cleveland
19-yard line, Graham Gano kicked a 37 yard field goal that put the Giants up 3-0. The
Giants defense was having trouble defending against Baker Mayfield. It looked
like he was completing nearly every pass, and their next drive ended with a touchdown
that let them take a 7-3 lead. On this next drive the Giants had a fourth down
on the Cleveland 6-yard line, and needed two for a first down. Once again they
didn't kick a field goal, and Wayne Gallman's run was a yard short. The Browns
had a long way to go, but they did it and scored another touchdown just near the
end of the half. They missed on the extra point, so they were up 13-3. All during
halftime, I couldn't stop thinking that the Giants should be down by just four
points instead of ten, if they had just kicked those two field goals. Cleveland's
starting drive in the third quarter was cut short, helped by Dexter Lawrence sacking
Mayfield for an 11 yard loss. Even though McCoy completed a 21 yard pass to Slayton
on the next drive, they had to punt, and Mayfield was stuck starting on his own
5-yard line. That just meant that Cleveland got to use up eight minutes of clock
time before scoring their next touchdown. Neither team got far on their next
possessions. McCoy had three first down completions in a row on his next turn
with the ball, but that was it. The Giants settled for a so what 39 yard field
goal with just about 4 minutes left. They didn't recover the onside kick, and
the next time the Giants had the ball, there was just over one minute left and
they had no timeouts. The Giants lost 20-6, and I have to admit, these last two
games were not very much fun to watch."
"The
Giants had a chance to move into first place. There are only two more games left
to do that, and Washington controls the outcome. That would have been flipped
if the Giants managed to pull an upset over Cleveland, since Washington lost in
their earlier game today. After seeing how the Browns played in the last two
weeks, the Giants knew they would have to score a lot of points. Their opening
drive got them down to the Cleveland 5-yard line. Instead of kicking a short field
goal, they tried to seal some extra points with a trick play, and those efforts
failed. They did score one field goal before the end of the half, and on the other
side of the ball, the defense had surrendered 219 total yards, but only 13 points,
so the Giants had a shot. Time became a big factor in the second half, and
even though the defense held Cleveland to just one touchdown, the Giants were
able to add only one more field goal. That put them on the losing side of this
20-6 game. The Giants outsmarted themselves on a few plays, and in the end
scored the least amount of points in any game this season. That's a little bit
alarming considering last week they did the same thing by scoring just 7 points
against Cincinnati. In the last four games, even though they won two, the Giants
have scored just 19, 17, 7 and 6 points. Next up is the Baltimore Ravens, and
the offense is going to have to do much better to give the team a chance.
First Quarter
| GIANTS
- FIELD GOAL Play:
Graham Gano 37 Yd Field Goal Drive info: 7 plays, 38 yards, 2:53 Giants
3-0 |
Second Quarter
| BROWNS
- TOUCHDOWN Play:
Austin Hooper 2 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Cody Parkey Kick) Drive info:
13 plays, 75 yards, 6:41 Browns 7-3 BROWNS
- TOUCHDOWN Play:
Jarvis Landry 2 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield Drive info: 10 plays, 95 yards,
4:55 Browns 13-3 |
Third Quarter
| NONE |
Fourth Quarter
| BROWNS
- TOUCHDOWN Play:
Nick Chubb 1 Yd Run (Cody Parkey Kick) Drive info: 14 plays, 95 yards, 8:04
Browns 20-3
GIANTS - FIELD
GOAL Play:
Graham Gano 39 Yd Field Goal Drive info: 9 plays, 56 yards, 2:18 Browns
20-6 |
Notes:
Giants scored their lowest amount of
points this season for the second week in a row. Giants
have had seven losing seasons in the last eight years. Next
Games:
DEC 27 Giants at Baltimore JAN 3
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