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Oct 6, 4:25 PM Giants at Seahawks
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Giants win over the Seahawks 29-20

"It was around this time last year when the Giants played the Seahawks at MetLife Stadium. It was a Monday night game and things started out well for the Giants, even with Saquon Barkley and left tackle Andrew Thomas being inactive. Daniel Jones was connecting on every pass, and along with Matt Breida and Wan'Dale Robinson, running for yardage up until he was sacked at the Seattle 37-yard line. Soon facing a 4th-and-1 from the 27-yard line, the Giants decided to go for it. I thought that was a bad idea as I wanted to see the Giants score some first drive sure points with an easy field goal.
It turned out that I was right, even though I didn't want to be, as the Giants ended the drive with a failed "tush push" play as they call it. This also happened to be the turning point of the game even if I didn't know it then, as rookie center John Michael Schmitz and tight end Daniel Bellinger were both injured on that play and ended up out for the game. The Giants went on to score only one field goal and took a 24-3 loss, which gave them a 1-3 record. Today the Giants were coming into this game with that same number of wins and losses, and I was hoping that this season would not continue on the way it did last year.
It wasn't encouraging to see Daniel Jones take a sack for a ten yard loss on his first snap of the game. Soon it was 3rd-and-17, when something good happened. Jones completed an 18 yard pass to running back Eric Gray for a first down. Jones connected with Gray on the very next play for 19 yards. Unlike many previous games first downs kept happening, until Jones got them to a 4th-and-goal from the Seattle 1-yard line.
Gray ran and fumbled near the goal line where the ball was recovered by a Seattle player who returned it 102 yards for a touchdown. Suddenly the Giants were down 7-0 and any thoughts I had about the Giants turning things around quickly left my mind.
As we all know by now, the Giants were able to shake that off and they came up with a strong performance to take the win. It was tied 10-10 at halftime, and on Seattle's first possession in the third quarter, cornerback Deonte Banks forced wide receiver D.K. Metcalf to fumble at the Giants 21-yard line. Jones wasn't holding back, and he started off with a 41-yard completion to Darius Slayton. Three plays later, Jones finished this drive with a 30 touchdown pass to Slayton.
The Giants were up 17-10, and playing well on both sides of the ball, they stayed in front for the rest of the game. Things got tricky when Seattle was at the Giants 28-yard line, and tried for a field goal to tie the game. Linebacker Isaiah Simmons blocked the field goal and wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned the ball 60 yards for a touchdown. The Giants finished up with a 29-20 win today, and maybe they have turned the season around."

"Last year we said if you want to win games or at least look respectable losing them, you have to score points. At that time the Giants had scored only 46 points in four games. They came into this game only a bit better with 60 points. That's really lacking, considering this year they had been working with a healthy crew on offense, and an overall improved offensive line. You didn't expect to see much offense today, as they entered this game against the Seahawks without their top receiver and lead running back. Missing key players, Brian Daboll was forced to use some of the other skilled players on his roster and it worked out well.
The offense scored 23 points and could have had 7 more if running back Eric Gray didn't fumble the ball over to the Seahawks early on. They were leaning heavily on Gray in the first possession and he had three catches for 18, 19, and 13 yards, followed by two runs that gained no yards and included that fumble. Gray didn't get many opportunities for the rest of the game, finishing with 4 carries for 4 yards, and he was targeted just one more time with an incompletion.
Rookie Tyrone Tracy stood out in the running back role with 18 carries for 129 yards, an impressive 7.2 yards a carry. The running game totaled 175 yards, the best so far this season. It wasn't the offenses only strong point. Daniel Jones completed 23 of 34 passes for 257 yards, which included two touchdowns. Rookie Malik Nabers has been Jones favorite target this year, but he was unavailable for this game today. Darius Slayton saw 11 passes come his way, and he caught 8 of them for 122 yards and one touchdown. Wan'Dale Robinson caught the other touchdown pass.
The defense kept Geno Smith off balance hitting him with 7 sacks, and they gave up only 13 of 20 points scored against the Giants. Dexter Lawrence had 3 of those sacks, and he now has 6 on the year. Smith kept at it, and he threw 40 passes to nine different players, but came up with only 1 touchdown. As far as the running game went, it was Smith who came up with 72 yards on his four carries. His two running backs each had more catches than runs, combining for just 7 carries for 30 yards. The Giants secondary kept Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf in check, especially cornerback Deonte Banks, who punched the ball out of Metcalf's hands for safety Tyler Nubin to recover. The Giants handled a tough task today, and have another one coming up next Sunday night with the Cincinnati Bengals.

First Quarter

SEATTLE - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Rayshawn Jenkins 102 Yd Fumble Return (Jason Myers Kick)
Drive info: 16 plays, 79 yards, 10:01
Seahawks 7-0

Second Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Wan'Dale Robinson 7 Yd pass from Daniel Jones (Greg Joseph Kick)
Drive info: 8 plays, 81 yards, 4:26
Tied
GIANTS - FIELD GOAL
Play: Greg Joseph 38 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 12 plays, 58 yards, 5:12
Giants 10-7
SEATTLE - FIELD GOAL
Play: Jason Myers 43 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 3 plays, 45 yards, 0:20
Tied

Third Quarter

GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Darius Slayton 30 Yd pass from Daniel Jones (Greg Joseph Kick)
Drive info: 4 plays, 77 yards, 1:30
Giants 17-10
SEATTLE - FIELD GOAL
Play: Jason Myers 48 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 8 plays, 41 yards, 4:08
Giants 17-13
GIANTS - FIELD GOAL
Play: Greg Joseph 31 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:47
Giants 20-13

Fourth Quarter

GIANTS - FIELD GOAL
Play: Greg Joseph 24 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 6 plays, 21 yards, 2:15
Giants 23-13
SEATTLE - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Jaxon Smith-Njigba 5 Yd pass from Geno Smith (Jason Myers Kick)
Drive info: 14 plays, 95 yards, 3:44
Giants 23-20
GIANTS - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Bryce Ford-Wheaton 60 Yd Return of Blocked Field Goal (Two-Point Conversion Failed)
Drive info: 5 plays, 38 yards, 0:45
Giants 29-20


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