Giants Win

Well, Osi was back and he showed it with a sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery, TD in the first half, and Tuck came up large late turning what looked like it was gonna be a TD drive into a FGA. The final score was 23-17, but the Giants probably should have won by more. Once again this year, the O bogged down in the green zone and we settled for 3 FG's when we should have had 3 more TD's. On top of that, Hakeem Nicks sprained his foot on a catch where he was also hit late.

Mario Manningham had the only offensive TD on an electric screen play where he went all the way down the sideline. Steve Smith had 6 catches, though the lone int came when we once again tried to hit him deep. Kevin Boss had three big, field changing passes. Hixon had one or two passes and two or three drops. He doesn't look like he'll be a starter for long. Jacobs and Bradshaw both ran better than expected against the Haynesworth Skins D. Though, like in the greenzone, some weird playcalling left them inefficient on third and fourth and short plays.

Corey Webster competed with Osi and Mario for play of the game honors when he picked off a pass while reaching in front of Santana Moss and falling out of bounds. He managed to keep both feet in, and was perhaps the best player on the field all day. Terrell Thomas had his ups and downs, but also made some nice place. Kenny Phillips still hasn't broken out, and Michael Johnson had a bunch of tackles. CC Brown gave up the late TD in coverage but was otherwise okay. Bruce Johnson had some ups and downs, but hung in there.

Gotta go to Texas and play the Cowboys next week and the greenzone stuff and the short yardage stuff has to get figured out by then.

1-0! Go Giants!