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PostGame: Giants 26 Bengals 23

by Rob Harding on September 21st, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Wow, what a game! The Giants defeated the Bengals by a score of 26-23 in OT. The win leads the Giants to their first 3-0 start since 2000, and dropped the Bengals to an awful 0-3 start.

Eli Manning lead numerous drives on the day, including the final drive in OT that lead to the game winning field goal. On the day Eli was 26-43 for 289 yards with a touchdown. The most important part, no interceptions.

The Giants defense started with a bang, sacking Carson Palmer on the first play of the game. The big fella in the middle did most of the work today, as DT Fred Robbins had a tackle, two sacks, and even got his hand on a field goal attempt, to no avail though. The anchor Antonio Pierce added a solid nine tackles.

Plaxico Burress was a no show for most of the day, catching only three balls for 45 yards. But, with Plax struggling, Kevin Boss stepped up, and caught his frst pass and touchdown of the year. The touchdown came on the drive to take the lead with two minutes left in regulation. Game ball, and catch, goes to Amani Toomer. Toomer made a fantastic catch in OT, to put the Giants in chip shot field goal range. John Carney sealed it with his fourth field goal of the day.

The Giants head into their bye week on a high, and travel to Seattle to face off against the receiver less Seahawks in Week 5.
  • http://nygiants.meetup.com/21/ Keyser

    What happens when Tynes comes back? John Carney looks so solid kicking and has a strong leg. Does the team dare risk switching kickers, despite Tynes new contract? As far as Im concerned, Im happy with Carney as the kicker for the year.

  • BiggieSmalls

    Tynes should keep his mouth shut and stay inactive otherwise he could get cut. He’s a complainer and could wind up cut. First moaning about the holds and snaps then about the grass at Albany.

    Word is he has a torn meniscus which can be reinjured or reaggravated very easily.

  • GoWrightGo

    I do not know about the Tynes situation but like the rest of you…I see the value to a kicker currently having success and in Giant Blue. Why mess with what is working?

    As to the papers I have read that the G Men dodged a bullet and they were outplayed by an inferior team etc etc…..

    I have this to say. The Bengals are on par with the Giants and they were a top ten team in the league staring at 0-3. What happened to the Patriots was a big time upset but what happened to the Giants was frankly to be expected. I felt the Bengals were and are very dangerous. They have great receivers, a very good QB, solid running back and solid defensive line. They are not the Rams or Raiders regardless of the record. They lost to the Ravens Titans and now Giants….3 undefeated teams.

    I am more confident this year than in any in recent memory about the Giants. We have a QB who can will a win when the money is on the line and we have receivers who are not afraid to get up and grab the big catch to keep a drive alive.

    Defense on this team is better than what they showed in the second half yesterday and I am confident it was more of a bump in the road on defense than an indication of what is to come. They also still only gave up 23 pts to a very good offensive team.

    Giants this year 11-5 maybe 12 – 4 material and destined for more greatness by seasons end!

  • http://www.matttracy.com Matt Tracy

    The Seattle game is home

  • BiggieSmalls

    whats up with the stadium emptying in the fourth quarter??

    Salzberg made mention of that in the Post Game on KRock.

    People are leaving a game that close?? jeez.. talk about a crowd that takes the privilege of attending games for granted.

    Hopefully PSLs will cause some of these fat cats to sell some tickets to fans who want to cheer loud and stay til the end.

    • GoWrightGo

      Was not there this week but opened up the season on Thursday night there and from experience….leaving the stadium is a complete disaster…as is getting there actually.

      The whole experience is miserable except for the game itself which is awesome.

      I don’t expect to go to anymore games this year as a result of how awful it was to try to leave the opener.

      We left the game with just over a minute left in the game. Got to our cars in about 15 minutes after leaving the seat and then waited an entire hour to get out of the little parking lot we were stranded in before making it out to the service roads leading to the hwys.

      It was pure torture.

      If people are leaving the stadium with 8 minutes left in the game…I get it if it helps to alleviate the pain of waiting.

      Those really smart guys probably tailgate both before and after to make it bearable. If I go back…that is what I will do.

      • BiggieSmalls

        ive waited a ton of time to leave Giants stadium as well.

        It looks horrible when the stadium empties out in a close game with the potential of Overtime.

        This is not a recent phenomenon. Giants fans have been early leavers for years. The level of noise in the stadium is an embarassment and the players know it when they constantly have to prompt the fans for noise.

        Its just endemic of the people who go to the games.