Week 2: Giants vs Broncos

Shame on me. Shame on me for thinking that the Giants had a chance in this game. Shame on me for thinking that they’d win, despite multiple sport analysts and sport personalities picked them to upset the Broncos. Shame.

I’m going to reluctantly recap the game. But if I’m going to be honest, I started to tune out towards the end of the game. So I’ll be piecing the end of the game together like a blackout. Here goes nothing...

1st Quarter:
The Broncos started off the game receiving the ball. They drove down the field in dominant fashion, but luckily the Broncos’ rookie running back Montee Ball fumbled the ball near the goal line. The Giants recovered the ball in the endzone for a touchback.
On the Giants’ first possession, they drive down the field only to settle for a field goal.
The Giants and Broncos exchanged punts for the rest of the quarter.
Score: Giants 3-Broncos 0

2nd Quarter:
The Broncos were in the middle of a drive at the beginning of the second quarter. It wasn’t long until Broncos’ running back Knowshon Moreno broke off a twenty yard touchdown run.
After they exchange punts, the Giants start their possession with great field position. Eli connects with Brandon Myers and it looks like Myers has a good shot of making to the endzone. But instead he stumbles and falls to the ground on the eighteen yard line. At that point I knew they weren’t getting a touchdown on that possession. After a Rueben Randle fumble that was luckily taken away due to a defensive penalty and some dropped passes, I was proven right. They settle for three points.
After a Denver punt, the Giants kick yet another field goal and and the Broncos respond in kind.
With the first half winding down and the Giants trailing, Eli came out throwing. Eli closes out this drive with a deep throw to endzone, where nobody wearing a blue jersey is. It was picked off easily by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
Big brother Peyton kneels the ball to end the half.
Score: Giants 9-Broncos 10

3rd Quarter:
The G-Men start the second half in spectacular fashion by going three and out.
The Broncos, who probably are the best at halftime adjustments, drove right downfield and Peyton connected with Wes Welker for a two yard touchdown.

Welcome back, Brandon.

New York gets the ball back and, with the help of defensive penalties, the Giants make it to the goal line. Now it’s time for the Giants’ prodigal son Brandon Jacobs to get the rock. Jacobs gets stuffed at the line but is then taunted by Denver’s Terrance Knighton. At that point I say, give it to Jacobs again, because there’s no way he’s not getting in after that. And, like before, I was correct as he wasn’t denied and scored a touchdown. Then he did that crazy-ass dance of his.
On the Broncos’ next drive Peyton connected with Demaryius Thomas for a sixteen yard play, but he fumbled. The Giants were trying to grab that ball like it was a greased pig. It was eventually recovered by Denver’s Moreno. Another wasted opportunity by the Giants. But don’t worry, it didn’t bite them in the ass or anything. Except if  you consider Denver scoring as being bitten in the ass. Then yes, the Giants got bitten in the ass. Really hard. Like if you were swimming in shark infested waters with a chum bathing suit. 
The Giants run one play before the end of the third quarter.
Score: Giants 16-Broncos 24

4th Quarter:
The first play of the quarter was the Giants second play of the drive. Which was Eli’s second interception.
Eli’s brother takes over and throws a touchdown to Julius Thomas.
The following Giants’ drive stalled so they punted the ball away. Trindon Holliday fields the punt and houses it. This starts the beginning of my blurred Giants’ game memory.
So the Giants’ get the ball back, and I’m pretty sure that Eli just handed the ball to the Broncos. It was probably an interception but who knows, who cares.
Denver goes three and out on their next possession.
With the Giants’ next drive they scored. I think it was a pass to Da’Rel Scott. I don’t know for sure, though. At this point Slash would have a better chance remembering what he did on Guns N Roses’ Appetite for Destruction tour.

This is what I looked like while I watched the fourth quarter on Sunday.

The Broncos’ responded with a field goal.
When the Giants’ got the ball back with around two minutes left, they were already out of it. So Eli just threw the ball around until he and Randle got crossed up on an option route and the ball was picked off for Eli’s fourth interception.
After Peyton kneels down twice the game is mercifully over.
Score: Giants 23-Denver 41

Hey Tyler Perry, stop. Just stop.

This was a tough game to sit through. There were moments of the game where I’d rather watch a Tyler Perry movie than watch the Giants fall apart. That’s right, I would have preferred Madea over Manning.

Even with their heartbreaking loss to Dallas, I was able to gather a few reasons why they weren’t as bad as they played. However, I can’t really say many positive things about this game except that the reason they got a big brother beat down was because they were just outmatched by a superior team.

So what have I learned?

A lot of the Giants’ problems can be linked to their problems with their offensive line. They have gotten older and slower. This is why they have trouble creating running lanes or pushing the defensive line back on a goal line rush.

Rueben Randle and Eli Manning are having issues getting on the same page. They were a few plays where there was a mix up between the two players that resulted in an interception.

It’s nice to have Brandon Jacobs back. The team was missing some swagger, some grit. He’s gonna bring that back to the locker room.

The Giants are very top heavy in terms of talent. They have a few big name players, but the drop off is tremendous.

Eli can’t always be put in a position where he has to win the game for the Giants. I know that it worked two years ago, but it seems that the same kind of magic won’t happen again this year.

It’s hard to say the Giants have a must win game in September, but they really painted themselves into a corner. I hope that being in this hole will light a fire under their underachieving asses.

That's it! Now you guys are in a poop load of trouble!

The positive thing is that the NFC East is very competitive and very close so they aren’t dead yet. They just have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.