Week 13: Giants at Redskins

“We’re just gonna go out there any have some fun. It doesn’t matter what we’re playing for.” I’m paraphrasing what Eli Manning said before his Sunday Night game against the Washington Redskins. Considering that Grown Ups 2 has a better shot of winning an Oscar than the Giants have of making the playoffs, I’ll look for moral victories wherever I can find them. Beating a bad Redskins’ team is hardly a moral victory, but it will have to suffice for now.

And the Oscar for best picture goes to...

First Quarter:
RGIII started off the game on the right knee as he lead his team on a fifteen play, seven minute drive that ended in an Alfred Morris touchdown.
The Giants responded by going three and out.
Then the Redskins punted the ball back.
Then the Giants punted the ball back to the Redskins.
Two plays into Washington’s possession the quarter ended.
Score: Giants 0 - Redskins 7

Second Quarter:

His name is Logan Paulsen! His name is Logan Paulsen!...

The Redskins continued their drive that started in the first quarter and finished it with a touchdown from RGIII to the Rasputin looking tight end Logan Paulsen. That was Robert’s twelfth completion on his twelfth attempt. Despite him walking like a peg-legged pirate, RGIII looked like his vintage 2012 self.
The G-Men responded with a scoring drive of their own. The Browntown Express was the one who scored on a twenty-three yard rush.
After a Washington punt, a New York punt, and another Washington punt, the Giants put together another scoring drive. This time it was a twenty-two yard pass from Eli to the heavily-bearded tight end, Brandon Myers.
The half ends in the middle of a Redskins possession.
Score: Giants 14 - Redskins 14

Third Quarter:
The second half began with back to back punts by the Giants and Redskins.
However, the punt streak ended with an Eli Manning interception. He threw a high pass to Randle, who couldn’t get a handle on it, and the ball found it’s way into the arms of the  headhunting safety, Brandon Meriweather.
Washington got three points thanks to a field goal from “Cobra” Kai Forbath.
The Giants then punted back to the Redskins, and the Redskins punted the ball right back to the Giants.
The quarter ended after two plays of a Giants’ possession.
Score: Giants 14 - Redskins 17

Fourth Quarter:
New York ended their drive from the third quarter with another touchdown from Andre Brown.
The Redskins then punted.
Then the Giants punted.
Then the Skins punted again.
Big Blue then settles for a field goal.

He doesn't seem to be offended by the team name.

Washington started their drive with two and a half minutes left and only down by a touchdown. RGIII started to look dialed in again like his vintage, first quarter self. On a second and five play, RGIII completes a pass to Pierre Garcon for five yards. It should have been a first down, the chain gang thought it was. But the ball was marked a yard short and no official measurement was requested by the officials. So despite all of the yelling from the red skinned Redskin coach, Mike Shanahan, Washington now had a third and one instead of a first and ten. After an incomplete pass, the Skins were facing a fourth and one. On that play Pierre Garcon caught an RGIII pass for six yards.
However, Garcon gets the ball torn from his arms by Giants’ safety Will Hill.
After two kneel downs by Eli the game was over.
Final Score: Giants 24 - Redskins 17

I know the officials messed up on spotting the ball and signaling what down it was, but the Skins were still able to get a first down on the two plays later. In other words, the officials didn’t hand the game over to the Giants, Will Hill ripped the game out of Pierre Garcon’s hands.

So what have I learned?

The Giants showed a Charlie Conway amount of heart out there on Sunday night. With essentially nothing to play for, and down by fourteen early in the game, Big Blue refused to quit. Justin Tuck was the leader of the team racking up four sacks during the game. He’s only had two and half so far this season.

If the Giants play out the season like Charlie Conway would, I would not be disappointed.

There really isn’t much I can say about the G-Men now. It’ll take a miracle for the Giants to make the playoffs. Like the Giants will have to win the rest of their games, and both the Eagles and Cowboys would have to have explosive diarrhea for the rest of the season. So in other words it’s not happening. But it’s good to see that the Giants aren’t mailing in the rest of the season.