Browns End Giants 11 Game Road Winning Streak

BROWNS 35

GIANTS 14

New Yorkers should think before purchasing any Super Bowl tickets this year. The Giants not only got beaten by the Cleveland Browns, they got completely exposed by a Browns offense that committed about eight illegal procedure and false start penalties.

Hard to do, but the Giants allowed Cleveland to regroup after all of their penalties to chew up huge amounts of yards and clock as the Browns romped 35-14.

The Browns were able to take advantage not only of a porous Giants defense, they bullied and harrassed quaterback Eli Manning. The Super Bowl MVP threw three interceptions, one of which was returned for a 94 yard touchdown by saftey Eric Wright.

Derek Anderson showed glimpses that he can return to his 2007 form, throwing for 310 yards and two touchdowns. In the second quarter, Anderson threaded the needle to Darnell Dinkins for a 22 yard TD to give Cleveland a 17-7 lead.

In the fourth, Anderson found Braylon Edwards from 11 yards out, to complete a incredible 20 play,8:16, 87 yard drive. On that drive Cleveland committed five offensive penalites, but Anderson found ways to make up the lost yardage hitting Edwards, Steve Heiden and James Wright on a consistent basis.

The Giants are in big trouble. Their secondary was exposed as unable to stop a big passing game. There were hints of it when the Bengals almost beat New York in week 3, and it was even clearer Monday night. The Giants will be playing big play offenses for the rest of the season, so they are going to have to shore up their pass defense if they are going to get back to playing at a high level.

The loss also hurts the Giants from the standpoint that they cannot separate themselves from the rest of the teams in the NFC. Now they are one of many contending teams in the conference, not the best team as many thought earlier in the week.