GIANTS 29The Giants are lucky that they were playing the San Francisco 49ers today. In fact, they were lucky they were not playing the 49ers teams of the 1980's and 1990's. The Giants put forth a lackluster effort against the lousy 49ers and almost blew the game late in the second half.
Eli Manning was underwhelming. Most of his passes were either tipped at the line of scrimmage, or he made some bad reads. Overall, Manning was 16 for 31, 161 yards and a touchdown. Not exactly the kind of game he needed after last Monday's meltdown.
Still, the Giants found a way to rely on Brandon Jacobs power and speed. Late in the first quarter, Jacobs got some room down the sideline as he tiptoed his way into the endzone for a touchdown. Jacobs would score again in the second, this one from two yards out to give New York a 14-3 lead.
But the 49ers would not go away. J.T. O'Sullivan hit a wide open Josh Morgan from 30 yards out to cut the lead to four, 14-10.
The Giants built back their lead to 24-10 and had a chance to put the game away with a late field goal, but the attempt was blocked by Manny Lawson. Lawson jumped over the Giants offensive line and ran right into the ball. Nate Clements scooped it up and ran 74 yards for the score to make it 24-17 Giants.
Yet the Giants defense would not relent. They harrassed O'Sullivan all day, sacking him six times. Late in the game, O'Sullivan was sacked in the back of his own endzone for a saftey to all but end the game.
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