Ahmad Bradshaw Impressive as Giants Beat Browns

GIANTS 41
BROWNS 27 

Ahmad Bradshaw was on his way to becoming the goat of the day. On the Giants first play from scrimmage, Bradshaw fumbled the ball to the Browns at the Giants own 20-yard line. Three plays later, Browns running back Trent Richardson dashed up the middle for a 15-yard score to give Cleveland a 7-0 lead.

Things quickly got worse for Big Blue when quarterback Brandon Weeden found Josh Gordon in single coverage for a 62-yard touchdown stirke, and just like that less than five minutes into the ball game the Browns held a 14-0 lead.

Three weeks after the Giants last home game, which saw them erase a huge deficit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Giants would have to equal that effort to beat the Browns.

This time the comeback was a lot easier. 

Thanks to the calm and cool demeanor of Eli Manning, and a sudden resurgence of Bradshaw, the Giants erased a 14-point deficit in the first half, including putting up 20 striaght points to take a 27-17 halftime lead.

First, Manning drove Big Blue on a crisp 11 play 92 yard drive, that culminated in a short touchdown pass to Victor Cruz cutting the Browns lead in half.

Trailing 17-10 in the second, the Giants got the break they needed, when Steve Brown picked off Weeden, setting up the Giants at the Browns 40. Manning hit Reuben Randel for 36 yards to the fou yard line, before Bradshaw got some revenge with a four yard touchdown to tie the game at 17.

The Giants would get another break on the kick-off when Browns return man Josh Cribbs fumbled the football into the hands of Steve Brown. Five plays later, Manning found Cruz in the end zone for the second time in the first half, giving the Giants their first lead 24-17.

In the second half, Bradshaw kicked it into high gear running for 58-yards on the first drive of the second half, including a 37-yard rumble to move the ball the Browns 40. Later in the drive, Manning found a wide open Cruz in the corner of the end zone for the touchdown giving New York a dominating 34-17 lead.

The Giants would add one more touchdown on a David Wilson 40-yard dash, as the Giants rolled to victory.

For his part Bradshaw ran for 200 yards on 30 carries with a touchdown. The Giants offense racked up 30 first downs, as Manning threw for 259 yards, and three scores.

With the Eagles defeat in Pittsburgh, the Giants are back in the thick of the NFC East race. Now they have to start winning some big conference games.