CHARGERS 27 - GIANTS 22
The Giants season has gone from being over to being a total dumpster fire. Not only did Big Blue lose to the Chargers 27-22, but they may have lost Odell Beckham Jr. for the season. With four minutes left in Sunday's game, Beckham landed awkwardly on his left ankle and had to be carted off the field. Early indications are the injury is a fractured left ankle -- the same ankle he injured in August in preseason. There will be an MRI on Monday to determine what kind of surgery is required. Chances are Beckham will need surgery and could miss the rest of the season.
That is a huge blow to the Giants, who also lost Brandon Marshall and Sterling Shepherd to ankle injuries in the first half and never returned. Dwayne Harris was carted off the field with a fractured foot.
The injuries are the lead for what was a horrible day for the Giants, as the fell to 0-5 for the first time since 2013. They started 0-6 that season.
Eli Manning was under siege all day. He was sacked five times, and never really had any time to throw as the Chargers front seven was all over him thanks to the Giants leaky offensive line. Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa both had big days with two sacks a piece.
Defensively, the Giants had no answer for Phillip Rivers, who early in the game had a bad snap for a safety and threw a crucial interception in the end zone. It didn't matter, because it was Rivers who got the last laugh.
After the Giants took the lead on Manning's 29-yard touchdown pass to Roger Lewis, Rivers moved the Chargers on a 12-play 92-yard drive that culminated in a 25-yard score to Hunter Henry to give Los Angeles a 17-16 lead.
Even when the Giants did something right, they found a way to screw it up. Case in point, Manning's 48-yard touchdown to Beckham quickly became a sideshow when New York was called for delay of game on the extra point attempt. The Giants tried to go for two and missed it.
That would come back to bite them.
Later in the fourth quarter with New York clinging to a two-point lead, Joey Bosa stripped Manning of the football for the second time and the Chargers fell on the football at the Giant 11-yard line. Rivers would find Melvin Gordon for the game winning score three plays later.
The Giants season has gone from being over to being a total dumpster fire. Not only did Big Blue lose to the Chargers 27-22, but they may have lost Odell Beckham Jr. for the season. With four minutes left in Sunday's game, Beckham landed awkwardly on his left ankle and had to be carted off the field. Early indications are the injury is a fractured left ankle -- the same ankle he injured in August in preseason. There will be an MRI on Monday to determine what kind of surgery is required. Chances are Beckham will need surgery and could miss the rest of the season.
That is a huge blow to the Giants, who also lost Brandon Marshall and Sterling Shepherd to ankle injuries in the first half and never returned. Dwayne Harris was carted off the field with a fractured foot.
The injuries are the lead for what was a horrible day for the Giants, as the fell to 0-5 for the first time since 2013. They started 0-6 that season.
Eli Manning was under siege all day. He was sacked five times, and never really had any time to throw as the Chargers front seven was all over him thanks to the Giants leaky offensive line. Melvin Ingram and Joey Bosa both had big days with two sacks a piece.Defensively, the Giants had no answer for Phillip Rivers, who early in the game had a bad snap for a safety and threw a crucial interception in the end zone. It didn't matter, because it was Rivers who got the last laugh.
After the Giants took the lead on Manning's 29-yard touchdown pass to Roger Lewis, Rivers moved the Chargers on a 12-play 92-yard drive that culminated in a 25-yard score to Hunter Henry to give Los Angeles a 17-16 lead.
Even when the Giants did something right, they found a way to screw it up. Case in point, Manning's 48-yard touchdown to Beckham quickly became a sideshow when New York was called for delay of game on the extra point attempt. The Giants tried to go for two and missed it.
That would come back to bite them.
Later in the fourth quarter with New York clinging to a two-point lead, Joey Bosa stripped Manning of the football for the second time and the Chargers fell on the football at the Giant 11-yard line. Rivers would find Melvin Gordon for the game winning score three plays later.
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