In the present season the New York Giants currently hold a record of four wins and two losses and presently holds number 1 spot in the NFC East. The team has been playing excellently lately and has won 4 of its last 5 games. But despite this great record, they opened the season with a road loss to their division rival, the Washington Redskins. To start off the game, the Washington Redskins won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball and Lawrence Tynes kicked the ball all they way to the 1 yard line where it is caught by Brandon Banks who runs all the way to the 25 yard line before he is taken down. The first touchdown of the game was scored when Eli Manning runs to the right to gain two yards for the touchdown along with a successful conversion by Tynes.
Down by 7 to start the second quarter, the Redskins answer by utilizing the shotgun formation to go all the way to the 1 yard line where off season acquisition Tim Hightower runs toward the left and scores a touchdown. The Redskins tie the score by converting the kick on the next play. But the New York Giants regain the lead at the seven minute mark on 6 yard run by Ahmad Bradshaw and a successful conversion. With the New York Giants leading 14 to 7, the Redskins battle back to tie the score by utilizing a few short passes and a deep 39 yard pass to draw to within 6 yards and finally scoring on pass by Grossman to Armstrong while converting the kick once again.
Despite the close game in the first half, the Washington Redskins gain momentum in the second half when Eli Manning’s pass is intercepted by Ryan Kerrigan who then runs 9 yards for a touchdown. The Giants try to answer but they fail to score for the whole third quarter. This trend continued at the start of the 4th quarter as the New York Giants kept failing to score. They came close when Grossman was sacked and he fumbled the ball which was then recovered by Michael Boley who runs who ran for 13 yards before being taken down.
The defense of the Redskins prevail again on the ensuing drive by preventing the New York Giants from scoring and one the next drive they put the game away on a pass by Grossman through the middle and a stellar catch by Jabar Gaffney. Gano then added to the lead by converting the kick and increasing the lead to 14. To end a brilliant defensive and offensive game, the Redskins continued stifling the offense of the New York Giants for the rest of the game to render the Giants scoreless for two quarters and come away with a 14 point victory. The turning point of the game was when Eli Manning’s pass was intercepted and a touchdown was scored because it seemed to fire up the Redskins while demoralizing the Giants in the process.
