5/20/2023 0 Comments Giant vs galconIt was over when Tevin Coleman broke free for a 30-yard touchdown that turned a seven-point game into a 14-point game with just under eight to play. Once they booted a long field goal to take a 13-6 lead, the game already felt over. Entering the fourth quarter, the Falcons led 10-6. The third quarter was notable for a goal-line stand by the Falcons, which was more about the Giants' failure to gain one yard on back-to-back plays. Scoring shouldn't have been this difficult, but it was for these two teams until the fourth quarter - when 27 of the 43 points were scored. These two offenses have Odell Beckham and Julio Jones. The strange thing is, these two defenses entered the week ranked 27th (New York) and 31st (Atlanta) in DVOA. The last time two teams combined for 13-or-fewer points, 0 turnovers and 7+ sacks in a 1st half? W(Ravens at Chargers)- NFL Research October 23, 2018 The #Giants and #Falcons combined for 13 points, 0 turnovers and 7 sacks in the 1st half on #MNF The defensive lines manhandled subpar offensive lines, both of which entered Monday night ranked in the bottom half of the league in terms of pass protection. Whenever either team looked like they were on the verge of piecing together a productive drive, a sack would set them back and neither team was good enough to overcome second- or third-and-long situations. Despite the fact that both teams trotted out bottom-six defenses, points were hard to come by for most of the game, because both offenses looked like they'd never practiced together and were learning a new playbook on the fly.īoth teams constantly shot themselves in the foot with sacks. It lived up to the hype in the sense that the game sucked as much as both of these teams have sucked all season long. NFL Week 7 Grades: Lions get an 'A' for big road win Falcons get 'B+' for victory over Giantsīy now, you should have a sense of how this game unfolded.They scored eight points in the final 10 seconds of the game to adorn an otherwise dreadful performance. It never really felt like the Giants were going to win or force overtime. The final margin doesn't do the game justice. To keep their playoff hopes alive, the Falcons beat the Giants 23-20. On Monday night, the Falcons and Giants played in one of the worst games of the 2018 season, a game that looked like it belonged to another era of football. A game between two teams on the outskirts of the playoff picture lived up to the hype, but not in a good way.
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