The Giants played keepaway from the Patriots and that’s the reason they won this football game.  David Carr played most of this game for the Giants as he completed 20 of 29 passes for 192 yards with 2 TD passes.  TE Darcy Johnson caught a 26-yard TD from Carr and WR Sinorice Moss caught a 9-yarder.  Danny Ware led the Giants in rushing in this game as he rushed for 49 yards on 13 carries (3.8 ypc).  Reuben Droughns was also busy with 34 yards rushing on 8 carries (4.3 ypc).  Brandon Jacobs was very effective in his limited time on the field as he carried the ball 3 times for 32 yards (10.7 ypc).  Ahmad Bradshaw pitched in with 30 yards rushing on 12 carries (2.5 ypc) in this game.  Rookie WR Mario Manningham led the way for the Giants in the passing game with 41 yards on 5 catches (8.2 avg). WR Brandon London also had a solid game with 4 grabs for 40 yards (10.0 avg).  The Giants finished up with 159 yards rushing on 43 carries (3.7 ypc) and they also completed 20 of 29 passes for 180 yards.  The Giants had possession of the football for an amazing 39:50 of this football game!

The Giants’ defense was led by safety Michael Johnson and linebacker Chase Blackburn and Gerris Wilkerson who each had 5 tackles apiece.  The Giants held the Patriots to 80 yards rushing on 21 carries (3.8 ypc) and they also completed 12 of 19 passes for 117 yards.  The Giants finished up the preseason with a 2-2 record.

The Giants have lost starting DE Osi Umenyiora for the season due to knee surgery.  This is a huge blow to the Giants defense as Umenyiora played in all 16 games for the Giants last season and he made 52 tackles, had 13 sacks and he forced 5 fumbles as he was a huge playmaker for the Super Bowl Champs.  The Giants are probably moving Mathias Kiwanuka to DE to replace Umenyiora there but he had adjusted well to linebacker last season.  Last year Kiwanuka played in 10 games for the Giants and he made 46 tackles, defensed 4 passes and had 4.5 sacks.  The smarter move for the Giants might be to leave Kiwanuka at linebacker and let veteran Renaldo Wynn start at end.  Wynn played in 12 games for the Saints last season and he made 13 tackles and had 3.5 sacks.  Losing Umenyiora is the latest blow to a Giants’ defense that won’t likely be anywhere near as good as last year’s crew.

The Giants played pretty solid defense on Saturday Night but they couldn’t get anything going on offense and it cost them this football game.  Eli Manning started for the Giants and he completed 10 of 17 passes for 113 yards without a TD pass or an interception.  David Carr made a brief appearance completing both of his pass attempts for 18 yards.  Rookie QB Andre’ Woodson finished up the game and he didn’t look good completing 3 of 8 passes for 41 yards with a pickoff.  Derrick Ward led the Giants’ in rushing against the Jets with 36 yards on only 4 carries (9.0 ypc).  2nd year running back Ahmad Bradshaw also had a solid game with 7 carries for 28 yards (4.0 ypc) with a 1-yard TD run.  Brandon Jacobs was also busy with 26 yards rushing on only 6 carries (4.3 ypc).  Dominek Hixon led the Giants again with 51 yards receiving on 3 catches (17.0 avg).  Rookie Mario Manningham also had a decent game with 3 catches for 41 yards (13.7 avg).  Steve Smith pitched in with 4 grabs for 37 yards (9.3 avg).  The Giants finished up with 107 yards rushing on 21 carries (5.1 ypc) and they also completed 15 of 27 passes for 115 yards.

Linebacker Gerris Wilkerson led a solid effort by the Giants’ run defense with 9 tackles last Saturday Night.  Safety Sammy Knight pitched in with 5 tackles.  The Jets finished up with only 58 yards rushing on 26 carries (2.2 ypc) in this game but they completed 20 of 28 passes for 214 yards.  The Giants’ defense just couldn’t get off of the football field in this game as the Jets had possession of the football for 34:24.

The final score does not indicate how well the Giants played in this football game as they were up 30-3 1 minute into the 2nd quarter.  Eli Manning was very sharp as he completed 4 of 7 passes for 52 yards with 2 TD passes (11 and 24 yarders to Domenik Hixon).  Anthony Wright followed Manning and he was very ineffective as he completed 4 of 8 passes for 34 yards with 1 interception.  David Carr followed Wright and he was so-so completing 7 of 14 passes for 53 yards.  Rookie Andre’ Woodson finished up and he threw only one pass and he didn’t complete it.  Danny Ware was awesome in leading the Giants in rushing with 97 yards on 10 carries (9.7 ypc).  2nd year RB Ahmad Bradshaw was very busy also with 8 carries for 28 yards (3.5 ypc) with a TD run and he also caught 4 passes for 24 yards (6.0 avg).  Derrick Ward pitched in with 25 yards rushing on 5 carries (5.0 ypc) and Brandon Jacobs carried the ball 7 times for 24 yards (3.4 ypc).  WR/KR Domenik Hixon was the MVP of this football game for the Giants as he caught 4 passes for 63 yards (15.8 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  He also returned a kickoff 82 yards for a TD against the Browns.  The Giants rushed for 201 yards on 36 carries (5.6 ypc) last night against the Browns and they also completed 15 of 30 passes for 129 yards.

The first team defense played great for the Giants last night but the backups were awful almost letting the Browns come all the way back.  Linebacker Bryan Kehl led the way for the Giants on defense in this game with 5 tackles.  FS James Butler didn’t make any tackles but he scored on a 94-yard fumble return for a TD.  The Browns finished up with 74 yards rushing on 21 carries (3.5 ypc) and they also completed 20 of 33 passes for 279 yards.

The Giants have placed reserve offensive lineman Shane Oilvea on the Injured Reserve List due to a bad back.  It’s quite possible that the Giants will cut him as soon as he is healthy which means he would have never played for them.