New York Giants 37, Cleveland Browns 34

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,The Pre-Season by admin on Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 11:52 am

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.

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