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.