The New York Giants (5-2) played terrible football in this game against the Arizona Cardinals (4-2).  Eli Manning looked rattled by the uncharacteristically high pressuring Cardinals defense.  Known for their offense, the Cardinals defense got the win for the Cardinals in this one.  Or, the Giants gave this one away to the Cardinals , as they had four turnovers and punter Jeff Feagles had a terrible game.  Feagles punted the ball seven times, often trying to angle it down the sideline, but failed almost every time.  He average 34 yards per punt and gave the Cardinals great field position.  Eli Manning tried forcing passes into tight spots, and had his passes deflected often.  He ended up with three interceptions and the Giants turned the ball over four times.  Manning finished with one touchdown and three interceptions, with 243 yards on 19/37 attempts.  Whenever you turn the ball over four times you are probably not going to win, as Giants head coach Tom Coughlin bluntly pointed out after the loss.

The Giants could have been blown out in this one, but the Cardinals offense wasn’t very sharp either.   Kurt Warner threw an interception and only completed 20/36 passes.  He was able to find Larry Fitzgerald for some big plays though.  The Giants did not do very well containing Fitzgerald, who finished with six catches for 83 yards.  The Giants also did not do a good job stopping the Cardinals running game.  The Cardinals running game is not very strong, and the Giants are supposed to have a strong run-defense, so they should have been able to shut down Beanie Wells.  Wells got 67 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries (4.8 average).  This was a very poor performance from the Giants, and had they took care of the ball better they would have won.  They are up 1/2 game over a hot Dallas Cowboys team in the NFC East, and have another tough opponent in the Philadelphia Eagles next game on the road.