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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 - 1:46pm
Manning hooked up with Amani Toomer on a five-yard scoring pass during a wild first quarter in which the teams combined for 24 points.
Before the half was done, Manning went deep for a 43-yard touchdown to Plaxico Burress that gave the Giants (4-2) a 21-10 lead.
The Giants’ quarterback threw two interceptions, and had another turnover when John Abraham knocked the ball out of his hands just before his arm went forward on an attempted pass.
But the way Atlanta (1-5) was playing offence, it didn’t matter.
Manning was 27-of-39 for 303 yards—his most since a 312-yard performance against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1.
Playing behind a patched-up line, Harrington was sacked four times, had several passes deflected at the line, and did plenty of scrambling to avoid New York’s fearsome pass rush, which had tied a league record with 12 sacks of Philadelphia’s Donovan McNabb two weeks earlier.
The Falcons, who were starting two new tackles because of injuries, actually did a decent job keeping Osi Umenyiora, Michael Strahan & Co. away from Harrington.
That was largely because Harrington went with quick drops and short passes—not leaving much time to open up the passing game.
Harrington was 18-of-39 for 209 yards. He lost 28 yards on sacks, and the Falcons were totally inept after their quick start.
They managed only 159 yards and nine first downs over the final three quarters—most of them coming after the Giants already had put the game away.
After yanking Harrington the previous week in favour of Byron Leftwich, the Falcons didn’t have any other options against the Giants.
Leftwich was designated as the third quarterback because of a sore ankle, and back-up Chris Redman has not played in a game since 2003.
Redman did start warming up at one point late in the first half after Harrington was shaken up on a sack by Antonio Pierce, but the starter was able to stay in the game—much to the chagrin of Atlanta fans who still miss Michael Vick.
When another Falcons possession fizzled with about 10 minutes to go, the red-clad fans at the Georgia Dome delivered one last round of boos and headed for the exits—leaving a healthy contingent of New York fans to cheer on their team the rest of the way.
ATLANTA (AP)—Eli Manning made enough good throws to overcome some glaring mistakes. Joey Harrington didn’t have much time to do anything.
Manning threw a pair of touchdown passes and set up another New York TD with three-straight completions, leading the visiting Giants to their fourth-straight win—a 31-10 romp over the hapless Atlanta Falcons last night.
Before the half was done, Manning went deep for a 43-yard touchdown to Plaxico Burress that gave the Giants (4-2) a 21-10 lead.
The Giants’ quarterback threw two interceptions, and had another turnover when John Abraham knocked the ball out of his hands just before his arm went forward on an attempted pass.
But the way Atlanta (1-5) was playing offence, it didn’t matter.
Manning was 27-of-39 for 303 yards—his most since a 312-yard performance against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1.
Playing behind a patched-up line, Harrington was sacked four times, had several passes deflected at the line, and did plenty of scrambling to avoid New York’s fearsome pass rush, which had tied a league record with 12 sacks of Philadelphia’s Donovan McNabb two weeks earlier.
The Falcons, who were starting two new tackles because of injuries, actually did a decent job keeping Osi Umenyiora, Michael Strahan & Co. away from Harrington.
That was largely because Harrington went with quick drops and short passes—not leaving much time to open up the passing game.
Harrington was 18-of-39 for 209 yards. He lost 28 yards on sacks, and the Falcons were totally inept after their quick start.
They managed only 159 yards and nine first downs over the final three quarters—most of them coming after the Giants already had put the game away.
After yanking Harrington the previous week in favour of Byron Leftwich, the Falcons didn’t have any other options against the Giants.
Leftwich was designated as the third quarterback because of a sore ankle, and back-up Chris Redman has not played in a game since 2003.
Redman did start warming up at one point late in the first half after Harrington was shaken up on a sack by Antonio Pierce, but the starter was able to stay in the game—much to the chagrin of Atlanta fans who still miss Michael Vick.
When another Falcons possession fizzled with about 10 minutes to go, the red-clad fans at the Georgia Dome delivered one last round of boos and headed for the exits—leaving a healthy contingent of New York fans to cheer on their team the rest of the way.
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