Giants Sleepwalk Through 31-13 Drubbing in Cincinnati

From the first drive of the game to the last drive of the game the Cincinnati Bengals came out and took it to the New York Giants in a 31-13 beatdown that wasn’t even as close as that score would indicate. The Giants dropped their second straight game to an AFC North opponent and fell to 6-4. Behind four turnovers and four touchdown passes from quarterback Andy Dalton, the Bengals dominated all facets of the game and owned both lines of scrimmage. After talking about seeing holes in the Giants secondary on film, wide receiver A.J. Green found those holes and made the Giants pay all day long catching 7 passes for 85 yards and the game opening touchdown where he ran right by Giants cornerback Corey Webster. Trailing 17-6 in the third quarter the Giants were showing signs of life moving the ball down the field and on the verge of cutting the deficit to four. However, Ahmad Bradshaw would fumble on the Cincinnati 16 and the wheels would fall off. On their next possession Eli Manning would throw an interception deep inside their own territory and the Bengals would score to go up 24-6. It was like watching the same movie over and over again, when they got the ball back Manning would throw another interception that the Bengals would again cash in with another Dalton TD pass. Andre Brown would score a garbage time touchdown late in the fourth quarter to make it 31-13. For the third straight game Manning failed to throw a touchdown pass and since the fourth quarter of the Steelers game the protection from the offensive line has been almost non existent. Speaking of non existent, the Giants pass rush looked like they didn’t bored the plane to Cincinnati as they didn’t record any sacks on the day. It looks like it’s back to the drawing board for Big Blue as they head into their bye next week. They’ll be back in action on Sunday night November 25th when the Packers come to Met Life Stadium. Stats courtesy of ESPN Follow on twitter @steve_armato