Monday, October 22, 2018

Falcons take victory over the Giants

The New York Giants traveled to Atlanta on Monday to take on the Falcons. The Giants are coming off a loss to the Eagles. The Falcons are coming off a close victory over Tampa Bay. The Giants are struggling out of the gate at 1-5 and are hoping to get a win. The Falcons are lead by a high-powered offense led by QB Matt Ryan. Who would come out on top in this NFC matchup? Let's find out!
 Both teams would trade punts in the first quarter to keep the game scoreless. With 5:46 remaining in the second quarter, the Falcons would get the ball and on second and 7, Matt Ryan would find Austin Hooper for 36 yards to the Giants 47 yard line and then on the next play, Ryan would find Marvin Hall for a 47 yard touchdown pass for a 7-0 Falcons lead with 4:51 remaining in the second quarter. The Giants would go on an 11 play drive that would result in a 31 yard field goal by Aldrick Rosas to cut the Falcons lead to 7-3. The Falcons would go on a quick six play drive that would end with a Giorgio Tavecchio 40 yard field goal for a 10-3 Atlanta lead as we head to halftime.
 The Giants would start with the ball to start the second half and would go eight play before they would get stopped on fourth down and the Falcons would take over. Atlanta's first possession would end with a fumble. The Giants would go on a seven play drive that would result in a 36 yard field goal by Rosas to cut the lead to 10-6. The Falcons would increase their lead with a seven play drive that ended with a Tavecchio 50 yard field goal as we started the fourth quarter. The Giants would go three and out. The Falcons would go on a nine play drive that would end with a 30 yard touchdown run by Tevin Coleman. The Giants would need to answer and would as they went on a nine play drive that would end with Saquon Barkley going for a two yard touchdown and would fail at the two-point conversion to make it 20-12 with 4:47 to go. The Falcons would go on an eight play that would result with a 56 yard field goal by Tavecchio for a 23-12 with 1:55 to go. First play of the drive, Eli Manning would find Sterling Sheppard for 58 yards to the Falcons 14 yard line. The Giants would face a third and 4 and Manning would find Ellison for seven to the one yard line. New York would be denied the end zone on two QB sneaks that would use up clock. On third and goal, Manning would find Odell Beckham Jr for a one yard touchdown pass and would make a two point conversion to make it 23-20 with five seconds to go. Atlanta would recover the onside kick as the Falcons would take down the Giants 23-20.  

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