A Giant Turnaround

Admit it, sometime early in the fourth quarter yesterday you finally had enough. Enough of watching Eli throw behind his receivers, enough of him committing awful turnovers. You were ready to throw in the towel, give up on Eli and go find another quarterback. And then an amazing thing happened. Eli suddenly became the QB you thought he could be. Down 16-7 with just under 12 minutes in the game the Giants rallied for two touchdowns and won 21-16. Over the two final drives, Eli went 7-9 and threw for 95 yards.

Eli will get a lot of the credit for this win, but the Giants defense deserves a huge share as well. Time and again, the offense put them in tough spots and the defense kept coming up with big stops. They held Chicago to 4 first downs in the second half and kept the Bears out of the end zone at the end of the game.

And so, the Giants are 8-4 and hold a two-game lead in the NFC wild card race. A tough game in Philadelphia is up next, but the Giants will head into it off of one of their best wins in a long time.

Photograph of Eli Manning and Giants head coach celebrating after official confirmed Amani Toomer's touchdown by M. Spencer Green/AP

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By Peter Trinkle in News on December 3, 2007 2:35 PM

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qwerty

Any win is a good win.

JMH

wow. you guys beat a bears team with an aging offensive line, a second string running back, a crap quaterback and a defense that has more injuries than the alamo.
The Giants have all those things too.

JenChungsBaby

Yeah, I had some tech problems posting -- again. My apologies.

matty

wow. you guys beat a bears team with an aging offensive line, a second string running back, a crap quaterback and a defense that has more injuries than the alamo.

rtd2101

Strange picture

JenChungsBaby

I'm not sure why people keep calling this a good win. The offense played like total shit for 80 percent of the game and they were fortunate as a team they were playing the Bears, because a performance like that against almost any other team would have meant a loss. Playing like crap and squeaking one out at the end isn't a good win.

JenChungsBaby

I'm not sure why people keep calling this a good win. The offense played like total shit for 80 percent of the game and they were fortunate as a team they were playing the Bears, because a performance like that against almost any other team would have meant a loss. Playing like crap and squeaking one out at the end isn't a good win.

JenChungsBaby

I'm not sure why people keep calling this a good win. The offense played like total shit for 80 percent of the game and they were fortunate as a team they were playing the Bears, because a performance like that against almost any other team would have meant a loss. Playing like crap and squeaking one out at the end isn't a good win.