-FIRST QUARTER:
-15:00: Lindell's kickoff goes out of bounds, setting the Giants up at their own 40. Not a good start.
-13:22: Bills force a three-and-out, thanks in large part to a holding penalty on first down.
-12:44: Spiller does the "fake like I'm catching the punt while it's actually 20 yards behind me" move. I love that move.
-10:00: Bills get one first down, but are stopped short on 3rd-and-5. Hopefully they can pin the Giants deep in their own end.
-9:22: Giants get a decent return to their 31.
-8:00: Victor Cruz beats Terrence McGee for a first down on 3rd-and-4. I FUCKING HATE YOU TERRENCE MCGEE.
-6:40: Giants are on the move. Eli is hot early, hitting on 5 of his first 6 throws.
-6:10: McGee makes a nice open field tackle to stop Ahmad Bradshaw for a 2 yard loss. I FUCKING HATE YOU A LITTLE LESS TERRENCE MCGEE.
-5:27: Giants hit a big pass play to get to the 1 yard line.
-5:20: Bradshaw walks in for the touchdown. P.A.T makes it 7-0 GIANTS.
-5:06: FREDDY romps for an 80 yard score. P.A.T. makes it a 7-7 TIE. Longest run by a Bill since Thurman in 1990.
-3:24: Eli misfires on 3rd-and-5, causing another three-and-out.
-:24: Buffalo's own Naaman Roosevelt goes 60 yards on 3rd-and-6. Two huge plays in the first quarter. P.A.T. makes it 14-7 BILLS.
-:19: Illegal block penalty pins the Giants back to their own 7. Hopefully defense can get another three-and-out and change the field position.
-:00: Manningham makes a catch for five, but comes up limping. Would be a huge help to Buffalo if he's injured.
-SECOND QUARTER:
-14:47: No such luck, as Eli finds his receiver Pascoe for a 14 yard gain.
-14:13: Mario Manningham gets lit up by...Terrence McGee? Usually McGee is too far off the ball to make that hit.
-13:40: Eli finds Hakeem Nicks for 18 into Buffalo territory.
-10:44: Manningham beats Florence, who has to take an interference penalty to prevent a TD, but gives the Giants the ball first-and-goal.
-9:52: Bills' defense finally tightens up, forcing the Giants to settle for a 26 yard FG to make it 14-10 BILLS.
-8:56: Brad Smith runs for 18 on a wildcat play. Nice start to the drive.
-7:09: Fitz throws incomplete to Nelson on 3rd-and-4, but the Giants' defender never looked back at the ball, so it's a pass interference call. Ball at the Giants' 22.
-6:51: Fitz gets CRUSHED on first down and he fumbles, but the Bills fall on it.
-6:05: Fitz gets sacked again on 3rd down, and that knocks the Bills out of field goal range.
-5:59: Punt downs the Giants at their own 10. Field position didn't matter much on the last Giants' drive.
-4:37: Eli avoids the pressure and hits his tight end for a 22 yard gain. *sigh*
-4:00: FUCK! Drayton Florence gets beat for a 60 yard gain to the Buffalo 5.
-2:58: Bradshaw extends the ball across the goal line to score from 2 yards out. The play is reviewed. Bradshaw looks like he's down before he extends the ball, but the TD is upheld. P.A.T. makes it 17-14 Giants.
-2:24: Bills' are on the move, and benefit from a pretty weak roughing the passer call.
-1:00: Freddy gets stuffed on 3rd-and-inches.
-:39: Lindell hits his 200th field goal with the Bills from 49 yards out to make it a 17-17 TIE.
-00: Giants run the clock out.
-THIRD QUARTER:
-14:15: Huge play as Fitz finds David Nelson for a 14 yard gain on 3rd-and-9.
-12:54: Fitz manages to avoid a sack and dump it to Scott Chandler, which still loses a couple yards.
-12:09: An obvious pass interference goes uncalled, and the Bills have to punt.
-10:26: Bills give up 20 on 3rd-and-5. *sigh*
-8:20: McGee is about 8 yards off the ball on first down. Giants pick up 11 to the Buffalo 9.
-7:03: Manning to Manningham for an apparent 8 yard score. Review shows he was down short of the goal line, and this time it's actually called.
-6:53: Ahmad Bradshaw flies into the end zone. P.A.T. makes it 24-17 GIANTS.
-4:09: Fitz goes down the field for Stevie, but the pass is picked off by the Giants' Cory Webster. Awful throw by Fitz.
-2:01: Bills are saved by the more strict rules on what constitutes a catch as a long TD is ripped out at the last second.
-1:30: Bills hold Giants to a 51 yard field goal try...
-1:01: ...which the Bills partially block. MONSTER play there.
-:35: Fitz gets sacked again. There goes that good field position.
-:13: Screen to Freddy almost gets the first down. Huge 3rd-and-1 to start the 4th quarter.
-FOURTH QUARTER:
-14:50: Brad Smith is stopped for no gain. Damn it.
-14:14: Bills go for it, and Fitz sneaks for four yards and a huge first down. They needed that BADLY.
-11:29: Jackson gets stuffed on 2nd-and-4, and the Bills' O-Lineman Chris Hairston is injured. Giants are teeing off on Freddy, and it doesn't look good for obvious passing situations.
-8:57: Bills FINALLY finish off a drive. Fitz finds Stevie Johnson for a 9 yard TD. P.A.T. makes it a 24-24 TIE.
-7:46: Buffalo, aided by a holding call and a dropped pass, for a three-and-out.
-5:30: David Nelson with a GREAT diving catch to convert on 3rd-and-2.
-4:46: Fitz hits Nelson again for 33 yards to the Giants' 26.
-4:02: FUCKFUCKFUCK! Fitz under throws on a long ball to Stevie, and Cory Webster makes his second pick of the game.
-3:15: After stopping the Giants' run game almost the whole game, Ahmad Bradshaw breaks a couple big runs. shit...
-3:08: Florence gets called for pass interference. Giants have it inside the 30.
-2:00: Giants have a 3rd-and-1 inside the red zone at the two minute warning. Defense somehow needs to get a stop to give the offense another chance.
-1:56: Florence gets called for pass interference AGAIN on 3rd-and-6. I FUCKING HATE YOU DRAYTON FLORENCE.
-1:35: Bills actually get the stop, burning two timeouts in the process. Leodis McKelvin almost picks Eli.
-1:32: Chip shot FG makes it 27-24 GIANTS.
-1:03: Bills face a 4th-and-5, this is the game...
-:59: Ball is batted down at the line of scrimmage. :-(
-:00: Giants run the clock out.
-Damn I ran through the range of emotions in this game, especially in the second half. I went from thinking they were out of it when the offense was doing nothing, to thinking they had it won when they were driving late in the fourth, to depression after Fitz's second pick and the Giants winning drive.
-Hats off to the Giants, they deserved to win this game by more than three.
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