2011-2012 Giants Season In Review, Week 5: Seahawks 36, Giants 25
by Ed Valentine on Feb 22, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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Live by the last-minute comeback, die by the last-minute comeback. The New York Giants won six regular-season games in 2011 in the fourth quarter, and the 2012 Super Bowl. In Week 5 of the 2011 NFL season, the Giants died a painful, unnecessary death when a fourth-quarter rally went awry.
The Giants lost to the Seattle Seahawks, 36-25, in Week 5. This was a game in which the Giants were favored, and Seattle lost starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to injury, and was using backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst. Still, as they so often did in 2011, the Giants played to the level of their competition and left this game to be decided in the closing moments.
This time, it was the Giants' opponent that made the crucial plays in the closing moments.
Trailing 25-22 with 4:49 to play, Whitehurst led Seattle on an 80-yard, seven-play drive that ended with a 27-yard touchdown pass to an uncovered Doug Baldwin for a 29-22 lead with 2:37 to play.
The Giants responded by driving to the Seattle 10-yard line before Eli Manning had a pass bounce off the hands of a slipping Victor Cruz and turn into a 94-yard game-sealing interception return for a touchdown by Brandon Browner of the Seahawks.
The game was a mixed-bag for Cruz. He made eight catches for 161 yards and an incredible 68-yard touchdown catch-and-run. He also, however, had that pass bounce off his hands and had a fumble that lead to a Seattle field goal.
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Looking back is always great
Seeing that our defense allowed the Seattle Seahawks hang 27 on it (9 points given up on offense) shows me just how well the Giants D turned things around. Perry Fewell was still lost in scheming instead of giving his players a chance to just be great at their respective positions. Unfortunately, this isn’t the last game this past year where the defense looked completely lost out there.
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when you know the end of the story.
For me, these games still give me agita.
by Pink Flamingo on Feb 22, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
This was a very rough game on both sides of the ball and STs struggled too.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
this was the game that made me think we were going to miss the playoffs
Premature, I know, but at the time it was one of those games that felt like we would be looking back on at the end of the year and wondering what could have been.
forgive me eli!
Go Giants!
Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.
I'm sure this was one of the game where Eli was thinking
Do I have to do everything myself?
"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
Crunked and Swagged out since 2011
"Let’s go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs and have some fun!" - The one and only LT
I think this was the game where Eli found out that he needed to do everything by himself
"Everybody talks about a dynasty. OUR dynasty starts today." -Michael Strahan (before Super Bowl 42)
Exactly
He was heard saying " AH F##k" when he realized it.
Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
When we lost this game
i had not given up on the Giants but was concerned that we may have given home field advantage to them for post season.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Wow...now we are just making games up?
Was this originally up over at The Onion?
"Everybody talks about a dynasty. OUR dynasty starts today." -Michael Strahan (before Super Bowl 42)
LOL!!
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Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
Right...HA
"Everybody talks about a dynasty. OUR dynasty starts today." -Michael Strahan (before Super Bowl 42)
It funny how we make scrubs into stars
seems just like another team I root for…
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One thing bothers me is that we lose to Seahawks too damn many times.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
My grade: "Fart three"...
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Why is Tom Quinn still here? I loves me some Coach Clawfin. NY Football Giants 2012 Super Bowl FN Champions!!!!!!
Wasn't the last game "Fart three"?
your losing count Bobbi…
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Thats his ranking not number in series.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Geez I think you are right!!!..This should have been "Fart four"...hahaha
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
This is when the douche canoe made his first appearance for me
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
I believe this is when I purchased my Fart blimp...also
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I did not see the game live
but remember hearing the final score and scratching my head incredulously thinking…How the hell do you lose to the Hawks at home???? The comments that came out of the monday and tuesday threads were some of the most heated I have ever seen….
I got a GIF for that!
Now is the time to prepare for the "one for the thumb!"
JR will trade UP in the draft...Take it to the bank!
by Fester McDougal on Feb 22, 2012 5:12 PM EST reply actions
i followed the game online on nfl.com's game page so all i had was graphics and text and it sucked.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
I could not believe this game
I know the Seahawks. I live in Seattle, and all i hear from August on on sports radio is about the Hawks.
Now, granted, their D came along very nicely at the end of the year. They have some good secondary players, especially.
Having said that, the Hawks suck. They have a crappy QB, a makeshift OL, and bunch of guys at receiver (excluding Sidney Rice) who would not start on any decent team in the NFL.
The Giants should have won this game by 14 points.
It was this game, and the Vince Young Eagles game, that made me question whether TC was going to coach again.
We do seem to find ways to lose to Seahawks and it sucks.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
This game was a disaster
The defense could not get off the field, we could not succesfully get a snap off, dopped passes and wrong routes by our WRs, to go along with crazy penalties.
I was soo angry!
by Giant Ken on Feb 22, 2012 5:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
It was just the last real drive that was ugh
Cruz slipping, trying to make a spectacular play, but then failing.
Ugh. I remember being okay with the score being tied at halftime.
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
that Whitehurst
80 yard scoring drive to take the lead late was not good at all. The defense had no idea what was going on.
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by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 22, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn't too mad
because I thought Eli would drive us down if they drove fast enough and gave us enough time.
So close
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
true
Eli almost did it again
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
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by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 22, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
We needed the defense to play the entire season like they did at end of season and playoffs.
We were a 13-3 team at least.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
That was the killer for me.
All I could think of was if he batted the ball DOWN, we would have been ok.
"The Giants goal is to win more championships than the Jets have curtains." - Raptor22
Was on the way home from Atlantic City during this
and listened on the radio. Sigh…. I screamed when the Pick 6 happened and turned it off. That was wrong of me, I never turn off a game until it is over.
But to tell you the truth, I knew this game would not mean anything in the long run. It was a game almost every team has… overly high on themselves, home, against a bad team and the sh*t the bed. It happens. The second Eagle and Redskin games are the ones that I thought would kill any playoff chances. Thankfully it was not so.
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
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by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 22, 2012 6:32 PM EST reply actions
Hah the second eagle game
Caused me to curse so loud that people out in the hall way were scared.
The Seahawks game I was just lolwhut when the interception happened. The eagles loss was much worst
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
f*ckin vince young
and f*ckin Smith gettin a TD. I’ll wait for the recap of that game to scream about it.
New York Giants 2011 Super Bowl Champions = FACT
The NFL will now FEAR THE LOWERCASE ny
by The Always Well Dressed... on Feb 22, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Vince Young is 3-0 vs Eli
that’s just pure horse poop
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
That Baldwin TD was bogus...
we had jumped early and were unevaded to the QB so everyone stopped on the play. The refs allowed the play to continue. Earlier in the game, Seattle had jumped way early and the refs blew the play dead. The refs absolutely hosed us.
Yes, I know it’s sick that I would remember this but that pissed me off. Even after winning the SB, it still bugs me. LOL
That's exactly what I thought too
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
There has been some very serious bad decisions made by the refs against us in 2011 season.
This is not the 2007 team.
2011 NYG will have their own legacy.
Hey everyone remember
No chat speak
?
Haha
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
-John Madden
"Luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." -Don Shula
"You just don't throw on Chase Blackburn.''
this is the one game I didnt get to watch
So I was more okay than most at the end of it. And that Cruz catch was something else.
by giantsnetsmets on Feb 22, 2012 10:30 PM EST reply actions
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