GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: WASHINGTON (6-7) at NY GIANTS (9-4)

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 13:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 13:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 28 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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NOTE: GIANTS TE SHOCKEY HAS A FRACTURED FIBULA AND WILL
NOT RETURN.</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 9:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 27 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 5:22 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 4:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NYG BALL ON NYG 37 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 3:14 LEFT, 4TH QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 37 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

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WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10

WAS BALL ON WAS 46 YD LINE
3RD AND 1</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 3 13 6 0 22
NY GIANTS 0 3 7 0 10 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 49 YD, 12:37. Drive:
6 plays, 20 yards in 2:24. Key
plays: Portis 13-yard run to New
York 43; Portis 9-yard run to New
York 34. WASHINGTON 3-0
2ND QUARTER: WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 31 YD, 4:48. Drive: 6
plays, 67 yards in 2:40. Key plays:
Collins 36-yard pass to Moss to New
York 44; Collins 30-yard pass to
Yoder to New York 14. WASHINGTON
6-0
WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 14 YD RUN (SHAUN
SUISHAM KICK), 11:53. Drive: 6
plays, 50 yards in 2:05. Key plays:
Collins 34-yard pass to Moss on
3rd-and-9 to New York 15.
WASHINGTON 13-0
NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 35 YD, 13:44. Drive:
8 plays, 55 yards in 1:51. Key
plays: Manning 15-yard pass to
Shockey to New York 43; Manning
12-yard pass to Burress to
Washington 21. WASHINGTON 13-3
WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 28 YD, 15:00. Drive:
7 plays, 62 yards in 1:16. Key
plays: Portis 31-yard run and
15-yard face mask penalty on
Redskins' Madison to New York 26;
Portis 8-yard run to New York 18;
Portis 10-yard run to New York 8.
WASHINGTON 16-3
3RD QUARTER: WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 5 YD RUN (TWO-POINT
PASS CONVERSION FAILED), 2:52.
Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Collins 15-yard pass to
Cooley to New York 33; Collins
19-yard pass to Sellers to New York
14; Portis 9-yard run to New York
5. WASHINGTON 22-3
NYG - TD, SINORICE MOSS 19 YD PASS FROM ELI
MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK),
10:23. Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards in
2:24. Key plays: Manning 11-yard
pass to Jacobs on 3rd-and-10 to
Washington 37; Manning 18-yard pass
to Burress to Washington 19.
WASHINGTON 22-10
4TH QUARTER: NONE

ATT:</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 3 13 6 0 22
NY GIANTS 0 3 7 0 10 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

12:37 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards in 2:24.
Key plays: Portis 13-yard run to New York 43; Portis 9-yard run to
New York 34. WASHINGTON 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:48 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 31 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Collins 36-yard pass to Moss to New York 44; Collins
30-yard pass to Yoder to New York 14. WASHINGTON 6-0.
11:53 WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 14 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards in 2:05.
Key plays: Collins 34-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-9 to New York 15.
WASHINGTON 13-0.
13:44 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 35 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Shockey to New York 43; Manning
12-yard pass to Burress to Washington 21. WASHINGTON 13-3.
15:00 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Portis 31-yard run and 15-yard face mask penalty on
Redskins' Madison to New York 26; Portis 8-yard run to New York 18; Portis
10-yard run to New York 8. WASHINGTON 16-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 5 YD RUN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Collins 15-yard pass to Cooley to New York 33; Collins
19-yard pass to Sellers to New York 14; Portis 9-yard run to New York 5.
WASHINGTON 22-3.
10:23 NYG - TD, SINORICE MOSS 19 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards in 2:24.
Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Jacobs on 3rd-and-10 to
Washington 37; Manning 18-yard pass to Burress to Washington 19.
WASHINGTON 22-10.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

WASHINGTON - NY GIANTS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS WASHINGTON NY GIANTS

FIRST DOWNS 14 20
Rushing 7 7
Passing 6 12
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-15-20% 5-19-26%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-5-40%
TOTAL NET YARDS 309 307
Total offensive plays 62 82
Average gain per play 5.0 3.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 153 139
Rushing attempts 35 28
Average gain per rush 4.4 5.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 156 168
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-10 2-16
Gross passing yards 166 184
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-8-0 52-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 3.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 3-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 9-37.6 7-34.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 37.4 31.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 20
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-1 3-20
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-55 4-102
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-35 3-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:55 31:05


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON NY GIANTS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 25 126 5.0 31 1 B JACOBS 25 130 5.2 18 0
L BETTS 8 29 3.6 14 1 A BRADSHAW 1 8 8.0 8 0
T COLLINS 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 E MANNING 1 1 1.0 1 0
R DROUGHNS 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T COLLINS 8-25-166 0 0 36 E MANNING 18-52-184 0 1 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: T COLLINS 2-10. Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MOSS 3 75 25.0 36 0 S MOSS 5 53 10.6 15 1
C COOLEY 2 34 17.0 19 0 P BURRESS 3 35 11.7 18 0
T YODER 1 30 30.0 30 0 B JACOBS 3 30 10.0 11 0
M SELLERS 1 19 19.0 19 0 K BOSS 2 31 15.5 19 0
L BETTS 1 8 8.0 8 0 J SHOCKEY 2 18 9.0 15 0
R DROUGHNS 1 8 8.0 8 0
S SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0
A BRADSHAW 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FROST 9 338 37.6 0 3 51 J FEAGLES 7 239 34.1 0 2 43

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RANDLE EL 4 1 0.3 5 0 R MCQUARTERS 3 20 6.7 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R CARTWRIGHT 3 55 18.3 21 0 A BRADSHAW 4 102 25.5 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 1/1 3/3 L TYNES 1/1 1/2
Dist.: 49 31 28 Dist.: 35 (38)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 E MANNING 1 1 0 0-0
A MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
R DOUGHTY 10 6 4 0-0 J TUCK 8 7 1 1-2
L FLETCHER 8 8 0 0-0 C DAHL 6 4 2 0-0
L TORRENCE 7 5 2 0-0 B COFIELD 5 5 0 0-0
K CAMPBELL 7 5 2 0-0 F ROBBINS 5 4 1 1-8
A MONTGOMERY 5 5 0 0-0 M STRAHAN 5 4 1 0-0
A CARTER 4 4 0 2-16 S MADISON 5 4 1 0-0
S SPRINGS 4 4 0 0-0 K DOCKERY 5 4 1 0-0
F SMOOT 4 2 2 0-0 A PIERCE 4 4 0 0-0
M WASHINGTON 3 2 1 0-0 K MITCHELL 3 2 1 0-0
L LANDRY 3 1 2 0-0 R TORBOR 2 1 1 0-0
H BLADES 2 2 0 0-0 A ROSS 1 1 0 0-0
P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0 M JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
P PRIOLEAU 1 1 0 0-0
L ALEXANDER 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 77,899</div>

 

<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Eli Manning and the</div>New York Giants continue to feel unwelcome at home.

Manning struggled and the Giants missed an opportunity to clincha playoff spot in a 22-10 loss to the Washington Redskins onSunday night.


New York could have clinched a playoff spot - a third straightplayoff berth under coach Tom Coughlin - with a win or tie.Instead the Giants (9-5) dropped to 3-4 at home.


It could still happen, but clinching will have to come at alater date. The Giants finish with a pair of tough tests - atBuffalo and home for the undefeated New England Patriots.

Ladell Betts plowed into the end zone from 14 yards out on adraw play and Shaun Suisham kicked three field goals to give theRedskins (7-7) a 16-3 lead at the half.


Clinton Portis, who ran for 126 yards on 25 carries, had afive-yard touchdown run to cap Washington's opening possessionof the second half. The Redskins failed on a two-pointconversion but still led 22-3.


Kevin Boss hauled in a 19-yard touchdown reception from Manningwith 4:37 left in the third quarter to make it 22-10. Boss gotextended playing time in the second half after starting tightend Jeremy Shockey broke his left fibula on New York's openingpossession of the second half.


With starting quarterback Jason Campbell out with a dislocatedkneecap, the Redskins turned to Portis, as quarterback ToddCollins struggled with the windy conditions.


Making his first start in 10 years, Collins completed 8-of-25passes for 166 yards. The gap between starts for Collins set anew record for the longest span between starts since the 1970merger.


Collins last started for the Buffalo Bills on December 14, 1997.He surpassed the record of 9 years, 298 days between TommyMaddox's starts in 1992 with Denver and 2002 with Pittsburgh.

Manning was plagued by the wind and at least 10 drops by hisreceivers. He was 18-for-52 for 184 yards.

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 3 13 6 0 22
NY GIANTS 0 3 7 0 10 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

12:37 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 49 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards in 2:24.
Key plays: Portis 13-yard run to New York 43; Portis 9-yard run to
New York 34. WASHINGTON 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:48 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 31 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 67 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Collins 36-yard pass to Moss to New York 44; Collins
30-yard pass to Yoder to New York 14. WASHINGTON 6-0.
11:53 WAS - TD, LADELL BETTS 14 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards in 2:05.
Key plays: Collins 34-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-9 to New York 15.
WASHINGTON 13-0.
13:44 NYG - FG, LAWRENCE TYNES 35 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards in 1:51.
Key plays: Manning 15-yard pass to Shockey to New York 43; Manning
12-yard pass to Burress to Washington 21. WASHINGTON 13-3.
15:00 WAS - FG, SHAUN SUISHAM 28 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 1:16.
Key plays: Portis 31-yard run and 15-yard face mask penalty on
Redskins' Madison to New York 26; Portis 8-yard run to New York 18; Portis
10-yard run to New York 8. WASHINGTON 16-3.

3RD QUARTER:

2:52 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 5 YD RUN (TWO-POINT PASS CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards in 2:52.
Key plays: Collins 15-yard pass to Cooley to New York 33; Collins
19-yard pass to Sellers to New York 14; Portis 9-yard run to New York 5.
WASHINGTON 22-3.
10:23 NYG - TD, KEVIN BOSS 19 YD PASS FROM ELI MANNING (LAWRENCE TYNES KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards in 2:24.
Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Jacobs on 3rd-and-10 to
Washington 37; Manning 18-yard pass to Burress to Washington 19.
WASHINGTON 22-10.

4TH QUARTER:

NONE

WASHINGTON - NY GIANTS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS WASHINGTON NY GIANTS

FIRST DOWNS 14 20
Rushing 7 7
Passing 6 12
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-15-20% 5-19-26%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-5-40%
TOTAL NET YARDS 309 307
Total offensive plays 62 82
Average gain per play 5.0 3.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 153 139
Rushing attempts 35 28
Average gain per rush 4.4 5.0
Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 156 168
Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-10 2-16
Gross passing yards 166 184
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 25-8-0 52-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.8 3.1
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 3-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 9-37.6 7-34.1
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 37.4 31.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 1 20
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-1 3-20
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-55 4-102
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-35 3-35
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:55 31:05


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

WASHINGTON NY GIANTS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PORTIS 25 126 5.0 31 1 B JACOBS 25 130 5.2 18 0
L BETTS 8 29 3.6 14 1 A BRADSHAW 1 8 8.0 8 0
T COLLINS 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 E MANNING 1 1 1.0 1 0
R DROUGHNS 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T COLLINS 8-25-166 0 0 36 E MANNING 18-52-184 0 1 19

Sacked-Yards Lost: T COLLINS 2-10. Sacked-Yards Lost: E MANNING 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S MOSS 3 75 25.0 36 0 S MOSS 5 53 10.6 15 0
C COOLEY 2 34 17.0 19 0 P BURRESS 3 35 11.7 18 0
T YODER 1 30 30.0 30 0 B JACOBS 3 30 10.0 11 0
M SELLERS 1 19 19.0 19 0 K BOSS 2 31 15.5 19 1
L BETTS 1 8 8.0 8 0 J SHOCKEY 2 18 9.0 15 0
R DROUGHNS 1 8 8.0 8 0
S SMITH 1 8 8.0 8 0
A BRADSHAW 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D FROST 9 338 37.6 0 3 51 J FEAGLES 7 239 34.1 0 2 43

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A RANDLE EL 4 1 0.3 5 0 R MCQUARTERS 3 20 6.7 8 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R CARTWRIGHT 3 55 18.3 21 0 A BRADSHAW 4 102 25.5 37 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
S SUISHAM 1/1 3/3 L TYNES 1/1 1/2
Dist.: 49 31 28 Dist.: 35 (38)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0 E MANNING 1 1 0 0-0
A MONTGOMERY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
R DOUGHTY 10 6 4 0-0 J TUCK 8 7 1 1-2
L FLETCHER 8 8 0 0-0 C DAHL 6 4 2 0-0
L TORRENCE 7 5 2 0-0 B COFIELD 5 5 0 0-0
K CAMPBELL 7 5 2 0-0 F ROBBINS 5 4 1 1-8
A MONTGOMERY 5 5 0 0-0 M STRAHAN 5 4 1 0-0
A CARTER 4 4 0 2-16 S MADISON 5 4 1 0-0
S SPRINGS 4 4 0 0-0 K DOCKERY 5 4 1 0-0
F SMOOT 4 2 2 0-0 A PIERCE 4 4 0 0-0
M WASHINGTON 3 2 1 0-0 K MITCHELL 3 2 1 0-0
L LANDRY 3 1 2 0-0 R TORBOR 2 1 1 0-0
H BLADES 2 2 0 0-0 A ROSS 1 1 0 0-0
P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0 M JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0
P PRIOLEAU 1 1 0 0-0
L ALEXANDER 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Peter Morelli, Umpire-Darrell Jenkins, Head
Linesman-George Hayward, Line Judge-Charles Stewart, Field Judge-Jim
Saracino, Side Judge-Jeff Lamberth, Back Judge-Keith Ferguson.

Att: 77,899 Time of Game: 3:14</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NY GIANTS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
WASHINGTON 22
NY GIANTS 10 FINAL</div>

 

<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Eli Manning and the</div>New York Giants continue to feel unwelcome at home.

Manning struggled and the Giants missed an opportunity to clincha playoff spot in a 22-10 loss to the Washington Redskins onSunday night.


New York could have clinched a playoff spot - a third straightplayoff berth under coach Tom Coughlin - with a win or tie.Instead the Giants (9-5) dropped to 3-4 at home.


"It is frustrating no doubt," Coughlin said. "We just did somethings that didn't add up and didn't make a lot of sense anddidn't, I don't want to characterize it or to generalize and saythey weren't smart, but there just wasn't a lot of feeling thatwe were doing things that we needed to do to win."

"I've got to tell you I couldn't be prouder of our footballteam," Redskins coach Joe Gibbs said. "They've been through alot. This football team has been through a lot and I justappreciate the way they keep fighting."


It could still happen, but clinching will have to come at alater date. The Giants finish with a pair of tough tests - atBuffalo and home for the undefeated New England Patriots.

Ladell Betts plowed into the end zone from 14 yards out on adraw play and Shaun Suisham kicked three field goals to give theRedskins (7-7) a 16-3 lead at the half.


Clinton Portis, who ran for 126 yards on 25 carries, had afive-yard touchdown run to cap Washington's opening possessionof the second half. The Redskins failed on a two-pointconversion but still led 22-3.


"I would say tonight being in the position we were in madetonight special," Portis said of the win. "Under the lights,back up against the wall, I think that made tonight special.

"Our defense went out and played great. Our offensive lineplayed great. Todd kind of got them to get out of the box.They couldn't stick eight or nine in the box. We hit a coupleof big plays early down the field that kind of loosened thingsup."


Kevin Boss hauled in a 19-yard touchdown reception from Manningwith 4:37 left in the third quarter to make it 22-10. Boss gotextended playing time in the second half after starting tightend Jeremy Shockey broke his left fibula on New York's openingpossession of the second half.


With starting quarterback Jason Campbell out with a dislocatedkneecap, the Redskins turned to Portis, as quarterback ToddCollins struggled with the windy conditions.


Making his first start in 10 years, Collins completed 8-of-25passes for 166 yards. The gap between starts for Collins set anew record for the longest span between starts since the 1970merger.


Collins last started for the Buffalo Bills on December 14, 1997.He surpassed the record of 9 years, 298 days between TommyMaddox's starts in 1992 with Denver and 2002 with Pittsburgh.

"Todd, he's spent seven years in that situation and you think aguy would get mentally lazy," Gibbs said. "How many times canyou sit in meetings and hear all that knowing that you'reprobably not going to play? Now getting his chance, I couldn'tbe happier for a guy."


Manning was plagued by the wind and at least 10 drops by hisreceivers. He was 18-for-52 for 184 yards.


"We had so many missed opportunities, so many mistakes. From mypart, the receivers and drops, everybody," Manning said. "Youcan't have that many mistakes in a game and put yourself in abad situation and expect to win and play well. It's justdisappointing, with everything on the line and everything wehad, win a game and you're in the playoffs and that situation,and come out and play as poorly as we did."