10/21/13

Giants Online CFM - Season 1 (games, highlights, recaps, resignings,draft board prospects)

New York Giants
NFC Eastern Division
Season 1 - Scores & Schedule; future SIMMED games are tentative and may be subject to actually being played due to prior games being simulated due to disconnections.

WEEK 1: Sunday, September 8, 8:30 PM (ET)
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

New York
Giants

Dallas
Cowboys
27 - 22
Final
Highlights:


After barely beating the Cowboys 27-22 (Victor Cruz with 2 TDs)...

WEEK 2: Sunday, September 15, 4:25 PM (ET)
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Denver
Broncos

New York
Giants
27 - 41
Final
my NYGiants are 2-0. We just beat Denver - after being down 17-14 at the half, Justin Tuck sacks/concusses Peyton in the third quarter. Brock actually does OK with 1 TD and 1 INT, but couldn't keep up with the pace of our scoring and we win 41-27. 

WEEK 3: Sunday, September 22, 1:00 PM (ET)
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

New York
Giants

Carolina
Panthers
9 - 30
Final
(SIMMED)

WEEK 4: Sunday, September 29, 1:00 PM (ET)
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

New York
Giants

Kansas City
Chiefs
10-16
Final
(SIMMED)

WEEK 5: Sunday, October 6, 1:00 PM (ET)
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Philadelphia
Eagles

New York
Giants
24 - 19
Final
(SIMMED)

WEEK 6: Thursday, October 10, 8:25 PM (ET)
Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

New York
Giants


Chicago
Bears

56 - 21
Final

Youtube highlights:




WEEK 7: Monday, October 21, 8:40 PM (ET)
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Minnesota
Vikings


New York
Giants

17-51
Final


Youtube highlights:


Sunday, October 27, 1:00 PM (ET)
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New York
Giants
(2-6)

Philadelphia
Eagles
(3-5)
15 - 7
Final


Sunday, November 10, 1:00 PM (ET) on CBS
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Oakland
Raiders

New York
Giants
33 - 12
After getting unexpectedly killed 33-12 by Terrelle Pryor's Oakland Raiders...


Sunday, November 17, 4:25 PM (ET) on FOX
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Green Bay
Packers

New York
Giants
17 - 25



we unexpectedly bounced back vs Green Bay, winning in a tight close one with several lead changes, 25-17. We're 7-3 on the season so far. We have Cruz, Tuck, and Beason all out with injuries, which has made a clear impact and games feel more difficult.
Youtube highlight:

Sunday, November 24, 4:25 PM (ET) on FOX
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Dallas
Cowboys

New York
Giants
13 - 9
(SIMMED)

Sunday, December 1, 8:30 PM (ET) on NBC
FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland

New York
Giants

Washington
Redskins
31 - 28
Got Cruz and Tuck back in Week 13 vs the Skins, and jumped out early to a 33-7 lead, but nearly blew it all and barely hung on to win 31-28...

Sunday, December 8, 4:25 PM (ET) on FOX
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

New York
Giants

San Diego
Chargers
34 - 16

Youtube highlights:





Sunday, December 15, 1:00 PM (ET) on FOX
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Seattle
Seahawks

New York
Giants
14 - 38
Youtube highlight:



Sunday, December 22, 4:05 PM (ET) on FOX
Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

New York
Giants

Detroit
Lions
30 - 33
This game was an absolute barn-burner, with 5 lead changes and ridiculous clock management by the Giants
in the final seconds of the fourth quarter, NY could have easily sent the game into OT with an FG but failed.
Youtube Highlights:

Sunday, December 29, 1:00 PM (ET) on FOX
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Washington
Redskins

New York
Giants
24 - 14
SIMMED

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Rookies to be targeted by the Giants in the 2014 NFL draft:

The reasoning behind this draft board is because we expect to lose WR Hakeem Nicks and DE Justin Tuck to
free agency, and also are currently weak at safety, and aged/weak at linebacker. Based on the best talent
available per projected draft round/pick estimates, this is how the Giants board tentatively flows from the 1st to
the 7th round.

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Oof. After losing a 33-30 heartbreaker to the Detroit Lions in the penultimate game of the regular season due to my extremely poor clock management late in the game, and then getting lucky with a wildcard BYE because I owned the tiebreaker with also 11-5 Philadelphia, guess who I face in the divisional round? Yep, Detroit. Guess it's time to avenge the loss. At least this time it will be at MetLife, hopefully with snow? 

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

New York
Giants

Detroit
Lions
vs.










VICTORY!
Sweet victory. Hosting the Lions at MetLife in the NFC Divisional Round (the other NFC Divisional match-up being SF vs. Philly), the Giants hoped to avoid an outcome similar to their Week 16 match-up against Detroit (albeit an away game at Ford Field). No snow at MetLife as I had hoped, but temps were still cold at 29 degrees Fahrenheit. We win with another close score, 34-27, thanks to an amazingly mistake-free game from Eli (he had 25 touchdowns and 25 INTs during the regular season, but in this game 236 yds, 1 TD & zero INTs) and great running from RB David Wilson (142 yards on 32 carries), we defeat Stafford (345 yds, 3 TDs & 3 INTs) & Co. and move on to the NFC Divisional Round to face Kaep and the Niners.

The final team stats were extremely similar, other than rushing yards, which Detroit made up for through the air:
476
Total Yards Gained
491
359
Total Yards
409
345
Passing Yards
234
14
Rushing Yards
175
3
Pass TDs
1
0
Rush TDs
3
1
Sacks Allowed
1
18
Firstdowns
22
4
3rd Down Conversions
9
7
3rd Down Attempts
14
57
3rd Down Conversion %
64
1
4th Down Conversions
0

Now, the G-Men move on to face the red hot 13-3 San Francisco 49ers (led by 2013 NFL MVP Colin Kaepernick), who absolutely crushed the E-gals in their NFC Divisional Round, 55-13.

On the other side of the NFL, here's what the AFC playoff picture looks like so far: