Giants Online CFM - Season 2 (games, highlights, recaps, resignings, draft board prospects)

For the sake of realism, I let Hakeem Nicks, Justin Tuck, David Diehl and Andre Brown all walk in Free Agency. Signed Sean Lee and Daryl Smith in FA though to shore up my LB corps, and got Herman Lovett (FS, 81 OVR) with my first choice in the draft (only used scout points, no draft-guide cheating), and accidentally missed my 2nd round pick and the CPU auto-picked HB LeTevin Stead, who has done a decent job so far in spelling Wilson. 

I'm 2-0 so far this season after wins over Seattle and Dallas. Coughlin retired after our NFC Conf. Championship loss last year, and was replaced by the CPU auto-pick Demetrius Thomas, aka "Coach Jabba." Interestingly, Hakeem ended up with the 'Skins, who are also 2-0 on the season so far.

Week 3 - at Eagles

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New York

Giants

(2-0)

Philadelphia

Eagles

(0-2)

39 - 38

Final

Just had the best game of my life. Season 2, Week 3 - against the E-gals at Lincoln Financial. Still need to type up the box score because this game had so many big lead changes, I went from thinking I'd win, to lose, to win, to lose, and then thanks to a last second FG, to win.

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
Sep 23, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York Giants (2-0 (80 OVR))	7	17	0	15	39
Philadelphia Eagles (0-2 (80 OVR))	14	7	14	3	38

Team Stats Comparison
	NYG	PHI
Total Offense	453	398
Rushing Yards	92	123
Passing Yards	361	275
First Downs	16	17
Punt Return Yards	-	-
Kick Return Yards	-	-
Total Yards	551	559
Turnovers	2	1
3rd Down Converstion	5/12	8/14
4th Down Conversion	2/2	0/0
2-Point Conversion	0/2	0/0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/2 (100%)	5/0 (100%)
Penalties	-	-
Posession Time	24	28

New York Giants PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB Eli Manning 25/43 366 5 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD RB David Wilson 9 80 RB LeTevin Stead (R) 3 8 QB Eli Manning 3 2 FB John Conner 1 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD WR Victor Cruz 9 207 2 RB David Wilson 7 63 1 TE Brandon Myers 3 57 1 WR Randy McNary (R) 3 12 1 WR Jerrel Jernigan 2 23 WR Reuben Randle (Mr. Drops!) 0 0 RB LeTevin Stead (R) 1 4 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD CB Prince Amukamara 3 LB Jon Beason 2 SS Marcus Gilchrist 2 LB Sean Lee 8 DE Jason Pierre-Paul 5 SS Antrel Rolle 5 FS Herman Lovett (R) 4 1 DE Demontre Moore 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K Jed Redmon 2/2 2 4 32 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 P Steve Weatherford 2 49 0

Philadelphia Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT QB Matt Barkley (this universe's Nick Foles) 22/35 280 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD RB LeSean McCoy 25 109 3 QB Matt Barkley 2 14 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD RB LeSean McCoy 7 91 1 WR DeSean Jackson 4 51 0 WR Jason Avant 4 53 1 TE Brent Celek 4 33 0 WR Jaquan Briscoe (R) 1 31 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD DE Chris Clemons 5 SS Melquan Cousins (R) 5 1 1 CB Bradley Fletcher 3 1 LB Mychal Kendricks 5 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG K Alex Henery 1/1 5 5 56 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 P Donnie Jones 4 34 1

Week 4

FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland

New York

Giants (80 ovr)

Washington

Redskins(84 ovr)

31-37

Former Giants WR Hakeem Nicks looked great in his first match-up against his old team, and no matter what they did, this was a game where RGIII & Co. held the lead throughout despite how narrow it got at times, and the 'Skins continue to roll and go undefeated, move to 4-0 on the season.

Week 5 - The Battle for MetLife (a/k/a NY Bowl) - 3-1 NYG (80 OVR) vs. 2-2 NYJ (78 OVR)

This game was never close, as NYG rolls 27-3 - the otherwise-underperforming MLB Sean Lee had a big day with 2 INTs against Geno.


Week 6 Preview & At-a-Glance Review

Redskins lead NFC East at 5-0, with NYG and Dallas right behind at 4-1. After a great season last year, the Eagles are 0-5 due to injuries.

Weeks 6 & 7 - After a blowout win against Miami in which we saw Giants DB Prince Amukamara nab 3 INTs, and the 'Fins blow up Ryan Nassib's victory kneeldown...

... then the R-Skins complete the season sweep against the Giants, and the Patriots destroyed NYG to the tune of 41-21.

Patriots QB Tom Brady had a banner day against NY's lackluster pass defense (unlike against Tannehill, 4 INTs) Brady had 4 TDs and only 1 INT, and nearly 400 yards passing.

Things won't get easier in Week 8, versus the on-fire 7&1 Saints. To make things worse for NY, the NFC East race has heated even more, with the Redskins an amazing 7&1, Dallas at 6-2, and NYG in third place at 5-3.