david dieHl - New York Giants

"We played some big games where we were running the ball well and passing the ball well and
the defense was playing big, making stops, causing fumbles and turnovers," Victor Cruz said. "It
looked like we found it. And then there are other games where it looks like we have no clue."
This was one of the latter.
The only bright spot for the Giants was a late first-quarter drive in which Eli Manning completed
a 43-yard pass to Rueben Randle (which was woefully underthrown because Manning was hit)
and David Wilson ran 14 yards for a touchdown.
After that touchdown, though, the Giants barely moved the ball. They had 22 net yards on their
next five offensive possessions.
The Ravens, meanwhile, kept finding big plays even while trying to run out the clock for most of
the second half. They picked on Corey Webster throughout the game and exposed the veteran
cornerback.
The Ravens scored the game's first two touchdowns, the first on a 6-yard pass from Joe Flacco to
Torrey Smith on a slant with Webster covering and the second on a 1-yard run by Flacco that
was set up by a 43-yard pass to Smith against Webster.
Wilson's touchdown made it 14-7 and seemed to stabilize the momentum, but the Ravens drove
for a field goal to make it 17-7 after a touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones was overturned on
review.
Flacco hit Ray Rice with a 27-yard crossing pass for a touchdown with 1:04 left in the first half
against a Giants blitz to make it 24-7. Michael Boley started out covering Rice, who caught the
ball and burned Will Hill and Stevie Brown on his way to the end zone.
The Ravens' second drive of the third quarter truly iced the game. They faced a third-and-9, a
first-and-20, a second-and-25 and a third-and-9, and still put points on the board with a field
goal. The drive lasted 16 plays, covered 82 yards and ate up nearly eight minutes. Justin Tucker
added two more field goals to make it 33-7 midway through the fourth.
Manning hit Domenik Hixon with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 3:18 left to give the Giants a
second touchdown in as many weeks.
"There's really no words that can describe this type of loss," said Cruz, who was held to three
catches for 21 yards. "It's not something that we would have imagined."