You get outscored 31-8 in the half and typically you’re not going to win a game, so we got to do a better job.” “We gave up some explosives there and really couldn’t get them to third down enough,” Gannon said. He added 59 yards and another score on nine carries.Īnd despite his 3.7 yards per carry, Barkley still managed to find pay dirt as both a runner and receiver.
The quarterback turned what looked like a game to forget into 321 yards and two touchdowns to one interception on 26-of-37 passing. The Cardinals defense had no answer in the second half for Jones or Barkley, especially in early down situations. It didn’t help that the defense couldn’t do a thing to stop a rejuvenated Giants offense on the other end.Ĭoming away with points in each of its final five drives of the afternoon - highlighted by four straight touchdowns - New York turned from cupcake to juggernaut while Arizona did the complete opposite. “You feel like you have a good thing going and then they’re executing and we’re not. The offense put up a couple more points than we did last week and it still wasn’t enough. “I’m not discouraged, but I’m hurt for sure. “I’m really sick to my stomach, I’m hurt,” Conner said postgame. That kind of offensive inefficiently won’t do any favors for a team’s momentum regardless of lead. We got outplayed in the second half - tale of two halves - we got to do a better job helping our guys out, because the effort’s there, the intensity’s there, just got to coach a little bit better,” head coach Jonathan Gannon said postgame.Īfter scoring a touchdown or field goal on five of their first six drives of the game, the Cardinals final four drives went as so: The defense that kept the Giants in check was now the one getting pushed around by Jones and Co. The offense that hung 28 points up on the scoreboard suddenly went stagnant. Cowboys, Cardinalsĭefensively, Arizona once again looked stout against the competition, holding both quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley in check for the first 30 minutes.įor the home crowd that was been forced to watch the Cardinals toil away games at State Farm Stadium under the previous regime, it was a refreshing sight to behold regardless of all the end-of-season projections and draft talk.Įven when the Giants finally found the end zone in the third quarter, the Cardinals were there to answer right back to push their lead to 28-7 following a successful two-point conversion.īut for all the good Arizona strung together in just over two quarters of action, it followed it up with a whole lot of bad on both sides of the football. The Giants were outscored 60-0 to begin the season vs.
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