Giants Stunned at the Meadowlands 21-20 by the Chargers! Posted by DieHardFans | at 10:42 PM

You could cut the atmosphere for this match up with a butter knife. Eli Manning and Phillip Rivers have never met head to head. Ever since the 2004 draft, both fans and experts have debated whether the Chargers or Giants had been more successful in the big trade that day. To date, it would appear that the Chargers are on top, having beaten the Giants on the last drive of the game.



The standard of the passing was pretty indistinguishable between the two quarterbacks. Rivers threw 24/36 for 209 yards and 3 TD’s and 2 interceptions. While Manning threw for 2 TD’s going 25/33 for 215 yards.

The Chargers didn’t seem to have much luck in managing to get a run together. They only had a total of 34 yards rushing with 15 of those yards coming from Phillip Rivers scrambling for a first down. Tomlinson ran the ball 12 times for 22 yards. Meanwhile, Giants ran for 116 yards total.

Jacobs ran 11 times for 67 yards and Bradshaw carried it 14 times for 39 yards. It looked like the Chargers were going to score more through the air but both Malcolm Floyd and Antonio Gates dropped key passes that cost them dearly, and forcing them to punt the ball to the Giants. Smith and Boss caught Eli Manning’s two touchdown passes.

The Giants sacked Phillip Rivers twice while the Chargers got to Eli Manning 5 times. They have now lost 4 games in a row. They are due to host the Atlanta Falcons while the Chargers find themselves in the middle of a 3 game winning streak and they host the Philadelphia Eagles next Sunday.