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Eli Manning did not play well...except for the only touchdown.
The NFL's first game overseas was every bit as sloppy as it was predictable Sunday. Eli Manning was pathetic and threw for only 59 yards but he did manage to run for New York's only touchdown to give the New York Giants to a 13-10 victory over the still-winless Miami Dolphins (don't worry, the Rams lost too today).
The New York Giants (6-2) had more a lot more riding on this game, coming in with a 5 game winning streak before flying off for a 3,500-mile dog-and-pony show to London to make history for the NFL. But Brandon Jacobs helped ease the pain, running for 131 yards, the second straight week he's hit a career high. Yeah he is good.
Steady rain that made for a torn-up turf at Wembley Stadium, the New York defense allowed only 254 yards and held the Dolphins out of the end zone for the first 58 minutes.
The Dolphins pulled close, 13-10 when Cleo Lemon hit Ted Ginn Jr. for a 21-yard score with 1:54 left. But Jay Feely's screwed up his onside kick and it went out of bounds. The Giants kneeled on it three times to seal the deal, ignoring the loud boos from the crowd of 80,000+ that wanted more crappy football.
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The worthless Dolphins fell to 0-8 and kept the race to 0-16 really tight on the 35th anniversary of their perfect, 17-0 season in 1972.
I guess the idea behind this game was supposedly to offer Londoners a look at a real sport after they'd suffered through decades of exhibition games, NFL Europa and the other futbol. And while the mud made for good television and some fun slips and slides, this was hardly a classic demonstration of American football at its best.
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