Giants vs. Bengals

On September 21, 2008 the 2-0 New York Giants faced off against the 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals at Giants stadium in New Jersey. The Giants were favored by 13.5 points going into the game, but many thought that this game would be much closer than that. The Giants defense, who has played stellar in the first two games this season, started off this game with another great opening drive stand. Even though the defense hasn't played as well as it had in the first two games, they still played good enough. Sacking the Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer six times, the Bengals couldn't really get anything going offensively. The defense held the Bengals to only two touchdowns, but also allowed three field goals, with one of them being at the end of regulation which tied the game up and sent it into overtime. The offense of the Giants was led by quarterback Eli Manning who went 26-43 with 289 yards passing, and kicker John Carney who went four for four in field goal attempts including one from 22 yards out in overtime to give the Giants a 26-23 victory over the Bengals. Carney who was a free agent before the beginning of the season is now nine for nine in field goal attempts this season, and has played a major role in two of the Giants three victories this season. The Giants have now moved to 3-0 while the under achieving Bengals move to a disappointing 0-3. This was a big game for the Giants because now they go into their bye week at 3-0 and at a tie for first place in the NFC East with their rival, the Dallas Cowboys.