Giants vs. Steelers

Today the 5-1 New York Giants traveled to Pittsburgh to play the 5-1 Steelers in a crucial NFC, AFC match up. The Giants knew they were going in be in a hostile enviornment, and knew it would be a tough game to win. The opening series for the Steelers was capped off by a 32 yard run by Mewelde Moore to give the Steelers an early 7-0 lead. The Giants came back with 9 straight points all on field goals by kicker John Carney to give the Giants a 9-7 lead going into half time. The third quarter was a sloppy quarter, but became exciting when the Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a 65 yard pass to wide reciever Nate Washington to put the Steelers back on top 14-9. The next score was by Giants kicker, John Carney, who hit his fourth field goal of the day to put the Giants within 2 in the fourth quarter. The game changed in the fourth quarter when it was fourth down and the Steelers were lined up to punt, and the snap went sailing over Steelers punter Mitch Berger's head out of the end zone for a safety to tie the game up. The Giants got the ball back on the insuing punt becuase of the safety and drove down the field and scored what ended up being the game winning touchdown with a pass from Eli Manning to tight end Kevin Boss with just 3:11 left. The Giants ended up winning the game improving to 6-1, while the Steelers fell to 5-2. It was an overall good hard hitting game, with plenty of excitment. I planned on traveling to Pittsburgh for this game, but I'm glad I ended up with no tickets because of the loss. :(