Shepard Catches Game Winning Touchdown for Giants in Consecutive Weeks
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Shepard caught the game winning touchdown pass last week for the Giants. What would he do for an encore? With the game tied at 16 in the third-quarter, on a third-and-4 play from the Chicago 15, Eli Manning threw the game winning 15-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard in a 22 to 16 victory over the Chicago Bears, despite the missed extra point.
Shepard had 5 catches for 50 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. He is a very old schooled player by running good routes and just playing the game week in and week out. Shepard plays a lot like Amani Toomer.
In the first quarter, Jay Cutler threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller. Miller finished with 3 catches for 61 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. Cutler finished with 252 passing yards 1 touchdown and 1 interception. The Giants responded on the next drive with a 2-yard touchdown run by Rashad Jennings.
The running game finally opened up today for the Giants. Jennings finished with 85 yards rushing and 1 touchdown. Paul Perkins had 16 yards rushing. It was tied at 6 after both of those series because of missed extra points on both sides.
With the Bears leading 9 to 6 in the second-quarter, Jeremy Langford scored on a 1-yard rush. Langford only rushed for 8 yards but had 3 catches for 30 receiving yards. Jordan Howard had 77 rushing yards and 1 catch for 22 receiving yards.
The Giants would finally wake up after that.
Trailing 16 to 9 in the third-quarter, the Giants tied the game on a 9-yard touchdown pass to Will Tye from Eli Manning. Manning finished with 227 passing yards and 2 touchdowns.
In the fourth quarter, Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd was carted off the field after an apparent injury and taken to a local hospital.
With 1:19 remaining on a second-and-29 play from the NYG 49 for Chicago, Jay Cutler threw an interception to Landon Collins to seal the game.
The Giants defense was impressive once again with 4 sacks and 1 forced fumble in the game. They will travel to face the Cleveland Browns (0-11) next Sunday.
