November 17, 2013 - 3:25 p.m. - FOX
MetLife Stadium
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Packers 13 - Giants 27
The Packers dropped their third-straight game as they suffered their second-straight loss 27-13.
Scott Tolzien earned his first career NFL start for the Packers and was impressive again, however, still showed effects of an inexperienced quarterback. Just like last week, the Packers offense racked up yards, but failed to put points on the board. Tolzien threw for 339 yards on 24/34 passing. The quarterback, however, was picked off three times by the Giants defense. Tolzien has many similarities to Brett Favre. He is a gun-slinger who has a big arm and takes chances with his throws. His inexperience at the quarterback position at the NFL level clearly is something that plagues him. Unfortunately for the Packers, there aren't many extra options other than recently signed Matt Flynn.
Jordy Nelson had a big day for the Packers catching eight balls for 117 yards. Jarrett Boykin continues his great play replacing Randall Cobb with six receptions for 91 yards. The Giants defense bottled up Eddie Lacy who only rushed for 27 yards on fourteen carries and a touchdown.
The New York Giants extended their winning streak to four games led by Eli Manning who threw for 279 yards, a touchdown, and one interception. Victor Cruz had a nice day hauling in eight passes for 110 yards.
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The dagger in this football came in the fourth quarter. After an Eddie Lacy 4-yard touchdown run to cut the Giants lead to 20-13, and a defensive stop, the Packers had a chance to tie the game. Jason Pierre-Paul intercepted Tolzien on a leaping screen play and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown and collapsed any hope the Packers had in winning this football game. The amazing part about this interception was the comment made by Justin Tuck after the game: "I have never seen anything like it before in my life. We were literally in a TV timeout and he said, 'I'm going to pick this.'" This would be a sign of predictable play calling.
The Packers season is really in jeopardy going forward.
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