The Falcons stand up to the Giants during a torn party on Monday night

ATLANTA – When you have two teams in a match to win imperatively in week 7, you find yourself facing two rather ragged teams.

And although the scores for the "Monday Night Football" match between the Atlanta Falcons and the New York Giants will be fine, if you care about that kind of thing, it's not the kind from game to bottom, from air-it- to football, an easy match video game that we enjoyed this season. It was a slog, clear and simple, and the Falcons came out on the bright side, TK. Atlanta held for a 23-20 win.

These teams met Monday night with well-deserved representatives in 2018: the Falcons, a spectacular off-balance and offensive offensive team on the verge of a spiral; the giants, a goalless mess, already waving midway into the abyss. Matt Ryan of Atlanta has one of the best seasons of his career in some of the most futile circumstances; Eli Manning, his New York counterpart, suffers from the most terrible self-inflicted woes of his entire career.

Could not you just feel the excitement?

First half: exactly as planned

The first half took place almost exactly according to the expected scenario. The two teams traded breaks, breaks, and more, six in total, before Ryan finally landed a 36-yard pbad at Austin Hooper, followed by a 47-yard touchdown gift to Julio. Jones … no, wait, hit that; Ryan found a man named Marvin Hall – who, before tonight, had participated in five receptions of the year – in the end zone. (Jones' untapped play this season remains one of the big mysteries of the game.)

Meanwhile, Manning played under the watchful eye of his older brother, Peyton, and compiled a series of impressive yet utterly irrelevant statistics: 13 out of 16 pbades completed, including his first nine out of 16. the longest pbad for Sterling Shepherd for 38 yards putting the Giants in the shadow of the Falcons goal area.

But then, the essential giants giant took over. Manning made an unhindered attack and pbaded the pbad over the head of a very open Odell Beckham Jr. in the end zone, then took his fourth half bag to leave the Giants with a only purpose to show their efforts. .

Second half: Atlanta moves away

New half, same problems. Once again, Manning found Shepherd for a long reception, a 53-yard strike that put New York 10 on Atlanta. Once again, the Giants clashed in the red zone, as Manning failed to penetrate the defenseless goal zone, and inexplicably did not execute the moving tree trunk that is Saquon Barkley in the middle from the third and one. Manning could only manage a weak and helpless jet in heavy traffic that bounced harmlessly into the field.

If given the opportunity to meddle in the New York Gorge, Atlanta rushes – literally, on a deep road taken by Jones – and the Giants cut once again the secondary gap of Atlanta. This time, it was Beckham, who stood out for two consecutive finals of 51 and 22 yards. And for a moment, if you squint a little, you could take it for a functional offense of the NFL.

But only for a moment. Manning missed three consecutive shots in the red zone, and the Giants again went for an investment. At this point, the score was 10-6, but it looked like 100-6 as if the Giants seemed unable to find the end zone.

The Falcons offensive – perhaps affected by the stench coming from the opposite sideline – slowed down a notch; Ryan distributed the ball to 10 different receivers, but with a decreasing effect. New kicker Giorgio Tavecchio, who replaces injured pillar Matt Bryant, scored a 50-yard goal to narrow the gap to a touchdown.

From there, it was like watching a boa constrictor get to work. Another ineffective practice of the Giants, another long training from Atlanta, punctuated by a 30-yard touchdown by Tevin Coleman, and that's about it. Manning orchestrated his most consistent and consistent training of the night with less than seven minutes of play, but again missed an opportunity for Beckham in the end zone before yielding to Barkley for a two-meter touchdown. Manning could not connect to Beckham for a two-point conversion at an unconventional time, leaving the Giants at 20-12.

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