5 takeaways from the NY Giants epic win over the Ravens in Week 6

Are you kidding?! There are no words to describe this New York Giants team in 2022. Just when it looked like the Baltimore Ravens were going to be able to record a win over the G-Men at MetLife Stadium, the defense stepped up with a pair of huge turnovers in the fourth quarter. Say it with us, folks: the Giants are 5-1!

On Sunday, NY was able to come away with an incredible 24-20 win over the Ravens and fans are loving this. Time and time again, this unlikely story continues to be written in such a monumental manner. What a turnaround for this organization. With that said, here’s five things we learned from the Giants win.

5. The offense can’t keep playing so slow in the first half

What’s been so key for the Giants this season has been the way they’ve been able to kick things into a new gear in the second half. However, the slow starts have been tough to see and we got more of the same vs. the Ravens on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants were held to seven points in the first 30 minutes of play and the team just couldn’t move the ball down the field. How bad were things? Well, the Ravens managed to record 256 yards in the first half, while the Giants were held to 90. Only 90 yards of total offense for the first half?

Yeah, that’s never what you want to see and people were once again upset with some of the play-calling decisions from offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. Luckily, this team was able to find a way to record some huge plays in the second half once again, with Daniel Jones, Daniel Bellinger, Saquon Barkley and others stepping up. Moving forward, though, we’d like to see NY start things off on a much better note.

4. The Giants must must must keep feeding Saquon

This is stating the obvious, but giving Barkley the ball is going to put the Giants in the best position to win. Barkley is one of the most explosive running backs in the NFL and he entered Sunday with the most yards from scrimmage. Despite that, Kafka didn’t get him the pigskin enough in the first half.

Barkley only posted six carries for 14 yards in the first half, while adding two receptions. What in the world? People were furious with Kafka for not getting Barkley the ball. In the second half, Barkley was much more involved. He finished the Week 6 showdown with 22 carries for 84 yards and a touchdown.

Yup, that’s 16 carries for 70 yards in the second half, which is exactly what people wanted to see. Barkley could have had a second TD, but he smartly stopped himself short of the end zone to kill more time off the clock. Soon after, the Giants went into victory formation. Boom.

3. Wan’Dale Robinson is going to be a stud for the Giants

Despite only finishing with three receptions for 37 yards, Wan’Dale Robinson reminded a lot of people out there why the Giants used a second-round pick on him. Robinson has impressive speed and posted two big catches in the first half for the Giants. The first came on a key third-down conversion.

Then, Robinson got on the board with his first-career touchdown on a short catch from Jones. The route running was solid for Robinson and having him back sure is going to be great news for Jones and the rest of the offense the rest of the campaign.

In the second half too, Robinson caught a nice 17-yard ball that Jones threw on a dime. These two are going to have to work on their chemistry, as there’s obviously a big difference between making plays with one another in practice than there is in games. However, they hooked up several times vs. the Ravens and fans are ready to see more of that.

2. Refs blew it on the Mark Andrews touchdown

In a close game like this, the last thing anyone wants to see is the guys in stripes blow it on a game-changing play. That’s exactly what happened in the fourth quarter. With Lamar Jackson looking to put six points on the board, he found his No. 1 target Mark Andrews for an impressive score.

Well, the play should have never been recorded. As you’ll be able to see in the video below, the clock clearly hit zero and a delay of game penalty should have been called against the Ravens. Instead, the refs missed it and Jackson was able to find Andrews for the touchdown. Again, this should have never happened.

Coach Daboll was livid and understandably so. The refs can’t let this to happen. Baltimore is too talented on offense to be given free plays like this. Luckily for the Giants, this TD didn’t end up being the deciding factor in the back-and-forth contest.

1. Julian Love and Kayvon Thibodeaux were the heroes late

What a perfect time for the Giants’ first interception of the season! With Baltimore looking to end the game with an exclamation point late in the fourth quarter, Julian Love and the NY defense had other ideas. On a key third-down play, Jackson let the snap go by him and then he tried to force a ball down the field. Big mistake.

Love intercepted the ball and then returned it deep into Baltimore territory. After hearts dropped on a Jones interception, the relief couldn’t be measured when pass interference was called on Marcus Peters. Then after that, Barkley recorded his touchdown run to give the Giants their 24-20 lead.

That’s an unreal play from Love and you know that defensive coordinator Wink Martindale love seeing it. After that, No. 5 overall pick Kayvon Thibodeaux came up huge for the Giants, recording a strip sack of Jackson, with Leonard Williams recovering the rock.

Are you kidding me? What a moment for Thibodeaux, as everyone has been waiting for him to record this kind of a play. All in all, the Giants stepped up late and are now 5-1 on the year. Who in the world ever thought this would be the case? You’ve got to love it.

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