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Giants report card

OFFENSE

No turnovers! Nothing fancy and only 257 total yards. Eli Manning (23-of-39, 200 yards, 1 TD) was more conservative with the ball and did not throw an interception! Scoring catch for Rueben Randle. Only 64 rushing yards as a team, but at least Peyton Hillis (18 carries, 36 yards) and Michael Cox (11, 23) didn’t fumble. Did we mention no turnovers? Grade: C.

DEFENSE

Any time Adrian Peterson gets 13 rushing attempts and manages only 28 yards, there’s some serious run-stopping going on. Jon Beason makes a difference. Interception from Antrel Rolle and sack for Justin Tuck. Vikings got only 206 total yards and Josh Freeman (20-of-53, 190 yards) was beyond terrible. No points allowed here. Grade: A.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Now it’s getting ugly. Breakdowns galore. Marcus Sherels with an 86-yard punt return for a TD that featured embarrassingly bad coverage. Randle fumbled on a punt return. Cordarrelle Patterson gashed the Giants for a 69-yard kickoff return. Josh Brown did hit all three of his field goal attempts.

Grade: F.

COACHING

The passing game for Kevin Gilbride was more ball-control than usual and it helped keep Manning under wraps, which was smart. Perry Fewell’s defense swarmed around the ball. Tom Quinn’s special teams are in disarray. Tom Coughlin sure looked relieved after this one. B.