The New York Giants are officially on a winning streak after beating the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-35 Sunday afternoon. And after the New Orleans Saints dismantled the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday evening Michael Strahan Color Rush Jersey , the Giants are suddenly in danger of being able to claw their way out of the basement of the NFC East. Their odds of grinding out enough wins to claim the division crown and a spot in the playoffs are still exceedingly slim, but they might still have a chance at meaningful football. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the in-depth stats and snap counts and see what they can tell us about the Giant’s highest scoring game since 2015.OffenseQuarterback The most shocking stat line of the game came courtesy of Eli Manning, who completed 17-of-18 (94.4 percent) 231 yards (12.8 yards per attempt), and 2 touchdowns. This was probably the most efficient, if not objectively “best,” game of Eli Manning’s career. Manning’s completion percentage was simply through the roof, and a full 27.4 points better than his expected completion percentage of 67 percent (per Next Gen Stats). His yards per attempt was similarly fantastic, but it was also set up by some great run-after-the catch by the Giants’ receivers. We can credit him for some of that as well, as yards after the catch are generally a result of scheme (creating opportunities through route combinations or exploiting weaknesses in coverage), ball placement from quarterbacks setting up receivers to take advantage of the scheme, and then the individual efforts of the receivers (route running and making defenders miss). Generally speaking, Manning did a pretty good job of attacking all areas of the field and spreading the ball around. Manning targeted nine different receiving options, and every player targeted caught passes. Even his lone incompletion appeared to be a catchable pass thrown away from the closing safety, but Saquon Barkley looked to lose track of the ball and turned the wrong way.However, Manning still only had 7.6 intended air yards and his average throw was 1.6 yards behind the first down marker, suggesting that despite the yards per attempt, the Giants’ passing game remains conservative. That is disappointing, considering the Buccaneers field one of the worst secondaries in the NFL (and were missing a starter to boot). The Giants (from the top down, not just Manning) have proven singularly unwilling to challenge weak secondaries, and it has held the offense back.Offensive line The Giants’ offensive line was something of a mixed bag. Their run blocking certainly improved Kareem Martin Color Rush Jersey , particularly between the tackles thanks to some terrific blocking by Will Hernandez. Hernandez made key blocks to facilitate Saquon Barkley’s “dirty yards” up the middle.The Giants’ pass protection was ... Weird. Manning was able to hold the ball for a respectable average of 3.1 seconds before throwing (per Next Gen Stats). However, he was also sacked four times (bringing the season total up to 35) while also getting hit five more times on just 22 passing plays. So while the pass protection was very good when it was good, a pressure rate of 41 percent with a sack rate of 18 percent is scary-bad. Skill positionsThis game was the Saquon Barkley show. Barkley played 47 of the Giants’ 53 offensive plays (89 percent), running the ball 27 times for 142 yards (5.3 yards per carry) and a pair of touchdowns. This was easily the best day on the ground of Barkley’s young career. Encouragingly, he only had one negative run as the Giants’ offensive line generally kept the Buccaneers from meeting him in the backfield. And while he did find success running upthe middle, his best runs were still off-target and the result of his individual effort. Odell Beckham Jr. and Sterling Shepard each played 46 snaps (87 percent). Beckham was targeted on just four passes, while Shepard was targeted twice. Beckham also added an 11 yard rush to his production, which started with a 41-yard reception. Evan Engram was once again largely ignored by the offense until late in the fourth quarter, played just 17 snaps and was targeted twice. That puts him a snap behind Scott Simonson who had 18 snaps, and 23 snaps behind Rhett Ellison who had 40.Engram made his mark, however, with a fantastic catch and run for 54 yards on a seam route. Engram has been the Giants’ secret weapon in the fourth quarter, getting them chunk yardage to put them in position to score at the end of games. In light of that, it is mystifying that Pat Shurmur doesn’t use him earlier in the game so the team doesn’t need late-game heroics. It worked out for the Giants, but it is confusing that they could look at their offense through the first 10 games and the Buccaneers’ defense (featuring a talented defensive line and horrific secondary) and decide that leaning on the run game was their best option for winning. DefenseFront sevenOnce again, linebacker Alec Ogletree lead the way by playing all of the Giants’ 71 defensive snaps. That was a full 17 more than Olivier Vernon who played the next most snaps at 53. Vernon didn’t have a great game, failing to record a tackle or QB hit, but extended a Buccaneers’ drive with three consecutive penalties.Interestingly, B.J. Hill was third among the front seven players with 50 snaps, while Lorenzo Carter checked in at 42 snaps at defensive end and linebacker. Dalvin Tomlinson was close behind with 40 snaps.Fellow EDGE Kareem Martin played 27 snaps (38 percent), but was the Giants’ most productive defender Robert Thomas Color Rush Jersey , with seven total tackles, two tackles for a loss, a sack, and a quarterback hit. Defensive linemen Josh Mauro and Mario Edwards Jr. were close behind with 26 snaps. Wrapping things up, B.J. Goodson had 21 snaps, Connor Barwin had 17 snaps, and Kerry Wynn had 14 snaps.The Giants were able to get pressure on the Buccaneers’ quarterbacks and constrict their pocket.SecondaryCornerbacks Janoris Jenkins and B.W. Webb played every one of the defense’s 71 snaps, while free safety Curtis Riley played 70 and strong safety Landon Collins had 65, but lead the Giants with 11 tackles.Among the Giants’ backups, slot CB Grant Haley had 48 snaps (68 percent), strong safety Michael Thomas had 23 snaps, and FS Sean Chandler had 10 snaps. Thomas had a good game in his limited action, finishing with a tackle, two passes defensed, and an interception. All told, the Giants’ coverage was tight, with only Mike Evans averaging more than league-average separation. The Giants managed to come up with four interceptions, though they also could have had another, only for two tip-drills on the same drive to bounce off a half-dozen hands to fall harmlessly incomplete. They also came up with eight passes defensed on a combined 37 passing attempts (21 percent), which is solid work as well.Unfortunately, despite the plays made by the secondary Cody Latimer Color Rush Jersey , they also let Ryan Fitzpatrick complete 61.9 percent of his passes and Jameis Winston complete 75 percent.The Giants will need to tighten up their coverage before facing the Philadelphia Eagles next week. What were the obviously disappointed New York Giants saying after Sunday’s butter 25-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, their fifth straight at Lincoln Financial Field and one that dropped them to 3-8 on the season?Let’s go inside the locker room and find out.Pat Shurmur: “The tale of two halves”The Giants led 19-11 at the half, scoring on four of their five possessions. They could only generate a field goal in the second half.“The tale of two halves. I think early on we jumped out to a lead, which was good. In the third quarter, I think just talking it offensively, so we moved the ball fine,” Shurmur said. “In the third quarter, we knocked ourselves off with penalties and sacks and got behind the chains, so you didn’t get a chance to do some of the things you wanted to do. We got back to it a little bit at the end. We moved the ball. We had 11 penalties for 91 yards, unacceptable. Can’t do that.”Here’s more from the Giants head coach:On why Saquon Barkley (nine carries, 94 yards in the first half) had only four second-half carries ...“I think what happened was, we had one series there and we gave it to [Giants RB] Wayne Gallman Jr. He did a good job running the ball; spell him a little bit. I think [Barkley] had 13 rushes and seven catches; touched the ball 20 times. And when we knock ourselves off with penalties, and then sacks, and then all that bad stuff, then you get off schedule trying to get the ball to Saquon and Odell, and the guys that need to touch it.”On the interception at the end of the first half, which killed a scoring opportunity with the Giants at Philly’s 27-yard line ...“I’ll take that. We were attacking too deep and that’s not on any of them. That’s on me. ... They just played way, way softer than I thought they would play. That’s all.”On failing to exploit the Eagles’ depleted secondary ...“I’m not frustrated. We could have. I just mentioned it. It was the story of the second half, especially early. We weren’t making the yards that we need to on the plays that we called. And we had penalties that knocked us off. So then you get away from the stuff that you certainly would like to do. And that’s the deal. Forget the depleted secondary and all, these are NFL football players that you are playing. “We took advantage of some things, but it doesn’t make sense to throw every down when you have a running back like Saquon [Barkley]. And we didn’t convert. I mentioned the reason that the drives got knocked off were the issues that I talked about – we didn’t make the yards that we needed Evan Engram Color Rush Jersey , we had penalties that set us back. So when you’re in third-and-long situations, second-and-long situations, the selection of plays and the things that you try to do are different. So we hurt ourselves. It knocks you off schedule.”Eli Manning: “Bad decision” on interceptionShurmur accepted responsibility for a poor play call on the interception at the end of the half. Manning wasn’t buying:“Just a bad decision. One hundred percent bad decision on me,” he said. “They were playing soft and I just have to throw that away and try for a long field goal.“I have to protect that. We had a good call, good play. They were playing so soft I just have to make a better decision and check it down and shorten the field goal right there, which I could have. So that’s on me.”Saquon Barkley: “Can’t cry” about 3-8Running back Saquon Barkley tried to put being 3-8 in perspective after the game.“Yeah it’s definitely a disappointment because we’re all competitors in this league, we’re all competitors on this team, and when you’re 3-8 that’s not something to be happy about. We work our butts off every single week whether it’s in practice or the offseason, your mindset is to go out there and win every single game. Obviously you’re probably not going to win every single game, but you want to win more. More than what we have right now and we’re not on that side. So it’s definitely disappointing being 3-8 but, you can’t cry about it, you can’t complain about it, we have five more games to get better, get back in ready to work tomorrow and keep believing in each other.”Landon Collins doesn’t know what happenedThe Giants went from a 19-3 lead to a 25-22 loss. How?“I don’t know what changed honestly, I don’t know what changed. They kind of figured something out and kind of rolled with it from that point on,” Collins said.” But, I don’t know, I can’t give you an answer, I have to go and look at it.”