Giants storm back to beat Falcons 30-20
If only the Falcons could play all of their games in the Georgia Dome.
The road, again, was unkind to the Falcons, who kicked away a double-digit second-half lead and were defeated by the New York Giants 30-20 before 80,307 fans at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The Falcons, who have not won an outdoor game on the road since Nov. 2012, dropped to 2-3. They are 2-0 at home and 0-3 on the road. The Giants improved to 3-2.
The Falcons defense, which was ravaged for 558 yards last week by rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and the Minnesota Vikings, came here with a chip on their shoulders.
While they still didn’t mount much of a pass rush, the defense played much better against the run and kept the big plays down to a minimum.
The effort was good enough for the Falcons to mount a 20-10 lead late in the third quarter, but as the offense sputtered behind a revamped offensive line, the Giants scored 20 unanswered points.
The Falcons haven’t won a game outdoors since triumphing at Tampa Bay on Nov. 25, 2012. Their only road victory in 2013 came against the Bills in Toronto with the roof closed at the Rogers Centre.
The Falcons will try to rebound when they host the Chicago Bears at 4:25 p.m. Sunday at the Georgia Dome.
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
