They opened the season with an record and went on to win the NFC East with a record. As a division winner, they drew a bye in the wild-card round of the playoffs. On Jan. The Rams had disposed of the Philadelphia Eagles the week before in the wild-card round and came into New Jersey as three-point underdogs. The Rams were one of the teams that managed to beat the Giants during the regular season, knocking them off, , in Anaheim on Nov.
In this game, however, L. On a typical blustery Meadowlands afternoon, the feeling in the air was that the Giants were going to romp. As predicted, the game was a low-scoring one. The Giants defense was putting in their typical home cold-weather defensive performance, and New York was up, , with 17 seconds to go in the first half.
The Giants regained the lead in the third quarter on a 2-yard touchdown plunge by Ottis Anderson. The Rams would hold the Giants scoreless in the fourth quarter and tie the game at 13 with two short field goals by Mike Lansford, sending the game into overtime.
Fans were getting antsy, groaning about the Giants offense being put in dry dock in the second half by Parcells. An earlier interception that led to a Rams touchdown may have been the reason.
In overtime, the Rams won the coin toss and marched down the field on the stunned Giants. It took only for the visitors to score the winning touchdown, a yard reception by Anderson over Giants cornerback Mark Collins that ended with Flipper running straight through the back of the end zone, through the tunnel and into the locker room.
Anderson knee has been ruled out for Sunday's game versus the Bengals, Kyle Stackpole of Washington's official site reports. Anderson hasn't played more than 15 snaps on defense in a game since Week 4, as rookie Chase Young has taken off as expected, while Montez Sweat has impressed on the other side of the defensive line.
He'll aim to recover quickly with a Week 12 Thursday night game against the Cowboys up next. Anderson ankle is active for Sunday's divisional matchup against the Giants.
Anderson has been limited at practice the past few weeks with the ankle issue, so this news isn't a surprise. Now appearing healthy, look for the Alabama product to assume his usual rotational depth role across the defensive line.
Anderson ankle is officially active for Sunday's game against the Ravens. Anderson played through a shin issue in Week 3 and it appears he will play through the issue just a week later. Now that the Alabama product is back to full health, Anderson will provide rotational depth along Washington's defensive line. Anderson ankle is officially questionable for Sunday's game against the Ravens, Kyle Stackpole of Washington's official site reports.
Anderson managed to play through what was labeled a shin issue Week 3, so there's some reason to hope that he could be available against Baltimore on Sunday. When back to full health, Anderson will provide rotational depth along Washington's defensive line.
Anderson shin was a full participant in Thursday's practice, Rhiannon Walker of The Athletic reports. Anderson was a non-participant Wednesday, but he already appears to have shed his shin injury.
The fourth-year defensive end only handles a reserve role on defense, so he's not worth fantasy consideration in IDP formats. Anderson managed 44 tackles 30 solo , four sacks and one defended pass across 16 games in He also forced five fumbles, two of which he recovered.
Anderson hadn't forced a single fumble in his first two NFL seasons, so his five-count campaign will likely prove an outlier. Still, his impressive production in an expanded role could land the second-round pick a similar role for Anderson wasn't able to practice Wednesday, but he now looks back to full health.
He's on track to play his usual starting role in Washington's linebacker corps Week 17 against the Cowboys. The third-round draft choice was a starter in and started his five games. Kyler Fackrell, who took the most snaps at outside linebacker for the Giants in , left in March by signing with the Los Angeles Chargers as a free agent. Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at AMarkG1.
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