Giants Bear-ly awaken in time

Eli Manning was leading the Giants to ruin. Then he led them to victory. A stunning, improbable victory the Giants needed almost as badly as Manning did. "It wasn't the prettiest . . . at times it was flat-our ugly," Manning said after somehow halting the uproar swirling around him. "But it was sweet."

He had thrown two interceptions and lost the ball once on a self-inflicted fumble as the Giants' season was heading down a slippery slope. Based largely on Manning's failings, the Giants trailed virtually all afternoon in the cold, wet and wind, mired in offensive stagnation. They were down 16-7 in the fourth quarter before Manning shook off the demons that have bedeviled him the past few weeks. Continue