Giants (OT)...26 Bengals...23
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants are off to their best start since 2000, and a play that was not reviewed in overtime may have helped.
John Carney kicked a 22-yard field goal with 8:39 left in the extra session and the Super Bowl champions overcame a strong effort by winless Cincinnati for a 26-23 victory.
The play that set up the winning kick was a 31-yard pass from Eli Manning to Amani Toomer on a third-and-10 from the Bengals’ 38.
It was difficult to tell whether Toomer got both feet in bounds. The Giants hustled to the line of scrimmage and handed the ball to Derrick Ward for a three-yard run to the Bengals’ four, precluding a video review.
The NFL official in the press box opted to let the play stand.
Quoteworthy: “My message today was . . . it ended up being really the power of the will.” -- Tom Coughlin, Giants coach
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