PICK FOUR!
differential in the NFC at minus-10. Then tight end Larry Donnell coughed up the ball on the Giants 35, leading to the Rams’ lone touchdown, a 10-yard grab by Tavon Austin.
But the Rams were unable to build on that early edge and instead hit the self-destruct button. Keenum threw two interceptions, both off high-sailing deflections, to safety Landon Collins, and two more in the end zone to cornerback RodgersCromartie. RB Todd Gurley struggled, carrying 15 times for 57 yards, his longest run an 8-yarder.
Collins returned his first pick 44 yards for a secondquarter touchdown, making several Rams miss tackles before he bowled over center Tim Barnes to draw the Giants even.
“I must have run at least 100 yards on that play,” said a beaming Collins, who until Sunday had only one interception in his two-year career.
Collins’ second pick set up the winning drive, which featured a 22-yard catch by Odell Beckman Jr. to the Rams 6. Rashad Jennings scored from the 1 for the Giants’ only offensive touchdown.
Eli Manning had a pedestrian day, going 24 of 37 for 196 yards and no touchdowns. The Rams managed 20 first downs to the Giants’ 13.
Manning said the pass rush and multiple coverage looks meant it was “tough to get into a great rhythm and hit a bunch of big plays.”
“It’s not one that we’re necessarily going to put on our highlight tape of how we’re supposed to win games, but it’s a team game,” Jennings said. “The defense bailed us out.”
The Rams’ final two possessions ended in the endzone interceptions by Rodgers-Cromartie, the proGiants crowd of more than 74,000 roaring their approval. The Giants gained a single first down in the first quarter on an 11-yard completion to Sterling Shepard. The Rams, by contrast, controlled 11:36 of the firstquarter clock, gained seven first downs with a balanced attack, and scored on their first two drives to lead 10-0 with less than 10 minutes gone.