--QB Eli Manning chose to put most of the credit on the defense. "The turnovers we got were huge," he said. "They put us in great position to score. It's great when your defense can do that and give you a short field to work with."

--Manning's interception, returned for a 23-yard TD by rookie CB Michael Jenkins, was his first pick after 81 consecutive attempts. "My bad," he said, although it looked more like a communication problem in which pattern was to have been run with WR Plaxico Burress.