{"id":99888,"date":"2022-10-17T19:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-vs-ravens-stats-and-analytics-from-the-giants-fifth-victory\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T19:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:51:02","slug":"giants-vs-ravens-stats-and-analytics-from-the-giants-fifth-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-vs-ravens-stats-and-analytics-from-the-giants-fifth-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants vs. Ravens: Stats and analytics from the Giants’ fifth victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
The New York Giants improbable run continued on Sunday with their 24-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 6. <\/p>\n
Wins like this past week over the Ravens are becoming routine for the Giants, which is impressive considering how difficult they normally are to come by. The immediate aftermath usually leaves fans with a feeling of bewildered joy. Obviously winning feels good, but questions of \u201cWhat did I just watch? How did that happen?\u201d are there as well. <\/p>\n
Narrative-driven reporting is usually quick to fill in the gaps. But quantifiable analysis of \u201cwhat\u201d and \u201cwhy\u201d happened takes more time to sort out. Let’s see what the stats and advanced analytics can tell us about the Giants’ latest win.<\/p>\n
The biggest single story from the Giants win is how they just keep coming out on top of better teams in the same way. <\/p>\n
It looked as though the Giants would have a hard-fought loss against the Ravens. Then, in the span of eight plays \u2014 starting with a third down conversion nullified by penalty, and finishing with Kayvon Thibodeaux’s strip-sack \u2014 the Giants went from having a 17 percent chance of winning to a 99 percent chance of winning.<\/p>\n
The Giants were largely outplayed by the Tennessee Titans, Green Bay Packers, and the Ravens. While the Giants were far from the incompetent mess we’ve seen in previous years, they looked every bit the \u201cscrappy underdog\u201d for much of those games. Despite the Giants’ largely anemic offense, they were able to hang around and keep from hurting themselves. <\/p>\n
Then, in the fourth quarter, the Giants would make subtle adjustments while their opponent would hurt themselves with snowballing penalties, mistakes, or miscues. That opened the door for the Giants to capitalize and stun their opponent. <\/p>\n
This is what that looks like: <\/p>\n
Week 1 vs. the Tennessee Titans <\/strong><\/p>\n