In week 2 of the regular season, the Packers traveled to the Meadowlands, NJ to meet the Giants. As in Game 1, the Packers D came out dominating and this time held the Giants to 3 yards on their first drive and forcing a punt after just 45sec played. But Jordy Nelson, the Packs rookie kick/punt returner was hit hard while catching the ball, fumbling it and giving the Giants M. Hedgecock the chance to pick it up and return it for 41yds to give the home team a 7:0 lead. Not shocked at all, the Packers offense took the field and fought back, finishing a 6 play 77 yrd drive with a 11yrd TD pass from Aaron Rodgers to TE Donald Lee.
For the rest of the first half, although driving towards the Giants endzone several times, the Packers were only able to finish three drives with field goals, while the Packers D continued their strong play holding the Giants to
89 offense yrds and no further score. At half-time, the Pack lead the Giants 16:7. The Giants second score came on another Packers turnover, when Aaron Rodgers threw his first Interception of the season on the first drive after the halftime.
Sam Madison cought a pass intended for Ryan Grant and returned it untouched for 23yrd into the Packers endzone. After the TD, the kickers again became the scoring players, the Packers' Mason Crosby hit two more FGs, while Giants' John Carney scored once on a 52 yarder.
The final TD, sealing the Packers win, came after the last of three Eli Manning turnovers, when Cullen Jenkins forced a fumble and recovered it at the Giants 19yrd line. Two plays later, Aaron Rodgers hit Ryan Grant on a 6yrd pass for the final score of 29:17 for the Pack.
Asked about the victory, Packers coach McNuff stated that the Giants more or less gave the game away commiting 9 penalties for a total of 100yrds on top of their three turnovers. "The next game against the Chargers we have to finish our drives with TDs, we just can't rely on the opposing team to make so many mistakes again".
