Giants Q&A: Big Blue bottled up Johnson most of game

By the end of the game, it didn't look as though the Giants did a good job of stopping Chris Johnson. But you're going to tell me they did, aren't you?

Yes, Johnson ran for 125 yards and two TDs on 32 carries. But he was held to 58 rushing yards and a TD on his first 29 carries. Not until the final drive was he able to bust a big play - a 42-yarder - and pad his statistics. "We did a good job of keeping them out of what they wanted to do for 3 1/2 quarters," Justin Tuck said. "Obviously, he made some big runs there in the fourth, but I'm encouraged with how our run defense came back."

Did Johnson grow frustrated waiting to pop one?

"Of course I get frustrated," he said, "but my teammates, my coaches, they do a good job of keeping my head in the game. I have a lot of 1-, 2-, zero-yard gains, loss of yardage, but I just hope for one to break and we'll be OK."

Was Tom Coughlin booed during his postgame news conference?

It certainly sounded like that. With a new configuration at New Meadowlands Stadium, Coughlin's news conferences take place in full view - and sound - of hundreds of fans who can gather around and stare into the glass room as if it were an aquarium. When Coughlin said, "The way we approached the game is exactly the way we would want it approached," many fans voiced their displeasure with boos. Whether they disliked the comment or perhaps were watching the action from another game on one of the dozens of television screens in the area was hard to determine. At the very least, the timing was uncanny.

What happened on the delay of game with the 39-yard field-goal attempt?

Ultimately, it falls to holder and rookie punter Matt Dodge to call for the ball to be snapped before the play clock hits zero. "That's on me," Dodge said. Coughlin seemed to agree, chewing out Dodge as he came off the field after the miss from five yards deeper. Lawrence Tynes said it was the first delay-of- game penalty of his career but said the five yards shouldn't have mattered when he missed from 44. He also noted that the Titans' kicks were coming at the end of the play clock and thought the officiating crew started the clock quicker than others.

What are Eli Manning's stats as a lefthanded passer?

One-for-two with an interception. He completed a lefthanded toss in 2008, a soft push of the ball to Brandon Jacobs against the Rams. Yesterday he tried to make a similar play from the Titans' 2, southpawing the ball toward a seemingly open Kevin Boss, but it was batted by the fast-closing Will Witherspoon and intercepted in the end zone by Jason McCourty. "I know he thinks he's trying to make a play," Coughlin said. "[But] we would have come away with at least three."

Was it strange for Keith Bulluck to be playing against the Titans, his team for the first 10 years of his career?

He said no. "It was what I thought it was going to be," he said. "It wasn't too emotional. It was all about the game itself. I wasn't necessarily concentrating on playing against my old team."