The Giants won the opening coin toss and elected to defer to the second half, giving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the ball to start the game. Tampa got off to a hot start, with Jameis Winston finding Mike Evans again and again to torch Janoris Jenkins and gash the Giants defense for a pair of touchdowns. Evans finished the half with 7 catches for 146 yards and 3 touchdowns and the Bucs scored on each of their possessions in the first half.
While the results were poor, James Bettcher seems to resolved to call an aggressive game.