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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- With the New York Giants offense struggling, no one is pointing fingers, especially at quarterback Eli Manning.There is no doubt the 35-year-old, two-time Super Bowl MVP has not played his best in recent losses to Minnesota and Green Bay.There are a lot of reasons. The offensive line has been inconsistent. The running game has disappeared with starter Rashad Jennings missing the past three games and Shane Vereen lost for the season with a triceps injury in Week 3.The supposed dynamic wide receiver trio of Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz and Sterling Shepard has found itself covered way too often.Then there is Manning. He just has not been as sharp as in recent years. The best example was his missing a walk-in touchdown pass to tight end Will Tye with New York trailing 14-6 late in the first half Sunday night against the Packers. Tye was wide open and Manning overthrew him.Thats not the Manning of the past two seasons in now head coach Ben McAdoos West Coast offense.It has critics wondering if Manning is starting to slip in his 13th season in the league.I think when things go wrong everyone needs something to point at, Beckham said Wednesday after the Giants (2-3) finished practice for Sundays game at home against Baltimore (3-2).Its easy to point the finger here and there. Internally between all of us, we have to play better. We all need to do things to make it easier on him (Manning) and on ourselves. Everyone needs to step it up.Manning willingly took the blame after the Giants third straight loss. He said he feels good physically, downplaying a big hit he took against Washington in the third game of the season.Manning refused to say how he felt he was playing this season.I didnt play as well as I needed to last week, he said. I missed some throws. So I need to play better, I have to make some more throws, better decisions, cant turn the ball over, but we will improve. We will keep working hard and we will figure it out.The Giants have scored 89 points this season, with special teams providing a touchdown on a blocked field goal.The offense has eight touchdowns. Five have been on pass receptions and three on runs. Josh Brown has added nine field goals.Cruz said no one is panicking when it comes to Manning, who has hit 119 of 187 for 1,385 yards and four interceptions.Hes still playing in great form, Cruz said of Manning. You cant just go off a couple of games and negate what hes done in the games that weve won and the good things hes done. Obviously, its easy to harp on the negative things, but youve got to look at the positives as well.In the past two games, Manning has been under a lot of pressure. He seemingly has tossed balls away rather than take a sack or hang in there and try to make a big play.New York also has hurt itself with turnovers and penalties. They are minus-7 in turnover differential and have been flagged 32 times for 313 yards in penalties.Take away the mistakes, and the offense improves.We need to score more points, period, McAdoo said . We had four first downs inside the 30-yard line, two of them were inside the 15 and we need to score touchdowns in the green zone. Whether theyre in the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter, well take them. We need points, we need to score touchdowns. Whatever were averaging right now is not nearly good enough.Game notes Jennings said he practiced with the first team Wednesday and hopes to return Sunday. ... DE Jason Pierre-Paul (groin) did not practice along with LB Devon Kennard (concussion), CB Eli Apple (groin), S Nat Berhe (concussion), T Marshall Newhouse (calf), S Darian Thompson (foot). ... TE Larry Donnell (concussion) wore a non-contact jersey at the workout. ... CB Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie (groin) was limited Wednesday but says he will play. ... McAdoo said LT Ereck Flowers worked with the first team so expect him to start. The second-year player shoved an ESPN reporter in the locker room after Sunday nights game. There was some speculation that Flowers would be benched. The team said any punishment would be handled in-house.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Yeezy 350 v2 Zebra 2019 .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Core Black-Solar Red . 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A heavy dose of methodical mashing, a bit of everything from Christian McCaffrey and a couple little wrinkles that caught Southern California totally off guard.McCaffrey slipped out of the backfield for a 56-yard touchdown reception and dived over the pile for a 1-yard score as the seventh-ranked Cardinal beat USC 27-10 on Saturday night.The Cardinal (2-0, 1-0 Pac-12) have now won seven of nine against the Trojans, the best nine-game stretch for the Cardinal in the history of a rivalry that covers 96 games and 111 years. Stanford has also beaten USC three times within the last calendar year.We dont use anyone but us to set our standards, Cardinal coach David Shaw said.McCaffrey, the AP player of the year and Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2016, had a routine 260 all-purpose yards. Stanford ran it 47 times for 295 yards, threw 15 passes and held the ball for 34:14.The Cardinal drew most of the USC defense into the box with a steady dose of inside runs before receiver Michael Rector went 56 yards for a touchdown on a reverse with 3:26 left in the third quarter to make it 27-10.I thought (the Trojans) were chasing, said Shaw, adding that he told Rector: Stay wide and run fast. Great, brilliant coaching by me.At that point, the Cardinal played the keep-away game they love so much.I think our MO is pretty much set in stone, Shaw said. If we get a two-score lead in the second half, were going to run it. Were going to be physical. We talk about intellectual brutality, were trying to end the game with the ball in our hands.USC (0-1 Pac-12) is 1-2 for the first time since 2001, when the Trojans started 1-4 in Pete Carrolls debut season as coach. The Trojans werent as thoroughly dominated as they were in the opener against Alabama, but in the end they have been outscored 79-16 by the Crimson Tide and Cardinal.I hope we play that team again, I really do, USC coach Clay Helton said about a possible rematch in the Pac-12 title game. This is going to be a good football team. Weve played two very good teams and we need to find a way to win those games.ddddddddddddTHE TAKEAWAYUSC: The Trojans look like the antithesis of Stanford, a team still trying to find an offensive identity and lacking creativity. Their best player, receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, had three catches for 34 yards. Max Browne (18 for 28 for 191 yards) was solid, but the Trojans did little to stretch the field and played it safe on several third-and-longs. Mobile freshman quarterback Sam Darnolds only extended playing time came late in the fourth quarter.We spread the ball around, Helton said. I can never be right. I can throw to one guy or throw to the guy who is open.Stanford: The Cardinal pounded away against a USC defensive line that lacks depth and experience. McCaffrey was the workhorse between the tackles, carrying 30 times for 165 yards.We had a couple of missed assignments, but their offensive line works for him, USC linebacker Cameron Smith said.McCaffrey went over 200 all-purpose yards for the eighth straight game.Sometimes when the games on the line, were OK getting 5, 5, 5, 12, 5, 4 yards a pop if thats what it takes to win and thats what theyre giving us, he said.POLL IMPLICATIONSOnly one team lost in front of Stanford so expect a modest gain for the Cardinal in the AP Top 25. Frankly, beating USC at home just doesnt warrant that big of a bump.UP NEXTUSC: The Trojans have a short week of preparation to get ready for another road game against a smash-mouth team. USC plays at Utah on Friday night.Stanford: This was the start of the toughest stretch of the season for the Cardinal. UCLA is up first next week. Stanford has owned the Bruins lately, winning eight straight meetings. After that, Stanford has its own quick turnaround road game on a Friday night at No. 8 Washington.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP---AP College Football: http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '