Giants top Bengals for fourth win in row

Eli Manning threw his third touchdown pass of the game on a fourth-down gamble by rookie head coach Ben McAdoo, and the host New York Giants beat Cincinnati 21-20 Monday for their first four-game winning streak since 2013.

Manning threw 10-yard scoring passes to Jerrell Adams and Odell Beckham in the first half, then found Sterling Shepard for a 3-yard touchdown on a daring call with New York (6-3) down 20-14 early in the fourth quarter.

Manning (28-for-44, 240 yards) said McAdoo told him between the third and fourth quarters that the Giants were in four-down territory, so he knew they were going to go for the touchdown on three plays from the Bengals’ 9.

The Giants defense took control from there, closing it out on Landon Collins’ fourth interception in the past three games and two stops, the last on consecutive sacks of Andy Dalton with less than five minutes to play.

Dalton threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Green and Jeremy Hill scored on a 9-yard run that was set up by an 84-yard kickoff return by Alex Erickson to start the second half.

Mike Nugent kicked two field goals for Cincinnati (3-5-1), the second giving the Bengals a 20-14 lead early in the third quarter.

The Rams say defensive end Robert Quinn is in stable condition in a hospital with an illness that’s unrelated to football.