Big Blue has had their fair share of wild finishes over the last few seasons, but yesterday they may have officially outdone themselves. The game started off slow once again for the Giants, as the offense looked lost again, Winston had no time to throw, and the run game was nonexistent, heading into halftime trailing 12-3. Then, to open the half, yet again, Jameis Winston looked like a completely different football player. This is now the third consecutive week that the G-Men have looked abysmal offensively, only to come out guns blazing in the third quarter. The offense went on to score on every possession after halftime for the remainder of regulation. (image via nygiants.com) After a late comeback, Big Blue tied the game up with a Malik Nabers TD with under a minute to go, ultimately sending the game into overtime. The Giants opened things up with another missed field goal, as rookie kicker Dominic Zvada had his welcome-to-the-league moment, going just 2-for-5 on field goal attempts...
If I had a nickel for every time the Giants made a game-sealing pick on the last play of a game this year...I'd have two nickels. In what was eerily similar to the end of last week's game against the Titans, the Giants had fans on the edge of their seats yet again, with the game on the line late in the fourth. After a horrible pass interference call on Deonte Banks with under a minute to go, Big Blue’s defense faced three straight plays from the five-yard line, needing a stop to win the game. After three consecutive incompletions, Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett went after Banks yet again on the final play of the game. But Banks jumped the pass, picked it off, and returned it all the way for a touchdown. (image via nygiants.com) The defense came out much stronger in the second half, looking like the unit we had hoped they'd be all year. The pick-six was a cherry on top of a phenomenal second half of play calling from Giants defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, who ca...