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Daniel Jones leads the shorthanded Giants
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Daniel Jones leads the shorthanded Giants

*Daniel Jones completed 23 of 34 passes for 234 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating of 109.6, which was his highest of the season (just above the 109.4 he had in Cleveland). This was Jones’ third game this season with two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a rating of at least 100.0.

*Jones also had a season-high 38 rushing yards on 11 carries. That increased his career total to 2,022 yards. He is the first quarterback in Giants history to rush for at least 2,000 yards.

*With Singletary sidelined, rookie running back Tyrone Tracy made his first career start and led the Giants’ rushing attack with 18 carries for 129 yards. He totaled 12 attempts for 29 yards in the first four games of the season.

Tracy is the Giants’ first 100-yard rusher since Saquon Barkley ran for 128 yards against the Jets on Oct. 29, 2023, and the first rookie to do so since Barkley rushed for 109 yards against Dallas on Dec. 30, 2018. .

*Tracy’s 129 yards were the highest rushing total by a Giants rookie since Barkley ran for 179 yards on Dec. 9, 2018, at Washington.

*Darius Slayton was Jones’ most frequent target in Nabers’ absence. Slayton was targeted 11 times and caught eight passes for 122 yards and his first touchdown of the season. His eight catches tied for the second-highest total of his career. He also caught eight passes against Dallas on October 11, 2020. Slayton’s career-best 10 receptions came in his rookie season against the Jets on November 10, 2019.

Slayton’s 122 yards were the third-highest total of his career and the most he has racked up since gaining 129 yards against the Cowboys on Oct. 11, 2020. He scored his first touchdown since the 2023 season finale against Philadelphia.

*This was Slayton’s sixth career 100-yard game and the first in which the Giants won.

*The Giants had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game for the first time since Dec. 15, 2019, when Barkley rushed for 112 yards on 24 carries and Sterling Shepard gained 111 on nine catches against Miami in Eli Manning’s final career game .

*Wan’Dale Robinson caught six passes for 36 yards and rookie tight end Theo Johnson had five catches for 48 yards, more than the three receptions for 37 yards he had totaled in the first four games.

*Perhaps the biggest play of the game was Isaiah Simmons’ block of Jason Myers’ 47-yard field goal attempt, which would have tied the game with about a minute left. But wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton picked up the ball and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown – the first time he touched the ball in his career

*It was the Giants’ first touchdown on a field goal block since September 18, 2016, when Janoris Jenkins recovered the ball after Jonathan Hankins blocked a New Orleans’ Wil Lutz attempt and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown. The special teams touchdown was the Giants’ first since Gunner Olszewski’s 94-yard punt return against the Rams on Dec. 31, 2023.

*The Giants’ first offensive possession started poorly and ended disastrously.

On the first offensive play, Jones got his legs tangled and was sacked by Derick Hall for a 10-yard loss and fumble. The ball was recovered by Andrew Thomas. It was the first time Jones was sacked following the Giants’ first offense since Oct. 16, 2022, vs. Baltimore.

The Giants quickly got to their feet and advanced all the way to the Seahawks’ one-yard line. But on fourth down, running back Eric Gray lost a fumble that was forced by Jerome Baker and recovered by safety Rayshawn Jenkins, who returned the ball 102 yards for the game’s first touchdown.

*The touchdown was the second by an opposing defense and the first via a fumble this season. Minnesota’s Andrew Van Ginkel scored on a 10-yard interception return in the season opener on September 8. Jenkins had the first fumbled return touchdown against the Giants since Oct. 11, 2022, when the Cowboys’ Anthony Brown scored on a 29-yard pass. clumsy return in Dallas after DeMarcus fired Lawrence Jones.

*Jenkins’ fumble return was the longest against the Giants in their 100-year history. The previous long was 92 yards by Joe Carter of the Eagles in Philadelphia on September 25, 1938. Jenkins had the longest return in the NFL since November 5, 2000, when Arizona Cardinals Hall of Fame cornerback Aeneas Williams scored on a 104-yard return against Washington.

*Rookie safety Tyler Nubin led the Giants with nine tackles (six solo) and had his first career fumble.

*Greg Joseph made field goals of 38, 31 and 24 yards and succeeded on his last eight attempts.

*The Giants matched their season high by converting seven third downs (on 16 attempts), a total they also achieved in the season opener vs. Minnesota.

*Linebacker Matthew Adams had one special teams tackle in his Giants debut.

*Wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins made his season debut, but was not targeted.

*Rookie running back Dante Miller made his NFL debut but had no touches.

*The Giants’ inactive players included their leading rusher (Devin Singletary) and receiver (Malik Nabers), as well as linebacker Boogie Basham, cornerback Tre Hawkins, safety Anthony Johnson, Jr., guard Jake Kubas and Tommy DeVito (third quarterback) .