Giants beat Packers on last second field goal for third straight win

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — The New York Giants continued their late-season surge, as Randy Bullock kicked a game-winning field goal to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 24-22 win in the MetLife Stadium.

Tommy DeVito led a 57-yard scoring drive as the Packers (6-7) took a 22-21 lead on a 6-yard pass from Jordan Love to Malik Heath on the 1:33 left. But the Giants (5-8) did not give up and, after their third win, now sit behind the Packers and four other teams for the NFC’s final spot.

New York Giants

It can’t be ignored right now: The Giants are in the NFC title race after their win over the Packers at MetLife Stadium.

The Giants are one game behind five teams, including the Packers, after their three-game winning streak, which was capped by Bullock’s field goal in the game. there is no time left. They’re doing it with DeVito at quarterback and behind a defense that’s forcing turnovers at an incredible rate. New York forced three turnovers on Monday night. The Giants have now forced 12 turnovers in the past three games — all wins.

DeVito’s magical run included leading the Giants 57 yards in seven plays for the game-winning score. The undrafted freshman went 4-of-4 passing for 53 yards on the final drive.

Next week’s game in New Orleans is now crucial for both teams in terms of the last chance in the weak NFC.

QB breakdown: It wasn’t a perfect performance, but DeVito made enough big plays (especially in the second half) to win for the third time in four starts. DeVito completed 17-of-21 passes for 158 yards and a touchdown and no interceptions. He also ran for 71 yards.

DeVito has now thrown seven touchdown passes with just one interception and no lost fumbles in his four starts. He’s taking care of the ball, making the same big plays and allowing the Giants to ride their defense.

“Tommy Cutlets,” the nickname he’s recently adopted, even flashed his trademark signature finger when he hit Isaiah Hodgins with a perfect pass on the run for an 8-yard touchdown in the end of the third quarter to put the Giants up 21. -13. Keep up the DeVito mess.

Problem: Poor special teams play. It was a problem early this season, and it reared its ugly head on Monday night. The costliest mistake came on a punt return midway through the third quarter on a short kick. Gunner Olszewski’s punt return didn’t seem to inform his team until late, and it hit Bobby McCain’s shoulder and was caught in Giants territory. It ended up being three free throws for the Packers. These are the types of mistakes the Giants must avoid. They have done it often this season.

Gen Series Speed ​​Rating: 20.25 miles per mile. That’s when Wan’Dale Robinson hit a wide receiver that caught Wildcat running back Saquon Barkley for 32 yards in the second quarter. Robinson’s best rushing touchdown this season was coming off a torn ACL as a freshman. That run set up Barkley’s 5-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7 early in the second quarter. — Jordan Raanan

Next game: at Saints (1 p.m. ET, Sunday)

Green Bay Packers

The first two games showed that the Packers can beat anyone, even the best teams in the NFL in the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.

Monday night showed that they can beat anyone, even the Giants who have four wins in this game against the Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots and Washington Commanders (twice).

That’s why everyone wanted to put the Packers in the playoffs right then and there after Kansas City’s upset last week got them back to .500 at 6- 6 they should have known what can happen in the last month of a season to a team with so many players who have never had a shot at the playoffs before.

Monday night’s loss dropped the Packers to a six-team field at 6-7, and dropped their chances to 47%, according to and ESPN Analytics. A win would have given them 76% of their playoff chances. The schedule is still working in their favor and only one team so far with a win (Minnesota at 7-6) remains among their four opponents.

Describe the game in two words: Unreal results. The Giants appeared to have won before Barkley scrambles for a 33-yard touchdown run into Packers territory with 3:34 to play. Then it looked like the Packers had won when Love threw a 6-yarder to Heath with 1:33 left. The Giants then won on a field goal as time expired.

Risk factors: Keisean Nixon’s third-quarter fumble was the Packers’ seventh fumble on a punt return since Matt LaFleur took over as Packers coach in 2019. That’s tied with the Titans for sixth. two most at that time behind the Chiefs (eight). It was the Packers’ third possession of the game. The only time they had three giveaways this season was in a Week 5 loss to the Raiders, also on “Monday Night Football.”

Risk factor II: The Packers have yet to have a 100-yard rusher or 100-yard receiver in a game this season. They are one of two teams that don’t (the Patriots are the other). According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time since 1934 that the Packers did not have a 100-yard rusher or receiver through their first 13 games.

Success factors: Rookie Jayden Reed knows how to find the end zone. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a ball carrier or a receiver. His 16-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was his seventh touchdown of the season, tied with Bijan Robinson, Jordan Addison and Tank Dell for second among all rookies in behind only Dolphins running back De’Von Achane (with nine) . Reed (two) and Deebo Samuel (five) are the only receivers in the league with the most rushing yards this season. — Rob Demovsky

Next game: vs. Buccaneers (1 p.m. ET, Sunday)