Giants blow another late lead to spoil Mike Kafkas debut, Jameis Winstons start as skid hits five

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Same result.The Giants lost to the Packers 27-20 at MetLife Stadium, which was about 50 percent occupied by Green Bay fans clad in their garish Cheeseheads.The Giants (2-9) looked like they were about to end their four-game losing streak and give Mike Kafka his first NFL victory as a head coach since taking over for Brian Daboll, who was fired this week.The Giants went ahead 20-19 with 7:22 remaining in a seesaw game on a 1-yard quarterback keeper by Jameis Winston, who made his Giants debut by starting in place of injured rookie Jaxson Dart.That led to the Giants defense agonizingly blowing a fourth-quarter lead for the third time this season.It ruined the head coaching debut for Kafka, and the first start as a Giant for Winston.The Packers won the game on a 17-yard touchdown strike from Jordan Love to Christian Watson that gave them a 27-20 led with 4:02 remaining in the game.Watson, who abused the Giants secondary all day and caught two TD passes, beat Giants cornerback Korie Black in the end zone for the go-ahead score.The Giants got the ball back with 4:02 remaining and drove to the Green Bay 14-yard line before Winston was picked off by Packers safety Evan Williams in the end zone with 36 seconds remaining.Jalin Hyatt, the intended receiver, didn’t appear to go after the ball as Williams picked it off easily.The Giants won the opening coin toss and took the ball, turning the first possession into a 7-0 lead on a five-yard scoring run by Devin Singletary, the first of his two first-half rushing TDs.The drive was kept alive by a 20-yard Winston pass to Wan’Dale Robinson on a third-and-5 and another 20-yard Winston connection with receiver Isaiah Hodgins, who was signed off the Pittsburgh practice squad.The Packers cut the lead to 7-6 on a 6-yard scoring pass from backup quarterback Malik Willis to Christian ...