Giants settle for tie after Cam Skattebos crushing fumble as Commanders squander clock
LANDOVER, Md.— Judging by the number of mistakes, neither the Giants nor Commanders wanted to win Sunday’s game.So neither did.The Giants missed a field goal — Dominic Zvada’s third errant kick on five tries — and lost a fumble on their two overtime possessions and the Commanders ran out of time when in range to attempt a 42-yard field goal and the teams tied 27-27 on a rain-soaked Northwest Stadium.
Get texts from Paul Schwartz with all the latest Giants news and insights, exclusive to Sports+ subscribers.The tie tasted better for the Giants in the end because it looked like they were finished — until Jayden Daniels scrambled with 11 seconds left on a busted play.
The Commanders couldn’t get back to the line of scrimmage in time to spike the ball.It was a reprieve for the Giants after Cam Skattebo fumbled for the fourth time in five games — the second of the game and ninth of the season by the Giants — when the Giants were in position to attempt a long game-winning field goal.The Giants entered Sunday wanting Daniels to run and test his injured left elbow on contact.You wonder how quickly they regretted that plan.Was it when he scrambled for a first down on third-and-11 in the red zone to set up a field goal? Was it when he ran for a 38-yard touchdown while cornerback Deonte Banks had his back turned in downfield coverage? Was it when he ran for a 26-yard touchdown run and cut inside to get over the goal line? Was it when he scrambled to set up the winning overtime kick that never happened?The Giants authored a 14-point fourth-quarter comeback — scoring a game-tying touchdown on a difficult 17-yard catch in double coverage by a skying Malik Nabers with 1:43 to go.The Giants couldn’t get a rushing attack going — leading to desperate attempts to insert backup quarterback J.J.McCarthy to try zone reads in his season debut — and didn’t fully capitalize on extending their early-season first-place lead to at least two games over the re...