Zappe got a break when Bullock's kickoff to start the second half went out of bounds. Jones, who has started every game for New England this season, was 12 of 21 for 89 yards. Rookie receiver Jalin Hyatt had five catches for a career-high 109 yards. Rhamondre Stevenson, who rushed for 98 yards on 21 carries, scored on a 7-yard run for New England at the start of the second half after Zappe took over for Jones, as he has several times this season.ĭeVito, the undrafted rookie free agent who has created excitement with Daniel Jones and Tyrod Taylor injured, finished 17 of 25 for 191 yards and didn't throw an interception for the second straight week. Tommy DeVito threw a touchdown pass for New York and the Giants' defense limited Jones and Zappe to 143 yards passing on 35 attempts, and 4 of 14 on third down while playing without Pro Bowl tackle Dexter Lawrence. “That was a blessing,” he said after pushing his sack total to 11. Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux was getting ready for OT when things changed. New England didn't take a shot at the end zone, and Chad Ryland missed a 35-yard field goal attempt with 3 seconds left that would have tied the game. Not good enough."īelichick left himself open to second-guessing by playing for overtime after the Patriots got a first down at the Giants 22 with about a minute to play in regulation. We missed an opportunity at the end of the game to put it into overtime. "Got away from us, even the few times we didn’t turn it over. “We turned the ball over too many times,” said Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who created some suspense by not naming his starting quarterback until game time. McKinney said the Patriots (2-9 and the losers of four straight) had used to same pattern earlier in the game, and he read it when he stepped in front of receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. It’s fun, it’s always fun when we're getting turnovers.” “It’s definitely showing all the work that we put in throughout the week,” McKinney said. They picked off Patriots starter Mac Jones twice in the first half and McKinney got the other in the fourth quarter against Bailey Zappe, who relieved Jones to start the second half. The Giants (4-8) have forced nine turnovers during their first winning streak, with six coming last weekend against Washington. Xavier McKinney set up Randy Bullock's go-ahead 42-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter with New York's third interception of New England's woeful QBs, and the Giants held on to beat the Patriots 10-7 on Sunday. (AP) - The New England Patriots have a problem at quarterback, and the New York Giants took advantage of it in winning consecutive games for the first time this season.
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