With 3:27 left in Thursday’s game, the Giants lined up with Jameis Winston under center on fourth-and-1 from their 11. The team’s backup quarterback, who runs the team’s quarterback sneak operations, yelled, “Shed one. Shed two. Shed three. Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who?”
The Giants fell behind and then punted.
The Commanders had the last word, winning 24-21 on Stefon Diggs’ 32-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds remaining. The Commanders are in 3-5-1 and the Giants are in 5-3-1.
During an entertaining second half, the teams exchanged the advantage four times.
The Giants took a 21-17 lead with 8:13 left on Isaiah Likely’s 66-yard catch-and-run.
The Giants then intercepted Jayden Daniels back-to-back. Safety Jevon Holland, who is having an All-Pro season, took the ball from Chig Okonkwo at the 2-yard line with the Commanders at the Giants 24 with 5:27 left, and Ar’Darius Washington got in front of Okonkwo on fourth-and-2 at the Washington 45 with 2:15 left.
The Giants, however, could not run out of time and the Commanders made the most of it. They needed just three plays to go 71 yards thanks to a questionable 33-yard pass interference penalty on Deonte Banks, who was covering Treylon Burks. Three plays later, Diggs scored.
The Giants reached the Washington 48 on their final drive, but JJ McCarthy’s deep throw to Malik Nabers was intercepted by Rasul Douglas with 25 seconds left.
The Giants outscored the Commanders 399 to 340, but missed a field goal and had two turnovers.
Daniels finished 23 of 33 for 249 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Rachaad White ran for 47 yards on 11 carries and Diggs caught six passes for 83 yards. Antonio Williams and Ben Sinnott each caught a touchdown pass.
McCarthy finished 23 of 36 for 293 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Cam Skattebo had 18 carries for 78 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 44 yards, and Probably had nine receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown.
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