New head coach.<\/p>\n
New starting quarterback.<\/p>\n
Same result.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
That led to the Giants defense agonizingly blowing a fourth-quarter lead for the third time this season.<\/p>\n
Jameis Winstron attempts a throw during the Giants\u2019 game against the Packers on Nov. 16. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
It ruined the head coaching debut for Kafka, and the first start as a Giant for Winston.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Devin Singletary runs with the ball during the Giants\u2019 Nov. 16 game against the Packers. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Jalin Hyatt, the intended receiver, didn\u2019t appear to go after the ball as Williams picked it off easily.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The drive was kept alive by a 20-yard Winston pass to Wan\u2019Dale Robinson on a third-and-5 and another 20-yard Winston connection with receiver Isaiah Hodgins, who was signed off the Pittsburgh practice squad.<\/p>\n
The Packers cut the lead to 7-6 on a 6-yard scoring pass from backup quarterback Malik Willis to Christian Watson.<\/p>\n
Backup kicker Lucas Havrisik, who was playing for the injured Brandon McManus, missed the extra point.<\/p>\n
Willis replaced starting quarterback Jordan Love in the first quarter when a hit by Giants linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles injured his left shoulder.<\/p>\n
On the touchdown, Giants maligned cornerback Deonte Banks was attached to Watson, who made a great play to hold onto the ball. It was the first TD of the year for Watson, who\u2019d missed time with a knee injury.<\/p>\n
After a Giants three-and-out on offense, the Packers took a 13-7 lead on an 11-yard scoring run by running back Emanuel Wilson.<\/p>\n
Jordan Love attempts a throw during the Packers\u2019 game against the Giants on Nov. 16. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Wilson was in for starter Josh Jacobs, who injured a knee and didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n
Most importantly for Green Bay is that Love returned to the game and went 4-for-6 for 66 yards on the drive.<\/p>\n
The Giants tied the game at 13-13 on a 2-yard touchdown run by Singletary with 1:11 remaining in the first half.<\/p>\n
Their extra point by Younghoe Koo was good initially, giving the Giants a 14-13 lead. But a chop-block penalty called on Austin Schlottmann made the Giants have to kick again.<\/p>\n
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The 15-yard penalty made for a 48-yard extra point attempt and Koo missed it wide left, leaving the score at 13-13 at the half.<\/p>\n
The Packers, with the ball first to open the third quarter, wasted little time retaking the lead.<\/p>\n
Love connected with Josh Whyle from 2 yards out 3:20 into the second half. Whyle was uncovered in the corner of the end zone because Giants safety Jev\u00f3n Holland was knocked down on a pick by Watson.<\/p>\n
After that TD, the Packers again missed the PAT, this leaving Green Bay with a 19-13 lead.<\/p>\n
The Giants answered with a monster 16-play drive that ate 9:46 off the clock \u2026 but it ended in a failed fourth-and-3 play from the Green Bay 10-yard line when Winston was sacked.<\/p>\n
It was the longest offensive possession by the Giants this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New head coach. New starting quarterback. Same result. The Giants lost to the Packers 27-20 at MetLife Stadium,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3916,2676,20363,23949,15252,9,2683,11,10,22,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-41613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-devin-singletary","9":"tag-green-bay-packers","10":"tag-jameis-winston","11":"tag-jordan-love","12":"tag-mike-kafka","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-giants","15":"tag-new-york-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}