{"id":42194,"date":"2025-11-17T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/42194\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:40:09","slug":"new-york-giants-sick-after-blowing-another-fourth-quarter-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/42194\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants &#8216;sick&#8217; after blowing another fourth-quarter lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a>&#8216; frustrating 2025 season reached a familiar nadir in a 27-20 defeat to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, marking their fourth loss after holding a fourth-quarter lead with under 10 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This time, clinging to a 20-19 edge with less than five minutes left, the Giants&#8217; defense faltered, allowing a swift 65-yard, seven-play touchdown drive capped by Jordan Love&#8217;s 17-yard strike to Christian Watson, followed by a successful two-point conversion that flipped the script to 27-20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jameis Winston, making his regular-season debut in relief of the injured Jaxson Dart (concussion), showed poise with efficient drives, including a third-quarter rushing score that briefly put New York ahead. Devin Singletary added two touchdowns, but the Giants&#8217; secondary, plagued by coverage lapses from Deonte Banks and a pass-interference penalty on Dane Belton, couldn&#8217;t deliver a stop.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763383208_284_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A final desperation march ended in heartbreak: Winston&#8217;s end-zone pass to Jalin Hyatt was intercepted after a route miscommunication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The loss amplified a season-long theme of late-game fragility, with the Giants now 2-8.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Yeah, I mean, it&#8217;s a sick feeling. It&#8217;s never a good feeling, especially when you know we had a good chance of winning, but we all were sick about that one,&#8221; running back Devin Singletary said, capturing the locker room&#8217;s despair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Linebacker Brian Burns echoed the sentiment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We got to get a stop,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Interim head coach Mike Kafka, emphasizing resilience amid windy conditions and injuries, praised the team&#8217;s aggression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;At the end of it, we&#8217;ve got to make a couple more plays,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I really, really like how we approached it today. Aggressive mentality across the board. There were some one-on-one opportunities on the back end and the front end that we got to make. I&#8217;m going to continue to challenge those guys to do that in practice and then it will eventually turn over for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Quarterback Winston, undeterred, focused on growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;All of us collectively can do one small thing to continue to get better to finish this game. I think that&#8217;s the important thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re right there at the end of it. We just have to finish the game and we will, we&#8217;ll find a way to finish because it&#8217;s required to finish in this league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As the Giants lick their wounds, the path forward demands closing those final gaps &#8212; literally and figuratively &#8212; to salvage a campaign adrift in disappointment.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2025\/11\/16\/new-york-giants-green-bay-packers-best-photos-week-11\/87304761007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers: Best photos from Week 11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763383209_18_87309196007-usatsi-27606089.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Giants&#8216; frustrating 2025 season reached a familiar nadir in a 27-20 defeat to the Green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,1941,1942,948,7697,24250,7945,16712,16535,7493,23550,3710,7944,930,947,691,949,682],"class_list":["post-42194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbrian-burns","tag-tagchristian-watson","tag-tagdeonte-banks","tag-tagdevin-singletary","tag-tagjalin-hyatt","tag-tagjameis-winston","tag-tagjordan-love","tag-tagmetlife-stadium","tag-tagmike-kafka","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42194","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=42194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}