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Commanders rally past Giants with late Diggs touchdown in NFC East clash

Summarised from 7 outlets · 12 reports · Updated 13 Nov, 21:28 · Archive

The Washington Commanders defeated the New York Giants 24-21 with a touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs in the final minute.

The Washington Commanders rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the New York Giants 24-21 on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium in a crucial NFC East division contest. Jayden Daniels threw his third touchdown pass of the game, a 32-yarder to Stefon Diggs with 57 seconds remaining, to secure the comeback victory in what was essentially a must-win game for Washington.

Daniels completed 23 of 33 passes for 249 yards and also threw touchdown passes to Ben Sinnott and Antonio Williams. However, his performance was not without blemish: he threw his first two interceptions of the season in the fourth quarter, with Jevon Holland and Ar'Darius Washington each picking him off, seemingly giving the Giants control of the game.

The Giants had taken a 21-17 lead when J.J. McCarthy connected with Isaiah Likely on a 66-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter. McCarthy, making his first home start for New York, finished with 293 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception. However, the Giants were unable to run down the clock effectively with two opportunities when their defence forced turnovers, going three-and-out on both possessions.

Giants coach John Harbaugh acknowledged the missed opportunities. "It's a missed opportunity, certainly, but it doesn't change things for us," he said. "There is still a lot of football to play. We played well – just not well enough."

The win improves Washington's record to 3-5-1 and moves them two games behind the division-leading Giants, who fall to 5-3-1. Crucially, the Commanders now own the tiebreaker advantage over New York after the teams' controversial 27-27 tie four weeks earlier. Daniels remained unbeaten in his head-to-head record against the Giants, improving to 5-0-1 in his career matchups against them.

Daniels reflected on the dramatic finish: "You could mess up the whole game but still have a chance to win," he said. "It just gives you confidence we can go out there and compete and we can close out a game versus the top dog. Last time we played them it didn't go the way that we wanted to or planned to, so we went out there and we improved from the last time."

The New York Post reported that Giants punter Jordan Stout shanked a 12-yard punt to set up the game-winning drive, and that Rasul Douglas intercepted J.J. McCarthy on a 50-50 ball against Malik Nabers before the Giants could get into range for a potential tying field goal.

Commanders rally past Giants with late Diggs touchdown in NFC East clash
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In this story: Washington Commanders · New York Giants · Jayden Daniels · Stefon Diggs · J.J. McCarthy · MetLife Stadium · NFC East · John Harbaugh

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