Entering Week 5, Deonte Banks had allowed a league-high four touchdowns into his coverage, with the fifth-most yards surrendered (259) and just two forced incompletions.
Banks blanketed the Seahawks’ receivers, though, The second-year cornerback let up just two catches for 17 yards in, by far, his best coverage showing of the year.BOX SCORE
Giants Seahawks
Total points 29 20
Total offensive plays 71 57
Average EPA per play -0.001 -0.18
Total net yards 311 306
Avg yards per play 4.4 5.4
Total first downs 24 16
Rushing first downs 8 1
Passing first downs 14 15
Penalty first downs 2 0
Third-down efficiency 50% 27%
Fourth-down efficiency 0% 0%
Possessions 12 11
Avg plays per drive 6.7 5.9
Avg yards per drive 23.9 25.5
Avg points per drive 1.8 1.2
Red-zone possessions 5 1
Red-zone plays 14 5
Red-zone TDs 1 1
Red-zone FGs 3 0
Red-zone scoring efficiency 80% 100%
SNAP COUNTS & PLAYER PARTICIPATION
DOMINATE FANTASY F
Entering Week 5, Deonte Banks had allowed a league-high four touchdowns into his coverage, with the fifth-most yards surrendered (259) and just two forced incompletions.
Banks blanketed the Seahawks’ receivers, though The second-year cornerback let up just two catches for 17 yards in, by far, his best coverage showing of the year., Giants use strong performance from Daniel Jones and late TD on blocked kick to beat Seahawks 29-20SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Simmons was added to the field goal block team for the New York Giants this week.
The move paid off on Sunday as the clinching moment for an unlikely Giants victory.
Bryce Ford-Wheaton returned the kick Simmons blocked 60 yards for a touchdown with 55 seconds left as the clinching score in the Giants’ 29-20 win over the Seattle Seahawks.With Seattle lining up for a potential tying score, Simmons cleanly jumped over the gap between the guard and long snapper in the offensive line and swatted the kick, which bounced into the arms of Ford-Wheaton for a TD that sent the home fans to the exits.
“I’m normally not on field goal block. So that was my first time, today,” Simmons said. “I said I was going to block a punt or a field goal today.”
The blocked kick was the capper to nearly perfect day for the Giants. Playing without two of its best offensive players, New York (2-3) put together a masterful game plan that built a 23-13 lead midway through the fourth quarter. The Giants then came up with one big special teams play with Seattle on the verge of potentially forcing overtime.The block was installed by special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial earlier in the week. Guard Laken Tomlinson was pushed down by New York’s Dexter Lawrence II, allowing a lane for the athletic Simmons to leap through and make the block.Ford-Wheaton then did his part, corralling the loose ball with nothing but open field ahead.
“It just happened exactly how we installed it. We just knew (Simmons) is a freak athlete. He has the ability to do something like that and we trust him,” Ford-Wheaton said.The conclusion was stunning after Seattle seemed on the verge of an unlikely rally and possibly handing the Giants another one-score defeat. Geno Smith threw a 5-yard TD to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 2:09 remaining to cap a 95-yard touchdown drive. New York was unable to pick up a first down and punted back to Seattle, only to see Smith dart 32 yards on the first play to get the Seahawks (3-2) into field goal range.
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