JACKSONVILLE — Call them Daboll’s Dawgs.
Brian Daboll’s weekly underdog Giants solidified a successful id Sunday with their fourth consecutive comeback victory, 23-17, over the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field.
It went right down to the final yard within the sport’s remaining second. Fabian Moreau, Xavier McKinney and Julian Love tackled Jaguars receiver Christian Kirk on the 1-yard line after a last-ditch Trevor Lawrence completion.
Jacksonville (2-5), which misplaced its fourth straight, noticed the clock wind to zeroes with no timeouts.
Daniel Jones’ first profession 100-yard dashing sport, two defensive turnovers within the purple zone, and a late surge from Saquon Barkley lifted the Giants (6-1). They overcame a second-half deficit for the fifth time of their six wins.
Jacksonville moved the ball, however the Giants pressured two turnovers at their very own 5-yard and 21-yard traces (one by fumble, one on downs) to maintain the Jags’ scoring down.
The Jaguars had the ball with an opportunity to win on the sport’s remaining drive. A sequence of Giants miscues gave them further probabilities, together with Barkley stopping the clock by stepping out of bounds on the previous possession, an Adoree Jackson holding penalty, a Dane Belton unlawful arms to the face, a fourth down Jags conversion and a Dexter Lawrence roughing the passer.
But the Giants held on.
The Giants turned the sport with 11:25 to play within the fourth quarter, down 17-14, on a fourth down defensive cease of a Lawrence QB sneak on the Giants’ 21-yard line. Jaylon Smith and Love had been credited with the cease, following up Quincy Roche’s deal with of Travis Etienne on third down.
Jones then capitalized with a 10-play, 79-yard TD drive. He barreled into the top zone for the Giants’ first factors of the half with a 1-yard TD run at 5:31 of the fourth quarter for a 20-17 lead. Graham Gano added a area aim on the following possession that tipped off a Jaguars defender earlier than fluttering by means of.
The Jaguars had shortly erased a 13-11 Giants halftime lead on a 7-play, 73-yard TD drive to open the third quarter.
Etienne juked McKinney and sped up the left sideline for a 49-yard run, chased down by rookie edge Kayvon Thibodeaux.
Then Lawrence completed the drive with a leaping 1-yard TD run for a 17-13 lead with 11:45 left within the third quarter.
Giants CB Nick McCloud blocked the additional level, offsetting a first-quarter Jags two-point conversion.
Jones and the Giants nearly answered instantly. A Devin Lloyd interception of Jones within the purple zone was negated by a roughing the passer name towards Jags LB Foye Oluokun, who led together with his helmet into Jones’ chin.
But Daboll went for it on 4th and a pair of from the 3½-yard line, and receiver Marcus Johnson dropped a cross beneath for a turnover on downs.
After a defensive cease pressured the Jags’ first punt of the day, tight finish Tanner Hudson then dropped a third down cross round midfield, which Doug Pederson appropriately challenged and compelled a Giant punt again to the house group late within the third quarter.
The Giants took a lead into halftime for the second time this season, 13-11, on a 32-yard Darius Slayton TD catch and two Gano area targets.
McKinney made the play of the half with 3:26 to play within the second quarter: a pressured fumble on Etienne on the Giants’ 5-yard line with Jacksonville up, 11-10.
Love recovered the bouncing ball in the long run zone for a touchback, and Jones drove the Giants 65 yards in 12 performs for Gano’s second area aim and the halftime lead.
The Jaguars offense gained 246 yards and didn’t punt within the first half, however Jones was wonderful early for the Giants, finishing 15 of twenty-two passes for 168 yards and a TD within the first half, and including 4 carries for 37 yards on the bottom.
Barkley managed solely 18 dashing yards on 9 carries within the first half. So the Giants wanted their QB to hold them.
Jones engineered a powerful, 75-yard game-opening TD drive, capped by Slayton’s 32-yard TD catch up the proper facet of the top zone.
Jones accomplished 6-of-7 passes for 65 yards and rushed one time for 14 on the drive. That snapped the Giants’ NFL worst 14-game drought with out a gap drive TD going again to final 12 months.
The Jaguars answered emphatically, nevertheless, averaging 11.7 yards per play on a six-play, 70-yard drive that Etienne completed with a 7-yard run. Pederson all tacked on an Etienne 1-yard run for the two-point conversion after a Giants unlawful formation penalty.
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