J.J. McCarthy and Cam Skattebo led the Giants to an upset win over the Texans, with McCarthy throwing for 252 yards and no turnovers, and Skattebo running for 124 yards and a touchdown
Cam Skattebo had no touches last week. He had 18 touches, 124 rushing yards, a touchdown and the longest run of his career set up the Giants for the overtime win. Skattebo went 42 yards to the Houston 30 on the Giants’ second snap of overtime before former Texan Devin Singletary ran the rest of the way to the end zone on the next play. It handed the Giants a 27-21 victory with only 2:35 gone in OT. The Giants won in J.J. McCarthy’s first start with the team and moved to 4-2-1, while the Texans’ postseason hopes are likely gone with a 2-5 record. McCarthy’s second career game-winning drive came after the Texans went three-and-out to start overtime. Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux dropped an interception in his hands on the Texans’ side of the 50 on the second play in overtime. The Texans tied the game with 52 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter when Xavier Hutchinson caught a 3-yard touchdown on third down. They didn’t carry the momentum with them into overtime, though. The Giants had 34 carries for 188 yards and McCarthy went 20-for-28 for 252 yards. Malik Nabers caught seven passes for 111 yards. Singletary had five carries for 41 yards and the game-winning touchdown, and Tyrone Tracy six carries for 15 yards and a touchdown before a hamstring injury. Jameis Winston scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. The Giants outgained the Texans 420 to 237, but kicker Dominic Zvada missed field goals of 44 and 56 yards in the first half. C.J. Stroud was 17-of-28 for 153 yards and two touchdowns. Tank Dell, playing his first game since December 2024, caught a 43-yard pass and had a 14-yard punt return. Woody Marks had 19 carries for 66 yards. Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked first-half field goals of 57 and 58 yards
J.J. McCarthy will be the Giants starter in their Week 7 matchup against Houston. The Giants have benched Jameis Winston in favor of the younger McCarthy, who came to the Giants via trade with Minnesota a couple weeks ago. McCarthy has his flaws, some of which were on full display in the Giants comeback attempt against the Saints. However, he also nearly brought them back to a win, so it sounds like the coaching staff has decided the benefits outweigh the risks. Expect Malik Nabers and Isaiah Likely to continue to be force fed targets, with smaller shares going to Malachi Fields, Darnell Mooney, and the like
Before the season started, CBS Sports rolled out its top-10 rankings for players at every position on both offense and defense. Some of those rankings look extremely prescient five weeks into the NFL season. Others do not. That's just the way it goes. Football is an unpredictable game, and even those of us who observe it most closely and get a lot right still get a lot wrong a lot of the time. We're not necessarily here to debate what we got right or wrong, but to revisit our lsit. Because so many wide receivers are off to such great starts this season and delivering jump-off-the-screen performances in big-time games, we wanted to see if there are any updates we can make just under a third of the way through the season. So in the space below, we'll detail the updated top 10. Enjoy. Honorable mentions (in no particular order): Malik Nabers , Tetairoa McMillan , Davante Adams , George Pickens , Garrett Wilson , Parker Washington , DeVonta Smith , Mike Evans , Christian Watson , A.J. Brown Flowers is off to an insane start to the season. He's only played two full games so far (he missed one, left one early and played only 33% of the snaps in another), and he's yet to play a full complement of snaps with Lamar Jackson under center. Yet, he already has 26 catches for 405 yards and a pair of scores. He leads the NFL with 4.45 yards per route run, per Tru Media, and that number was even higher before he had to play a game with his backup quarterback. He's being used by Declan Doyle in a way that maximizes his skill set, and it's beautiful to watch. Olave is tied for the NFL lead in catches with 39, and he's already got 537 yards (second) as well. He is a target vacuum in the Saints' high-volume passing offense, seeing a look on 26.3% of his routes, according to Tru Media. He's also generated an explosive play (gain of 15+ yards) on 20.4% of his targets, which is the highest mark of his career to date. He's worked more often on the perimeter this season than last (73.2% of his routes compared with 61.0%), but it hasn't stopped him from being a target hog. London is a completely different — and absurdly good — player whenever Michael Penix Jr . is on the field for the Falcons. Penix has played in 17 games, starting 15 of them, over the last three years. In those games, London has caught 100 of 154 passes for 1,535 yards and eight touchdowns. He's seen a target on 33% of his routes and averaged 9.97 yards per target. All of those are elite, best-of-the-best type of numbers. Unfortunately, quarterback play has undermined his performance whenever someone other than Penix has been out there, but that shouldn't take away from what he does when he has solid QB play. Collins is a monster-sized receiver (6-foot-4, 222 pounds) with a monster skill set. Utilized most often as a pure X receiver (he lines up out wide on 88% of his routes, per Tru Media), Collins is tasked with doing the hardest work a receiver can do. He makes it look relatively easy. He's only played in three games this year due to a hamstring injury, but he's gone for 19-249-3 and looked dominant doing it. I think it's important to note that while St. Brown often gets labeled as "the best slot receiver" in football, he's actually played more often on the perimeter than on the inside in three straight seasons. He does everything, not just the slot stuff. He's obviously absurdly good in the slot, but he's also really good outside. He's gone for 100-plus catches and 1,100-plus yards in four consecutive seasons, and five 10-plus touchdowns in each of the last three. He's on pace to top all of those numbers again this year. He's the model of consistency. It's easy to forget what Lamb did the last time he was fully healthy and had Dak Prescott under center for a full season: He led the NFL with 135 catches and piled up 1,749 yards and 12 touchdowns while being named a First Team All-Pro. This season, he's reminding people just how good he is. He's tied with Olave for the leag
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The Giants trailed by 14 points in the fourth quarter, but the Commanders could not put them away. Jameis Winston threw a pair of touchdown passes, including a game-tying score to Malik Nabers with 1:43 to play and the Commanders’ ensuing drive died near midfield, so the two teams are going to overtime with the score tied at 27. Jayden Daniels ran for two scores in the second half to stretch the Commanders’ lead to 14 points, but Winston finally found his form after struggling in the rain for much of the day. He has thrown two scores to tight end Isaiah Likely in addition to the one to Nabers and is 28-of-44 for 283 yards overall. The Giants have all the momentum, but they’ll need to do what the Commanders couldn’t by finishing the job in the extra period
Knee soreness kept Malik Nabers off the field on Wednesday, but the Giants wide receiver was back at work on Thursday. Nabers was a limited participant as the Giants continued preparing to face the Commanders in Week 5. Nabers was noncommittal about his status for the game when he spoke to reporters Wednesday, but the return to work is a good sign that he’ll be able to go. Left tackle Andrew Thomas (groin) also returned on a limited basis. The Giants have managed Thomas’s practice workload all season without him missing any game action. Running back Najee Harris (personal) was a full participant after missing the first practice of the week. Defensive lineman Chauncey Golston (neck) and safety Jason Pinnock (concussion) remained out of practice. Tight end Isaiah Likely (knee, groin), tight end Chris Manhertz (shoulder), and running back Cam Skattebo (shoulder) were limited for the second straight day. Cornerback Deonte Banks (calf) and offensive lineman Bryan Hudson (ankle) were both full participants
“We’ll see how the next day goes, but through the week I’ll usually be sore,” Nabers said. “But this one was kind of a little bit more sore. But I always continue to fight through it.”