It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world within the NFC and by some means, a way, the Giants are alive within the NFC playoff chase.
Their rousing 24-22 victory over the Packers on Monday night was not only their first victory of the season in prime time — they were 0-4 before this — but additionally served because the Giants’ introduction into the postseason chase.
They’re removed from the lead, in fact, but they’ll now say they’re a minimum of within the race.
At 5-8, they’ve the identical record because the 12-seed Bears and one game behind five teams which are sitting at 6-7: The Packers (who hold the tiebreaker and would make the playoffs if the season ended today), Rams, Seahawks, Falcons and Saints.
So, the Giants are usually not exactly sitting on the grown-up table.
But a minimum of they’ve a chair within the postseason dining room.
“I don’t understand how the statistics and stuff work, but I feel we’re,’’ Kayvon Thibodeaux said of the Giants’ playoff possibilities. “I hope we’re.’’
Informed where the Giants sit within the NFC, Thibodeaux said, “One game out. Gotta keep going then.’’
Dexter Lawrence returned to the starting lineup after missing his first game of the season two weeks ago against the Patriots with a strained hamstring.
Lawrence was on snap count, alternating series for a lot of the evening.
Second-year defensive lineman D.J. Davidson was on the sector when Lawrence was on the sideline, working on the within with A’Shawn Robinson.
Lawrence combined with Azeez Ojulari on a fourth-quarter sack of Jordan Love for a 10-yard loss on third down.
Ojulari got here into the sport and not using a sack this season.
Within the fourth quarter, Ojulari had a tackle for loss on Jayden Reed, dropping him for a 5-yard loss.
Tyrod Taylor was activated off injured reserve prior to the sport and served because the backup quarterback to starter Tommy DeVito.
Taylor missed 4 consecutive games coping with 4 cracked ribs, two of which were displaced.
This was Taylor’s role to begin the season, No. 2 on the depth chart behind Daniel Jones.
Thibodeaux had a third-quarter sack of Love, giving him a team-leading 12 for the season. … Benton Whitley, a 24-year old outside linebacker from Holy Cross, made a contribution by recovering a fumble by Keisean Nixon early within the third quarter. … RB Matt Breida has not been seen or heard from much recently but he gave the offense a lift within the third quarter. Breida, subbing for Saquon Barkley for a series, had back-to-back runs of seven and 9 yards on a 10-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a DeVito touchdown pass to Isaiah Hodgins.
