The New York Giants defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 23-19, in Week 17 but came up short in the NFC East as the Washington Football Team took down the tanking Philadelphia Eagles.
With the win, the Giants end the season 6-10 but did so by going 5-3 over their final eight weeks. They also finished 4-2 within the division and very realistically should have finished 5-1, but they (literally) dropped the ball in Week 7 against Philly.
Here’s a look at the snap counts that attributed to the Giants’ final win of the season.
Offensive snaps: 58
Defensive snaps: 82
Special teams snaps: 30
There was no offensive line rotation in Week 17. Matt Peart and Will Hernandez did not log a single snap, while rookie Shane Lemieux led the offense with 58.
Defensively, Julian Love completely supplanted Isaac Yiadom at CB2. Yiadom played just one snap, while Love took all but one defensive snap. Linebacker David Mayo also saw a substantially decreased role due to the return of Kyler Fackrell, who was on the field 66% of the time.
Finally, kudos to Patrick Graham for finding a way to keep Logan Ryan, Jabrill Peppers and Xavier McKinney all on the field.
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