The New York Giants avoided overtime and won ugly on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, taking down the New England Patriots, 10-7, for their fourth win of the year.
Remarkably, after winning two consecutive games, the Giants are still alive in the NFC playoff hunt and are now just 2.5 games back of the final spot with six weeks and five games remaining.
That still seems highly unlikely but the team does have some good vibes headed into their bye week.
Here are the snap counts that contributed to the Giants’ most recent win.
Offensive snaps: 52
Defensive snaps: 68
Special teams snaps: 23
The rotation at wide receiver continued again on Sunday with rookie Jalin Hyatt, who recorded his first career 100-yard game, and Wan’Dale Robinson seeing a bulk of the action. Rookie running back Eric Gray also saw just four total snaps in his return from injured reserve.
Defensively, seven players saw 75 percent or more of the total snaps, with five of those players receiving all 68 snaps. That’s an overwhelming workload and something the Giants have to manage over the final five games of the season.
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