The New York Giants took a three-game winning streak into Seattle on Sunday and despite being 10.5-point underdogs, played the NFC West-leading Seahawks tougher than any opponent they’ve faced this season.
New York trailed by just five at halftime and then took an nine-point lead into the fourth quarter. But the Seahawks and Russell Wilson would not go away, trimming the Giants’ lead to five with 6:00 remaining in the game.
The Giants were able to grind the clock down to 1:48 before Seattle got the ball back and it felt like momentum was shifting, but as they have done all year, the Big Blue defense stepped up and shut things down for the biggest upset of the year.