One of the cruelest twists of the Giants season happened with less than five minutes left in the final game.
On an otherwise meaningless snap, Halapio — a 2014 draft pick of the Patriots who didn’t make his NFL debut until 2017 — did not get off the turf. He was carted off the field and left the postgame locker room on crutches.
But it’s not a worst-case scenario for Halapio, who underwent successful surgery without complications to repair a torn Achilles tendon Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery, according to agent Doug Eldridge.