There had been 31 NFL games to ever take place in London heading into the weekend. Giants at Packers — the 32nd — commenced Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
And it was the first ever London NFL game where each team entered with a winning record.
That’s right. An absurd tidbit of information — and an absurd gave ensued, with the Giants winning a 27-22 thriller to improve to 4-1.
It wasn’t New York’s game in the first quarter, however.
The Packers and star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the league’s two-time reigning MVP, went to work early on a shorthanded Giants defense.