The main event at MetLife Stadium became an afterthought. Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman’s battles were forgotten for large stretches of Sunday’s encounter, partaking in a largely muted rematch with zero incidents in their numerous one-on-one encounters.
Around them, a wild back-and-forth bout broke out between the Giants and Redskins – featuring a fake punt, a blocked punt negated by a penalty, numerous injuries and an ejection – and ended with a devastating knockout blow.
With two timeouts and nearly two minutes remaining, Eli Manning needed to lead the Giants to just a field goal to avoid their first loss of the season, but the franchise quarterback crumbled in the game’s biggest moment, throwing his second interception of the final quarter to seal a 29-27 loss to the previously winless Redskins.