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Giants, Eli Manning hold it together in fourth quarter for first win

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  • Dan Graziano, ESPN Staff Writer Close
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- This time, the New York Giants had a fourth-quarter lead and didn't blow it.

After becoming the first team in NFL history to lose its first two games of the season despite double-digit fourth-quarter leads, the Giants took a 12-point lead into the fourth Thursday night against Washington, quickly extended it with a touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Odell Beckham Jr.