KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Or so it seemed.
How else do you describe just how close the Giants were to pulling off a major upset of the two-time defending AFC champions … on the road … on Monday night football … with their season on the line?
Darnay Holmes had the ball locked securely in his arms, with his teammates celebrating his interception of Patrick Mahomes inside Kansas City territory with the clock winding down in the fourth quarter. All that was needed was a short, time-consuming drive from a Giants offense that had been just good enough to keep pace with a once-dominant Kansas City offense.