The New York Giants and Washington Commanders played to a 27-27 tie on Sunday after multiple turnovers and missed opportunities by both teams. The game was marked by poor weather conditions at Northwest Stadium, with rain making the field slick. Key moments included Cam Skattebo’s fumble for the Giants in overtime and Jayden Daniels’ late-game scramble that extended their possession. Despite a 14-point fourth-quarter comeback led by Malik Nabers and Isaiah Likely, the Giants struggled to establish a running game and relied heavily on quarterback scrambles and deep passes.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders' quarterback, returned from a dislocated left elbow injury to play against the New York Giants in Week 5 at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. Despite his absence over the past two weeks and concerns about playing with a protective brace on his injured arm, Coach Dan Quinn confirmed that Daniels would be active for the game. The Giants prepared extensively for Daniels, recognizing him as a premier quarterback capable of operating effectively both through the air and on the ground.
In the actual match, Daniels led an early touchdown drive, completing key passes despite challenging weather conditions. However, both teams struggled with turnovers and missed opportunities throughout the game. A crucial moment came when Cam Skattebo fumbled for the Giants during their final chance to win in overtime, leading to a disappointing tie at 27-27. The Commanders also failed to capitalize on their own chances, running out of time before they could attempt a potential winning field goal.
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LANDOVER, Md. — Judging by the number of mistakes, neither the Giants nor Commanders wanted to win Sunday’s game.
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Giants → judge → game
So neither did.
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neither → do → ?
The Giants missed a field goal — Dominic Zvada’s third errant kick on five tries — and lost a fumble on their two overtime possessions.
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Giants → miss → possessions
The Commanders ran out of time when in range to attempt a 42-yard field goal, and the teams tied 27-27 at a rain-soaked Northwest Stadium.
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teams → run → Stadium
tie tasted better for the Giants because it looked like they were finished until Jayden Daniels scrambled with 11 seconds left on a busted play.
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Daniels → taste → play
The Commanders couldn’t get back to the line of scrimmage in time to spike the ball.
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Commanders → get → ball
It was a reprieve for the Giants after Cam Skattebo fumbled for the fourth time in five games — the second of the game and ninth of the season by the Giants — when they were in position to attempt a long game-winning field goal.
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they → fumble → goal
The Giants entered Sunday wanting Daniels to run and test his injured left elbow.
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Daniels → enter → elbow
You wonder how quickly they regretted that plan.
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they → wonder → plan
Was it when he scrambled for a first down on third-and-11 in the red zone to set up a field goal?
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he → scramble → goal
Was it when he ran for a 38-yard touchdown while cornerback Deonte Banks had his back turned in downfield coverage?
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back → run → coverage
Was it when he ran for a 26-yard touchdown run and cut inside to get over the goal line?
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he → run → line
Was it when he scrambled to set up the winning overtime kick that never happened?
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that → scramble → kick
The Giants authored a 14-point fourth-quarter comeback — scoring a game-tying touchdown on a difficult 17-yard catch in double coverage by a skying Malik Nabers with 1:43 to go.
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Giants → author → 1:43
The Giants couldn’t get a rushing attack going — leading to desperate attempts to insert backup quarterback J.J. McCarthy to try zone reads in his season debut — and didn’t fully capitalize on extending their early-season first-place lead to at least two games over the rest of the NFC East.
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attack → get → East
Jameis Winston was 33-for-54 passing for 326 yards and three touchdowns.
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Winston → pass → yards
Isaiah Likely and Nabers combined for 22 catches on 33 targets.
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Likely → combine → targets
On a day when the grass at Northwest Stadium was slick and soggy, the Giants settled for attempting four 50-plus-yard field goals (2-for-4) on their first seven possessions.
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Giants → settle → possessions
No matter how good the rookie Zvada is – he had been 9-for-9 to – that’s not an ideal weather strategy and created a 19-6 third-quarter deficit.
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that → ’ → deficit
This time, the offense — or, rather, the officials — delivered a couple of goal-line gifts on the Giants’ path to victory.
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offense → deliver → victory
Coming off back-to-back wins secured by defensive interceptions in the shadow of their end zone in the final 20 seconds, the Giants rallied with two Isaiah Likely touchdown catches that almost weren’t.
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that → come → catches
Likely jump-started an offense that totaled 77 first-half yards with a touchdown catch that followed a pass-interference penalty, negating what would have been a soul-crushing third-quarter interception at the 2-yard line.
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what → start → line
Once the Giants had all but abandoned the ineffective run in their pursuit of a rally, Likely scored again, though the ball was punched out as he dove for pay dirt.
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he → abandon → dirt
While the dogpile was still being separated, the referee announced that replay determined Likely crossed the goal line before the fumble.
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Likely → separate → fumble
An ineffective rushing attack (11 carries for 21 yards at that point) finally caught up to the Giants just before the first half’s two-minute warning.
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attack → catch → warning
A second-and-8 play-action fake fooled nobody, leaving Winston circling in a collapsing pocket.
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fake → fool → pocket
The ball popped loose from Winston’s grip and rolled backwards, setting up the Commanders for an easy 40-yard field goal and a 12-3 lead.
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ball → pop → goal
After a miserable start — allowing a four-play touchdown drive capped by Jacory Croskey-Merritt’s 33-yard run — the defense settled in and allowed only two field goals.
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defense → allow → goals
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