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Giants outlast Titans for ugly rain-soaked win after game-ending interception

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Dunleavy, R. (2026, September 27). Giants outlast Titans for ugly rain-soaked win after game-ending interception. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/sports/giants-outlast-titans-for-ugly-win-after-game-ending-interception/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-27 · by Ryan Dunleavy

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In a rain-soaked game at MetLife Stadium, the New York Giants narrowly defeated the Tennessee Titans 12-7 on October 8, despite poor attendance of only 60% capacity. The Giants' defense forced five punts and made crucial red-zone stops late in the second half, allowing just 262 total yards while not giving up a single first down to the Titans until well into the game. Jevon Holland sealed the victory with an interception near the end of regulation as the Giants managed to secure their win despite inconsistent play from quarterback Jameis Winston and minimal offensive production overall.
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Brian Burns, the star linebacker for the New York Giants, is expected to miss the rest of the 2026 season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans. This follows Jaxson Dart, the team’s second-year quarterback, who was lost for the season with a severe knee injury two weeks earlier. Burns' prognosis is better than Dart's as he won't need surgery on an ankle injury sustained in the same Rams loss but now faces a significant recovery period due to the ACL tear.

The Giants are rallying around backup quarterback Jameis Winston, who led them to a 12-7 victory over the Titans, dedicating the win to Dart. Despite Winston's modest performance (14 of 22 passes for 118 yards), the team’s defense and special teams played crucial roles in securing the narrow win.

With key players sidelined, the Giants are entering an uncertain phase of their season, focusing on building a cohesive unit around Winston as they aim to make the playoffs despite significant injuries.

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📰 Giants Lose Brian Burns for the Season
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Ryan Dunleavy
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🔮 Tanking would make sense — if the Colts hadn’t previously traded their first-round pick to the Jets.
🔮 If John Harbaugh were picking between two Michigan-bred quarterbacks this week, the Giants would start J.J. McCarthy over Tom Brady.
🔮 Edmunds will go from logging every defensive snap in the first six games to missing every snap in the final 11, The Post confirmed, after he was injured late in last week’s game against the Saints.
🔮 Maybe it’s time for the NFL to change its logo to include a player’s hand punching at the football that sits atop the shield.
🔮 “Maybe now 20 percent of that 30 that was gone is back,” Nagy said before Thursday’s practice.
🔮 McCarthy’s last pass — on fourth-and-1 from the 14-yard line with 12 seconds remaining — fell incomplete or else the Giants would’ve had a chance to win the game or send it to overtime despite trailing 34-10 when the quarterback change was made with 11:36 to go.
🔮 tRY IT NOW“I would love for us to be in that kind of a circumstance,” Harbaugh said.
🔮 If J.J. McCarthy was guaranteed to throw for 943 yards, rush for 104 yards and lead 12 scoring drives in his next start, then the Giants wouldn’t have a quarterback controversy on their hands.
🔮 “I’m feeling good,” Mauigoa said, indicating he will be on the field again soon.
🔮 Skattebo knew ahead of Sunday’s game that he was not going to start and that his playing time would be diminished as a result of four fumbles in the first five games, but he wasn’t expecting to be limited to six offensive snaps (all in the first half) and no touches in the 34-27 loss to the Saints.
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Giants New York Titans

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Giants ORG · 15× Titans ORG · 8× Ward PERSON · 5× Dart PERSON · 2× Dominic Zvada PERSON · 2× Winston PERSON · 2× Cam Skattebo PERSON · 1× Jameis Winston PERSON · 1× Jaxson Dart PERSON · 1× Robert Saleh PERSON · 1×

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And that one first down did more damage than help to the Titans because it prompted Saleh to make the questionable decision to attempt a 59-yard field goal (wide left) and leave the Giants with the good starting field position, three timeouts and 41 seconds needed to score three points and head to the half with a 9-0 lead.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-27
🔮 If the Giants are not going to allow first downs, Jameis Winston is not going to throw interceptions, Cam Skattebo is going to run through tackles and Dominic Zvada is going to be perfect on field goals, maybe the Giants can survive without Jaxson Dart.

Claims (21 extracted, 1 hedged)

If the Giants are not going to allow first downs, Jameis Winston is not going to throw interceptions, Cam Skattebo is going to run through tackles and Dominic Zvada is going to be perfect on field goals, maybe the Giants can survive without Jaxson Dart. asserted
Giants → go → Dart
Of course, it would help if Robert Saleh and Brian Daboll – the two fired New York head coaches calling plays for the Titans – were on the other sideline every game. asserted
Saleh → help → sideline
The Giants forced five punts, made two key red-zone stop late in the second half — and allowed just 262 yards in an ugly (who cares?) 12-7 victory against the Titans at a rain-soaked and 60-percent-full MetLife Stadium. asserted
who → force → Stadium
tRY IT NOWJevon Holland, who is off to an All-Pro-caliber start, sealed the victory with an end-zone interception of Cam Ward with 17 seconds remaining. asserted
who → try → seconds
The Titans were threatening to steal a soul-crushing victory before Holland’s third interception in as many games. asserted
Titans → threaten → games
In the first game since Dart underwent season-ending knee surgery, Winston didn’t generate much confidence that the Giants don’t need to add a quarterback who can challenge him for the starting job but he avoided the kind of catastrophic mistakes that will the underdogs on this soft part of the schedule to steal games. asserted
underdogs → undergo → games
Dennard Wilson, the former Titans defensive coordinator, had all the answers for Ward and an offense called by the former Giants head coach Daboll. asserted
Wilson → have → coach
Wilson brought pressure – including Brian Burns, who was getting through an ankle injury – and flushed Ward to his left, where his off-balance pass sailed through the end zone. asserted
pass → bring → zone
Dru Phillips dropped a second-down interception but was able to shrug it off when Ward missed an open Carnell Tate for a touchdown on third down. asserted
Ward → drop → down
The Titans netted 22 yards on and never moved the chains on their first five offensive possessions – all resulting in punts. asserted
all → net → punts
And that’s not including the game-opening lost fumble on a kickoff return. asserted
that → include → return
It was the fourth game since 1991 that the Giants allowed one or fewer first downs in a half. asserted
Giants → allow → half
And that one first down did more damage than help to the Titans because it prompted Saleh to make the questionable decision to attempt a 59-yard field goal (wide left) and leave the Giants with the good starting field position, three timeouts and 41 seconds needed to score three points and head to the half with a 9-0 lead. asserted
it → do → lead
You really can’t be worse than the Titans were, and yet the Giants let them hang around with just three Dominic Zvada field goals (39, 27 and 39 yards) on their end. asserted
them → let → end
A holding penalty by center John Michael Schmitz took the Giants out of field-goal range on one drive. asserted
penalty → take → drive
For the second straight week the, Giants refused to throw the ball into the end zone with Winston over three plays after first-and-goal at the 5-yard line, so they settled for three points. asserted
they → refuse → points
But that gift was handed back by the Titans’ missed field goal. asserted
gift → hand → goal
The Giants opened the second half with a 12-play, 59-yard, eight-minute drive to push their lead to 12-0. asserted
Giants → open → 12
Again, they survived an untimely offensive line penalty (holding on right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor) that took the ball off the 7-yard line. asserted
that → survive → line
Of course, the Giants still made it interesting by allowing a 13-play, 91-yard touchdown drive capped by Ward-to-Wan’Dale Robinson, who made the sliding four-yard touchdown catch against his former team with 5:35 to play. asserted
who → make → 5:35
The Giants reportedly offered a future first-round pick to trade up from No. 3 to draft Ward at No. 1 in 2025 but wound up drafting Abdul Carter and trading into the end of the first round for Dart. uncertain
Giants → offer → Dart
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