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Giants settle for tie after Cam Skattebo’s crushing fumble as Commanders squander clock

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Dunleavy, R. (2026, October 11). Giants settle for tie after Cam Skattebo’s crushing fumble as Commanders squander clock. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/11/sports/giants-settle-for-tie-against-commanders-after-cam-skattebo-fumble/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-11 · by Ryan Dunleavy

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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.
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On October 9, 2026, the Washington Commanders tied the New York Giants at 27-27 in a rain-soaked game at Northwest Stadium. The Commanders had a chance to win with under two minutes left but failed to manage the clock effectively, leading to time expiring without an attempt at a field goal. This mishap followed a fumble by Cam Skattebo of the Giants earlier in overtime that gave the Commanders possession near their own end zone. Despite criticism from players like Micah Parsons and coach Dan Quinn's frustration, quarterback Jayden Daniels took personal responsibility for the clock management error during post-game interviews. The tie left the Commanders with a 1-3-1 record heading into further games. Note: This summary is based on multiple reports and analyses of the game events and subsequent reactions from players and coaches.

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🔮 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.
🔮 he was being evaluated — he went in the late fourth round — nobody really could get their arms around him,” Harbaugh said.
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Commanders Giants LANDOVER Md.

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Giants ORG · 15× Commanders ORG · 4× Isaiah Likely PERSON · 2× Likely PERSON · 2× Winston PERSON · 2× Dominic Zvada’s PERSON · 1× Jayden Daniels PERSON · 1× LANDOVER GPE · 1× Md. GPE · 1× Paul Schwartz PERSON · 1×

Narrative

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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🔮 The Commanders couldn’t get back to the line of scrimmage in time to spike the ball.

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LANDOVER, Md. — Judging by the number of mistakes, neither the Giants nor Commanders wanted to win Sunday’s game. asserted
Giants → judge → game
So neither did. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
Daniels → taste → play
The Commanders couldn’t get back to the line of scrimmage in time to spike the ball. asserted
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. asserted
they → fumble → goal
The Giants entered Sunday wanting Daniels to run and test his injured left elbow. asserted
Daniels → enter → elbow
You wonder how quickly they regretted that plan. asserted
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? asserted
he → scramble → goal
Was it when he ran for a 38-yard touchdown while cornerback Deonte Banks had his back turned in downfield coverage? asserted
back → run → coverage
Was it when he ran for a 26-yard touchdown run and cut inside to get over the goal line? asserted
he → run → line
Was it when he scrambled to set up the winning overtime kick that never happened? asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
attack → get → East
Jameis Winston was 33-for-54 passing for 326 yards and three touchdowns. asserted
Winston → pass → yards
Isaiah Likely and Nabers combined for 22 catches on 33 targets. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
that → ’ → deficit
This time, the offense — or, rather, the officials — delivered a couple of goal-line gifts on the Giants’ path to victory. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
he → abandon → dirt
While the dogpile was still being separated, the referee announced that replay determined Likely crossed the goal line before the fumble. asserted
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. asserted
attack → catch → warning
A second-and-8 play-action fake fooled nobody, leaving Winston circling in a collapsing pocket. asserted
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. asserted
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. asserted
defense → allow → goals
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