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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
New York Giants
8-6 31
29.71
 
VS
proj
New England Patriots
24 7-7
26.87

New York Giants come back to top New England Patriots for fifth straight win, 31-24

New York Giants extended their win streak to five games with a come-from-behind victory over New England Patriots, staging a comeback for a 31-24 win. Trailing 24-17 heading into Monday night, New York Giants roared back behind Darius Slayton (8 points) and Aldrick Rosas (5). Joey Slye (8 points) and Cole Beasley (5) led the way for New England Patriots in defeat. This marks the first time this season New York Giants have gotten the best of New England Patriots, after falling 44-23 in their last matchup. New York Giants (8-6) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. New England Patriots will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 7-7.

Matchup Timeline

  New York Giants   New England Patriots

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Eagles in Week 14, Slayton caught 5 passes for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 8 points to score more than 10 times his 0.62-point projection, the second-highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. In Week 15, Slayton and the Giants will play the Dolphins.
Darius Slayton

Top Player Comparison

New York Giants
Points
% of total points 31
1
The Minnesota Vikings defense
DEF
9
7.28
29%
2
Darius Slayton
WR
8
0.62
25.8%
3
Aldrick Rosas
K
5
6.48
16.1%
4
Mike Evans
WR
4
2.74
12.9%
New England Patriots
Points
% of total points 24
1
Joey Slye
K
8
6.79
33.3%
2
Cole Beasley
WR
5
0.65
20.8%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
4
2.95
16.7%
4
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
4
4.61
16.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Mike Evans had a 61-yard touchdown catch for New York Giants, while Kirk Cousins had a 44-yard pass, helping New York Giants to a 17-13 lead.
Sunday Late
Tom Brady linked up with Julian Edelman for a 37-yard touchdown pass for New England Patriots, helping New England Patriots to a 24-17 lead.
Monday
Darius Slayton had a 55-yard touchdown catch and a 35-yard touchdown catch for New York Giants on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  New York Giants   New England Patriots

What If

New York Giants would have beaten five other teams besides New England Patriots this week.
New England Patriots would have lost to nine other teams besides New York Giants this week.
If New York Giants played New England Patriots every week this season, they'd be 8-6.
Had they played each other last week, New England Patriots would have defeated New York Giants 27-23.
New York Giants would be 8-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New England Patriots.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New York Giants, New England Patriots would be 7-5.
If New York Giants had played every team in the league each week, they would be 92-87-3.
If they played every team every week, New England Patriots would be 88-88-6.

Coach Talk

New York Giants
Hey, it's good to be confident, New York Giants. Rolling out not one, but TWO players with zero points (Kyle Rudolph and Golden Tate), while still earning the win... that's borderline arrogant. We just ask you to please limit that flashy, show-off type of stuff to the regular season. Can you imagine how silly we'd look if we let it happen in the playoffs?
New England Patriots
New England Patriots may find it tough to complain about lack of opportunity this past week. Our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) were targeted a whopping 26 times in Week 14. Timing and chemistry appear to be issues as that group notched only 15 receptions.