The New York Giants came in to their season-opening game 3-point underdogs, with few believing they would put up much of a fight against the Jacksonville Jaguars. They lost the game 20-15, but came together in the fourth quarter to give the Jags everything they could handle.
Stats that matter
Eli Manning: 23 of 37, 224 yards, 1 interception
Saquon Barkley: 18 carries, 106 yards (5.9 per carry), 1 touchdown, 2 receptions, 22 yards
Odell Beckham Jr: 11 receptions, 111 yards
Sterling Shepard: 5 catches 48 yards
Moments that mattered
Saquon Barkley goes off
The Giants looked down and out after Myles Jacks’s pick 6 made the score 20-9, but that feeling lasted a whole two plays before Saquon Barkley blew the metaphorical roof off Met Life stadium.