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New York Giants - New Orleans Saints Live Blog: Giants Remain Winless at Home

Follow along as we bring you scoring updates, big plays, and more from the New York Giants' Week 14 game against the New Orleans Saints.

Patricia Traina

New Orleans Saints running back Kendre Miller (25) and his teammates go up against the New York Giants by the one yard line just before scoring the only touchdown of the first quarter, Sunday, December 8, 2024.
New Orleans Saints running back Kendre Miller (25) and his teammates go up against the New York Giants by the one yard line just before scoring the only touchdown of the first quarter, Sunday, December 8, 2024. / Kevin R. Wexler-NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants lost their eighth straight game this season and remain winless at home, as Graham Gano's potential game-tying field goal was blocked. Stay tuned for more post-game analysis.

Fourth Quarter

FINAL: Saints 14, Giants 11

0:11 - And Graham Gano's 35-yard field goal that would have tied the game is blocked by Bryan Bresee. Giants will remain winless at home.

:40 - Lock to Nabers for 23 yards. Giants are on the Saints' 12-yard line.

0:54 - Drew Lock scrambles for 25 yards on fourth down as the Giants look to pull this one out.

  • INJURY UPDATE: Saints QB Derek Carr is being evaluated for a concussion and has a right hand injury.

1:39 - Jake Haener is sacked by Kayvon Thibodeaux for a 10-yard loss.

1:52 - Ugh, Drew Lock's pass on 4th-and-9 is picked off by the Saints.

  • STAT UPDATE: Giants ILB Micah McFadden has five tackles for loss this week. He’s having a whale of a game.

2:00 warning.

  • INJURY WATCH: Saints QB Derek Carr was shaken up on a scramble and appeared to land hard on his head. He went back to the locker room.

4:14 - Touchdown Giants! Tyrone Tracy punches it in from 1-yard and they et the 2-point conversion. NOS 14, NYG 11

  • Tommy DeVito comes intot he game for one play on offense and then he's right back out of the game.
  • INJURY WATCH: Giants center John Michael Schmitz is injured now he has a neck issue and is questionable to return. So Greg Van Roten goes to center, and Jake Kubas is in at guard.
  • STAT UPDATE: The Giants have lost 10 points today due to penalties, the putn return for the touchdown and then the field goal this quarter. This team just can't get out of its own way.
  • INJURY WATCH: Giants CB Tre Hawkins II was walked off the field after getting banged up.

13:42 - And the Saints run into the kicker. This is such bad football.

13:51 - Graham Gano hits a 48-yard field goal to make it 14-6, but there was a 15-yard personal foul on Giants OL Jake Kubas, so the Giants will now punt, the field goal coming off the board.

Third Quarter

Quarter 3 ends.

  • STAT UPDATE: If the Giants don't score another point in this game, they will have failed to score more than 7 points in five of their home games this season. The excceptions? Washington (22) and Dallas (15).

3:43 - And there it is. The Saints doubled their point total on Carr's 11-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Johnson. NOS 14, NYG 3

4:13 - Big play alert. Carr hits Foster Moreau for 32 yards which put the ball on the Giants' 11-yard line.

8:35 - Lock's pass intended for Wan'Dale Robinson is incomplete. But a bigger question. You have 3rd-and-2 there. Why not run the ball for the first down?

  • INJURY UPDATE: Saints linebacker D'Marco Jackson has an ankle injury and has been declared out.
  • INJURY UPDATE: Giants left guard Jon Runyan, Jr. has an ankle injury. His return is questionable. Aaron Stinnie is currently playing left guard.

9:40 - Well, how about that? Tre Hawkins comes down with the Giants' first interception since Week 1 and the first by a Giants defensive back this season. Carr's pass was intended for Kevin Austin, Jr.

  • INJURY WATCH: Giants left guard Jon Runyan, Jr. had his legs cut out from under him, but he walked off the field. We'll see if he returns. If not, look for Aaron Stinnie to step in.

Halftime

Giants are 1 of 8 on third downs and again, I'll point to the fact that they've had favorable starting field possession (their own 32 yard line or better) on all seven of their first-half drives and have three points to show for it.

QB Drew Lock is 6 of 19 for 52 yards. Giants have 86 total yards of offense heading into halftime.

New Orleans Saints cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry , NEw York Giants
Dec 8, 2024; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry (14) reacts after breaking up a pass intended for New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images

Second Quarter

:03 - Blake Grupe's 60-yard field goal was blocked by deensive lineman Casey Rogers, who was just added to the 53-man roster yesterday. core remains NOS 7, NYG 3.

:10 - Carr misses Marquez Valdes-Scantling, but Tyler Nubin is called for defensive pass interference.

2:00 Warning

2:45 - Brian Burns sacks Derek Carr for a loss of nine. Carr fumbled the ball but recovered it.

  • INJURY UPDATE: Saints linebacker D'Marco Jackson has an ankle injury and is questionable to return.

5:27 - Drew Lock scrambles in an attempt to pick up the first down, but instead of staying straight, he cuts to the sideline, where he is stopped. If he stays running north and south, I think he gets the first down.

6:33 - A 52-yard Smith-Marsette punt return for a TD is nullified thanks to a holding call against Greg Stroman, Jr., the flag coming as far away from the play as you can get. Still Giants have starting field position on their 49.

  • STAT NOTE: On five possessions so far, the Giants have had the ball on their 32 or better and they have three points to show for it. THREE.

8:10 - Jamie Gillan punt another punt inside the 10, this one going out of bounds at the 8-yard line.

9:16 - Saints try a little trickery on a fourth down. Lined up in punt formation, they snapped the ball to Jamaal Williams who rushed for two of the three yards needed. PAtrick Johnson makes the stop for the Giants as the Saints turn the ball over on downs.

11:24 - Graham Gano kicks a 43-yard field goal against the win to get the Giants on the board. NOS 7, NYG 3

12:03 - Drew Lock gets sacked for a six-yard loss by Saints defender Bryan Bresee.

13:06 - There is Malik Naber's first reception of the game, a 17-yarder.

14:02 - Drew Lock completes his first pass of the game, an 11-yard throw to tight end Daniel Bellinger.

New York Giants quarterback Drew Lock, New Orleans Saints
Dec 8, 2024; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Drew Lock (2) passes the ball during the first quarter against the New Orleans Saints at MetLife Stadium. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

First Quarter

First quarter is over. Saints 7, Giants 0

STAT UPDATE: Giants QB Drew Lock is 0-for-8 in the first quarter. He did have a couple of passes dropped and his one completion to Wan'Dale Robison was caalled back, but otherwise, the passing offense so far has been non-existent.

1: 27 - And the Saints drive 98 yards for paydirt as Kendrick Miller scores on an 8-yard touchdown run, the Saints having apparently found something on the left sie of their formation that allowed them to run with success on this drive. NOS 7, NYG 0

4:59 - And there is another big play of 20+ yards, this one seeing Derek Carr connect for 30 yards with Juwan Johnson.

5:41 -Carr hits Maquez Valdes-Scantling for 22 yards.

First paper bag sighting of the game.

6:38 - Gorgeous punt by Jamie Gillan, who puts a 47-yard punt out of bounds at the 2-yard line.

7:55 - Blake Grupe's 53-yard field goal against the wind is wide left. Still a scoreless game.

11:52 - With 4th-and-8, the Giants go for it but don't convert. Plus, they drew two penalties to boot, a holding call vs. Devin Singletary, and an intentional grounding against Drew Lock. But more telling is that the Giants didn't attempt a 54-yard field goal there, a distance that Graham Gano, if healthy, probably has no problem making.

There have been two drops on this Giants' opeing drive. one by Devin Singletary and one by Wan'Dale Robinson.

Evan Neal and Joshua Ezeudu are the starting offensive tackles.

13:43 - Lousy punt by Matthew which went to the Giants' 44. Ihmir Smith-Marsette returned it eight yards.

Giants Starting Defense: Thibodeaux, Burns, Riley, Garcia, Chatman, Nubin, Muasau, Hawkins, Jackson, Pinnock

Pregame

Kayvon Thibodeaux, Greg Van Roten, Devin Singletary, and Graham Gano join Casey Kreiter at midfield for the coin toss. Kreiter wins the coin toss and the Giants defer.

For the first time this season at home, the Giants didn't do any pre-game introductions. Maybe they're hoping to change up the karma? I would have done the intros given all the new faces on this team.

So this happened before the game as fans borrowed a page out from the 1978 season.

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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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