On a day when his complement of offensive weapons was missing a few key pieces, quarterback still inspired the to their most complete performance of the season. It took some late-game heroics on special teams to ice the win but New York pulled off the upset to improve to 2-3 on the year. The Giants headed into their road matchup with Seattle as heavy underdogs, especially considering the fact that they were shorthanded on defense.
However, they played about as well as could be expected in the first half, out-gaining the Seahawks by 225 yards to 90 and controlling the clock as they put up 15 first downs to Seattle’s five. They did not, however, hold the lead at the half. Seattle got a gift in the first quarter when the Giants drove down to their one yard line only for to fumble on fourth down with recovering in his own end zone and returning it the length of the field for a demoralizing touchdown.
New York continued to play well on offense for the rest of the first half, and took a 10-7 lead on a Jones touchdown pass to and a field goal. However, they gave up a last second field goal and the scores were tied at the half. Seattle looked to have made good adjustments as the second half was underway but recovered a fumble in Giants territory and New York scored the go-ahead touchdown when Jones hit on a deep ball for a 30-yard score just a few plays after they had just connected on another bomb.
This was big for Jones, whose downfield throwing has come under criticism in recent.