Giants Stun Seahawks, Extend Streak to 4 in a Row

 GIANTS 17 - SEAHAWKS 12 

If you didn't believe the Giants are for real heading into Week 13, you do now.  With the same combination of grit and determination that they have displayed all year, the Giants pulled out the biggest upset of the year in the NFL, a 17-12 victory on the road over the heavily favored Seattle Seahawks. 

The Giants went into the game with a lot going against them. 1) They didn't have their quarterback, with Daniel Jones sidelined by a hamstring. 2) They were on the road, in Seattle, against a Seahawks team that many people believe would be in the Super Bowl this year. 

Well, the Giants didn't get that memo. As they have all season, Joe Judge's Giants didn't need to listen to the excuses, because there are none. Instead they went up to Seattle and punched the Seahawks right in the mouth, and at the same time took firm command of the NFC East. 

It wasn't pretty, but it didn't have to be. It was pure Giants football: ugly.

Even though they trailed 5-0 at the break, the Giants held Seattle's stud wide out DK Metcalf to just three catches in the first half, and kept Russell Wilson running for his life. In fact the All Pro's turnover problems persisted Sunday when he fumbled twice. One that the Giants recovered at their own 47 in the second quarter. The other resulted in a loss of six yards on first down, and turned what was a promising Seattle drive into a punt scenario. 

Come the second half the Giants slammed their foot on the peddle. Wayne Gallman's 60-yard sprint with 9:47 to go in the third quarter jump started the Giants offensive attack that had been lackluster for much of the day. Alfred Morris capped off the drive with a pair of runs, including a four-yard touchdown run that gave the Giants a 6-5 lead. 

Colt McCoy then connected with Sterling Shepherd on a two-point conversion to make it 8-5 Big Blue. 

After Seattle turned the ball over on downs on a Russell Wilson incompletion on fourth and one at the Seattle 48, the Giants, again took advantage of the short field. 

The Giants pounded Seattle with the run. Gallman carried three straight times for gains of 3, 13 and 23 yards to the Seattle nine-yard line. Finally, Alfred Morris finished it off with a pair of runs, including the go-ahead score on a six-yard completion from McCoy to give the Giants a 14-5 advantage. 

The Giants would build their lead to 17-5, before Wilson finally got the Seahawks offense moving on an 11-play, 82-yard drive, culminating in a 28-yard touchdown pass to Chris Carson to make it 17-12. 

The Giants wouldn't let the Seahawks get any closer. With the Seahawks back in Giants territory, late in the game, the clock struck midnight on Wilson. A pair of incompletions was quickly followed by a huge sack by Leonard Williams to force a fourth and 18. The desperation pass was incomplete with 47 seconds to go. The game was over. 

Williams, the former Jet, has turned into quiet a disruptive force for Judge's ballclub.  He had 2.5 sacks on Sunday, and two tackles for loss. That is a week after recording the game winning sack last week in Cincinnati. Looks like the Giants got the win in that trade with the Jets. 

As for the ground attack duo of Gallman and Morris; they combined to run for 190 yards on 31 carries for Big Blue. McCoy did just enough not to manage the game, completing 13 of 22 passes for 105 yards. He did complete a couple of huge passes in the fourth quarter that helped the Giants eat up some clock. He was serviceable in the stead of Daniel Jones. 

With four games left the Giants (5-7) are firmly in control of the NFC East. Three of the Giants final four games are at home, and they will most likely be favored in all of their home games, including a Christmas week game against the red hot Cleveland Browns. Things are looking good for the Giants, who have quickly become the image of the new head coach.