Oct 20, 2025
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The New York Giants gave up 33 fourth quarter points to the Denver Broncos to end their slump for the ages.
After the Giants collapse, there's only one real option - the Broncos.Shoot them all
- The Denver Broncos scored 33 points in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Giants 33-32.
- Denver Rumbler B NO NESIS had two passes and two interceptions in one quarter in NFL history.
- The loss causes a lot of damage to Grian Dalse's head and his staff.
NFL teams have won 1,602 games when leading by 18 points or more in the final six minutes.
Then the real 2025 New York Giants came out against the Denver Broncos, scoring 33 points in the final quarter after being shut out in the first three games.The Broncos went on to win 33-32 on Will Lutz's game-winning 39-yard field goal as time expired.
It was a big drop for the Big Blues, even by their standards of delivering games they should have won during the era of coach Brian Daboll, whose clubs have continued the tradition established by his predecessors.
This is New York's proud professional football franchise, mind you.
Daboll must join them as the Giants' last underachieving coach, despite his first playoff win in what seemed like forever (that was three years ago).Soon.
According to the Associated Press, only two teams have scored 33 or more points in a quarter since 1991.The teams are led by 108 games, as the first time the Giants won, or in their first playoffs) before the playoffs) before the playoffs) before the Broncofs combined for a 33-32 victory over the Giants.The team was Indianapolis in 2022, coached by Jeff Saturday Minnesota Vikings return the Colts.)
The first move Devol has to make before he sees his name on a pink slip is to defensive coordinator Shane Bowen.Allowing the Broncos to drive 56 yards in four plays without a timeout and fend off a field goal attempt is more than fitting — even if his unit looked elite through the first three quarters.
Brian Burns, who had two sacks and is 9.0 on the year, was caught on video walking off the field complaining about Bowen's decision to go eight in coverage on the first play of the Broncos' final drive — a 29-yard completion that catalyzed the winning possession.
Of course, general manager Joe Schoen wasn't wrong.
Denver got the scoring off to a good start, with Troy Franklin somehow recovering a two-yard pass from Bo Nix that was deflected at the goal line.The Giants got their lucky score on the next possession, when Theo Johnson also caught a deflected pass and took it 41 yards to the house for a 26-8 lead with 10:14 left.And Denver never scored again.And 5:13 left.
Jaxson Quarterback Jaxson Dart had a game-tying 10-point game, and the NIX saw R.J.Harvey will make it 26-23.A New York three and the door opened the door and the NIX scored a drive that the Broncos just needed a field goal to tie the game with a 30-26 drive that gave them 1:51 left.It was the first of three lead changes that occurred in the final two minutes.
New York benefited from a friendly pass interference call (and, early in the drive, a questionable roughing the passer penalty) that set up Dart's one-yard run that put the Giants back in front.Then McAtamney missed it again.Nix, who became the first player in NFL history to have two passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in one quarter, led the game with a pair of perfectly placed passes.
The great defense fell apart, and Sean Payton and the M card pulled off the most comparable win of the 2025 season.
