Giants 45-33 Colts (December 29, 2024) Game Recap

Giants 45-33 Colts (December 29, 2024) Game Recap

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The New York Giants ended a record-setting 10-game losing streak on Sunday and ended the Indianapolis Colts’ slim playoff hopes as Drew Lock threw four touchdown passes and caught another in a 45-33 victory meant.

New York earned its first home win of the season and no longer has control of the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

Lock sandwich touchdown passes of 31 and 59 yards to Malik Nabers and TD passes of 32 yards to Darius Slayton and 5 yards to Wan’Dale Robinson led the Giants (3-13) to their first win since beating Seattle on October 6th.

Ihmir Smith-Marsette had a 100-yard return in the second half on a day when the league’s worst offense set a season high for points.

Jonathan Taylor scored on runs of 3 and 26 yards for Indianapolis (7-9), while Joe Flacco, coming in for the injured Anthony Richardson, threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Alec Pierce and 7 yards to Michael Pittman The last brought the Colts within 35-33 with 6:38 left in the fourth quarter.

Lock, who finished 17 of 23 for 309 yards, capped the game by leading a nine-play, 70-yard drive that he capped with a 5-yard run.

The 45 points were the most for New York since 49 in a 52-49 loss to the Saints in 2015. It is the Giants’ most points in a win since a 45-14 loss to Washington in 2014 and the most at home since a 52-52 loss to the Saints. 27 win against the Saints in 2012.

Nabers finished the game with seven catches and a career-high 171 yards.

Flacco was 26 of 38 for 330 yards with two interceptions, the second by rookie Dru Phillips shortly after Lock’s TD run. Taylor, who rushed for 218 yards in a win over Tennessee last weekend, rushed for 125 yards on 32 carries. Pierce had six catches for 122 yards.

Newbies

Nabers and running back Tyrone Tracy are the third pair of rookies to have more than 1,000 yards from scrimmage in the same season. The previous duo consisted of running back Reggie Bush and receiver Marques Colston from the Saints in 2006.

Injuries

Colts: Richardson was inactive due to foot and back injuries suffered against Tennessee.

Giants: DL Armon Watts (knee) was out in the first half.

Next

Colts: Finish the regular season by hosting Jacksonville.

Giants: In Philadelphia you will face Saquon Barkley and the Eagles.

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