The Giants’ magical season wasn’t supposed to stretch this far — not with a first-year head coach, not with an unproven Daniel Jones, not with a team that hadn’t made the playoffs since the 2016 season or won a postseason game since January 2012.
But then New York started 6-1. They earned the NFC’s No. 6 seed. They knocked off the Vikings, too. Everything crumbled and ended, though, with a 38-7 loss to the No. 1-seed Eagles in the divisional round Saturday night. The Giants’ defense allowed 268 rushing yards. Their offense only scored once, only compiled 227 total yards.
Jones — to cap a season where he emerged as a long-term option at quarterback for the Giants — finished 15-of-27 for 135 yards and an interception. Saquon Barkley rushed nine times for 61 yards, and Richie James led the receivers with seven catches for 51 yards. Defensively, linebacker Jaylon Smith led the Giants with a season-high 14 tackles.
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