One of the rules in the NFL dictates that divisional games deliver close and close matches. The Washington Football Team y los Giants they revalidated the premise in the first game of week 2.
The first part of encounter that ended with email from 30-29 in favor of the capital He warned that it would be a tight match. Daniel Jones (six-yard rush) and Graham Gano (23-yard FG) added for New York; by Washington Terry McLaurin (11-yard reception) and JD McKissic (2-yard rush) scored.
What no one anticipated is that the game would grow in emotions and it would not disappoint in its closure. In the third quarter los ‘G-Men’ they took the advantage thanks to Gano and Darius Slayton and Washington closed the difference three points with the first field goal of Dustin Hopkins (49 yards).
Last quarter anthology
With 15 minutes left, the Giants and Washington traded touchdowns. NY opened the last period with FG, WFT responded the same way, Gano scored his fourth field goal of the night and Taylor Heinicke regained the lead for the DC club (19-yard pass to Ricky Seals-Jones).
That’s where the frenzy began at FedEx Field. James Bradberry interceptó a Heinicke and four plays later Graham Gano converted his fifth kick of the night.
Washington, with two minutes left, mounted an offense that consumed 1:55 minutes and moved the ball 50 yards for Hopkins to get the victory; however, The 30-year-old kicker missed a 48-yard attempt that left Landover’s stadium mute.
When the Giants were already celebrating, the bucket of cold water came: a handkerchief for an out of place of Dexter Lawrence fell to the grid. Washington had a new opportunity and with the clock at zero, Hopkins corrected and sealed the victory.
