{"id":15762,"date":"2026-10-12T07:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=nfl-news&p=15762"},"modified":"2026-10-12T07:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:54:36","slug":"giants-commanders-tie-week-5-highlights","status":"publish","type":"nfl-news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/nfl\/nfl-news\/giants-commanders-tie-week-5-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commanders did not throw a touchdown, the Giants threw three, and it finished level"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commanders did not throw a touchdown. The Giants threw three. It finished level.<\/strong> The Giants and the Commanders played 70 minutes at Northwest Stadium on Sunday and settled nothing, a 27-27 tie that is the rarest result in football and the first of this NFL season.<\/p>\n

Watch on YouTube<\/span>Giants 27, Commanders 27: full game highlights<\/span><\/a>
The NFL blocks its highlights from playing on other sites, so this opens on YouTube. Video: NFL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How it got there<\/h2>\n

The Commanders led 27-13 in the fourth quarter. The Giants scored twice in the closing ten minutes, Jameis Winston finding Isaiah Likely from 17 yards and then Malik Nabers from 17 more with 1:43 on the clock, and the extra point levelled it. Overtime produced nothing at all from either side.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nNew York Giants<\/th>\nWashington Commanders<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1st<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OT<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final<\/strong><\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The numbers that explain it<\/h2>\n

The Giants held the ball for 39:25 and could not win.<\/strong> That is the whole game in one line. They ran 84 plays to 60, went three from three in the red zone, and still only drew, because the Commanders were not playing the same game: 202 rushing yards at nearly seven a carry, three rushing touchdowns, and a red-zone record of none from one, which tells you their scores came from distance rather than from grinding.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nNew York Giants<\/th>\nWashington Commanders<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Total yards<\/td>\n408<\/td>\n378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plays<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Possession<\/td>\n39:25<\/td>\n30:35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rushing yards<\/td>\n103<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passing touchdowns<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rushing touchdowns<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Third down<\/td>\n8 of 17<\/td>\n4 of 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red zone<\/td>\n3 of 3<\/td>\n0 of 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turnovers<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sacks made<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>
Team statistics from the official game book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jayden Daniels was the difference and he did it with his legs, 103 yards on nine carries with two touchdowns, both of them scrambles that started as pass plays. He threw for 199 and no scores. The Giants sacked him five times and it barely mattered.<\/p>\n

Who did what<\/h2>\n