DENVER (AP) — Will Lutz nailed a 39-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the Denver Broncos to a thrilling 33-32 victory Sunday over the stunning New York Giants, who were held back in the fourth quarter.
The Broncos’ improbable comeback snapped a streak in which NFL teams had won 1,602 straight games when they led by 18 points in the final six minutes of a game.
The Broncos (5-2) trailed 26-8 with just over 5 minutes remaining but scored on a 7-yard Bo Nix field goal, a 2-yard RJ Harvey catch, an 18-yard keeper from Nix and a Lutz game-winner after a Jaxson Dart seemingly broke the Broncos’ hearts with a 1-yard run with 37 seconds left that gave New York the lead. 32-30.
Judd McAtmanney missed his second extra point of the afternoon, and after Tyler Baddie returned a kickoff 19 yards to the 23, the Knicks found Marvin Mims for 29 yards and Courtland Sutton for 22 yards.
With no timeouts remaining, the Knicks and the offense raced to the line of scrimmage at the Giants’ 21 and punted the ball with two seconds left.
The shot was high but Lutz nailed the field goal to secure Denver’s fourth straight win overall and an NFL-best eighth straight at home.
The Giants (2-5) appeared to avoid defeat when an incomplete dart threw to Bucs Collins near the goal line in the final minute and cornerback Riley Moss was whistled for pass interference. Broncos coach Sean Payton ran onto the field to answer the call and was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. This put the ball at point 1 and took it dart from there.
The Broncos took a 30-26 lead on the Knicks’ 18-yard keeper with 1:51 remaining.
The Broncos were actually in danger of being shut out at home for the first time in their 66-year history when they were blanked for three quarters.
The Giants, who led 26-8 on a deflected touchdown catch with 10:22 remaining, left several points on the field after missing two extra points and a botched two-point conversion.
Dart threw three touchdown passes, including one to Cam Schatipo, as the Giants built their big lead.
Harvey’s 2-yard TD catch came on a deflected pass, and Nix’s two-point pass to Sutton made it 19-8, but on the next drive, on third-and-17 from the Denver 41, the Giants got their rebounding touchdown when Theo Johnson caught a pass that dribbled out of wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson’s hands and raced To the end zone.
Trailing 26-8, the Broncos scored twice on a Justin Strnad interception that led to their offense at the New York 19. First, the Knicks scored on a 7-yard keeper, then threw a two-point pass to Franklin to make it 26-16 with 5:13 remaining. Then Harvey hit from 2 yards out to make it 26-23.
The Broncos’ comeback came on concession dayHonoring the late Demaryius ThomasBy bringing him into the team’s fame ring.
By the halftime ceremony, the Giants had taken a 13-0 lead, highlighted by a 44-yard TD pass to tight end Daniel Benninger in the first quarter and his field goal.13 yard strikeTo Scatterbo in the second quarter for the rookie’s first career TD catch.
New York made it 19-0 on Tyrone Tracy Jr.’s 31-yard run. Late in the third quarter, but the two-point conversion failed.
Dre Greenlaw made his Denver debut after spending the first six weeks of the season sidelined with a quadriceps injury. He had six tackles.
Injuries
Giants: S Jevon Holland left with a knee injury in the first half and did not return. … CB Paulson Adepo went out with an unspecified injury in the third quarter.
Broncos: RT Mike McGlinchey was injured with 4:42 left in the game and is out with an unspecified injury.
the next
Giants: Visit the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Broncos: Host the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
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