NEW ORLEANS — The Giants were down by five but on the move, looking as if they would retake the lead, nearing the red zone and, potentially, the end zone.

In an instant, they were no longer on the move.

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They were in the dumpster, as their aggressive, never-say-die rookie running back lost the ball and disaster ensued.

“They preach to take care of the ball and that’s what I got to do,’’ Cam Skattebo said in the losing visitors locker room Sunday inside Caesars Superdome. “That’s my job.’’

There were no touchdown-punctuating backflips from Skattebo this time, as his turnover was as costly as can be in a 26-14 loss to the Saints

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